July’s garden is abundant and it will look even better when the high summer flowers, like Echinacea and Rudbeckia come out fully.
20 July 2024
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Month: July 2024
19 July 2024
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First Broccoli
I was excited today to make my first harvest of broccoli from the allotment. It is the Calabrese type, which is meant to form a dense head but a couple of the plants had decent heads of spears and I … Continue reading
18 July 2024
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But Before That…
Gardening is the type of activity which often multiplies in scope when you get down to it. My plan this afternoon had been to cut the lawn and do a bit of weeding. I did the lawn and, as I … Continue reading
17 July 2024
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A Season for Cheap Wine
Cheap white wine for dinner tonight (left over after dinner yesterday) and I decided to experiment with it. Lidl’s cheapest “Spanish White”, not even graced with a grape or region, was not unpleasant but rather one dimensional. Tonight’s dinner (around … Continue reading
16 July 2024
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Betty Harkness
Betty Harkness is the name of this rose which was among several I enjoyed while visiting RHS Rosemoor earlier today. On this trip, I’d decided to use my Vivitar 90mm lens set at f/4, which gave a narrow depth of … Continue reading
15 July 2024
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Bring Me Sunshine
I had a long car journey to make today and a lot of it (the portion down the M5) was in pouring rain – the type of rain that means switching on the headlights and the only choice about using … Continue reading
14 July 2024
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Many Languages
This morning saw us joining Jessie, the diocesan intercultural worship co-ordinator, to help lead the music in a service at St Theo’s in Rushey Mead, Leicester. I took my bass and Jane brought both flute and clarinet. It just so … Continue reading
13 July 2024
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Sing Around Songs – 13 July 2024
For today’s sing around (in the hall at All Saints Thorpe Acre with Dishley), I took two instruments – my banjo and my tuba. I used the banjo for my opening and closing contributions. My first song was Spencer the … Continue reading
12 July 2024
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Lids
This afternoon, I’ve been making lids. Specifically, I’ve been making lids for a couple of old recycling boxes to store kindling and small firewood. The boxes lost their original lids sometime ago but are other wise fairly sound so, with … Continue reading
11 July 2024
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Dandelion on the Water
I was out on the water yesterday with a canal trip on a narrowboat (Dandelion) belonging to The Baldwin Trust. They are a local charity who facilitate affordable trips on the waterways from a base at Barrow Upon Soar. Jane … Continue reading