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Today was my last  day working at Spotty Dotty’s.  It was a tough decision but in the end it was too long a journey to make it a sensible proposition.  A day spent on my own, punctuated by very heavy showers, so vigorous George the cat didn’t even come out to say hello.  In honourContinue reading “Farewell”

I think I may have fallen in love with a gecko called Maisie.

There are kniphofias and there are kniphofias…… this could run and run!

There are hydrangeas and there are hydrangeas!

Today Lionel asked me what I thought about when I was weeding.  This made me stop to think. In fact there may even have been one of those awkward silences.  Unusual.  A gap in the conversation doesn’t often happen when I am in the room.  It was a fair question, what do I think aboutContinue reading “Meditation”

All things come to those who wait.

You have got to admire this little lobelia, its pretty powder blue flower boldly growing through the mottled pink ajuga.

On the reverse of this lovely yellow pompom dahlia there is ….. another lovely yellow pompom dahlia.  This is most likely a case of fasciation, a curious phenomena which causes elongation and distortion of stems and flowers.  This anomaly could be caused by a genetic mutation, hormonal imbalance or even an infection, it is difficultContinue reading “Mutant”

It is blue and it is a berry. It won’t be long before it is no longer a berry or blue.

One of the hardest of tasks for many gardeners is to remove perfectly healthy plants.  By their nature they are nurturing souls, sensitive to a fault and to destroy is not in their nature.  It doesn’t matter that the plant in question is in the wrong place, a horrendous colour, swamping everything else, just darnedContinue reading “You say hello, I say goodbye”