In the period leading to Christmas some people buy an Advent Calendar to check off each day before December 25. Usually intended for children, it appears that in recent years there has been a rise in the popularity of luxury ones aimed at indulgent adults who feel the necessity to treat themselves on the run-up to the big day itself – from expensive candles and perfume to miniature bottles of Prosecco or Whisky and even chunks of cheese.
So I thought to balance all this extravaganza I would offer you an alternative in the form of a flower a day from Sunday 3rd December until Sunday 24th December.
All images taken on a mid-November day along the George V Memorial Walk alongside Copperhouse Pool in Hayle using my Olympus OM-D E-M10 and 40-150mm lens
Earth laughs in flowers 
Beautiful colour and design! This has been a satisfying series.
I always thought this shrub flowered in the summer, but here it is flowering everywhere, even the one in my garden which hasn’t flowered for several years (in a container) is full of buds and flowers now.
Nice bit of gentle colour and form. 🙂 🙂 We’ve got wet and miserable today 😦
Snap! Quite mild though.
Thinking about going out but I can’t be bothered. Hush- don’t tell! 🙂
🙂 This is lovely — quite kaleidoscopic.
So pretty and a lovely colour combination
There are several hebes along here and all different shades of blue/violet.
I’d forgotten about this lovely NZ native, it would do well in my garden I must look for one.
A shame I can’t give you a cutting – I have several growing.