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Virtual garden visits
First of all, apologies to those of you who tried to leave a comment here over the last week or so. I think the problem is resolved, fingers crossed! My lovely friend helps me with the mechanics of this blog … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged alan titchmarsh, albrighton rambler, allotment, broad beans, charities, creeping phlox, district nurses, flowers, fundraising, garden inspiration, gardening, gardens, green patch, hospice, marigolds, Nation Gardens Scheme, NGS, nursing, rose, scent, sweet peas, virtual gardens, warm evenings
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Another year
A year has passed and I don’t need to look back at old blog posts to know exactly what I was doing this time last year. April is my mum’s birthday and to celebrate, every year my mum, my sister, … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged cake, children's books, childrens' book art, day without kids, Finch, garden, gardens, geraniums, gift shop, Hannah Foley, history, illustration, illustrator, maid, morning, mum's birthday, non-fiction, outings, plant sale, school, second-hand bookshop, snake's-head fritillaries, snow, stroll, tea, tea room, topiary, tudor, winter, year
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Home
This is a long one. You’d better grab a cuppa. Recently someone I know wrote an online article about home, and it got me thinking. The topic of ‘home’ is one I have gnawed and gnawed at over the years. … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged beating the bounds, belonging, blackberries, community, connections, country lanes, devon, ecology, gardening, gardens, geography, going home, growing home, hiraeth, home, landscape, local history, natural history, norfolk, Oliver Balch, paddling, people, place, primroses, putting down roots, rejection, rituals, rope swimgs, routines, sea, seasonal living, simplicity, sky, towpaths, Under the Tump, walking diary
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Rogationtide
A blog I love to read is called Dove Grey Reader Scribbles, written by a community nurse living in the Tamar valley. It’s mostly about books but she also sometimes writes about the countryside around her. A while ago she … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged animals, bear, beating the bounds, Brunel, carnivores, children, church, common seal, community nurse, devon, Dover Grey Reader Scribbles, education, evolution, fields, gardens, Hannah Foley, horse, horticulture, illustration, illustrator, kids, lion, natural history, odd-toed ungulates, orchards, plymouth, railway, rhino, rhinoceros, rogationtide, steve roud, Tamar valley, the english year, tithe maps, tithes, wolf
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Counting Hedgehogs!
The Mammal Society are conducting a study of the prevalence of hedgehogs. If you have seen one this year they want to know! In fact, if you haven’t seen one they also want to know. Hedgehogs are in long-term decline … Continue reading
Plants
My Dad loves to give away plants. If he’s got multiples, can split a root, or take a cutting, it’s yours. Often the plant arrives as a thin stick with one lone leaf if you’re lucky, but shove it in … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged cuttings, dad, gardening, gardens, generous, give-away, illustration, manure, plants
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