Scenic Sunday - Geraniums

Just the spot for a cup of tea
Imagine sitting here among the potted plants with a cuppa, perhaps a book to read, or just to sit and inhale the freshness of the greenery. This little corner is at the end of the verandah of a country winery with rolling hills in the distance.

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Today's Quote: The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses ~ Hanna Rion.

All Creatures Great and Small - Incy Wincy Spider

Not your average garden spider
This little lady was happily spinning her web among the rhodendrons and a fly on a nearby leaf would I think have ended up as dinner. I am reminded of the children's nursery rhyme -

.................Incy Wincy Spider
Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain
And Incy Wincy spider climbed up the spout again!

The origin of this nursery ryhme is a little hazy - the most commonly referenced first published version was in 1962 (Baring-Gould-MotherGoose). However, numerous earlier references can be found — for example, in Western Folklore, by the California Folklore Society (1947) and The Growing Family: A Guide for Parents by Maxwell Slutz Stewart (1955). An alternate version can be found much earlier in the book, Camp and Camino in Lower California (1910).