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The quince at The Farm has hit puberty.  Some have prematurely left home, a scattering of immature fruit tragically circle the tree, to become snacks for the badgers no doubt.  But I have high hopes for this persistent beauty in particular.  It is now beginning to shed its adolescent fluff, revealing the adult beneath, and elongatingContinue reading “Teenage Angst”

Tomorrow is a big day in the Bun household.  Madeleine will be wedding Gary Baldy.  The traumatised scarlet flax have rallied, managing to produce a glorious red flower just in time.  One is enough. There are plenty of others to fill the jam jars.  Wishing you all a wonderful day and the happy couple an amazing lifeContinue reading “Mr Bun’s Lucky Escape”

“The grass is greener”, is not a valid excuse!

Albitzia julibrissin f. rosea, the pink silk tree, has been jettisoning its flowers for the past few weeks.  Most have fallen on the tarmac drive or are resting atop ferns and foliage. One dropped into the black bin now serving as a water reservoir, floating above the darkness, the end of each tassel glowing like a fibre optic light.

Today I had a postponed birthday breakfast with my lovely pals Hero and Betsy Bee.  It was wonderful.  It has inspired me to write a poem entitled Friends. Friends are good Friends are ace Friends are welcome round my place* Friends are lush Friends are cool Friends are even better if they have a swimming pool** FriendsContinue reading “Friends”

Ceratostigma willmottianum, the Chinese plumbago.  Blue incarnate.

I have never been a big fan of chrysanthemums, although I have tried for years.  Persistence may have eventually paid off.

Today we started in autumn and ended with summer.  It began by wiping windscreens and ended with wiping brows.  We are in between.

As I slammed the door behind me this morning I realised I had forgotten to pick up my waterproof.  Time wasn’t on my side, so with my usual misplaced optimism I thought, “they said there might be showers this afternoon, they are probably wrong”.  And they were.  It rained incessantly. In spite of all theContinue reading “Smile”

Tricyrtis hirta, the Hairy Toad lily was looking splendid today.  It is not however looking like any toad I’ve ever met, hairy or otherwise.