Today’s weather was balmy and warm with a gentle breeze.
Over lunch I watched the recording of last night’s thrilling rugby World Cup match between Wales and Fiji, after which my reading of R.L.Stevenson’ s stories was interrupted by Jackie’s giggling while working on her laptop. In response to my enquiry she replied with a question about whether I remembered a particular garden we had passed some years ago. She had no idea why it had suddenly popped into her head. She couldn’t recall where or when this had been.
I was in the same boat, although I could remember many of the images, a woman pleased to show me round, and what was on the opposite side of the road. I may have mentioned that the blog is my best aide-memoir. When I have the right search word I can often find what I am looking for.
I thought Garden and Delights might feature in the title. Three came up. One of the images mentioned above were three figures on a bench. These led smoothly to
and much hilarity. If you follow the link please ignore the tags now listed in that post. At least the pictures have been returned to me since the transfer of my site, but these tags belong to an entirely different post and I can’t be bothered to pursue the issue.
I returned to my book, and later published
This evening, because Jackie had made two pies yesterday, we all dined on the second, with fresh vegetables, with which we drank the same beverages.
Sort of reminds of seeing somebody passing by and “There goes What’s-her-name?” Sounds like a lovely day nonetheless.
Thank you very much, Pat
Ditto
Thank you for the link to a delightful gallery of photos, Derrick.
Much appreciated, Dolly
I am very impressed that you could search your posts and find the one that you are looking for.
Thanks very much, Tootlepedal. I do forget dome
Your memory seems ok Derrick … A very interesting garden
Thanks very much, Ivor. I was surprised to see that was 10 years ago
Our memories are full of suprises
Good detective work, Derrick!
Thanks very much, Barbara
It’s wonderful to pull memories up and look back.
Thanks very much, Andy
You’re welcome.
The Garden of Delights was as delightful as ever. My favorites this time around were the bush woman and ?prairie dog? with the binoculars.
Thank you very much, for sharing in the revise, JoAnna
Nice work, Derrick!
Thanks very much, Jill
Recollections and shared smiles. Two pies surpass the ordinary day. Enjoy!
Thank you very much, Val
It is so gratifying to find what you need and re-live memories.
Thank you very much, Zakiah
You’ve been keeping busy, Derrick, reading, blogging, and watching the game wile at the same time going back in time to memorable posts. I too might have mistaken the “three on the bench” in your Garden blog photo. There is always so much to see.
Thank you very much, Alys
“balmy and warm with a gentle breeze”. which was a much welcomed change in the weather, but by late afternoon it was absolutely “chucking it down” as we say up here. And this morning, more of the same!!
We didn’t get any more rain, John. Thanks very much
Is a good way of using the blog as a aide-memoir 🙂 I do it too for my recipes 🙂
I write daily in an electronic journal, mostly humdrum stuff, but like you, I use search words when I try to bring back some entry from whenever.
Can you imagine how long we’d be searching if we had written our journals the old fashioned way with pen and paper?
I certainly can’t. Thanks very much, Sue
HA! What fun to find your delightful post and get to revisit it…and the memories!
I enjoyed revisiting it along with you, too! 🙂
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Thank you so much, Carolyn X
Yes blogs help us as a day to day journal and your’s are so neatly organised and with much details.
Thank you so much, Rupali
glad you found what you need! old posts evoke fun and delightful memories 🙂
Thanks very much, Wilma
Reliving memories is so good for the soul. That was some game. I think even at my peak I would have lasted about 5 minutes in that intensity.
It is not the game we used to play. Thanks very much, Gary
I think it’s incredible that you essentially remembered the title of a blog from 10 years ago – That’s probably close to 4000 blogs ago (Many times you produce 2 a day.)
Glad you remembered it because it’s a winner. I wonder if the gardener got her inspiration from Aunt Meg in “Twister”. Hope Jackie enjoyed seeing it again.
We both enjoyed it, Jodie. It was a particularly memorable one. 🙂 Thanks very much
I’m plagued by the inability to remember names of just about anything – humans, movies, wines, what not… The only thing I remember reasonably well is plant names – lol! Did you ever see that SNL skit with the Mom Celebrity Translator? That’s me – except exponentially applied.
https://youtu.be/JcviVDizlJ0?si=-OSRlJWC4dl8j1w7
Thank you very much, Anna. That was fun
PS. I forgot to say how much I enjoyed the post ‘The Garden of Delights.’ What a wonderful garden to come across. Well spotted, Jackie.
Than you so much from us both, Sue
I, too, often go to my blog to remind myself of times and places. An extra bonus to blogging! Lovely pictures.
Thank you so much, Dale
You are so welcome!
I too often use my previous blog posts as an aide-memoir and am often surprised by the information I had sourced at the time.
Yes – if only we could remember it 🙂 Thanks very much, Anne
I often refer to my blog too
Thanks very much, Sheree
That was an interesting garden of delights you and Jackie visited! The sign that said “Bees welcome but wasps can bugger off” brought a chuckle. 🙂 I have been stung by yellow jackets, but am also strangely fond of them.
Thank you very much, Lavinia