I thought I would become a more faithful blogger during our lockdown. I thought I would be in the garden more with the BV. (Who managed to get back at 11.30am on 17 March after catching a 4am ferry home – just in time!) Now I find I am simply worrying too much … Today’s … Continue reading Six on Saturday. 28 March 2020
I’ve been panicking a lot – but I’ve also been digitising some old transparencies of mine and thought it would be fun to share the pictures of RBG, Kew, I took after the hurricane of 1987. I was working on the tree gang at the time and, being a girl, mostly stood about on the … Continue reading After the storm of ’87
I re-read my last post this morning and I realised I was turning into a grumpy old woman. I hope this reverses the trend! I found this perfect little bird’s nest when I was pruning the climbing rose at the front of my house last week (it was pruned only lightly last year). When I … Continue reading In a vase on Monday
This is how I used to blog … when I felt I had something to say. You’ll see from the title that three things have been occupying my mind today. All kind of negative. I went out and panic-bought this morning. Lots of cat food and frozen fish, since my husband reminded me last night … Continue reading Coronavirus, French ‘municipales’ & how to grow plants/make a garden
Garden Dreaming at Châtillon 