Today it has been raining all day, with strong cold winds it wasn’t a day to spend time outside. Late in the afternoon I watched Friday’s Gardener’s World (available on You Tube; just as the programme finished I noticed it had begun to rain again but that the sun was also shining very brightly just before it went down. I rushed out with the camera (it was 18.10) to try to capture the amazing light.
The garden looked as if it was being picked out in spotlights against the dark menacing sky; but when I turned around there was blue sky – extraordinary!
Looking across the gravel semi circle
Magical
Lighting up the trunks and branches of the trees
The strong evening light throwing shadows of the brick pillars of the terrace onto the trees of the Left Hand Border
Upper Drive border
Upper Drive border
Irises in the Large Island
Tulip Exotic Emperor the first tulip to flower in the garden
I hope you’ve had a good weekend and that the weather was better than it was here. I’m not really complaining about the rain – we need it!
Creating my own garden of the Hesperides 
Wonderful light , you have captured it well. I love it when I go into the garden and the light is so perfect, you can only stand in awe at such magnificence.
We are once again under 7 or 8 inches of snow, white everywhere!
It was a very special moment Pauline; I’m glad I managed to capture it.
Fantastic. Well captured! It looks surreal
It felt surreal!
Christina the photographs are magnificent and you have captured the light in a wonderful way. Everything in a semicircle of gravel is wonderful because of the chiaroscuros that form the light on the precious plants: it is fantastic against the sky of different blues. In the upper edge of Drive the light is different and the big tree is divine against the sky that seems painted in a palette of blues. The Irises on the big island have an ethereal light: at the bottom where the arches are, the light is so warm that the figures seem to melt; but the Iris look real and beautiful but with a special touch. Tulip Exotic Emperor is a marvel and with the Euphorbia it remains divine: the light makes them even more beautiful. Thank you Christina for immortalizing this magical moment of light and share it with us. I really feel the wind so cold; I hope he leaves soon. Take care. Greetings from Margarita.
I’m glad I was able to capture the moment to share with you
Christina, how nice you are. Thank you very much. We have shared the moment of magic light together thanks to your beautiful photos. Take care of the cold and the rains. Take care. Greetings from Margarita, a friend. 🙂
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Una luce fantastica che accende tutti i colori! il gruppo con i tulipani bianchi è molto bello!!!
Era un momento straordinario
Nice captures of the wondrous light especially on the glass globes….they seem to glow from within.
Yes, it did look like they were switched on. An extraordinary few moments.
Lovely! Thanks for getting out there with your camera. We get brief moments like that too, also when there’s a mix of sun and fluffy clouds in the vicinity.
The sun was going down so fast; it really was just five minutes
Very atmospheric, great shots! Like Pauline we’re under snow again. I’m so fed up with this winter.
I think we all are.
I am so glad you were able to capture some of these moments to share with us, Christina – but even better for you in person ps my Exotic Emperors are just poking their noses out of the soil in their big pot so I still have quite a long wait!
The Emperors grew very suddenly I was so surprised when I saw them yesterday.
Those photos are stunning Christina, and how wonderful you could capture that light so perfectly. I enjoyed seeing views of your garden as well. I hope you’ll post photos of all those irises when they bloom.
It was a very special few moments; I have lots of Irises because they grow so well in my soil and climate so I’ll definitely share them when they flower.
Great light in your garden after the rain. Hardly any light here today, grey skies and snow.
It was dismal all day here too, just those few moments of sun at the end of the day.
So often the camera doesn’t capture what the eye sees. Great shots, it looks so magical.
It really was.
Such lovely glow emanating and reflecting from everything! Beautiful.
Thanks Donica
Terrific lighting. Your garden has really come along since I last saw it – very springy!
It all seems to have changed almost over night! Despite the fact that there have been very few warm days.
Glowing and magical are the right words!
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Surreal and beautiful.
It was. Part of its pleasure was its fleeting nature.
Beautiful! More spectacular than a sunset even! 🙂
Yes, the light was white rather than sunset colours so a very surreal experience.
Beautiful images. You have so much that is of interest in your garden in terms of colour and texture, it’s like a tapestry. What is the tree at the back of the upper drive border? It is lovely.
I think you mean the very fast growing Melia.
These are stunning! The colours in the sky are so dramatic – bubble, bubble, toil and trouble! And the patches of sunlight. And even without the weird light, your garden look stunning! I am very jealous of all that colour and interest in March! You have a lovely design. I also love the ‘Emperor’ tulips. And your euphorbia.
Thanks for your enthusiastic comments Ali. Because I have 2 dormant seasons I try to give the garden lots of evergreen structure linked with texture.
You really did manage to capture that special light. I find the early evening often a special time in the garden. Not today though, it is snowing. Amelia
Again? I’m so fed up with winter.
Oh that sounds and looks rather magical Christina. Any signs of a rainbow? I enjoyed ‘Gardener’s World’ on Friday especially Carol Klein’s visit to the winter garden at Bodnant.
Oh yes Bodnant was lovely; I really must try to visit if I can. I particularly love Winter gardens.
Gorgeous photos and wonderful light! Loved your last photo in particular- the Emperor Tulips, euphorbia and grape hyacinth are a beautiful colour combination!