While Jackie Delved….

I wandered in and out of the garden at different times of the day with my camera.

Here are some general scenes, each of which bears a title in the gallery. I have chosen to present the flowers in context rather than in close-up. The compost bins will need refurbishment in the summer.

Many of the artefacts scattered around have been gifts from friends

and relatives. The wickerwork sunflower in the first of these pictures is an Easter gift given a couple of days ago by Danni; the wooden mushrooms was my present a few years ago to Jackie, while the little figure atop the nearest one was given to me one Christmas by our beloved sister in law, Frances who fancied she saw some resemblance.

Among all her other delving today Jackie cleared out the invasive little onions from both approaches to the Shady Path. When I made the last of these pictures of her in action she was aiming to reach the bluebell at bottom right before she finished her day and we enjoyed drinks on the patio. She did, of course, reach her goal.

This afternoon I continued reading ‘Anglo-Saxon England’. Because I already know much of the story this will not take me as long as the first book in the series.

For our dinner this evening we enjoyed more of Jackie’s chicken jalfrezi meal with the addition of a vegetable samosa. The Culinary Queen drank Zesty and I drank Patrick Chodot Fleurie 2023.

Something Interesting

On another soporific, gloomy, mid-afternoon I ventured into the garden in search of something interesting.

First I needed to negotiate the accumulated rubbish bags outside the stable door. There will be more by the time the bin-men collect them tomorrow.

Our temperature has warmed enough to set the Waterboy fountain flowing freely.

Jackie’s weatherworn wooden mushrooms have been uprooted.

Our garden statuary such as Autumn and Florence continue to gather lichen.

A few stubborn leaves cling to the almost stripped copper beach.

Just a minute. What loiters there behind the bushes?

Ah. Becky had said to Ellie: “Let’s lurk and be something interesting for Grandpa”.

Then the rain set in.

This evening Jackie kept a warm turkey and vegetable stewp on the hob and we all helped ourselves in our own time to portions of this wholesome repast accompanied by fresh crusty bread and butter with which we scurried away to our chosen nests for tasty consumption.