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 
Gorgeous, always!
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Thanks Rebecca. I hope you have a splendidly productive 2023.
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It certainly looked amazing in June. The drought didn’t do much for it, but yours was only two months which isn’t very long. We have six months of no rain every winter and droughts can last for two years.
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Yes even our droughts are a bit meah…
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Oh, that October sky!
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Yes I was lucky with that one
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So lucky!
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I love this – what a great idea! May and June are my favourites
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I think I prefer the Snowy one which is odd given I normally love the colour
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Absolutely beautiful!
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Thank you. Very lucky I think!
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Well done all concerned! I spot distant Dog in there.
Nice straight photos too 🙂
Happy New Year, All.
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Thank you for noticing the straightness of my photos. It’s a real challenge not to tilt.
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Old Beady Eyes here…
Too wet for gardening today but you can both pore over seed catalogues and check that your saved seeds are stored ok, and imagine this year’s outcomes.
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we do have rather a selection of seeds, just waiting to be distributed.
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That is a beautiful garden, at any time of the year…
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It manages to provide some interest all the time. Thanks.
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Lovely to see the same view over the seasons. I was just thinking it didn’t change as much as I was expecting – and then I came to December!
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Maybe this year I’ll try a different angle to show more variety.
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A year in the life of your gorgeous garden. I loved the snow picture!
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It changes everything doesn’t it!
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🙂 We hardly ever see snow here anymore.
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indeed it is a rare treat here, too.
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This was great. It sure gave us an idea of how lovely your garden is all year long.
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Some months are better than others, but oddly everyone seems to have a different fav.
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The only stress on the lawn that I could see was August.
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July started it but yes August was the pits
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A feast for the eyes, Geoff. Thank you! I especially like the last winter photo, which must be a rare scene where you are. You got more than a dusting!
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It’s probably three years since we had the Beast from the East which covered us in Siberian snow; it all depends on the course of the jet stream as to what we get.
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Exactly! I love how you name the snow event, the Best from the East. One blasted winter we had to buy a roof rake. I’d never heard of such a thing, even after living here for a long time. It’s lightweight (until to get it on the roof), and it pulls the snow off so your roof doesn’t cave in. Really. Yes, scary.
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Oh heavens. I hope I don’t need one here. My roof is about forty foot up!!
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Ooops, Beast, not Best. I do hope you never, ever need a roof rake. Fortunately we have a one-story house.
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Fabulous 😁
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Brr – it looks cold there but beautiful!
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we did have a week of minus several but nothing to compete with your cyclone bomb; that looked horrendous. I guess it passed you west coasters by?
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Oh no – we got hit and another one is coming tomorrow. Lots of flooding but we are on a hill.
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Best of luck with that!!
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No luck is involved as you all have worked hard to have such a wonderful garden. The last photo is impressive, and there is one certainly with our weather: unpredictability.
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yep, never rely on what the weather do, esp those of us who live on islands…
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Gales and rain here for the next few days/weeks? Welcome to summer 😉
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Hey ho! And there I was assuming you’d keep with the temperate! Mind you, I do remember visiting Franz Josef and being staggered by the annual rainfall!
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Milford Sounds might be a close contender for first place in the rainfall stakes. Oh well, gives people something to whinge about makes a change from politics during election year.
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Yes true. Always rely on the weather..
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I am impressed not only by the garden but by the fact that you remembered to take a shot from the same spot every month for a year.
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I have to own to entering a reminder in my phone for the monthly shot!!
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Your garden looks beautiful every month, but June is my favourite!
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Yes, it was perky then, before we cracked the 40C bar
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Wow! Looks great all year round. December was a shock to the system though. Perhaps you can use that as your Christmas card next year!
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If I remember!
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