There’s definitely some colour-coding of what’s blooming — and fading — in my garden.
Friday Flowers
It was a very long drive home yesterday , and I’ve still to download most of my photos. But agapanthus are everywhere at the moment, so this shot could represent any roadside, park, or garden I’ve seen over the last few days.
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Agapanthus, Chelsea Sugar Works Park. Su Leslie 2019
Agapanthus. Image: Su Leslie 2018
The first agapanthus I’ve seen this season. Su Leslie 2018
Agapanthus flower. Image: Su Leslie, 2018
The storm has created some strange casualties. This agapanthus flower found its way onto our lawn, looking decidedly bedraggled.
Close-up, purple agapanthus. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
I’m really enjoying that delicious lull between Christmas and early January, when the city’s commuters are granted an extra couple of hours in bed, and my early morning walks are free of the usual traffic noise and pollution. In that calm, I find myself much more aware of the world around me.
Not that the agapanthus is easy to miss.
It seems that every garden and roadside, every park and verge is home to clumps of these large, mainly purple, flowers.
Agapanthus flowers. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
And, standing at waist-height, they are ridiculously easy to photograph — even for “she-of-the-dodgy-knee”. Easy to spend five minutes photographing in fact.
So my Friday Flowers are also a  RegularRandom offering this week.
RegularRandom is a challenge hosted by Desley Jane at Desley Jane Pictures. If you would like to join:
Agapanthus. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
“Just picked.”
Not literally, but I have just returned from my morning walk, and am still downloading the photos I took.
I’ve cropped it slightly, but it’s otherwise un-edited and pretty much fresh from the camera.
I know it’s still Thursday for most of you, but here’s wishing you all a happy Friday, and a lovely weekend.
