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  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    Had a coffee and went back to bed for a while Dove as it's a dreich morning.
    If the afternoon is brighter I'll get a bit more pruning done.
    SW Scotland
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Morning all. 
    Just woke up , again. 
    I watched GW at 4 this morning and enjoyed it too. We've been to the Mughal gardens in Dehli, Agra and Jaipur they showed. Hmayun's temple is being restored by the Aga Khan. It's massive, over 60 acres and many of the rills/pools are dry now , but in its day, 1570, it must have been breathtaking.
    I loved the gardens at the Aga Khan centre  in Kings Cross.
    Devon.
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    Morning. Dull but dry here and fairly warm. I still look a sight - scabby nose, mouth and chin, swollen face - but it's my knees (which I barely noticed hurting at the time) which are most sore. Ho hum. I've volunteered to do some gardening in a local park tomorrow - never met them before and will turn up looking not like me and all achey and creaking!

    Those Aga Khan centre gardens were fabulous weren't they? Might pop over in October. 

    For now - off to an airshow. Au revoir :)
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    Hosta, the Moghal gardens in Srinagar look over the Dal Lake and are beautiful too.
    I love their tranquillity.
    SW Scotland
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2018
    We thought you'd enjoy that one @Hostafan1 :)  and not a dog in sight  ;)

    I think I must've reached 'a certain age' ... I've just received a catalogue from Easylife ... everyday solutions for making your life easier  :o   I have the option of purchasing a portable denture case, countless styles of peel off/stick on wall tiles including some that are meant to look like real brickwork but look as much like a brick as dear Danny la Rue looked like a real woman scared there's a choice of hideous quilted covers and throws for the sofa, and sprays for deodorising my mattress!!!  And did you know that you can buy a folding three sided metal 'wall' to put around your frying pan so it doesn't spit fat on your cooker hob ... all you have to do is to clean the folding three sided metal wall instead of clean the cooker hob   There's also a gadget that will make me a small amount of what looks like yellow polystyrene scrambled egg in the microwave in 60 seconds. sprout

    The possibilities for improving my life appear endless ..... NOT!!!!!!!!!! scared

    Fortunately I've pre-empted them ... got myself a younger chap  ;)  Don't need gadgets to make my life easier ....... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    @Joyce21, I've just googled them. Lovely. I prefer the simplicity of the gardens with grass/ water. IMHO it's a shame many of them have been Anglicised with bedding  etc.
    Devon.
  • flumpy1flumpy1 Posts: 3,117
    Hey Dove I’ve just received that magazine and I’m only in my 40’s 🤪
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    , countless styles of peel off/stick on wall tiles including some that are meant to look like real brickwork but look as much like a brick as dear Danny la Rue looked like a real woman scared .. 
    You mean he wasn't a woman??????? 
    Devon.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Hubby has just called from the shop:
    " Can you pick me 5kg of tomatoes,so I can start making chutney"
    Funny: I thought he'd agreed to do that tomorrow when I'm at work. Odd.
    Devon.
  • flumpy1flumpy1 Posts: 3,117
    Hosta, he didn’t think it’s sunday does he 🤔🤪
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