Jackie spent most of this pleasantly sunny day on general garden maintenance, including spraying about half of the
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Back Drive weeds with herbicide.
My contribution was dead heading, hand weeding, and clearing debris, in one long and one short bursts.
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Here are some blooms of For Your Eyes Only, before and after dead heading.
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I managed to disturb hoverflies like these on Summer Wine and bees like this on a white climber, but they didn’t take it personally.
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I was serenaded by the trickling of the water fountain in the Rose Garden, and by small birds
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like this tiny goldfinch perched atop the Weeping Birch. You may need enlargement of this image.
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Happy plantings include these different yellow/orang dahlias; the juxtaposition of clematis, petunias, and verbena bonariensis against the kitchen wall; and the sprays of gaura (no, not Laura, WP) bursting from the Ali Baba pot.
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This final set of images each bears a title in the gallery.
This afternoon I posted ‘A Knight’s Tale (8: From The Good Life To Refugee Status)’
Elizabeth came to dinner and we received a Red Chilli takeaway meal. My main choice was Tiger Prawn Vindaloo; Elizabeth’s was Bengal Chilli Chicken; and Jackie’s Saag Chicken. We shared special fried rice, a plain paratha, chana masala, saag bhaji, saag dal, and a mixed vegetable curry. Jackie drank more of the Carricante; Elizabeth and I drank more of the Fleurie.