This morning Nick from Peacock Computers visited to instal a new router and to repair the interface between our TV and the You View box.
After lunch Barry from New Forest Chimney Sweeping And Repairs came to inspect our leaking Velux window. He asked me to send him two photographs, which I did.
Nugget overtook me on the Brick Path while I photographed white Japanese anemones and red pelargoniums.
Here are more of these anemones, between fading lilies and honesty seed pods.
These fuchsias, lobelia, and petunias suspended from the eucalyptus have recovered by virtue of the Head Gardener’s nurturing;
as has this unquenchable, aptly named, Polish Spirit which has twice survived the still visible windburn of the summer’s storms.
To the delight of foraging bees, new buds continue to burgeon on cosmoses.
A favourite perch for little robin Nugget stands in the Weeping Birch Bed. “Where’s Nugget?” (8)
This afternoon Jackie collected Elizabeth from her home in Pilley and drove her to collect her repaired car from a garage near us. My sister came back with the Culinary Queen and stayed for dinner, which consisted of luscious lamb’s liver (sorry, Yvonne), bacon and onions; creamy mashed potato; crunchy carrots and cauliflower; and tender green beans with which Jackie drank Hoegaarden and I drank Tesco’s Chilean Malbec 2018. Elizabeth had consumed her quota of Hophead Pale Ale on the patio beforehand. One of the advantages of a flavoursome casserole is that you can have bread and gravy if there is enough liquid left over. I did this tonight.
On thing that certainly cannot be said about your garden is that there is no Fuchsia in it! Very colourful.
I fear for the continued existence of our latest robin.
Thanks very much, Leslie
I found him, but he does a very good job of pretending to be a bit of eucalyptus bark!
Well spotted, Pauline. Thanks very much
And not a tumbler of vodka in sight.
🙂 Thanks very much, Mike
I’m glad you were able to have the repairs done, and that Nugget is well. I agree that your garden is very colorful (and beautiful). I saw Nugget on the path, but not in the other photo. I did manage to also see imaginary creatures though, so perhaps that counts. (The bottom of the eucalyptus, I think, looks like a bird to me.) 🙂
Thanks very much – especially for the search efforts, Merril. He is dead centre of picture perched on a light.
I would not have been able to find him either, but for your clue.
“These fuchsias, lobelia, and petunias suspended from the eucalyptus have recovered from the Head Gardener’s nurturing” – This made me laugh – I must have missed something in a previous post
This is the first “Where’s Nugget?” that has me absolutely stumped.
I was a bit put out by that remark too Jodie! Sounds as if I might have been killing them with kindness! D has since rephrased that sentence.
I am always grateful to the Poof Redder in Chief
Much better, now! lol
🙂
The Head Gardener alerted me to the inadvertently misleading ‘from’ this morning. It now reads better. 🙂 Nugget is dead centre of picture perched on a light. Thanks very much, Jodie
Oh, I see where you were going with it! Yes, it reads much better now!
🙂 Thanks again
Wow – I found Nugget, but needed your directions, for sure!
🙂 Well done
A full day of service visits. I hope that it all ends satisfactorily.
Two excellent firms. Thanks very much, Tootlepedal
I cannot find Nugget! Woe is me!
Dead centre of picture perched on a light. Thanks very much, Leslie
Thanks!
Found him, thanks to you.
🙂
And a beautiful colorful garden it is.
Have a great day Derrick
Thank you very much, More
You’re very welcome
That little Nugget is good at hide-an-seek! Good for you on getting the repairs taken care of, Derrick.
Thanks very much, Jill
Your garden is truly beautiful Derrick, and it’s always a wonderful start to my day to view your colourful photos…..
Thanks very much, Ivor
It seems Nugget is a master of camouflage. I see a birdhouse affixed to the trunk with a Nugget like object perched close to it.
Thanks very much, Uma. That was a tough one
I had to enlarge the last photo several times, but I found Nugget!
Very well done, Liz. That was a tough one. Thanks very much
I was determined!
🙂
Lambs fry and bacon with mashed potatoes must rate somewhere near the very top joy and happiness. And NEVER apologise.
Thanks you very much, Paol 🙂
What a busy day. I need to have one of those making use of a bricklayer and a roof repairer.
Hope you got your router fixed. My broadband went down a couple of weeks ago during an electrical storm resulting in a dead router that needed to be replaced by BT. Next time I will remember to unplug from the power and the telephone line!
I found Nugget but it was a long struggle today!
Well done, Sue. It was a tough one. Thanks very much
YAY for helpers and fixers! YAY, Nick! YAY, Barry! 🙂
HA! Nugget! It took me awhile to find you! But, I see you like lights and you like to be the center of attention…Ha! 😀 Guess What?! You are a light to us…you bring us warmth and smiles! 🙂
I love seeing the bees at work in the garden! So many gorgeous flowers for them to chose from! 🙂
We should all think of the Polish Spirit and adapt it’s unquenchable spirit as we navigate through the storms of life. 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
Very many thanks, Carolyn. Nugget likes your observation. X 🙂 from Jackie
I hope your two photographs of the Velux window helped shed a little light on the situation? 😉
The Japanese Anemone are beautiful, any chance of a close up one day??
That certainly is a fat little bumblebee on the beautiful cosmo!
It’s nice to see Jackie’s good work has been rewarded! 🙂
I spotted little Nugget! Three times!! At first i thought he was a purple clematis?? Then i thought he was a dead leaf under the arch! I had to biggify to finally find him ‘lighting’ up the place, as he usually does! 😉 I do like a challenge! Great work on your ‘Where’s Nugget?’ series, sir. 🙂
Very many thanks, Bob. Close up anemone coming up. The Nugget series – your idea, of course, has really taken off.
Nugget’s the real star – it’s all thanks to him! 😉
Thanks Derrick.
Whoa, was I ever slow today. I had to enlarge the image to full-size before I found Nugget!!
Well done, GP. Thanks very much
Oh, that Nugget! He’s become quite the star, across the pond as well.
🙂 He’s most flattered, Laurie. Many thanks
Thanks for all the beautiful colors here, Derrick.
Thanks a lot, Ann