This morning I converted the following posts from Classic to Block edits, changing the categories of Fag Ends and Gauntlet to Garden:
A walk in the garden sunshine this afternoon produced
these photographs, each of which bears a title in the gallery. In particular we have rhododendrons, peonies, aquilegias, wisteria, ajuga, and ferns; and I must point out that the shrub with clusters of white flowers is not a philadelphus as I recently incorrectly named it, but a viburnum plicatum.
The featured image did not exist in 2014.
Beckie joined us this afternoon to stay for a few days.
At 7.30 p.m. Jackie is preparing mozzarella sticks, halloumi cheese, and salad to accompany her own baked potatoes and Flo’s coronation chicken for us all to eat on plates on our knees while watching the Eurovision Song Contest which Dillon and I have been prevailed upon to watch for the first time in our lives.
Did you enjoy the songs?
No – but I didn’t expect to. It is all quite ridiculous, but the family enjoy the laugh. 🙂 Thanks very much, GP
A lovely walk in the garden — it must be spring!
Glorious garden!
Thank you very much, Dale
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Both your garden and your shots are wonderful ????????
Thank you so much, Luisa
My pleasure!
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Very beautiful photos today, Derrick! Coronation chicken sounds delicious. ❤️????????
Thanks very much, John
Wow that is quite some garden Derrick, and an achievement to keep it looking so good!
Thank you very much, Denzil
Beautiful garden pictures as every year. I am afraid to ask what a coronation chicken is. A chicken with a crown?
https://www.thepetitecook.com/coronation-chicken/ Thanks very much, Bridget
Thank you! Very sweet of you.
Fun observation. Meal sounds good.
Thank you very much, Pat
You’re gardens are beautiful. I have my second species of flower blooming for the year.
Thank you very much, Andy
You’re welcome.
Ooh, your wisteria!!
Thank you so much, Liz.
You’re welcome, Derrick.
Was the song contest fun to listen to?
Beautiful flowers beautifully growing in your growing garden! So many positive additions and changes in the past almost 10 years!
The daisies and the wisteria made me smile and sigh. So lovely!
Do you have to bow and curtsy to the Poulet Reine Elizabeth before you eat it?!?! (WinkWink!)
(((HUGS))) 🙂
We are very polite to the poulet, Carolyn. The song contest is more of a laugh than anything else – quite ridiculous performances and costumes. Thanks very much X
HA! on the chicken! 🙂
Such a glorious garden and wonderful photos, Derrick. What a lot of work! Thank you for letting us enjoy it from our distant location. I feel like I am walking through it with you … and this time without the need for that red umbrella!! ????
Thanks very much, Jan 🙂
Gorgeous garden photos, Derrick. Hello to Beckie! Dinner sounds wonderful and I laughed at your “enthusiasm” about watching TV while eating.
Thank you so much, Jodie
Everything looks healthy and in full embrace of the season. I hope you enjoyed Eurovision. I’m certain you enjoyed dinner.
Thank you so much, Alys. Eurovision is really more of a laugh than anything – quite ridiculous performances and costumes.
Beautiful garden shots! Yummy…I love mozzarella sticks.
Thank you very much, Jill. I liked them, too – I’d not had them before
The garden has sure come a long way! The wisteria looks beautiful an well-trained.
Thank you very much, JoAnna
Is this the garden back then or now? Gorgeous…
Two of the recovered posts are then – the main one, now. Thanks very much, Judy
A beautiful display of elegant flowers for ‘our’ Mothers Day Derrick …
Thanks very much, Ivor
It is always a joy seeing the flowers brightening your garden – and my day (which, I am pleased to report, is soggy).
Thank you very much, Anne. I’m pleased to read about your soggy day
I really liked what I now know to be an aquilegia…..the star of the show!!
Thank you very much, John
Oh, Jackie and Derrick, you poor things!
Not wanting to spend a whole evening watching Eurovision, Joshua and I found a murder mystery; when it ended, we watched Eurovision for the last half an hour of our evening.
I am probably old-fashioned and behind the times, but I have to say that Eurovision has morphed into a human circus. The outfits were outrageous and cringeworthy, and that was just the presenters! Whatever happened to good taste?
As for the acts we watched, more ridiculous outfits and poor songs; it was hard to believe that these were the best that Europe could offer!
Agreed, Sue. Thanks very much
Lovely to see the garden abloom. Sometimes silly fun is exactly what we need.
Thanks very much, Laurie
I love your colourful garden!
Thank you very much, Aletta
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Enjoy our back yard today in my recent post. Love seeing yours.
Thank you very much, Elizabeth
Beautiful
Thank you very much, Gary
Derrick, you have the endless list of plants in your garden. All of them compliment each other. Beautiful!
Thank you so much, Alexander
My pleasure! It’s joy to watch your garden.
The garden is magical! What a delicious dinner 🙂
Thank you so much, Ribana
Gardens have a way of evolving over the years, and it is interesting to go back and look at photos of the process. Your gardens have always been beautiful, Derrick and Jackie.
Thank you so much from us both, Lavinia
That wisteria is breathtaking!
Thank you so much, Sheree