Category: gardening
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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…
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Walkabout…
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forget me nots I went walkabout in the garden yesterday. The rain had stayed away, and I was curious to see what, if anything had been happening. It seemed like ages since I had been out there, as the weather has been awful, so, had anything bothered to bloom? I was most surprised and very…
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Six Baby Leaves for Saturday…
As usual, thanks to Jim for the idea of #Six on Saturday… This acer is my oldest bonsai, and always makes my heart sing when these scarlet buds appear… Another acer, this one came to me with very dark leaves, but every year they get lighter. It has been in the wars, and nearly died,…
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Happy Mother’s Day in the UK…
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Mother’s Day isn’t until Sunday, but as there are a lot of mothers in our family, some of us have to be visited early and yesterday was our turn. At least half of Waitrose’s flower section came through the front door first, followed by three generations of our family. When I think about it, we…