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| Ceanothus, much bluer in real life |
The garden outside is a medley of bird song, the harsher noise of jackdaws followed by the more mellifluous sound of blackbirds and the chittering of the house sparrows. The sky is not as blue as the top photograph but it is sunny. Roses tumble with abundance, foxgloves peek out host to bumblebees and the blue of the ceanothus attracts honeybees. Everything vibrates with life as we near the Summer solstice. The Earth's heart is pounding vigorously in this corner of the world.
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| Perennial geranium |
We have a problem in the house Paul's mobile is not working properly. So tomorrow we have to find a mobile shop and get a new one. The phone has already been ringing this morning but is unanswerable, so I shall worry who it was, have a feeling it was the hospital.
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At the political hustings: Well we already know who will be our next prime minister, the Tories are voting for their lives and the party of course in Johnson, more fool them!
Your garden is beautiful, Thelma.
ReplyDeleteIt is a great comfort at the moment, Arleen.
ReplyDeleteYou used the word comfort, Thelma, in talking about your garden and I had to think about that. You are absolutely correct.
DeleteBeautiful flowers. It is the one bad thing about spending time in Arizona, we don't get the garden we used to have for summer. Our son does the cattle and sheep but the flowers not so much. I miss then and hence really enjoyed your photos.
ReplyDeleteNo matter how grown up children are, the tending of gardens, other than their own, is sparse. But you have some beautiful desert flowers.
DeleteI took a cutting of Ceanothus of a plant on the estate (very early in the morning before anyone was about so I suppose you could say I stole it) and it is growing like mad - it has had half a dozen flowers on it this year.
ReplyDeleteAs for Boris - the less said the better as far as I am concerned.
All these plants love the weather Pat, my ceanothus took a couple of years to bloom so splendidly, its colour is incredible.
ReplyDeleteCeanothus is so lovely at this time of the year - as if a piece of the sky has fallen to earth. As for Johnson - what a plonker! They say that countries get the leaders they deserve but this will be a notable exception to that rule.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely thought, it almost equals the blue bell in its 'blueness'. As for Johnson he has been caught up in a 'domestic' now what will happen as the vote goes to the shires?
ReplyDeleteShires? Shouldn't the "r" be a "t" Thelma?
DeleteI try not to be explicit on my blog ;) But suddenly the old fashioned word of shire took my fancy, a fantastical world that the Tory party is trying to revive. 'Touch your forelock' for the lower classes and Downton Abbey for those that make it. Moggishness.
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