January Garden 2016 by durleybeachbum
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
The centre photo is how it has mainly looked this winter, until you look more closely.
The frogs and toads are being tempted into early courtship.

Comments (19)
Great collage!
it's just gray and off-green here; no flowers to speak of
Nice!
Amazing that you still have all these beautiful flowers in your garden, Andrea, Thanks for sharing :-)
So colourful for January Andrea :)
It still looks colourful.
Your garden looks amazing and such a superb recod
Oh, how beautiful!!! And you have crocuses already? Mine are just starting to shoot up green leaves, although some neighbors have daffodils almost ready to bloom. What a startling array of bloom in mid-winter!
WOW... What a marvelous flowers ... Fantastic capture also !!!
That broken pot seems an omen of what might happen in the future. This place carries such magic. It should be on The National Heritage List for England.
It doesn't look as if spring is very far away for you with all these flowers out all ready. Ours came early last year too but then it stopped and took a turn for the worst with hard frosts wiping out lots so I hope you don't get that. You really look forward to spring coming don't you.
Awesome!!
so lovely at this time of year
I love your monthly garden fotos; we have a lot of the same things growing, maybe one of these days i'll do a collage and you can see what I have!!
almost unbelievable that so many is flowering
I also always love your monthly garden photos. I have missed those. I have one lone crocus in my garden. But in December I actually photographed (from a distance with my cell phone...not the sharpest shot) a whole bunch of daffodils actually in full bloom. They were against a south facing wall...but still!!!
You always seem to have something interesting going on in your garden. :)
Superb captures and collage Andrea. God bless.
well I'll join in with the group and say I love your monthly garden photos too. They always have so much life in them; and your central garden shot looks like a big private paradise---you have such variety in that yard---and even in January! I love the light in that photo too, almost dissolving in spots. And the individual flowers have saturated hues, and lots of patterns, and lots of kinds of light. A real delight, Andrea. Nothing like that grows here, in January, at least outside...
(I thought of how I could do monthly shots: But I don't have a garden---i"m on the 27th floor! I could do "January desk," and show all the messes I've created in 30 short days. Or "January laundry". I could photograph everyone I saw in January, but most of my friends would sue me if I made them public. Insects? Foods that went bad? Gimme some inspiration here! All the Latin expressions I used in January? People I met named "Lupe"? ((That's from Guadalupe, a beautiful Mexican name, and yes, I know 3!)) I'm at a loss...)
Your garden is a beauty Andrea even in bad weather.
What a showcase of mixed colors in this beautiful collage !