The lush growth of spring gives way to flowers, fruit, seed heads and baby birds appear. Unusually sea gulls have started breeding in Perth which is 20 miles inland.
Lovely to see light, colour and life returning to the garden.
We always like to go and walk in the mountains around Braemar when the heather is in bloom. Being surrounded by purple, green and the scent of the blooms is an unusual experience.
A local enterprising farm has created a sunflower trail for visitors to enjoy. The trail was made using GPS techniques in the form of a map of Scotland. We had fun walking around it surrounded by a sea of sunflowers which were mostly facing in the same direction. An unusual thing to do in Scotland.
In Perth there are allotments on Moncreiffe island in the middle of the Tay. At the end of July they had an open day complete with live music and produce sales. So interesting to see what everyone has done with their space.
We had the good fortune to visit Kilbryde Castle Gardens and see their abundant snowdrops.
Such a profusion of colourful flowers in the garden. A joy after a cold spring.
In the past lots of cherry blossom trees have been planted in the Glenearn Road area of Perth. They come into bloom in late April and for a short few days are glorious – but difficult to photograph as they are surrounded by cars, buildings and road signs! They have done well this year.
March was a cold month with some dramatic skies but gradually the vegetation got greener and blossoms appeared.
May turned out to be the driest calendar month on record with lots of sun. It was very pretty and varied: mists, beams of sun, frost, colourful skies and all the time the plants were greening and flowering.
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