About TanGental
My name is Geoff Le Pard. Once I was a lawyer; now I am a writer. I've published several books: a four book series following Harry Spittle as he grows from hapless student to hapless partner in a London law firm; four others in different genres; a book of poetry; four anthologies of short fiction; and a memoir of my mother. I have several more in the pipeline.
I have been blogging regularly since 2014, on topic as diverse as: poetry based on famous poems; memories from my life; my garden; my dog; a whole variety of short fiction; my attempts at baking and food; travel and the consequent disasters; theatre, film and book reviews; and the occasional thought piece. Mostly it is whatever takes my fancy.
I avoid politics, mostly, and religion, always. I don't mean to upset anyone but if I do, well, sorry and I suggest you go elsewhere.
These are my thoughts and no one else is to blame. If you want to nab anything I post, please acknowledge where it came from.
TanGental 
Beautiful 💜
LikeLiked by 2 people
Nothing like an English garden. I agree – rain always perks things up.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you. Long may we be horticultural temperate. Not sure about politically
LikeLike
Your garden looks terrific, Geoff.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thanks Robbie
LikeLike
Good to see the security guard is keeping things in order!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Ready to repel (herbaceous) borders
LikeLiked by 1 person
Your garden is lovely!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thanks Jacquie
LikeLiked by 1 person
Eye-candy! Oh, and your garden too!! 😉
LikeLiked by 2 people
Ha. You’ll turn his head!
LikeLiked by 1 person
So grateful for the rain, though it wrecked our local Jumble Stroll. After some garden improvements by my son, I now have six water butts, an overflow tank and a pipe leading into a watering can from the top of the ‘state of the art’ bin store. It’s only a small garden, but I get carried away with pots and tubs. Do your neighbours have lovely gardens as well or do they look enviously over your fence?
LikeLiked by 2 people
We have a rather Heathh Robinson of water capture right now but there are plans…
As fir the neighbours I think we are in poll position right now….
LikeLike
Wow…like living in a park!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Yep.v lucky
LikeLike
Do you ever have to irrigate?
I can’t tell you how many people I brag to about your garden. 😉
LikeLiked by 2 people
We don’t. Well we did last year for the wedding prep but generally we water the tubs with a hose and leave it at that. In 2018 the top lawn went to straw but it bounced back as you can see. I’m in the process of preparing a space for a 50000 litre tank to capture the rain off the roof so we don’t use any potable water
LikeLiked by 1 person
An excellent idea. We have flood irrigation at this property.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Sounds rather dramatic…
LikeLiked by 1 person
In practice, it’s a lot of water. We haven’t your rainfall, though.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Glorious
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you!
LikeLike
Stunning and glorious, Geoff…
LikeLiked by 1 person
It’s pretty delightful for sure
LikeLike
Did Dog say he had missed you 💕? 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
He hinted at such…
LikeLike
How come your hostas are so beautiful? I’ve tried growing them, both in and out of pots, and as soon as they start to appear, the slugs and snails say ‘Ah! Salad!’ and they’re gone!
Beautiful flowers too. Your azalea is lovely. Ours have excelled themselves this year, too.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Some take a battering and usually by the summer they’re shredded but we get a few weeks. I think the more mature the more robust. We have used a slug contraceptive in the past plus egg shells, gravel and copper banding but chemicals are they only thing that works. We’re beyond that now. Every creature has its place in the food chain… though I’m not averse to doing a sweep of the pots and tossing the snails next door!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lovely, Geoff, a treat for the eyes.
LikeLiked by 1 person
It’s perking up, isn’t it?
LikeLiked by 1 person
I don’t think it ever un-perked! I did mention your garden in a recent blog post!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes I saw. All flattery is gratefully recieved
LikeLiked by 1 person
I need to use different words, I keep repeating ‘wow’ and ‘gorgeous’.
LikeLiked by 1 person
You need your thesaurus!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I do!
LikeLiked by 1 person