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The Day After the Autumn Equinox

Today I am excited. Tomorrow (today/last week/ages ago according to when you get around to reading this post) I am going with my good friends Hero and Mrs Swotty to Malvern Autumn Show. When we are there we are going to meet up with the equally lovely Malvern Maid. I am confident there will beContinue reading “The Day After the Autumn Equinox”

Autumn Equinox

All downhill from here.

Strikes and Soup

Three strikes and I am out. First strike: The night was a wild one, for all the wrong reasons. The rain hammered against the windows, the wind shook the house by the shoulders and sleep was patchy. The morning broke, a little stunned but dry. Although heavy thundery showers were forecast, I decided to riskContinue reading “Strikes and Soup”

Subtle

You don’t always have to shout to be heard. This beautiful Gladiolus papilio proves just that.

Geum “Blazing Sunset”

That will warm your cockles!

Innocence

“I just wondered” Mr G slipped into the conversation “what are you like at shifting hay bales?” “I don’t know, I’ve never tried.” “Just popping out for a couple of hours, cover for me.” “Of course.”

Fire Eaters

For some reason I am noticing a lot of seed pods this year. This is Pittosporum tenuifolium and I don’t recall ever having seen fruit on this large shrub (with designs on being a tree). Perhaps in previous years I have been diverted by some exciting autumnal event, although I can’t imagine what that couldContinue reading “Fire Eaters”

Second Time Around

Better than before? Perhaps more welcome.

Fire

We were stood up by the dregs of Tropical Storm Henri today, at the last moment he veered off to the east. This is definitely not a complaint, an unexpected dry day is a joy indeed. We celebrated at Max’s house by shifting piles of garden detritus up and down his garden’s steep slopes usingContinue reading “Fire”

Darstardly

For someone who professes to love plants, I spend an awful lot of time digging them up. Last week my latest victim was crocosmia, probably that Old Devil called Lucifer. Any guilt is alleviated by the fact that it is nigh on impossible to rid yourself of these admittedly attractive plants. This is due toContinue reading “Darstardly”