Any day that starts with a rainbow has got to be considered lucky. And that wasn’t the last of the omens of good fortune. Next we found a lucky newt, especially lucky for him as he managed to avoid the tines of my fork. Then a mushroom portent, along with a lawn full of puffContinue reading “Lucky, Lucky, Lucky”
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Walking
Due to the fact that my Mean Machine is still at the menders, I have had to walk to work for the last couple of days. Luckily these jobs have been relatively local and the sun was shining or I might not have been quite so nonchalent. This morning, on my trek to work, IContinue reading “Walking”
Precis
Ginger lilies, hummingbird hawk moth, Canna ‘Panache’, four lovely cats, chocolate biscuits, ginger rosemary cuttings, Helianthus salicifolius, brugmansia, horti-chat, sunshine, Colocasia ‘Black Magic’, road trip, Passiflora exoniensis, fine folk, school day, Ensete montbeliardii, plant aquisitions, dragonfly, Bidens ‘Hannay’s Lemon Drop’ and friends, fabulous visit – Devon Subtropical Garden.
Survived
We have just returned from the Edinburgh Fringe. We survived. Not the festival, I had every faith we would return tired but relatively unscathed. It was everything I thought it would be and more – crazy crowded, cosmopolitan, chaotic and great fun. We had a wonderful few days with some of my family and didContinue reading “Survived”
Six on Saturday – Anarchy
I’m not very happy with my garden at the moment, and I’m sure the garden would say exactly the same about me. I have once again slipped into a cycle of neglect – no dead heading, no slug watch, no bother. And it shows. Anarchy has ensued. My Six on Saturday this week is aContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Anarchy”
Contrasts
Today’s perpetual rain was a great contrast to the warming sun and frisky breezes of yesterday. I thought another “bee on flower” photo might redress the balance, if only a little.
Shag Pile
A wonderful violet, deepest of deep, shag pile carpet. And bee.
Un-Blue
Today there was plenty of blue sky to raise our spirits, a good working day with just a tease of a shower this morning. The return to summer was short-lived as the skies have already filled with grey cloud and gloom. It will be much harder to un-blue this salvia.
Birthday Blog
Today is my birthday. I love birthdays. I may have mentioned it before. Any excuse to be special for a day. But I am not telling you this in the faint hope you might send me a tiara or a Nebuchadnezzar of Dom Perignon. A nod and a smile would be quite enough. A kissContinue reading “Birthday Blog”
Port
Outside it is blowing and blustering and sheeting rain. Hope this little chap from earlier today has found a port in this storm.
Off The Edge Gardening 