Among the Cherry Trees

Last month I found myself squinting amongst the beautiful cherry trees at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton. When I went for a hike I paid a visit to my friends the swans, who were really into chasing me and coming right up to me without regard. I’m pretty sure I was more scared of them, then they of me.  

Today the cherry trees have all lost their flowers, but I love going to the gardens just to relax and read. It’s my favourite place to go to and just get away from everything, carefree. Much of the garden's arboretum looks like an old English landscaped lawn, the kind you find in and around castles and big mansions. What is wonderful is that a lot of the time the Arboretum isn't too busy and so large that you can hide away and sit under tree without seeing a soul for hours.  It's my perfect hideout.

A little update

 

 “It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.”  ― Rainer Maria Rilke

This is a quick update to say Hello! I'm here. It's early June. Everything has been blooming inside and out the past few months, and I've been spending my time planning, preparing and drinking lots of tea, but not updating much. Yet, I have been taking lots of pictures and documenting my days, watching everything grow and the landscape change from a brown cold one into a lush green one. I've been filling my room up with lots and lots of flowers and these pictures show just a bit of what I've been keeping the past few months. Also as a big fan of Charbonnel et Walker truffles I thought I would give the sugared almonds a try, and boy have I been sorely disappointed with them! Definitely not a breakfast treat to say the least, but they do make the prettiest models for my photographs. I give them that.