Elizabeth Atherton @ElizAthertonSop Twitter profile

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Elizabeth Atherton

5 months

What a day and what a turnout @SeneddWales . Thanks to those who came to support, & what a poignant event it was as we fight to #SaveWNO . Please, listen to us @WelshGovernment & @GOVUK . Do you want to lose this? @lesley4wrexham @PrifWeinidog @lucyfrazermp @Keir_Starmer @ThangamMP

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

My sister’s #Dicentra #BleedingHeart . She loved these as much as I do, and her plant sits pride of place in the flower bed I created in her memory. #NeverTooYoung

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5 years

Well, what a day! Thanks to @RealJamesWoods I have gained more followers in a few hours than I normally would in six months! Sorry if I’ve missed messages but my notifications are simply off the scale. This was #MyGarden at dusk this evening. My little oasis. #Hope

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3 months

Although engagement’s dropped of a cliff on here and barely anyone seems to see or acknowledge my posts any more, here are #SixOnSaturday from my garden in the hope they bring a smile to a few people’s faces.

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3 years

I’ve heard tell that some people rip #ForgetMeNots out as they consider them to be weeds. All I can say is they must be mad! 😂Frothy gorgeousness for some #MondayMotivation . #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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3 years

Camellia in full bloom #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Down the garden path. Distant memories right now, but hopefully it will look like this again… #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

5 years

Throwback to last August. Just because I need it. Deep breaths all - we WILL get through this. #Coronavirus #LetsSupportEachOther #CheckOnYourNeighbours

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3 years

Through the November archway #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting #MyGarden

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

I’m in need of a palette cleanser to start the final week of December 2021. So here are some #Whites from my garden this year. #MondayMotivation #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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3 years

It’s a while since I last shared this winning combo. A flouncy, fabulous #OrientalPoppy perfectly colour-matched (entirely by chance) to its next-door-neighbour #Wildeve . They shine out in the flower bed in memory of my sister. #RoseWednesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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3 years

Forget-me-nots for Friday. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting #FlowersOnFriday

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3 years

Longing for days like this again. Just longing… #FlowersOnFriday #Gardening #Flowers #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Through the archway. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

This has to be my favourite spot in the house when the sun is shining. 🌞🌞🌞 #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

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2 years

This is Susan. Susan was diagnosed with #Stage4 #BowelCancer age 35. She had a husband & a 1yr-old son. She was told by her GP she was “too young for #Cancer ”. Susan died age 37. Susan was my sister. I miss her every day of my life. #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth @bowelcanceruk

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Starting the week with some sunshine on here in defiance of the continual pounding rain we’ve been having here for weeks now. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

My favourite summer garden photo for #FlowersOnFriday - how to choose? I have literally 1,000’s! Here’s one from last summer to hopefully whet people’s appetites for a bit of warmth and sunshine though. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

My #Rosemary seems to be in a state of confusion. This many flowers in March…?! #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Not too much longer now… #TulipTuesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

I have a little robin friend back. How I love them - the friendliest little birds! #Gardening #Birds

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

The anticipation of this only being a few weeks away now. #TulipTuesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Don’t know about you, but I could do with some sun in my life right now in lots of ways. So here’s my little bit of sunshine for you all direct from my garden last year. #Flowers #SundaySunshine #FlowerHunting #Gardening

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

Just “yes” to this beauty! #Clematis #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

We will be eating #Strawberries this year. 🍓 #Gardening #GrowYourOwn

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

1 year

Now we’re talking… 😊 #Poppy #FlowerHunting #Gardening #Flowers

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

For #RoseWednesday I give you #BrotherCadfael . The last from this shrub for this year, I suspect, and what beauties to finish with. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

It’s #Lilac time at last. And oh, the scent. Just the scent... 🥰 #Gardening #Flowers #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

Not long now, folks - here’s our favourite #BrotherCadfael for #RoseWednesday . Could never tire of him! #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

It’s time for these #Hydrangea heads to come off now and make way for the new growth coming through. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

I know I’ve shared a lot of #BrotherCadfael recently. But mid-December and he’s still providing me with this much joy! #FlowerHunting #Gardening #RoseWednesday #Flowers

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Let’s hear it for the #Hellebores ! #Flowers #FlowersOnFriday #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

#Tulips , tulips and more tulips. Bring ‘em on! #TulipTuesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

I wonder if these beauties will reappear for me this year? Fingers crossed… #TulipTuesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Oh my word, these #Tulips are new for me this year. What blousy, outrageous gorgeousness is this?! #TulipTuesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

For anyone who might be suffering from the #Blues , here are some that might cheer you up from my garden last year. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Despite the most atrocious weather conditions over the last week or so, these #Angelique #Tulips just keep on giving. They are, without doubt, my absolute favourites. #TulipTuesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

What a difference a day makes and thank goodness for some sun finally. My little bit of paradise in the middle of a city - the garden finally breathing a sigh of relief after all the rain. Sound up for #Birdsong ! #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Finally I have some #Camellia action going on. #Flowers #FlowerHunting #Gardening #FlowersOnFriday

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

I know not everyone is a fan of #Buddleia (including hubbie who says they remind him of weeds on train tracks), but I have a soft spot for them, especially as the 🦋and 🐝 love them. Just look at all the tiny flowers on one bract! #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

1 year

Whatever one thinks of the monarchy, I think everyone can agree that occasions like today highlight the power of #Music to unify, illuminate, transcend. It’s what this country does better than almost anything. We need to nurture, protect & invest in it. Bravo all musicians today!

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

I don’t normally post #SevenOnSunday , but how could I not share this much gorgeousness from my garden with you all?! #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Can you ever have too many #Tulip photographs? Asking for a friend. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting #TulipTuesday

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Anyone bored of #Tulips yet? Cos I’m not! Photos taken in a moment of brief sunshine yesterday. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

@polblonde @LyricHammer Are women expected to queue for the one cubicle alongside men with their willies out? Or is there a way that’s been discovered for women to use urinals too…? 🥺

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

This week for #RoseWednesday , my favourite climber #TheGenerousGardener . A delicately soft pink with a lovely open centre (so great for pollinators), a prolific flowerer, &the scent is gorgeous! This one is a cutting from our previous garden. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Here come the #Astrantia . Perfect little pincushions. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Not too much longer now… #Spring #Crocus #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting #ThrowbackThursday

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

#Wildeve is here. Originally a cutting my in-laws gave me and now the most wonderful, healthy shrub. #RoseWednesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

How perfect is the inside of this tiny #Snowdrop ? #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting #SundaySnowdrops

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

Through the archway with my wonderful #TheGenerousGardener cuttings taken from our previous garden, now fully established in their new home. #RoseWednesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

For #RoseWednesday here’s #RosaSusan , my sister’s namesake. #RoseWednesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

My most recent #Amaryllis acquisition has burst into flower. How could you not love this? #Flowers #Houseplants #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Something to look forward to. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting #Poppy

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

My last #Rose standing. #BrotherCadfael What a trooper! #RoseWednesday #Flowers #FlowerHunting #Gardening

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Some pops of colour from my #Osteospermum to get Monday off to a bright start. #MondayMotivation #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Just yes to my #Aqualegias . That is all. #GrannysBonnets #FlowersOnFriday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

My gorgeous #Wildeve has survived the rain as she finishes her first flowering. #RoseWednesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

It was so hard picking just one for #TweetersFlowerShow today, but here is my favourite #Rose photo of the moment. A standard patio rose I have had for about 14 years, replete with raindrop. #RoseWednesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Just love the variety of colours and textures and the soft, dwindling light in this photo. A final look at the garden from two weeks ago before the leaves dropped. #Autumn #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting #ThrowbackThursday

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

My first #SweetPea at long last for some #MondayMotivation . They have been incredibly slow to get going this year and the snails have had a field day, but finally a little action… #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Happy Easter all! Looking forward to warmer days and longer evenings from here-on-in. 🐣🪺 #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

5 years

A colour match made in heaven - one of my #OrientalPoppies with #RosaWildeve .

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

1 year

The irrepressible #Charlotte . 🥰 #SundayYellow #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

The first #HardyGeraniums are just starting now in my garden. My excitement levels are rising, as the prospect of #Summer gets ever-closer. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

@Donna_Dunn_ @bowelbabe And my sister too. She was 37. I’ve always wished she’d been able to hear Deborah. Let them all meet up wherever they may rest. And laugh and dance together. X

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

#RosaCharlotte Be still my beating heart! #RoseWednesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

And finally, some gentle glimmers of colour in my garden for #SixOnSaturday . #Spring can’t come fast enough. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

#RosaWinchesterCathedral is having an identity crisis! 🫢 #RoseWednesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

The beauty that is #Charlotte for #RoseWednesday on yet another sodden day. 😬🌧🌂 #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

1 year

If yesterday showed us anything it was that #Music can unite, intensify & uplift in a way that almost nothing else can. And we are very, very good at it in the UK. But all that hangs on a thread now. @RishiSunak you need to start listening to musicians to ensure a future for us.

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

For #TulipTuesday , these absolute gems I spotted, already in full flower @BhamBotanicalGd at the weekend. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

For #RoseWednesday today, the first rose my husband ever gave me exactly 14 years ago, @DAustinRoses ’ #Aloha . This is now its third home and I couldn’t be without it, planted alongside this wonderful #Clematis . #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

Utter perfection for a Monday morning. #RosaBrotherCadfael #MondayMotivation #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

My sister. The most gentle, clever, funny, sassy, wise, talented, beautiful woman anyone could hope to call their friend. How I miss her. Susan 10.6.77 - 24.9.14 She needn’t have died. GP’s please take note - you’re #NeverTooYoung . You were wrong to say she was. @bowelcanceruk

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@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

My first bunch of #SweetPeas this year. And the scent… 🥰 #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

This is the most appalling news. Alongside massive @ace_national cuts to @WNOtweet , @cardiffcouncil now proposes to sell @stdavidshall 2a pop event company which will leave Wales without a concert hall for our national orchestras. Please sign the petition.

Sign the Petition

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@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

Never thought I’d be lucky enough to have *this* at the bottom of my garden! 🥰 #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

5 years

Good morning to all my new followers! Hope you’re not expecting too much: I’m just a lowly opera singer who tweets about her garden & music, raises awareness about #BowelCancer , supports @dignityindying & tries to spread a little calm away from the shouting. Welcome to my garden!

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

This week, #WinchesterCathedral has decided to grace me with another couple of flowers and I grabbed a moment of sunshine before the rain to snap this! 🥰 #RoseWednesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

5 years

What an absolute gem this little #beauty is. #Auriculas - can’t get enough of them!

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Perfect #Poinsettia #Flowers #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

The simple perfection that is #RosaSusan for #RoseWednesday . Every bit as gorgeous as my sister, her namesake, was. And how she would have loved her. #NeverTooYoung #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

Couldn’t resist thinking back to #June and remembering my oldest #Rose #Aloha - the first rose my husband ever gave me - and its happy pairing with #ClematisViennetta for #RoseWednesday today. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

Here’s a #Camellia for some #MondayMotivation . You’re welcome! #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Hope my #SixOnSaturday brings some brightness into your weekends. The first #HardyGeranium and #Cirsium open up, and the #Tulips , #Primulas and #ForgetMeNots continue their displays. So exciting that the first summer #Flowers are appearing now. #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Yes please, little #Iris ! 👏🏻 #FlowersOnFriday #Gardening #FlowerHunting #Flowers

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Perfection in a single flower. #RosaBrotherCadfael from last summer. I can smell him, just looking at him here. 🥰 #Flowers #RoseWednesday #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

For #RoseWednesday today, a photo of a raindropped #Aloha from two summers ago. The first rose my hubbie bought me almost 15 years ago and now in its third home. 💗 #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Pretty as a #Primrose . #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

Haven’t done a #SevenOnSunday for weeks, but couldn’t resist this week after getting out in the garden and starting to tidy up at last yesterday. #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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2 years

My sister. Susan. She’ll never grow old. We’ll never compare wrinkles. Discuss the menopause. Count our grey hairs. Do sister things. She died of #BowelCancer aged 37. You’re #NeverTooYoung so don’t let anyone say you are. Susan Kerr 10.6.77-24.9.14 How I miss you, Susan.🕊

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@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

Let’s hear it for #SevenOnSunday ! #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

Still hanging on. #RosaBrotherCadfael #RoseWednesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

5 years

Remembering my little sister Susan Davina Kerr (Atherton) 10.6.77-24.9.14 With me every single day Rose #Susan in the flowerbed I planted in her memory: all her favourite pinks and white. I think she would have liked it. #NeverTooYoung

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@ElizAthertonSop

2 years

The buttery, creamy yellow of #ThePilgrim . A cutting the marvellous @frdvil sent me from France a couple of years ago. Growing slowly, but has flowered each year so far; so fingers crossed for this summer. 🤞🏻 #RoseWednesday #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting

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Elizabeth Atherton

@ElizAthertonSop

3 years

This #Camellia is extraordinary. It’s meant to be stripy, but last year and this is producing bright, solid pink flowers on one side of the shrub. Crazy days! #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerHunting