Capturing the changing seasons

Bonjour!
I hate to say it but the seasons are changing again; darker evenings and it getting colder too. I'm feeling less motivated to do work in the evenings, so instead I have been taking lots of pics to capture the joy of flowers before they fade away until next year.

I do love a bit of gardening, but sadly I have no real size garden to speak of- its a 1m x 2m patch, and lots of plant pots dotted outside my front door. So instead I tend to refer to gardening as potting. I have had some beautiful flowers this year.  These were my favorites...

My  late blooming Nigella (love in a mist)

Nigella (love in a mist) seed pod

The first beautiful flower -Nigella (love in a mist)
image courtesy http://flowerinfo.org/nigella-flowers

I used flower identifier to find out what they were (do not do this as I've just been told by my sister-in-law who was the gardener in Bournemouth gardens that the flower I originally thought was a cornflower was actually Nigella.The first one to appear was a beautiful blue colour, then months later these pink ones appeared. They tend to start out with light petals and get darker and more intense in colour as time progresses. Aren't they unusual!

More common Cornflower
(Can you see why I was mistaken?)

I have had many beautiful flowers from a £1 country flower seed mix. If you are a gardening virgin and want to get started (next year now) then keep an eye out for these packs in bargain stores. They are FAB and so easy to grow too! You could sow a wild flower meadow...Bliss

I've got loads of seed pods collected in wooden dishes, saved and drying out for planting next year... I'm looking forward to seeing the results...

Cornflower & Sweet-pea seed pods

Although the bright colours are disappearing from our gardens, there are still some beautiful forms to be found in the remaining seed pods & 'skeletons'. 

seeds...

a skeletonised seed pod

I also LOVE Forget-me-nots. Here is a picture of one of my lovey cats Bumble-bee, pottering through the swathes of Forget-me-nots that were in the flat upstairs' garden. It was so beautiful! Sadly they wont be here next year as it had now been turfed.

Here I will leave you with a collage of photographs I have taken in my 'not garden' and my parents garden. So many beautiful flowers, colours... Oh and insects too! 

I hope these colourful pictures keep you feeling warm for a little longer, or until the leaves start turning gold. xxx