(THANX TO CHRIS OF CABS CREATIONS FOR THIS LOVELY WINDOW BOX GRAPHIC)
IT WAS EARLY MORNING ONCE AGAIN AND I WAS WIDE AWAKE.
SO I GOT DRESSED AND DOWN THE STEPS I WENT OUTSIDE TO TAKE.
SOME PICTURES OF " MY LITTLE PLOT " I PROMISED YOU I WOULD DO.
TRYING MY HAND AT PHOTOGRAPHY AGAIN TO TAKE SOME MORE SNAPS FOR YOU (HE-HE)
I'M REALY GETTING USED TO THIS I WILL GET THERE SOON I'M SURE.
AS EACH PICTURE I AM TAKING SEEMS BETTER THAN BEFORE.
HERES A TINY EUONYMUS SHRUB WHICH IV'E STARED OFF NICE AND SMALL.
WHEN IT GETS MUCH BIGGER I'M GOING TO REPOT IT AS I WANT IT PRETTY TALL.
I STUCK LITTLE ELMA FUDD INSIDE AS HE'S CUTE AND FUNNY TOO.
BUT I DON'T THINK HE'LL FIND BUGS BUNNY AROUND MY FLAT AT ALL DO YOU.
I AM GOING TO POT THEM ON YOU SEE INTO A BIG LARGE TUB WITH MORE.
EVERGREENS AND CONIFERS THE DWARF I'LL BE LOOKING FOR..
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE EVERGREENS AS THEY CATCH YOUR EYE ALL YEAR.
AUTUMN WINTER SUMMER AND SPRING THERE GREENERY ALWAYS APPEARS.
IV'E TAKEN INTO CONDSIDERATION MY HEALTH AND AGE AS WELL.
SO POTS AND WINDOW BOXES WILL DO ME AND I THINK THEY'LL LOOK JUST AS SWELL.
NO MORE DIGGING OR WEEDING JUST THE ODD SPRAY HERE AND THERE .
THEN SAT IN THE SUN WHEN WE GET SOME I CAN JUST REALAX AND STARE.
HERES A WINDOW BOX I STARTED FIRST EARLY BACK IN JUNE .
I'M AFRAID WITH ALL THE RAIN WEV'E HAD THOUGH THEY ARE BLOOMING TOO SOON.
I LIKE MY FLOWERS TO LAST ME ALL YEAR WELL THAT IS WHAT I TRY TO PLAN.
SO I DON'T USUALY POT UP THINGS LIKE THIS UNTIL EARLY JULY IF I CAN.
THE REDS ARE DOUBLE BEGONIAS AND I CROPPED THIS PIC FOR YOU.
TO SHOW YOU HOW BIG THE HEADS ARE FLOPPING OVER THE LOBELIA BLUE.
IN THE PAST TIMES THEYV'E BEEN LARGE AS SAUCERS AS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE.
THESE ARE BLOOD RED WITH BLUE LOBELIA THAT WILL SOON BE TRAILING FREE.
THEN I HAD A SMALL BASKET WHICH SOMEONE BOUGHT ME WITH FLOWERS IN THERE.
SO WHEN THE FLOWERS DIED OFF I PLANTED IT WITH A GERANIUM AND HUNG IT MID AIR .
I BOUGHT A LITTLE NOVELTY BEE AND STUCK HIM IN THE TOP. HA!
HE BOUNCES AROUND WHEN THE WIND BLOWS I HOPE HE DON'T BOUNCE OUT THE POT HA!
I BOUGHT QUITE A NICE LARGE TUB THEN AND PLANTED PELARGONIUM PURPLE AND WHITE.
ADDED A FEW OF EVERTHING ELSE SO THAT SHOULD BE NICE AND BRIGHT.
BELOW IS A POT OF LIZZIES COLOURS IN ABUNDANCE YOU CAN GET.
AS LONG AS I KEEP NIPPING THE HEADS OFF IN NOVEMEBER THEY'LL BE STILL FLOWERING I BET.
THEN CAME AN HALF MOON BASKET WHICH I HAD FROM MY LAST HOME I FOUND.
SO I FILLED THIS WITH DOUBLE BUSY LIZZIES AND IVY TO HANG TO THE GROUND.
PEOPLE PASS BY AND HAVE COMMENTED HOW LOVELY THEY LOOK MY POTS..
MUCH MORE BRIGHTER AND GAY THEY SAY THAN BEFORE I TOOK OVER THIS PLOT.
DO YOU REMEBER ME SAYING I WAS GIVEN THE CHANCE TO DO THIS.
WELL IT DOESN'T TAKE UP MUCH OF MY TIME AND IT'S HELPED SINCE MY GARDEN I MISS.
I PEBBLED THE FLOOR SO NO DIGGING AND DRILLED A BORDER OF WOOD AROUND.
TO STOP THEM FROM SCATTERING EVERYWHERE AND THEY LOOK TIDY ON THE GROUND.
I'VE WASHED MY MR HEDGEHOG AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE PRIDE OF PLACE.
HE'S LOOKING SO PROUD AS HE STANDS THERE NOW WITH HIS CURIOUS POINTED FACE.
HE CAME ALL THE WAY FROM SPAIN TO ME WHEN MY GRANDSON BROUGHT HIM ORE.
IN HIS SUITCASE FOR MY BIRTHDAY HE WAS WRAPPED UP IN TOWELS GALORE. HA!!
WELL AT LEAST HE LANDED SAFELY AND HE WASN'T BROKEN AT ALL.
AND WHEN I SAW THE SIZE OF HIM I WAS EXPECTING A HEDGEHOG SMALL.
HERE HE IS WHEN I'D WASHED HIM ALL READY TO TAKE HIM DOWN.
TO PLACE OUTSIDE IN BETWEEN THE POTS AND CEMENT HIM TO THE GROUND.
ALL THE VISITORS WHO PASS DO TELL ME NOT A HEDGEHOG LIKE THIS HAVE THEY SEEN.
ANYWHERE IN THE GARDEN CENTRES OR ANY GARDENS THEY'VE BEEN.
SO I TELL THEM NO THEY PROBABLY WON'T AS HE FLEW OVER IN A PLANE.
ALL THE WAY FROM GIBRALTA SO I DON'T THINK THEY'LL SEE ONE THE SAME.
CAN YOU SEE THE GARDEN FORK AND HE ALSO HAS SOMETHING ELSE.
YES SOME STRAWBERRYS THEREON THE FLOOR AT HIS FEET SOMETHING I LOVE MYSELF.
ANYWAY FRIENDS THEN ANOTHER TWO BASKETS I MADE TO HANG FROM THE WALL.
I PLACED THEM EACH SIDE OF OUR ENTRANCE AND MIXED THEM WITH FLOWERS LARGE AND SMALL .
SO I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR IN MY LITTLE PLOT TO BLOOM.
I JUST WISH NOW WE ARE INTO JULY THE SUN WOULD HURRY UP SOON.
I AM SURE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PRETTIER BUT THEY HAVE HAD TO TAKE SOME STICK.
WITH ALL THE RAIN AND FLOODS WE HAVE HAD IT MAKES THEM GROW FAR TOO QUICK.
I BOUGHT YESTERDAY A WELCOME SIGN IN THE SALE AND I THINK IT LOOKS NICE .
A KNOME WHO'S SWINGING ON A TREE SO FOR FOR FIFTY PENCE I DIDN'T THINK TWICE . HA!!
I'VE PLACED HIM ON THE DOOR AT THE BOTTOM JUST SO I CAN LET.
FOLKS ALL KNOW THEY ARE WELCOME WELL HOW FRIENDLIER CAN YOU GET.
SO WITH HOUSE WORK AND J/LAND AND " MY LITTLE PLOT " I COULD DO WITH EIGHT HANDS SOMETIMES.
LIKE OSCAR MY SIGGY HERE BELOW DEBB MADE ME FOR " MY SIMPLE RHYME"
HE-HE-HE.
THANX TO DEBBIE OF DeB'S DaBS
FOR MY LITTLE FRIEND OSCAR I HAVE NAMED HIM.
HE-HE-HE..
