Well April has gone and in so many ways I'm glad it's over. It was a strange month with so much going on but so little happening - my brain has been chock-a-block full - of nothing in particular!
The garden provides a constant as does family and both have been a great comfort. My favourite Tulip and favourite Rose both flowered in April and they were epic.
My Florentine striped Tulip is the only one that reliably comes back each year for me and was inspired by a trip to visit the gorgeous Gardens of Florence with my Mum 7 years ago. I love it - it is large, frilly and unapologetically loud!
It also lasts a good 10 days (if the weather is vaguely reasonable)
My other favourite was also inspired by the Florence trip and is my Banksia climbing Rose.
Thousands of tiny creamy yellow flowers glowing in the sun and smelling so sweet. The sheer quantity of the flowers means that it lasts well, although it only flowers once a year. Some of the Italian ones we saw were enormous and because it's thornless its perfect for scrambling over arches without snatching at passers by.
I was concerned mine might not be at it's best this year as a large section blew off the garage roof in a winter storm and had to be removed. But cheerful and resilient it's already back charging over the garage again already!
April is also the time for blossom - the Apple tree obliged...
and so did the ornamental Cherry...
both looking so pretty in different ways - one so delicate the other so blousy.
So the garden is coming along (I've been careful to give you close ups you'll notice - this is very much a 'curated view' of my garden. The in-between bits do not stand inspection yet (I say that as if they will at some point 😂)😳)
Chaotic and unkempt as much of it is, it's been lovely and a refuge for even the gardening philistines - the post-teens.
Travelling Eldest has been turning her talents for baking to good use with a string of epic productions that were wonderful, largely chocolate based and no good at all for the lockdown waistline!
I hope April treated you reasonably well and that the outlook for May is manageable. As we wait to hear what happens next we're trying to stay relaxed here and not pre-judge anything or any one, concentrating on what we have some control over rather than things we don't (although it's mighty challenging at times).
For a bit of beautiful Italian escapism you can read about our trip to Florence here, here, here and here, it was such a wonderful trip and is evidence that we used to travel, we really did - even overseas!
And we will again - just maybe not quite yet!
Love from Cornwall 💚x
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