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Notice, Petrol Puddle and More Spring Flowers

1   What a lovely way to encourage the customers to do the right thing!

Notice in the cafe

Notice in the cafe

2   After the rain this morning, petrol puddles were left behind on the road – lovely memories of finding these as a child and being so delighted.

Petrol puddle

Petrol puddle

3   The front garden has two parts – one is my purple, white and green Suffragette garden as I have mentioned before. The other is daffodils and other Spring flowers and the lovely Mr S is preparing the ground for a Birch tree which is to be delivered next week.

Crocuses with raindrops

Crocuses with raindrops

Daffodil back with raindrops

Daffodil back with raindrops

The next two photos are not beautiful but I need your help, all you readers who may also be gardeners. I went out to get a photo of the Suffragette garden this afternoon as it was looking so pretty. To my dismay, 30 or more crocuses had been pulled up and scattered, some near their place of planting but some over a meter away. Many were broken off at the corm and many of the corms had been nibbled/ pecked?    Does anyone out there have any idea what happened and how to prevent it happening again? We’ve replanted all those we could but we have lost so many.

Garden attack

Garden attack

Uprooted crocuses

Uprooted crocuses

 

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Reflection, Pleasing Patch and A Truth

1    These little Tete a Tetes were broken off by the strong winds. I popped them into a little ink bottle, which we dug up from a Victorian bottle dump many years ago, and then realised that they were being reflected beautifully in the shiny granite work surface.

Tete a tete reflection

Tete a tete reflection

2    Crocuses are appearing in my Suffragette Garden and looking lovely.

A little patch of my purple, white and green garden, honouring the Suffragettes

A little patch of my purple, white and green garden, honouring the Suffragettes

3     Below is a truth that I think many of you will recognise. Thank you to ajaytao for this and to Alastair for re-blogging it so that I could make a new blogger-friend.

sometimes-when-i-say-im-okayIf you haven’t seen my last post, please visit it and watch the video. It’s not beautiful but it is something we should all know about. Thank you.

 

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Suffragette Garden, ‘The Lion and Albert’ and Rosemary

1   Just look at these beautiful narcissi coming into flower in my garden to honour Suffragettes, all in purple, white and green.  The Hebes are doing well too.

Early Narcissi

Early Narcissi

Hebe

Hebe

2   I was talking about this very entertaining poem with a good friend the other day.  If you don’t know it, do listen to this recording by Stanley Holloway:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3jXMsfLxhI     This edition, illustrated by Caroline Holden, done as a photograph album, is a delight.

The Lion and Albert by Marriot Edgar

The Lion and Albert by Marriot Edgar

3    I love being able to go out into the garden to get my herbs. Tonight I need Rosemary to finish off the Sweet Potato and Chestnut Roast that I have made for our lovely friends who are coming for dinner.

Rosemary in the garden

Rosemary in the garden

 

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