Honesty, (Lunaria Annua), very weather worn and fragile needs only a fraction of light to look amazing.

They are so called Lunaria because of the moon shape of the translucent seed heads. They are so fragile that I own to breaking one or two in the process of the photography and once detached from the main stem they reminded me of crochets written onto a sheet of music.

My interpretation may demonstrate that I show none of the musicality of my family.

But lay claim to being an artist nevertheless.

 

The Hellebore is one of my favourite flowers, not least because it flowers for long periods at a time when one would think such fragility should really struggle to survive a Northumbrian winter.

And when gardening and plants seem to cost the earth, the meek little hellebore spreads really willingly so cutting the cost of filling a bed.

It is a lot tougher than it first appears.