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Calm sea and a prosperous voyage to Scarborough.
My lily-flowered apple tree.
On a grey day in Lewes, I was cheered by my small apple tree deciding to sprout lily flowers as well as a good potential harvest of rosy little apples. Was it magic or was it one of my lilies…
Sometimes seagulls fly just where you want them.
Some seagulls came to suss me out the other day when I was on the seafront. It was nice to see them especially as I was idly playing with the Hipstamatic app on my iPhone. They flew just low enough…
Thunder in my head – is it a post brain haemorrhage thing?
They used to say that an English summer consisted of two hot sunny days and a thunder storm. This year, in Lewes, UK, we’ve had a lot more hot sunny days that but we’ve had a few thunder storms too.…
Wolfie’s lesson of the week: Don’t forget your keys.
Wolfie’s lesson of the week: Make sure you always have your keys with you. Otherwise you will be stranded outside and you will almost inevitably have to wait in the pub until you are rescued. Being rescued can sometimes take…
My dahlias are understudies in my Lewes garden – now they’ve taken centre stage while the roses are having a rest.
There’s a welcome mood change in my Lewes, UK, garden when July turns into August. As this hot sunny weather continues, my roses have mostly gone for a little rest and their thrusting stems have been cut back in that…
Octopuses make their first video – I get a sneak preview. It’s very funny.
My son Adam, the elder of the two wolf cubs, came round for dinner on Sunday and we sat and talked about various things in the garden. It seemed no time ago that we were in London’s Trafalgar Square in…
People of Zimbabwe: Vote for Morgan Tsvangirai! Let’s hope that your vote gets counted.
Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe and Presidential candidate. I don’t have any illusions about this site’s ability to change the World but I have a message for the people of Zimbabwe: Vote for Morgan Tsvangirai. I don’t want to…
I’ve been summer pruning my roses here in lewes, UK, ready for the second flush of flowers.
I’ve been summer pruning my roses after this year’s spectacular display in my little Lewes town garden. Sad though it is to see the roses go after their glorious first flush, I’m an enthusiastic pruner who delights in retaining control…