Our Garden in January

Following on from my failed attempt at taking photographs of our garden each week I have decided to just take photographs when there is something interesting to show you.

Today, 23rd January 2012, I was surprised to notice the size of the Camellia Buds, this time last year they were a lot smaller but we had just had the worst winter in many years so not surprising really.

I went outside with my camera and also found the Snowdrops looking great as well as the Winter Flowering Jasmine and Witch Hazel; take a look below.

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