Lovely flowers, so odd seeing things backwards as it were. 🙄
I've got some errands to do and then hopefully back in the garden. I've taken lots of penstemon cuttings, I hope they take, great success with the last lot. I do like them, but it's a constant battle to get them to stay compact and bushy. They so easily get leggy and floppy. I had more success this year in a bed that had sun all day.
@Dovefromabove Val McDermid is a great writer but I do find her a bit too graphic at times. I'm more of a fan of the troubled lives of the detectives, I adore inspector Morse, I've got every book and have read them all several times over, including the original where he drives a Lancia and Lewis is Welsh and older than Morse. 😮
Hope all is well with everyone or at very least you're coping with what's thrown at you. One of my friends was saying last night life is quite 'ghastly', she's been working from home alone since March and is feeling very lonely. She likes live music and theatre and is missing it all very much. I think this idea that for the foreseeable future this is 'it' is getting her down. I know exactly how she feels. All very uncertain times.
Thank goodness for gardens where hope springs eternal. 🙂
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Good morning all 😊 ☕️ Looks like those bluebells suit your garden @Pat E ... very pretty.
@D0rdogne_Damsel it hadn’t occurred to me that her books were particularly graphic ... most of the ones we’ve read so far have been the Karen Pirie series. Maybe others are a bit different?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all/afties @Pat E - I'm quite happy for lily of the valley to take over a bit. I love it Oh she's graphic @Dovefromabove - very! She has a great sense of humour too. I like her very much. Supposed to be quite gloomy here today, but it's clearer and brighter than expected. Not quite as chilly overnight as the previous night, but it's dry. I might get the front path all scraped and cleared of moss etc. Had a chat with the new neighbour yesterday, and she's keen to have a nice garden so that's good. I've suggested moving the potentilla that hangs over the path, so that looks like a goer. It'll be nicer for the shrub, and I'll be able to see it better too. Winner winner...
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Is that a new word you've invented @Dovefromabove? I've not read any of her books for a while. The ones they turned into tv dramas [Robson thingummy bloke?] were quite good, but the progs were less graphic than the books. Probably had to be, or folk would be having cardiac arrests! She's a really interesting person to listen to when interviewed though.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks everyone for your Anniversary good wishes. The sun shone brightly yesterday (as it did 26 years ago, and as it has on 15th October pretty much every year since 😎) so we headed for the beach and had a lovely walk in the sand dunes. Then a great meal out in a tent (extension to a pub) which was amazing 😋. We got talking to the owner....they originally rented the tent, but have now decided to buy it (it’s more of a marquee affair really) as it’s been so successful. They are booked out solid-lunch and dinner- and the 60 covers they have gained in the tent more than compensated for the 15 they have lost indoors (because the tables have to be spaced out more than before). So someone has found a silver lining ☁️☁️☁️
Those spring flowers are so pretty @Pat E .....making me feel quite wistful. Roll on spring 🤣🤣🤣
Based around the detective Karen Pirie @Fairygirl ... mainly cold cases.
I think Ms McD is great. Could listen to her all day. She’s on Round Britain Quiz too Haven’t watched the ones with Robson chap in. Can’t be doing with him 🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good morning Forkers. Been out for our flu jabs this morning so am expecting a sore arm later on. Always have a reaction but OH doesn't. Fabulous sunny day here so I shall take Possum and doggies for walkies on a beach after lunch. It's really quite cold this morning so I shall be sewing till lunchtime.
I like your flowers @Pat E and rather doubt that proper bluebells would like your conditions. I'm trying to establish a clump of lily of the valley here along with proper bluebells under my Japanese maples. Have to wait about 6 months tho to see if it's working. The hardy cyclamens are enjoying life there at the mo.
Glad you enjoyed your day @chicky and hope you got lots of chocolate @Fairygirl and some hugs too.
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Lovely flowers, so odd seeing things backwards as it were. 🙄
I've got some errands to do and then hopefully back in the garden. I've taken lots of penstemon cuttings, I hope they take, great success with the last lot. I do like them, but it's a constant battle to get them to stay compact and bushy. They so easily get leggy and floppy. I had more success this year in a bed that had sun all day.
@Dovefromabove Val McDermid is a great writer but I do find her a bit too graphic at times. I'm more of a fan of the troubled lives of the detectives, I adore inspector Morse, I've got every book and have read them all several times over, including the original where he drives a Lancia and Lewis is Welsh and older than Morse. 😮
Hope all is well with everyone or at very least you're coping with what's thrown at you. One of my friends was saying last night life is quite 'ghastly', she's been working from home alone since March and is feeling very lonely. She likes live music and theatre and is missing it all very much. I think this idea that for the foreseeable future this is 'it' is getting her down. I know exactly how she feels. All very uncertain times.
Thank goodness for gardens where hope springs eternal. 🙂
Looks like those bluebells suit your garden @Pat E ... very pretty.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh she's graphic @Dovefromabove - very!
She has a great sense of humour too. I like her very much.
Supposed to be quite gloomy here today, but it's clearer and brighter than expected. Not quite as chilly overnight as the previous night, but it's dry. I might get the front path all scraped and cleared of moss etc. Had a chat with the new neighbour yesterday, and she's keen to have a nice garden so that's good. I've suggested moving the potentilla that hangs over the path, so that looks like a goer. It'll be nicer for the shrub, and I'll be able to see it better too. Winner winner...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've not read any of her books for a while. The ones they turned into tv dramas [Robson thingummy bloke?] were quite good, but the progs were less graphic than the books. Probably had to be, or folk would be having cardiac arrests!
She's a really interesting person to listen to when interviewed though.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Those spring flowers are so pretty @Pat E .....making me feel quite wistful. Roll on spring 🤣🤣🤣
Haven’t watched the ones with Robson chap in. Can’t be doing with him 🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I like your flowers @Pat E and rather doubt that proper bluebells would like your conditions. I'm trying to establish a clump of lily of the valley here along with proper bluebells under my Japanese maples. Have to wait about 6 months tho to see if it's working. The hardy cyclamens are enjoying life there at the mo.
Glad you enjoyed your day @chicky and hope you got lots of chocolate @Fairygirl and some hugs too.
I got my flu jab invitation this morning. I'll go next week.
Man has been to service the boiler and sweep the wood burners. I have to have certificates for the house sale.
I've been sorting china in the dining room sideboards, what I want, what the children want and what the house clearance man can see if he wants when he comes on Tuesday to look.