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
Tag Archives: garden
July 2020: The Garden, Sort Of… #poem #poetry #garden
Tomorrow I will be announcing something about my poetry dilemma but before then here are some pictures from the July garden. At the end, after the customary piccy of Dog, there’s a poem, based on another famous poem, this time … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, poems, poetry
Tagged dog, garden, July, Kipling, poem, the glory of the garden
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The Garden – The First Half of July #garden #colour
Sometimes, the garden feels rather fallow in July.The poppies have finished and the sunflowers are just budding. Day lilies come and go with disarming rapidity. But still, the dahlias have made it and are beginning to explode, the drought fears … Continue reading
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
The Garden June 2020: The Year Of The Courgette #garden #june2020
It’s rained this month which has been good for the garden even if the month ended with the lawn looking stressed again. Ah me… my ideas to capture the rain off the roof are moving forward, though. The top lawn, … Continue reading
The Relief Of Waterloo
Another poem based on one of the greats, this time After The Listeners by Walter de la Mare and in praise of the public toilet ‘Is there anybody there,’ said the traveller, ‘To open up this loo? It’s surely wrong … 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…
