Joining in GardenMama’s Wednesday wandering. Here I stand with my feet on the pattern I’m trying to decipher. I have seen star charts that are easier to follow. I want to make the trousers that are marked in green, among the black and blue and red patterns. I need the […]
Read moreMonth: August 2010
Quiet success on a Sunday
Sometimes it is a collection of minor successes that make a day feel quietly good. Like ticking items off your to-do list that need to be done. We picked up all the fallen apples in the orchard. I now have a crate of apples ready for processing. Tick. Bought school […]
Read moreGardening history
We went here today. This is Stourhead in Wiltshire. Amazing house. Full to the brim with paintings and beautiful objects, but I have to admit that today we enjoyed the outside more. The children found less to fascinate them in the house than our last stately home visit. They wanted […]
Read moreStately Wednesday Wandering
Joining in GardenMama’s Wednesday wandering. Here I sit in the gardens of a stately home, waiting for the rest of the family. I am patient, but our dog can hardly bear that her pack is separated in a strange place. I soak in the history surrounding us, hoping she doesn’t […]
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