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Dinosaur

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Ayesha’ is no one trick pony. The pretty puckered flowers would be reason enough to welcome this beauty into your garden. You could sit back and say “you have earned your place with your glorious blooms, no need for anymore effort”. But then, as a autumnal bonus, the serrated leaves blush scarlet beforeContinue reading “Dinosaur”

Juxtaposition

An out of focus cosmos, symbolising the confusion and instability of life. A backdrop of steely scaffolding representing the hard, harsh realities of life. Yep, the roof is still leaking. After all those promises. Again.

Repeat

I have begun to repeat myself. Most stories are prefaced with “please say if I have told you this before”. Perhaps it is an inevitable phase of life. It is not really that important unless, I suppose, you are the victim. This is Dahlia australis, but it isn’t really. Grown from seed as such, itsContinue reading “Repeat”

Blame

Some plants are very late coming into bloom in our garden. As we live in a blame-blame culture I am going to point the finger at a hard winter, a late spring, followed by a sweltering summer. It could be one, the other, a combination of any, whatever, they are tardy. This reluctance to flowerContinue reading “Blame”

Six on Saturday – Happy Holidays

After a week or more away, I have come home to builders, scaffolding, inaccessible plants and a really vicious cold. For this reason (and I will continue to blame everything on the builders including my poor health, who in reality are rather nice chaps, until further notice) my Six on Saturday will dwell on holidayContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Happy Holidays”

Second Time Around

A day of mizzle and murk, that is until the moment I clocked off when the sun came out in all its glory. Life is like that sometimes. I arrived home to find the scaffolding complete and a quartet of builders in deep debate. I am not absolutely certain, but I am pretty certain IContinue reading “Second Time Around”

Six on Saturday – Disrupted

It has been a disruptive week. I am disrupted. Bits all over the place. Betwixt and between I have half an hour to spare. What better use of this time than attempting a Six on Saturday. I mean if Mr K can fell and dispose of a 15m length of leylandii and still contribute toContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Disrupted”

Vague

Possibly Salvia atropurpurea with some kind of buzzy bee thing. It was that kind of day. Vague in a good way.

Demarcation

After very enjoyable, but rather hectic, weekend it was a treat to spend the day on Button Moon. Even better I was joined by my friend Pickle. First we surveyed the garden. I was looking for progression and regression in order to make an accurate assessment of horticultural jobs and their relative urgency. Pickle wasContinue reading “Demarcation”

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