I had an even better afternoon. I went to the garden that was open for the French "Open Gardens", like the NGS. The garden wasn't big but it was very pretty and well cared for. Tea was set out on the terrace, sausage rolls, scones and cakes. I had sausage rolls and a yummy slice of date and walnut cake. There were English people that I know there and I met a few more. Most of the visitors to the garden were English. It was a warm day and a drive through glorious countryside with wonderful far reaching views.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Evening everyone, It's been a beautiful sunny day here too. I did quite a bit in the garden this afternoon in the shade under the oak tree. I cleared a lot of next doors ivy again that's crept in over the flower bed under the tree. I dug up a wild rose that had self seeded itself and hadn't produced and blooms at all. It had just grown bonkers and was extremely thorny. I've now put a Fushia in it's place that I'd grown from a cutting last year. I even trimmed the oak tree where it had grown a few dangling twiggy bits. Did some unmentionable pressing cloth things with the heavy hot thing.......which had been wet this morning and had dried outside in the sun. @Songbird-1 sorry to hear you're in pain, hope your back improves soon. @Busy-Lizzie what a beautiful garden. I love the walls of the house too, it's gorgeous. @Ladybird4 hope your brother finds his new home soon. Bungalows are pretty scarce round here too, hardly ever see one for sale. And when they do they get snapped up very quickly. @Rubee hope your OH sleeps well tonight. And you too of course.
If you're looking in @Chivetalking hope your mum is ok. Take care of yourself too.
No spoilers of Vigil please, have recorded it and will be watching tomorrow. Good night everyone, sleep well and sweet dreams.
Hello there everyone. Just enjoying my first nectar of the Gods. Busy, those pictures are stunning. Thank you so much for sharing them. Well done SGL, you got some good jobs done in your garden yesterday. Hazel, I hope your back is a bit easier today. I need to sort out some spare coat hangers for Jack. When he was skip dipping the other day, he found one and happened to mention he needed some more. Vigil was absolutely brilliant last night. No spoilers SGL.
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
Good morning all. Hope you slept well? Off to work this morning then this afternoon going to GC with youngest daughter to buy an acer for her dads 60th birthday. She wants a really red one. Am I right in thinking they like Ericaceous soil? ( that auto corrected to Eric’s mum) Going to be a sunny day apparently hope you can all enjoy the day
Morning Debs. I didn't sleep too badly last night for a pleasant change. Acers will grow quite happily in neutral to slightly acidic soils. I have a few in large pots and I've used ericaceous compost but my largest which grows in the garden is very happy in my neutral soil.
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
I've been reading the papers online and found an article about Bletchley Park.
My mother was a Wren at Bletchley Park during the war. She never spoke about it until it was on a programme on TV around 1970 when she was shocked that the secret had been broken. What we didn't know then was that she was sent to Colombo, Sri Lanka, to help with Japanese de-coding. My sister researched for Mummy's funeral and found that out. "The Times" today has an article about Bletchley and also mentions Japanese de-coding in Colombo - "Hore said that one of the most successful Wren operations was the interception of messages that showed the Japanese navy was planning to attack the British Eastern Fleet in Colombo harbour. “The Y Service Wrens prevented a second Pearl Harbour in March 1942. They . . . enabled the British fleet to sail before the attack.”"
We did know she was in Colombo after Bletchley because she learnt to make curries there and she spoke about the wonderful mangoes picked from the trees, but we didn't know she was intercepting Japanese messages during the war until my sister found out after her death.
I'm very proud of her. I wish I could tell her and pick up the phone for a chat as we used to.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I haven’t read back folks . Just this moment woken up . The darker nights are making me sleep a lot longer .Must get on . I hope you all have a pleasant day .
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I had an even better afternoon. I went to the garden that was open for the French "Open Gardens", like the NGS. The garden wasn't big but it was very pretty and well cared for. Tea was set out on the terrace, sausage rolls, scones and cakes. I had sausage rolls and a yummy slice of date and walnut cake. There were English people that I know there and I met a few more. Most of the visitors to the garden were English. It was a warm day and a drive through glorious countryside with wonderful far reaching views.
It's been a beautiful sunny day here too. I did quite a bit in the garden this afternoon in the shade under the oak tree. I cleared a lot of next doors ivy again that's crept in over the flower bed under the tree. I dug up a wild rose that had self seeded itself and hadn't produced and blooms at all. It had just grown bonkers and was extremely thorny. I've now put a Fushia in it's place that I'd grown from a cutting last year. I even trimmed the oak tree where it had grown a few dangling twiggy bits.
Did some unmentionable pressing cloth things with the heavy hot thing.......which had been wet this morning and had dried outside in the sun.
@Songbird-1 sorry to hear you're in pain, hope your back improves soon.
@Busy-Lizzie what a beautiful garden. I love the walls of the house too, it's gorgeous.
@Ladybird4 hope your brother finds his new home soon. Bungalows are pretty scarce round here too, hardly ever see one for sale. And when they do they get snapped up very quickly.
@Rubee hope your OH sleeps well tonight. And you too of course.
If you're looking in @Chivetalking hope your mum is ok. Take care of yourself too.
No spoilers of Vigil please, have recorded it and will be watching tomorrow.
Good night everyone, sleep well and sweet dreams.
Going to be a sunny day apparently hope you can all enjoy the day
Sunny outside.
I've been reading the papers online and found an article about Bletchley Park.
My mother was a Wren at Bletchley Park during the war. She never spoke about it until it was on a programme on TV around 1970 when she was shocked that the secret had been broken. What we didn't know then was that she was sent to Colombo, Sri Lanka, to help with Japanese de-coding. My sister researched for Mummy's funeral and found that out. "The Times" today has an article about Bletchley and also mentions Japanese de-coding in Colombo - "Hore said that one of the most successful Wren operations was the interception of messages that showed the Japanese navy was planning to attack the British Eastern Fleet in Colombo harbour. “The Y Service Wrens prevented a second Pearl Harbour in March 1942. They . . . enabled the British fleet to sail before the attack.”"
We did know she was in Colombo after Bletchley because she learnt to make curries there and she spoke about the wonderful mangoes picked from the trees, but we didn't know she was intercepting Japanese messages during the war until my sister found out after her death.
I'm very proud of her. I wish I could tell her and pick up the phone for a chat as we used to.