The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Tag Archives: gardens
Seasonal Sculpting #arcimboldo #RHSwisely #gardens
Some years ago, I had a break that took in Vienna. Lots of art galleries, Vienna. One of the great pluses was the strategically placed sofas so one could study specific works of art without acquiring some buttock embolism. However, … Continue reading
Posted in gardens
Tagged arcimboldo, Art, birthday treat, gardens, RHS Wisely, sculpture
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Laying Down The Lawn #mylawn #cheers #garden
As assiduous followers of this blog know, I have a complicated relationship with my sward. Or swards as there are three. Since it was announced that (a) son and fiancé plan to host their wedding festivities here next August, Great … Continue reading
Three Ways To A Red Nose
Three things come together this week that make me feel nostalgic. One the garden looks lovely and especially the hostas and irises. Second the warm weather justifies the start of the moth trap season to see what if any moths … Continue reading
Posted in family, gardening, miscellany, moths, sport, thought, thought piece
Tagged cricket, gardens, Lords, moths
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Taking The Positives #gardening #shortstory
A glorious day, one for exploring the garden. Spring is with us and temperatures will be up into the 20s centigrade this week. Yet we still have standing water in the paths at the far end of the garden. Next … Continue reading
Posted in flash fiction, gardening, gardens, Uncategorized
Tagged flash fiction, flowers, gardens, home, short story
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Mothery update
Regular readers will know I have been keeping an eye on the moths visiting my garden. They come in all shapes and sizes and, frankly, are often jewels of nature with subtle colour shifts. Often as not the difference between a … Continue reading
Moth eaten
As a child we had a moth trap. This isn’t as cruel as it might sound in that moths aren’t killed in said trap but captured during night flying hours and held until freed in the morning. When dad died … Continue reading
One Step Beyond #carrotranch #flashfiction
Charli Mills, this week, gets a little ethereal as she steps beyond with the challenge December 22, 2016 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that steps beyond. It can be a door, a tunnel, a worm … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, families, flash fiction, gardening, home, humour, prompt
Tagged carrot ranch, gardens, hampshire, home, humour, thought piece, wells
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Son of the Hole
Back in the summer 2014 I posted about the latest addition to our family – a Pond. But that optimism evaporated (unlike the rainwater) and by October this was my post. We had had enough. Repairs could and should wait. … Continue reading
Late autumn colour
Today it is the First November. It is meant to be cold and wet and a time for anoraks and heated car seats and soup and steamy breath. So what’s with my garden?
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