Hazel your clemmie is gorgeous, I love it . Good evening Ante ,you will have enjoyed your sisters visit . I am sure that you will get back into your routine without too much trouble .
Hazel what a stunning clematis, beautiful colour. Love the plant you have with it too, what is it called. Did you ever finish your blanket Hazel. Still sunny, beautiful sky tonight.
This is one of my Lophophora. It is not as spectacular as some of my other plants but it has a diminutive charm. It also has a darker side as it produces psychoactive alkaloids - something called peyote. I have two of these and I had no idea that they had these properties.
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
Evening all - no we haven’t been paddling LB. Been at MIL’s all day helping her to clear the shed. Took 2 car loads to the tip including 2 sets of rotten wooden step ladders, 5 ancient large gas cylinders (some with gas in) and a small and a large drum of engine oil - probably about 30 years old judging from the state of the containers. Fortunately the tip has facilities to dispose of these potentially hazardous items safely.
Also got rid of a significant number of ancient gardening tools. All blunt, rusty, and with insecure heads and far heavier than modern tools. I did rescue a smaller border spade, some edging shears I think will clean and sharpen up (quite nicely weighted and balanced) and an ancient daisy grubber. (Been thinking about buying one of those this year.) Also some half-size propagater lids and some blow lamps which I just couldn’t bear to see go to the tip. Similarly a circa 60 year old Esso Blue Paraffin can. What on earth will I do with them? Gawd knows - may have to build a shrine to FIL in the shed!
Yvie - I do hope the new drops help your eyes - very uncomfortable for you.
Rubee & Hazel - beautiful clemmies.
May have to go & find some plants to look at or do some painting tomorrow. All the museums, churches, houses and other places of interest I was hoping to visit are still closed☹️
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Thank you Hazel, nice plant.......there are a variety of Veronicas aren't there 🤗 You're right LB your plant does look like a Chinese pin cushion! Night night everyone sleep well
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Did you ever finish your blanket Hazel.
Still sunny, beautiful sky tonight.
I am signing out goodnight sleep well .
Also got rid of a significant number of ancient gardening tools. All blunt, rusty, and with insecure heads and far heavier than modern tools. I did rescue a smaller border spade, some edging shears I think will clean and sharpen up (quite nicely weighted and balanced) and an ancient daisy grubber. (Been thinking about buying one of those this year.) Also some half-size propagater lids and some blow lamps which I just couldn’t bear to see go to the tip. Similarly a circa 60 year old Esso Blue Paraffin can. What on earth will I do with them? Gawd knows - may have to build a shrine to FIL in the shed!
Yvie - I do hope the new drops help your eyes - very uncomfortable for you.
Rubee & Hazel - beautiful clemmies.
May have to go & find some plants to look at or do some painting tomorrow. All the museums, churches, houses and other places of interest I was hoping to visit are still closed☹️
You're right LB your plant does look like a Chinese pin cushion!
Night night everyone sleep well