OH is doing the shopping, I am expecting a delivery and outside it is blowing a hoolie by the name of Storm Claudia. Not ideal conditions for taking photos for this week’s Six on Saturday. Then inspiration hit me with a wet kipper. I will dash outside, remain within earshot of the front door andContinue reading “Six on Saturday – The Real Thing”
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Six on Saturday – Inbetweeny
Here we are in Inbetweeny Time, a time which is simultaneously “after” and “before”. It is a time of national confusion. No one is quite sure what day it is, who is working and who is not, with the added trauma of working out when the recycling should go out, as if we miss itContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Inbetweeny”
Six on Saturday – ‘Twas the SoS Before Christmas
Twas the SoS before Christmas, when all through the garden,Not a creature was stirring, not even a ……… Oh dear, I may have fallen at the first hurdle, what rhymes with garden? Pardon? Lardon? This isn’t going well. The plan was a good one, the execution sorely lacking. In any case there are plenty of creatures stirring, I’veContinue reading “Six on Saturday – ‘Twas the SoS Before Christmas”
Six on Saturday – Earth Stood Hard as Iron
One of the things I have wistfully dreamt of, along with having slim ankles and a puppy named Marvin, is a picture-book frosty winter garden. In this dream, in which I have adequately protected my tender plants, the low sun is shining poetically upon rimy seed heads whilst goldfinches feast gratefully on teasel and thistle.Continue reading “Six on Saturday – Earth Stood Hard as Iron”
Off The Edge Gardening 