tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28330498605414998582024-03-18T06:49:43.046-07:00Share my GardenShare my Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.comBlogger855125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833049860541499858.post-78221083349585109772024-02-21T12:00:00.000-08:002024-02-21T12:07:43.875-08:00Windows!After several months absence our landing windows are now back in place, releaded and sandwiched between two sheets of plain glass. The workmen took two days to fit them, needing to alter the framework to accomodate the slightly thicker units. We are delighted with the result and it is surely going to give us a much warmer house!
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The workmen had finished by mid-afternoon and since the weather was dry we took ourselves off for a walk by the sea. Our nearest access point is by walking through the tropical garden.
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If we walk in the direction of Poole there is a glimpse of an interesting-looking house, just a partial view to be seen on the clifftop above the beach huts. I see some fascinating period properties when I drive around the area, I would love to be nosey and have the chance to explore them!
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There are always some dog walkers on the beach, whatever the weather, not to mention a small boy digging holes or guddling in a pool of water!
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The light was already fading as we returned to the car.
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(Apologies to those who have commented on my blog. I love to read what you say but am currently experiencing problems in replying and also in commenting on your sites.)Share my Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833049860541499858.post-40497332497369847362024-02-17T02:48:00.000-08:002024-02-17T02:48:26.049-08:00Compost and other delights.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftNi1HCA3yI8iEbSsDzIWe5DnPzU9Pp2h1mYfTox3ITkzaMXt-sZyXWgmp3PyOf61WXRevOUzaeNv4g_CZj0EdIzMer1yn1j0qiEnTbzTbh8CXKKPj54g6CB5EAnZmVc6MOD6LAh6BuF12gl5pX5cxbIy4maNAkNBxViTadPVh9ttK4h5obgvmDFbePM/s700/P1250172.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftNi1HCA3yI8iEbSsDzIWe5DnPzU9Pp2h1mYfTox3ITkzaMXt-sZyXWgmp3PyOf61WXRevOUzaeNv4g_CZj0EdIzMer1yn1j0qiEnTbzTbh8CXKKPj54g6CB5EAnZmVc6MOD6LAh6BuF12gl5pX5cxbIy4maNAkNBxViTadPVh9ttK4h5obgvmDFbePM/s400/P1250172.jpg"/></a></div>
I've been in bed, only my nose visible above the bedding. It's a good place to be in February, but only if you are feeling well! Some bug or other has traveled through the family. I was the last to succumb and it really wasn't pleasant. But now I'm up and about and greatly cheered by the arrival of a jumbo bag of garden compost. It is glorious stuff. One thousand litres and I've used it up already. I'm resisting the urge to order a repeat delivery but shall wait and see how beneficial this load is when used as a top dressing on acid soil.
The garden is made up of a series of narrow gravel pathways and is a good place to meander, especially in spring as shoots start to appear and buds form. I'm delighted with the camellia bushes that last year had no buds but this years are a joy to behold. A combination of creating a bit more light and a good scattering of fish, blood and bone.
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The emerging plants look good set against the dark compost.
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Yes, it's still soggy and damp out, but gardeners look forward and all around me the garden is saying, 'look, just wait, just wait!'
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A casual glance at the garden and it looks as dull as the day but closer inspection shows promise of bud and leaf. The plants in pots have had a hammering from strong winds this winter and are looking rather raggy and my lavender bushes don't seem to like it here and they look half dead or completely so.
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But look! Faces down, not at all keen to show off, the hellebores are starting to flower.
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Cold weather is also hot pudding time and we ate an easy blackcurrant version of Eve's pudding, the cake mxture made with just one egg and 3oz each of butter, sugar and flour softened with milk. (It's going to take a while, post-Christmas, to get back to my usual weight!)
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I hope you are all keeping warm and well fed.Share my Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833049860541499858.post-67314610338678147402024-01-18T07:24:00.000-08:002024-01-18T07:24:52.867-08:00LemonsIt's cold out and the warmest place to be in our house is in the kitchen. Another supply of wood is being delivered tomorrow in case the cold weather overstays it's welcome. Long gone are the days when we could fell and cut our own wood. The load will be dropped in the drive and then we shall have a little bit of a workout in stacking it neatly under cover.
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My Meyer lemon bush is outside the kitchen window under the verandah wrapped in fleece. It is not looking happy. I've had this bush for thirty years or so, it was a present from my father. Every year it produces a good crop of fruit. First it is smothered in blossom, many of which develop into small fruitlets. Then, like apple trees, there comes a point when many of these small fruits drop off. Last year, for some unknown reason, there was no drop and they just hung on. The bush is struggling to cope with such a large crop. The lemons have ripened but remain ridiculously small. When I heard the cold weather warning I went outside and harvested a good number of them in the hopes of giving the bush more of a fighting chance against the weather. I've taken many cuttings over the years so have got a backup, but I would hate to lose my father's present.
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Perhaps I should make some lemon marmalade - stirring a jam pan over the stove would keep me warm!
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In the morning I phoned Edinburgh to check that the traditional New Year's Day steak pie was going to be on the table. Yes, there was going to be a house full of family and the steak pie was ready. Oh, how I wished to be there! We had a good long chat, remembering all the fun of past celebrations and stating our intentions of meeting up before too long, good intentions that are rarely realized.
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<b><b>I send you my best wishes for happiness and good health and a peaceful and contented 2024.</b></b>Share my Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833049860541499858.post-53000017113628263822023-12-29T02:14:00.000-08:002023-12-30T02:02:58.611-08:00The Unusual Suspects! The Family were home for Christmas.
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<b>Gangster Gabby.</b>
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<b> Fingers Fran.</b>
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<b> Roman the Razor.</b>
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<b>The Beastly Boy.</b>
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<b>Pilfering Pete.</b>
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<b> Rosie the Rogue.</b>
We've had a very old-fashioned Christmas, nothing electrical apart from our old slide projector and a slide show of jumbled images that went back over seventy years, some very precious images that I must copy from the tiny 35mm slides. We played ridiculous games, none of them recorded because I was too busy hooting with laughter. We introduced our grandson to the marshmallow on a flour pie game. The tablecloth was already beyond it anyway! Now the family have all dispersed and the house is quiet. Having a Scottish mother I have often given or been to a party at Hogmanay, but our friends of many years are at a distance now and it will just be the two of us, feet up on the sofa with a choice of new books to read and a drink and a kiss when the clock strikes midnight.Share my Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833049860541499858.post-67878833902509395162023-12-27T02:49:00.000-08:002023-12-27T02:49:22.451-08:00Deck the halls etc..We brought in beech twigs and the tip of a fir tree from the garden, along with holly and ivy to decorate the house. What a palaver with the tree, it behaved in a very drunken fashion and we ended up securing it to the banisters with a rope! Since it is not a traditional stiff-branched fir only the lightest ornaments will say in place. I buy one new ornament every year, this year it is a felt mouse, perched somewhere up at the top of the tree. We use the same decorations year after year, some of them rather battered but holding good memories.
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The Boy was very busy helping to decorate the Christmas cake, rolling a few icing snowballs and eaing them to make sure they were alright!
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We have played silly games, eaten and eaten and eaten. Actually, it is still only the day after Boxing Day and we are STILL eating.
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We've even made a start on the Christmas cake.
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I hope, dear Bloggers, that you have all had a wonderful time.Share my Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833049860541499858.post-74718715957634068562023-12-18T09:32:00.000-08:002023-12-18T11:24:38.708-08:00Santa's grotty!We went to a country park at the weekend to visit Father Christmas in his grotto, billed as being 'in the North Pole'. If that was the North Pole it was exceedingly muddy. We had a timed entry but were herded into the café along with many other families. We were crowded together, someone had a hacking cough, ah, yes, just the place to catch a doze of Covid! The children were offered a free drink, the adults bought their own. How cunning. Time passed. Our scheduled entry time passed. I started to feel rather Scrooge. Bah humbug to this shameless marketing opportunity. I complained to a tall, thin, scruffy, dismal-looking 'elf' and we were walked across a playground to the most miserable looking place imaginable, luckily at the head of the queue as all the other families tagged on behind. Then we saw a garden shed and were blasted with a bit of artificial snow. Our Boy was now in the North Pole. "Are you coming, Nana?" Yes, in for a penny in for rather more pounds than this outing is worth!
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It's daunting to be six and to be a believer. "Have you been good? Have you eaten your vegetables?" It's a problem when you are faced with questions like these. Our Boy is well brought up, he's not going to lie, so what is the solution? He took an anxious look at his mother, avoided all eye contact with Father Christmas and didn't say a word!
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The audience with Father Christmas didn't last long and we were pleased when it was over.
What a rip off!Share my Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833049860541499858.post-45817850253476212822023-12-16T08:07:00.000-08:002023-12-16T09:47:22.075-08:00Work in progressWe had a call from the window restorer to say that our job was on the bench, would we like to come and see what they were doing?
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Each piece of glass is numbered on a paper cartoon. Cleaned and stripped of the old lead, cement and debris the cleaned glass is then set back onto the cartoon and pieced together with new lead strips.
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Once all the pieces are in place the lead is soldered.
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This section of our window has been soldered and is now waiting to be put on a flat bed and blathered with dark cement. The cement will get into all the small crevices between the glass and metal. The fully refurbished glass panels will then be sandwiched between two plain glass panels. When reinstated we should have a much warmer house! (Sometime in the New Year.)
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It is labour intensive. After this visit I can now appreciate the rather eyewatering cost! The firm keep the cartoons of all the work they have done. We had a look at some very impressive examples of their work. It was a really interesting afternoon.
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The council were quickly on site to clear it all away.Share my Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833049860541499858.post-90875658594593139952023-12-07T08:37:00.000-08:002023-12-07T09:10:10.469-08:00More Russell-CotesI have several favorite paintings at the Russell-Cotes. Two of them, and the painted ceiling, are in the small morning room.
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The blue painting called,'War Profiteers'was painted in 1917. It is by C.R. Nevinson who, as a pacifist, worked as an ambulance driver during the first World War before becoming an official war artist. It was gifted to the museum in 1940. In 1941, during the Second World War a blast from a German parachute mine brought down the whole of the morning room ceiling and a competition was held to design a replacement. This was won by the Scottish artist, Anna Zinkelsen. She painted the ceiling in panels in her Kensington studio and they were then brought to Bournemouth and
fixed by means of a wooden framework. Anna trained at the Royal Academy Schools in London. She was employed as a war artist and the paintings that she and her sister, Doris, made during that period are fascinating. They include studies of war injuries for the Royal College of Surgeons. Photos and pictures of Anna show her to be a very elegant woman!
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I couldn't get a good photo of the other painting that I like in the morning room. It is called, 'Spray', painted in 1940 by Harold Williamson who at that time was Painting Master at the Bournemouth College of Art. It shows a swimmer sitting on a rock as the sea swells beneath her.
Hanging in another room is a large painting by Alfred Munnings who is famous for his equestrian studies and his boorish character. He is depicted in the book and film, 'Summer in February.'
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I like the work of Atkinson-Grimshaw,
and not just because my maiden name was Atkinson! They have a lovely example of his work at the museum, but as I've already mentioned some of it is very hard to photograph because the lighting is appropriate for a house but not for a gallery. I had a go from several angles.
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There is rich decoration everywhere.
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Ceilings have stars or stained glass skylights. Even the smallest room is highly decorated!
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And here are the owners of this very grand house.
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Share my Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833049860541499858.post-2942363644841508212023-12-03T06:15:00.000-08:002023-12-05T01:13:47.016-08:00The Russell-Coates MuseumWinter has certainly arrived now and with only a few beautiful exceptions the leaves have fallen from the trees and have mushed underfoot. We wrapped up well and walked into town to visit the Russell-Coates Museum and Art Gallery.
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It was all decked out for Christmas and looking even more sumptuous than ever, which is saying something because even on a normal day it is stuffed to the very high rooftop, in typical Victorian style, with all manner of objets d'art. The dining table was set - when was the goose going to arrive on a splendid platter!
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It is an enormous building, with many of the rooms facing out to sea, some with windows opening onto balconies, it must have been a wonderful place to sit and watch the world go by, to see people strolling up and down the promenade or out along the pier.
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In the hall someone was playing the grand piano and the music floated through the rooms that lead off from this central space. The sound really added to the atmosphere of the place. Two young girls in museum dressing-up clothes hung over the balcony to watch and listen.
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Everywhere I looked there were lovely things to photograph, but because of the lighting it was difficult to capture what I wanted, reflections and bright pinpoints of light distorted the picture. There is going to be a candle-lit evening event later this month. I'm sure that will be a lovely experience.
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Although cold, there was no snow, other than the soap bubble 'snow' that our grandson enjoyed.
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Sugar rush behaviour in the Christmas bauble!
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There was a Christmas tree for Kiv lit in the Ukranian national colours.
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And a little moon in competition.
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We've been told that leaded windows have a life span of about a hundred years before they start to deteriorate and need re-leading. Our house was built in 1928 so we've bitten the bullet and yesterday the window was removed and taken away to be made into a triple sandwich that will keep the window safe and also hopefully make a big difference to the warmth of the house.
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We were interested to hear about the particular features of our window, that the glass colour is hard to find these days, and the bulls eye panes are very sought after and expensive.
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We have been invited to visit the works when our windows are on the bench to see how the releading is done. I've warned them that we shall come mob-handed because all the family will be interested to see what is involved.
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The temporary replacement is not a pretty sight!
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The sun, when it chooses to shine, is low in the sky and hidden behind the neighbouring trees. It lights up odd patches in the rooms but I have to accept that the joy of living amongst mature trees is tempered by the fact that the house is dark!
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I've been up in the attic tidying my planchest, trying to put work done and projects to do in to some sort of order. It is slow work because I keep discovering things that I'd forgotten about. There are some grainy old photos from my student days and they prompt me to wonder what my fellow students have done in the many years since then. A bit of googling ahead!
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Where are they now?!
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(Although I know all about one of them, because, Reader, I married him!)
Share my Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833049860541499858.post-44510243131307369652023-11-12T01:25:00.000-08:002023-11-12T01:25:54.380-08:00Time to light the stove!No sooner have we finished the autumn fun of halloween and bonfire night than the shops are hammering us with all things Christmas. Can't they wait until December? (Father Christmas has already filled all his slots at the place our grandson saw him last year!) The rooted Christmas tree that I bought last December is waiting outside in it's pot. It has been cossetted all year and has grown a little but it is never going to give me the problem of becoming too big to fit in the room, as was the case with the one that we left at our previous home. The weather is feeling more wintery now, it's definitely time to light the stove.
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The trees are looking lovely, their structure showing beneath the leaves that still cling to the branches. There is a lot of leaf sweeping already done and plenty more to follow! As I add to the compost heap each day it looks almost full, but it quickly sinks. I only have the one bin here and therefore no means of turning it so I think it will take quite a bit longer to rot down.
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And it is very dark and damp!
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In the afternoon I made some gingerbread men - and women - for bonfire night.
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The fun started as soon as it was dark. Fortified with hot dogs, onion rings, sweet potato fries, homemade fudge, buns and biscuits we sat around the fire pit and ooed and aaad to the fireworks. (I'm still of the opinion that it's hard to beat a good sparkler!)
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When you have a six year old for company it's magical!
Share my Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833049860541499858.post-57431021241126369172023-11-04T12:47:00.001-07:002023-11-04T12:47:41.262-07:00Wet, wet, wet.Autumn has arrived and the leaves are changing colour. I don't think that we are in for a great display this year because heavy rain and strong winds mean that many of the leaves have been blown from the trees and now lie sodden on the ground. I go out raking and sweeping when the rain stops for a short while and the sun breaks through. The collected leaves go on the compost heap, which is swelling dramatically. We walked by the seafront yesterday for a short while. Large amounts of seaweed have been thrown onto the beach by the storm and I intend to go back and collect some to add to the compost heap. There were also many shellfish stranded on the beach. Do people collect these to eat? As a life-long landlubber I have no idea.
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My Halloween pumpkin may not have been spooky but the toadstools that have emerged around the garden due to the excessive rainfall are certainly spooking me a little. Slimy, unpleasant-looking growths.
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Our elder daughter and her partner were with us at the weekend. They lead busy lives, often out of the country, so it was lovely to sit down with a cup of tea and have a really good catch-up. On Friday night all the family were together under one roof - what a treat! (Then the Bournemouth branch, but not us, went off for a half-term holiday in the sun.)
On Saturday we went to the Dorchester Literary Festival where I was delighted to speak to Kate Adie whom I have admired since her days as a fiesty war correspondent for the BBC. What an elegant lady she is!
On Sunday we had a birthday lunch in town. Yes, another one, but my last for this year.
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Life is back to normal now - no cake on the cake stand and a low autumn sun hardly visible through the trees.
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We've been living here now for a year and there are no more surprises to find in the garden. Now I know what I can clear or move and what I shall cherish. There is only a little colour to see at the moment but there will be another shout in a while when the maple leaves put on their display. There is a repeat flowering of clematis and the jewel-like berries of the American beauty berry bush look lovely when a slant of filtered sun shines on them.
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The outdoor furniture has been put away and a number of potted plants pulled under the cover of the veranda. Wood for the kitchen stove is all undercover as well.
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I could wish for more sunlight to fall into the house and garden as it really is very dark. It is, however, rather magical - and private - to be living among trees that were part of an old and large woodland. The whole area has a blanket tree preservation order. There are big limbs that threaten the roof of our house!
The sun filters through and shines for a while on the small greenhouse. My auriculas are not in good shape. They are outside but I might have to reconsider their position as we move into winter. By contrast the lemon tree is laden with fruit and the blossoms always smell beautiful.
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On Sunday we ate lunch outside on the terrace overlooking the sea at Brasserie Blanc. It was such a still, warm day that it was hard to credit that it was October. I went for a morning swim on my birthday and it was glorious. (It was also a statement of, 'eighty, so what!') I was the only person in the water, the sea was calm and warm and only the thought of the preparations for the afternoon entertaining persuaded me to leave the beach.
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In the afternoon I gave a tea party to some of the people that I've got to know since moving to Bournemouth last October, neighbours and friends that I've met at the writing and book groups that I've joined. I set up savoury food and teacups in one room and desserts and fizz in another, with plenty of chairs both inside and out where people could sit to eat. I had a lovely time, lots of chatting but hopeless hosting skills from me as I forgot to light the candles and cut the birthday cake. (Rectified later when the family came round after work!)
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Here I am plonked in the kitchen after a very happy time. The family did a good job of hoovering up quite a bit of the party food but half of the chocolate cake has gone into the freezer!
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Share my Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833049860541499858.post-40354068387923447722023-09-06T22:18:00.003-07:002023-09-06T22:21:28.170-07:006pm.Now that school has started and summer is over, summer weather has finally arrived! We have been living in Bournemouth for almost a year and I pretty much know what is going on in the garden so can cut back and dig up with a bit more certainty. Spring colour was good but there has been very little colour in the summer garden and I shall have to rectify that with pots next year. It is such a shady space so in this weather it is a very pleasant place to be. I spent some time unraveling climbers from bushes. I've got to be in a certain frame of mind for this job so that it feels rewarding rather than frustrating!
In the early evening we went to the beach for a swim. Lots of people had the same idea. The temperature was lovely, in the water and out, and the atmosphere very calm, as was the sea. The previous day the waves were high and I had just bobbed about in the water like a cork beyond the breaking surf. Today I could enjoy a leisurely swim. People were still arriving as we left, presumably coming after a day at work.
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I always come back from a swim looking a bit of a scruff, salty hair, crumpled clothes and sand between my toes no matter how well I try to clean them at the shower on the beach.
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But it feels good to be alive!
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