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I have been trying to get a half decent photograph of a ceratostigma flower for weeks.  My virtual bin is full of the pathetic, the out-of-focus and the unremarkable.  This photo is barely a quarter decent but I have given up trying for even near perfection.  Soon it will be too late to ask theContinue reading “Ceratostigma”

I am feeling much chirpier today.  This could be due to the fact that I haven’t ventured out into the continuing bleakness.  Today I am warm and dry, it is a very nice feeling.

It is still raining.  All being considered this shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.  After all it is North Devon, it is autumn and I have a lingering Hammer House of Horrors cough to nurture.  Mr and Mrs G swanned off first thing telling me they had a very important meeting to attend, leaving myself andContinue reading “Again”

And it did.  And it wasn’t really a little.  Less shower, more downpour.  And I had left my waterproofs at home.  I know, “call yourself a professional” and all that, but I have not been my usual super-efficient self of late.   Mind you, I may have imagined that self.  The deluge began in earnest just asContinue reading “Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall”

“Oh yes”, I bragged, “we will be there at 10.00, forming an orderly queue or hammering on the door dependent on how much coffee I have drunk”.  So confident was I that we would be early than an illicit meeting had been arranged with Rusty Duck in the car park for the furtive exchange of “goods”.  You don’tContinue reading “Ten Go Mad at Rosemoor”

Using my previous post Top Ten* as reference I will sum up yesterday’s visit to Rosemoor with All Horts as follows: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. * In the event that you haven’t committed this post to memory (shame on you) here is a link for your convenience  https://offtheedgegardening.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/top-ten/    

Day out.  Brilliant.  Now tired.  Pretty flower.  More tomorrow.  Goodnight.

The internet is evil.  Nothing but bad can come of it.  You meet people who you are unlikely to come across in the real world.  Strange virtual folk with strange virtual habits.  Unknown, scary, likely to have hidden agendas and devilment on their minds.   But I have found these demons to be kind and generous.  TheyContinue reading “Evil”

I was meant to be working in Lavinia and Lionel’s garden today.  Yesterday I was due at The Farm and the day before Max’s was scheduled.   None of these obligations were completed. At least I made it to Max’s.  Here I struggled on pathetically for an hour before throwing in the towel and staggered home, drooping tail between my leaden legs.Continue reading “Poorly”