gardening

Bouquet

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We bought Rose a bouquet to plant in the garden today, in purples and oranges to welcome her to our home.

Our injured neighbour is home now too. I took her a rose today and she showed me the horrific black bruising from her elbow to her hip. I’ve never seen such severe injuries on someone who wasn’t in a car accident. 😦 An artery was severed in the knife attack and she nearly died in surgery. She was walking around and pretty cheerful so she’s doing well. It’s sobering.

We installed weeping hoses in our potted trees today, and set up a sprinkler system for the rest of the garden. Rose dug out a new bed for strawberries. The bees are in the basil and the thyme is fragrant when you brush past it. I’ve hollyhock seedlings to plant out tonight when I get home and coriander to line a path. The autumn roses are blooming and the figs are ripening. It’s a small busy world to get lost in, one that almost makes sense, almost feels like home.

My garden in bloom

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Welcome to a sample of glorious blooms from my garden!

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I’ve had the most magnificent poppies this year, they self seed and scatter themselves across the garden. I adore poppies, they’re so beautiful.

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My only yellow rose ‘Kabuki’

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A gorgeous purple rose ‘Lady X’

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White irises, French lavender, and white daisies

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Tonks loves sunning herself in the garden.

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Pink hollyhocks

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Nasturtiums and pansies

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Rose ‘Olympia’ I think

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Rose ‘Mister Lincoln’

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Beautiful geranium

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Lemon thyme in bloom

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Red calla lily

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Nasturtiums

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Rose ‘Black Beauty’ – my absolute favourite!

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Rose ‘Traviata’

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Gorgeous ‘Black Widow’ daisy

I love my garden. It’s so peaceful. I’ve lost a couple of roses to a nasty virus and will replace them next winter. A few have yet to bloom this year, such as Lady Phelia. I’m planning to buy anemones and more irises next year, and I’m looking forward to seeing the frangipani finally get big enough to bloom… There always something to look forward to in a garden, always something that carries you into the future.

In other wonderful news, my eye sight has finally cleared up enough that I can read again. I think the past week was the longest break from reading I’ve done since I was a kid! I usually read every day and I’m much happier for it. I’ve dug out some Terry Pratchett which is suiting me perfectly. Things are looking up!

Today is a very busy day, I’m working as a face painter at one gig all day and another that’s expected to be very busy all evening. I’m really nervous about how I hold up – wish me luck!