The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Apprenticed To My Mother
Category Archives: gardening
Dog At Leisure
This poem is based on the famous poem, Leisure, by William Henry Davies What is this life, if full of care? Go fetch my lead, don’t comb your hair. Don’t give in to untimely sloth, I know what fun awaits … Continue reading
Garden June 2020
We are halfway through June, summer is just about here and there’s some rain about. Whey-hey!! But the lack of Jupiter Pluvius has been a drain and my lawn is rather beaten by it. I’m looking into drilling a well… … Continue reading
Posted in dogs, gardening, miscellany
Tagged dog, garden, june, Poppies, potager beds, vegetable garden
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The Garden May 2020 #garden #dog
We’re back, now the month is over, to review how the garden has fared over the driest may since prohibition or whatever. The excess rain of February seems a distant memory… Remember these? Well, no more; the top lawn struggles … Continue reading
Posted in butterflies and moths, gardening, miscellany, pets
Tagged dog, elephant hawk moth, garden, moths
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May Garden: A Half Month Report And An Anniversary #garden #springcolour
Yes, it’s been fab, here in South London. Lockdown means lots more time to improve all aspects. I’ve even had the time to follow a short video on how to make a cold frame from an old pallet – we … Continue reading
The April Garden
It rained! It still can apparently. So the month ended with everything going green and ready to grow all to buggery. Here are a few images across the month to show how things have progressed this spring… oh and a … Continue reading
More Happy Flowers #Aprilgarden
I guess we all need a cheer up so maybe these will help a teeny-weeny bit Or maybe Dog…
April Flowers #garden
Why do we call someone who’s shy a wallflower? Given the displays abounding this year, they aren’t your usual idea of a shrinking violet… and indeed that’s another that doesn’t make sense. Here are a few of ours from this … Continue reading
Truth, Lies And Verbal Grouting
The lies came early, came often. ‘You’ll like this.’ ‘This won’t hurt.’ ‘The tooth fairy won’t come if…’ ‘Santa will be here tonight.’ Not yet five and already losing credulity. And yet hanging on, keeping a sliver of the faith. … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, dogs, gardening, miscellany
Tagged dog, flowrrs, garden, happy, miserablist, thoughts
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A Spring… #garden #colour#selfisolation
This whole living indoors shtick was never going to work for me, given my rather lovely plot so a lot of time has been allocated to making the garden the best it can be. So here are some March images… … Continue reading
That February Feeling #garden #colour
I spent may days digging in my garden. That finished in the last week so we now have some large bare areas that will be planted with seeds and bedding plants this summer. Hopefully for some spectacular colour. Next autumn … Continue reading
