Nest Box by @traceyjhunter . You know that feeling you get when someone does something really lovely that makes you go ‘OH WOW!’ 🎉 Well I was delighted to see this beautiful image created by @traceyjhunter of our Burford Nest Box. 🌿🐦Tracey selected the bird box as the lucky winner of our recent voucher giveaway and then posted it so wonderfully on instagram, it was a compelling read too!
For me that’s very special, because getting to see how people enjoy our garden and wildlife thingamabobs has to be the ultimate reward for doing it all, it genuinely makes my day. ☺️ These bespoke bird boxes (including the sweet little rooftop mouse) are handcrafted using individually handpicked sustainable and ethically sourced FSC approved wood, they come painted in a range of Farrow & Ball colours or there is an exterior varnished option. Available on our Creeper & Knotweed website - link in profile. . . . . #garden #gardening #gardenphotography #garten #gardenlovers #inmygardentoday #instagardeners #myslowandsimple #dreaminginpictures #thatwinterspringthing #smallmomentsofcalm #seekthesimplicity #haveinspiration #aseasonalyear #mystoryoflight #tostandandstare #aquietstyle #heitermoments #storiesoftheeveryday #the_gentle_manifesto #slowsimpleseasonal #inspiredbynature #liveauthentic #theslowdowncollective #aseasonalshift #ofsimplethings #momentsofmine #slowwinterdays #storiesoftheeveryday_winterlight

Powder blue Amongst the grey and dull colours of winter there is this gentle almost powder blue. It’s a surprise and perhaps a little strange to see this last remaining Hydrangea flower in the garden. #myslowandsimple #dreaminginpictures#thatwinterspringthing #smallmomentsofcalm #seekthesimplicity #haveinspiration #aseasonalyear #mystoryoflight #tostandandstare #aquietstyle #heitermoments #storiesoftheeveryday #the_gentle_manifesto #slowsimpleseasonal #inspiredbynature #liveauthentic #theslowdowncollective #aseasonalshift #ofsimplethings #momentsofmine #makingwinter #slowwinterdays #storiesoftheeveryday_winterlight

A touch of Jack Frost Another opportunity recently to snap the work of Jack Frost in the garden, although there hasn’t been too many opportunities recently with all the constant rain. 
I love the way he creates mood where there was almost none. An unremarkable scene transformed into one that is at very least interesting, well that is to gardeners like me of course. 
Take this Cotoneaster horizontalis as perhaps a fitting example, it’s now falling asleep as we go deeper into winter, its beauty is fast beginning to fade as you might expect. Yet here it is, transformed for just a few hours by the light touch of Mr Jack Frost. . #thatwinterspringthing #smallmomentsofcalm #seekthesimplicity #haveinspiration #aseasonalyear #mystoryoflight #tostandandstare #aquietstyle #heitermoments #storiesoftheeveryday #the_gentle_manifesto #slowsimpleseasonal #inspiredbynature #liveauthentic #theslowdowncollective #aseasonalshift #ofsimplethings #momentsofmine

The untidy garden: Looking resplendent in its winter guise and highlighted with a little frost is the superb Eryngium × zabelii 'Big Blue' We don’t tidy too much in the garden for winter these days, leaving where we can plants like this Eryngium to have a little extra what you might call showtime. 
I think this photo illustrates well what I mean by the word ‘showtime’ and I think it’s generally understood now that not being too tidy is also good for all the overwintering insects and wildlife, something that’s so very important for conservation. So it’s only the unsightly and unruly that get the chop whilst we continue to enjoy the show. * * #thatwinterspringthing #smallmomentsofcalm #seekthesimplicity #haveinspiration #aseasonalyear #mystoryoflight #tostandandstare #aquietstyle #heitermoments #storiesoftheeveryday #the_gentle_manifesto #slowsimpleseasonal #inspiredbynature #liveauthentic #theslowdowncollective #aseasonalshift #ofsimplethings #momentsofmine #daysofsmallthings #calm_collected #myquietbeauty

Tangled web The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. Pablo Picasso #thatwinterspringthing #smallmomentsofcalm #seekthesimplicity #haveinspiration #aseasonalyear #mystoryoflight #tostandandstare #aquietstyle #heitermoments #storiesoftheeveryday #the_gentle_manifesto #slowsimpleseasonal #inspiredbynature #liveauthentic #theslowdowncollective #aseasonalshift #ofsimplethings #momentsofmine

Last to fall. These leaves will be gone very soon, perhaps even by the end of the day, it’s the last signs of autumn here as winter begins to tighten it’s grip. I love the way the moss is becoming the feature of this tree now, until the spring. #thatwinterspringthing #smallmomentsofcalm #seekthesimplicity #haveinspiration #aseasonalyear #mystoryoflight #tostandandstare #aquietstyle #heitermoments #storiesoftheeveryday #the_gentle_manifesto #slowsimpleseasonal #inspiredbynature #liveauthentic #theslowdowncollective #aseasonalshift #ofsimplethings #momentsofmine #treesplease