across the Circle

[OT from cottage renovations]

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the Circle

over on the other side of the Circle these came into bloom about a week ago.  to my untrained eye they look a bit like Dicentra, and when I finally got around to asking after them it turns out they are indeed a variety of it, though not the more usual D. spectrabilis.  don't take my word for it, though, I ain't no botanist. 

     
Dicentra cucullaria

making use of what isn't there

[OT from cottage renovations]

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Bittersweet Cottage garden

today's overcast never did let up enough to provide usable light; even so this volunteer around the side managed somehow to catch more of it than I though there was. 

click on through and you'll see the effect.