Jackie and I drove to Abbotsfield Garden in Bennett’s Lane, Burley, which was open under the National Gardens Scheme, where private gardens are open to the public.
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Each of these pictures is titled in the gallery.
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Jackie photographed me while I was going around with my camera and she
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was seated with cake at a table beneath a fine red Japanese maple.
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She also pictured her lemon drizzle cake and the NGS programme; potted succulents, bedded ferns and
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another garden scene with an emphasis on the camouflaged shed housing the pump
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serving the carp pool
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which reflected
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a splendid clump of Arum lilies, while photographing which, I also pictured
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the camouflaged pump shed.
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Looking up I watched a small bird bearing a large item of plumage
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until making off to feather the nest.
This evening we dined on two prawn preparations, namely hot and spicy and tempura; spring rolls; beef in black bean sauce; served with Jackie’s tasty savoury rice topped with a thick omelette, with which the Culinary Queen drank Hoegaarden, I drank more of the Bordeaux, and Becky drank Diet Coke.