BEES, BOOKS AND ASTRONOMY
This morning, I ate breakfast in the garden.No snails.Just spider gossamer swinging across the path.I watered early and did some potting-on.* * * * *Later, I took coffee into the garden.And an...
View ArticleSTANDING TO LOOK AT GRASS
Mrs Smith makes awful tea; weak. And the milk she put in it this morning was right on edge.I saw her watching me, over the rim of her cup, daring me to drink it. I watched her back, over the rim of...
View ArticleMURDER IN THE MORNING
My garden is not designed; it emerges. I thought it was emerging quite well - what with the Flowering Nettlesand flowering Sage;the bright green Mint- and Hollyhocks growing tall (with buds on);and the...
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.The Globe Artichoke was a plant too far.I've killed her.(Mrs Smith.)Esther_ _ _ _ _For earlier posts, click here, or on the blue barrow at the top of the sidebar.For Yesterday...
View ArticleLAST WEEK, I MARRIED A MARTIAN
Last week, I married a Martian.He's quite handsome really - though he thought it was funny when he examined the globe on my mantle-piece because the north pole was at the top.It's an ornamental globe...
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