Tag: Flo's Fairy Garden

Find Two More Bees

Early this morning, after visiting Ferndene Farm Shop to buy three bags of compost and various foodstuffs we took a forest drive on which we found nothing to photograph, so when we returned home Jackie gardened while I practised pole walking down Downton Lane then turned my camera on the garden.

While crab apples and a normal cherry have come into bloom, the

Amanogawa has now scaled the house,

and is a magnet for the bees, one of which features in the header picture providing a clue for two more to be found.

We still have many daffodils, while Dr Ruppel is catching them up;

Peering down from its arbour above the wisteria views the clematis.

Visible through the red Japanese maple Jackie mowed the lawn, while

the iron urn that she planted up again after having cleared it of ants has picked up.

She has also tidied Flo’s Fairy Garden.

I read much more of ‘Britannia’ this afternoon.

This evening we reprised last night’s pasta Bolognese meal with the same wine.

Tidying Near The House

While I spent much of the day grasping ‘The Cunning Man’

Jackie, during intervals between bouts of rain

further tidied the Patio Bed;

finished refurbishing Flo’s Fairy Garden;

and continued clearing the brickwork around the old well.

This evening we dined on soft-centred cod and parsley fish cakes; sautéed potatoes; cauliflower, carrots, and Brussels sprouts, with which I drank more of the Fleurie.

Dead Heading, Weeding, Garden Views

In order to provide detail of the ending of this short story, following requests from several readers, this morning I posted https://derrickjknight.com/2023/05/01/droll-tales-29-complete-text/

Today’s sunrise was bright – for a while.

The day progressed in a changeable manner – overcast until rain put a stop to my sporadic weeding and dead-heading; heavy rain;

sunny spells, enabling me to inspect the views with my camera – then more of the same varieties.

All these pictures bear titles in the gallery. The first is Flo’s Fairy Garden in progress; others include wallflowers, bluebells, Welsh poppies, magnolia Vulcan, Jackie’s recent planting of the iron urn, budding rhododendrons, Japanese Maple, tellima grandiflora, cammasia, and various beds.

This evening we all dined on baked gammon; roasted potatoes, including kumara, carrots, and runner beans, with which Jackie drank Hoegaarden and I drank Cumulus Climbing Shiraz 2018.