Category: gardening
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Midweek Magic… #surprise #Flowers
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It was raining when I decided to take out the rubbish and put the bins out, ready for the bin men tomorrow morning. So, I was in lightning mode, hoping to achieve my goal without getting too wet. The job was almost done when something caught my eye. Something that wasn’t there before. Rain or…
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Through the Mist… #Poetry
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Fresh from Anita’s writing pad, a poem for the good old days… original Image by Karl Egger from Pixabay Not a good day today, unless you’re a duck! It is raining and will continue for three days. Luckily, I managed to paint more of that wall and another set of shelves yesterday. Then, after hearing about the oncoming…
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Friday Flowers…
Image by Kati from Pixabay my garden has not done so well this summer. I call it that, both garden and summer, but it’s not been much of one so far. Everything is showing signs of the struggle that has been going on out there, what with the periods of drought followed by drowning. Those howling winds have…
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Grey Skies and Bonsai… #Poetry #Bonsai
Morning everyone, it’s not so good this morning. The sunshine has gone, and grey is the colour of the morning here. Those character bio’s for the book launch are not quite finished, so hoping for tomorrow. It must be the grey skies, but I feel a little doom and gloom hovering just out of sight,…
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The Battle of the Grass…
The Battle of the Grass I have been wrestling with two old and failing lawn mowers to cut our grass for a while now, one an ancient hover mower, and an equally old more expensive mower. Depending on the length of the grass, one or the other works reasonably well if the grass in question…
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This has been a Good Week!
It started well with all those birthday celebrations, then the weather decided to join in the fun, blessing us with sunshine and warmer temperatures. So, slowly and carefully, I have been gardening (which was bliss!) Catching up with some of the neglected housework, instant martydom! And every spare moment , I have been working on…
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A Day off?
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My favourite Rhododendron, in full bloom… Before I could decide what to do yesterday, the lure of the welcome sunshine and my forlorn, neglected bonsai had me in my gardening clothes and outside before I had a chance to argue. So no editing was done, or any housework for that matter, another area that has…