Sunday 3 January 2010

Another decade, another trip to Columbia Road




I will never tire of this place, it is always so beautiful, so colourful, so fragrant in the early morning sunlight. We came away with pots of fat hyacinths and a big bunch of them too, dusky blue and delicately scented as the buds were still tightly closed. They are in a vase on my coffee table and every time I glance over at them, I smile. Strange, perhaps, but coming from a home like mine, with my oh-so green-fingered mother, it would be hard to have not grown up to be filled with wonder and excitement at every unfurling bud or emerging green shoot.

On another green-fingered note, I am very inspired by this blog post here about rooftop vegetable plots, and now can't wait to try grow even more on my balcony this year.

7 comments:

  1. you've made me want flowers!

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  2. What beautiful photos! Hyacinths are just lovely. And the rooftop vegetable plots sound amazing, as does your balcony - you're so lucky to have some outdoor space in London, you must make the most of it!

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  3. Beautiful photos! I adore hyacinths, they are the perfect solution to a cold January as they really do pick you up with their bold colour and scent. Eek, you've just reminded me that I've not even started to think about planning what I'm going to grow this year. Luckily we've got a little time before things need to be planted.

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  4. So pretty... love those first two pics so much. Happy 2010 by the way x

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