Good afternoon everyone. I don't know where the time goes but it passes very quickly. I've been pottering again in the garden and after in depth research I think I have found the compost bin I want. Just bobbed in for a brew. Hope you are all enjoying your Sundays.
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
I had a brief planting session earlier - put a jasmine, raspberry polka and honeysuckle next to the shed in the border previously known as 'the pond' There's a trellis on the shed so I've trained them all in and hope the wind doesn't wreak any havoc before they've got time to become established and intertwined.
Afternoon everyone, I've been doing unmentionables, can't get out in the garden today it's been pouring with rain since about 10 o'clock. It's very chilly too. @Ladybird4 today seems to have whizzed by. @Biglad hope the new climbers don't get battered by the windy weather.
Afternoon all. We made it to Delft yesterday and last night we cycled into town for a drink at a local micro brewery and then moved on for a delicious Indonesian Rijstafel. We only ordered the mini one but it still beat us!
This morning I visited the very interesting museum in town about the life & work of Johannes Vermeer while OH did a 25 mile cycle ride. I cycled in at about 10am and hardly anything was open. It was lovely having a wander round the quiet old streets and squares almost on my own. It was much, much busier when I came out of the museum at lunchtime and was positively manic on Saturday night.
This afternoon it's very hot so we cycled to the local lake and had a paddle from one of the beaches. It was very busy there. Now back at the van with a cuppa reading books in the shade.
Ante - thank you for posting that lovely video. We very much hope to come back to Croatia when we have the new camper van . It's only 6m long so we won't take up much room😉😁
Chive - sorry your mum is still in pain. Does she have a date yet for her next appointment?
BL - hope you've had a nice day in Bungay. Did you manage a quick catch up with Didy? Did Dove go as well? Would have loved to have been able to join you😎
Glad to hear the rest of you have all been busy. Think I might have a ton of gardening to do when I get home - including planting some asters ordered from Beth Chatto's yesterday. Only problem with the internet - makes buying stuff wherever you are just a little too easy....
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Afternoon all, Loved the video @Ante1 Croatia has been on my list to visit for ages. Sounds like you are having a lovely time @Topbird I've been in the garden all morning, cutting and edging the back lawn, removing lots of Forget me Not and potting on Phlox Cherry Caramel and Dwarf Rudbekia. Enjoyed Eurovision last night. Didn't we do well.
Evening everyone, LB Nel thanks Lily for her birthday wishes 😻 Glad you’ve found the compost bin you wanted, it’s surprising how much variety there is when you start looking,
Debs Enjoy having some of your family round for dinner, hope you’re youngest son is keeping well, Hope you’ve had a good day too Rubee, Busy Hope you’ve had a lovely time at the plant market today and it stayed dry for it, the showers have been intermittent here, SGL Glad OH is feeling better after a good sleep, the zoom session sounds much more practical for all when you don’t need to travel to attend. Great picture thank you 😻 Topbird Sounds like you had the perfect time out this morning ahead of the crowds enjoying the quiet town & museum. Mum has her scan on Friday so fingers crossed that this will be followed by a swift decision how to proceed 🤞 Biglad That’s a lovely combination of climbers you’ve planted on the trellis, I have jasmine & honeysuckle they fill the air with scent, Busy day in the garden Yvie I hope you’re not aching after, Hope Hazel & OH made it safely to her mums and are enjoying the time together, Having a cold beer on the garden swing and it’s going down rather well. Have a lovely evening everyone.
I had a good time at the plant market, thanks everyone. Yes @Topbird, I met Didy who very kindly insisted on buying me some lunch and a coffee. There were lots of stalls, a street full on both sides. I bought marmalade, birthday cards, a beautiful hosta called "Orange Marmalade" with yellow leaves edged with green and an alstroemeria "Indian Summer". The hosta is going where the heuchera was that the squirrel ate. The alstroemeria will go where a self-seeded foxglove is. It started raining a little when I left to go home.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Evening everyone. Chive Alfie and Nel are very close innAge,mAlfie had his 10th birthday in March. Happy Birthday Nel 🐣. Lily I hope your oh is able to rest. Pilates can be quite challenging. It is very good is available on zoom. Busy it will have been good to catch up with your brother and see each other again. It was raining here today. I visited Rubee and oh, shared lunch and back to do some pottering. Top bird good you could both have a paddle and challenged the Indonesian meal. Busy how lovely to meet up with Didy and share lunch and come home with lovely plants. Yvie I enjoyed Eurovision too. LB sounds like you’ve been busy. We can all put our feet up this evening.
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I had a brief planting session earlier - put a jasmine, raspberry polka and honeysuckle next to the shed in the border previously known as 'the pond'
I've been doing unmentionables, can't get out in the garden today it's been pouring with rain since about 10 o'clock. It's very chilly too.
@Ladybird4 today seems to have whizzed by.
@Biglad hope the new climbers don't get battered by the windy weather.
This morning I visited the very interesting museum in town about the life & work of Johannes Vermeer while OH did a 25 mile cycle ride. I cycled in at about 10am and hardly anything was open. It was lovely having a wander round the quiet old streets and squares almost on my own. It was much, much busier when I came out of the museum at lunchtime and was positively manic on Saturday night.
This afternoon it's very hot so we cycled to the local lake and had a paddle from one of the beaches. It was very busy there. Now back at the van with a cuppa reading books in the shade.
Ante - thank you for posting that lovely video. We very much hope to come back to Croatia when we have the new camper van . It's only 6m long so we won't take up much room😉😁
Chive - sorry your mum is still in pain. Does she have a date yet for her next appointment?
BL - hope you've had a nice day in Bungay. Did you manage a quick catch up with Didy? Did Dove go as well? Would have loved to have been able to join you😎
Glad to hear the rest of you have all been busy. Think I might have a ton of gardening to do when I get home - including planting some asters ordered from Beth Chatto's yesterday. Only problem with the internet - makes buying stuff wherever you are just a little too easy....
Sounds like you are having a lovely time @Topbird
I've been in the garden all morning, cutting and edging the back lawn, removing lots of Forget me Not and potting on Phlox Cherry Caramel and Dwarf Rudbekia. Enjoyed Eurovision last night. Didn't we do well.
LB Nel thanks Lily for her birthday wishes 😻 Glad you’ve found the compost bin you wanted, it’s surprising how much variety there is when you start looking,
Hope you’ve had a good day too Rubee,
Busy Hope you’ve had a lovely time at the plant market today and it stayed dry for it, the showers have been intermittent here,
SGL Glad OH is feeling better after a good sleep, the zoom session sounds much more practical for all when you don’t need to travel to attend. Great picture thank you 😻
Topbird Sounds like you had the perfect time out this morning ahead of the crowds enjoying the quiet town & museum. Mum has her scan on Friday so fingers crossed that this will be followed by a swift decision how to proceed 🤞
Biglad That’s a lovely combination of climbers you’ve planted on the trellis, I have jasmine & honeysuckle they fill the air with scent,
Busy day in the garden Yvie I hope you’re not aching after,
Hope Hazel & OH made it safely to her mums and are enjoying the time together,
Having a cold beer on the garden swing and it’s going down rather well. Have a lovely evening everyone.