Autumn colour……………
Today has been a text book perfect autumn day. We had rain overnight, but by late morning it had cleared and the autumn colours of the Pleasure Grounds were all the more vibrant for that rain. We [...]
Dahlias…………
A long time ago BD and visited friends in Seattle and on my birthday we went to the Dahlia Lounge for lunch. It was an uber-smart restaurant where the stunning lookingstaff were in [...]
The route to the Walled Garden………….
I’ve written before that my route to the Walled Garden is through the Billiard room and the conservatory, along the long border, through the white gates into my Paradise. BD and I restored [...]
An essential part of a tool kit………….
The photo above is of a Dandelion, a terrible weed which spreads very easily. All spring and summer we’ve been struggling to keep on top of the weeds in the fruit tree beds in the Walled [...]
Lords and Ladles mark II …….
We were thrilled to hear that Mind the Gap Productions’ Lords & Ladles is up for an award in the IFTAs. We had such a good time when they were here last November filming the 5th episode [...]
To Autumn with Keats in mind…………
Poetry in a foreign language can be tricky, but even I get Keats’ To Autumn. It somehow encompasses all that autumn is. We’ve had lots of mists in the last week, especially obvious [...]