3 June 2018

Snap Shots of my Day

finally caved in under a mountain of strawberries and made jam

balanced precariously on a ladder to prune the roses on the barn wall

played ball with Rick

trimmed the yew tree on the rockery, I'm sure it's lop sided

took a photo of bumble bees collecting pollen from the red poppies but they were too fast for me



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  1. It all sounds good. Rick is looking quite handsome.

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  2. No it isn't; perhaps the house is lop sided.
    Greetings Maria x

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  3. Reminds me of when I did all those flower drawings last year and the nail varnish poppies. A year ago. How times flies.

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  4. Rachel, I remember the beautiful drawings of the bright red varnish poppies. Brilliant - in idea and in colour!
    x

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    1. Yes, I remember those too, they were stunning.

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    2. Thank you. I was in a very different time then! xx

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  5. That yew tree looks pretty big. Was it there when you bought the chateau?

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    1. No, it was a self-sown seedling that I nurtured. The rockery was a pile of rubble from the old pig sty covered in bramble.

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  6. Your poppies and roses are beautiful! You'll be happy for that jam in January! Strawberry jam is also nice on vanilla icecream. Just a thought. -Jenn

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    1. I was quite pleased because it actually set for once!

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  7. I made Strawberry jam yesterday too. Suddenly we're over-run with them, and it won't be long before the Tayberries start.

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    1. Picked our first courgettes yesterday.

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    2. So did I; they were about 2 ins long.

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  8. In other words, a perfect day of potterering !

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  9. Loads of strawberries and roses? That sounds like heaven to me.

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  10. I think there might still be a bee in that second poppy from the left but on the other had it could be the centre of the poppy - but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

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