Posts filed under: Our garden

Daffodil Day 2020

I bought you flowers I saidIt’s Daffodil Day 1998.No-one has ever bought me flowersHe said wistfully.I sighedNo chance to rewrite history nowNo time for regrets I thoughtas I turned to arrange the flowers in a vase.I don’t have the answers I saidBut I can promise youWe will fight this disease...

Sunflowers

Sunflowers mean summer and in our north facing garden they make a spectacular display. In the summer of 2019 we had a crop of sunflowers that came up out of the compost. They just grew and grew, strong and tall in the vegetable garden. We likened these to a Jack...

My Covid workspace

Counting my blessings during the pandemic I counted my blessings in April and May as I picked roses from the garden to grace my makeshift desk each day in ‘lockdown’. The heavenly scent filled the room as the blooms opened during the day and I reflected on how fortunate we...