WELCOME
About Me
- Gary
- I'm a gardener from Bournemouth, on the south coast of England. I love gardening, designing gardens, handling plants, and the smell of them. I find peace in walking barefoot on grass, and wild camping. I collect antique wine and liqueur glasses for a hobby, spend some of my spare time exploring the worlds most romantic and exciting cities, and listening to classical music, my favourite piece being Samuel Barber's 'Adagio for Strings'. I enjoy following other people blogs, especially when they involve gardeners on any level, from a single window box, to keepers of vast estates, and reading about their lives 'in between' everything horticultural. This blog is not only about my day to day gardening life, but also what I get up to in my free time, along with any thoughts, troubles and musings.
My beautiful wife Amanda
The latest glass
Salviati c1875
GARDENING AT THE SULEYMANIYE MOSQUE, ISTANBUL
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Lord of the Manor
I miss him
Aragorn at the Black Gate
Sons of Gondor! Of Rohan! My brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West, for we have had tea, with a sugar in it!
Sunflower Fields of Tuscany
CHAPEL ROCK - POLPERRO
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Flora in our home.
MY MISTRESS
Triumph Trophy 1200
QUOTE OF THE MOMENT
"Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's rebellion." - Alice Cooper
Working in the garden
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Grandson Joshua
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Posy for the dinner table
MY EARLY GARDENING DAYS
THE WATCHERS
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Daughter Claire
DAUGHTER REBECCA
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My Interview with Professor Stefan Buczacki (click image)
Ella
Montepulciano window
MY ELDEST DAUGHTER CLAIRE & OUR FRIEND LEE AROUND THE FIRE IN THE GARDEN
Peace
MY FATHER
Lotus bertholottii
THE BLUE PETER PUB - POLPERRO
Courgette Flower
MY MOTHER
Romantic dinner for two
Spring in Our Garden
POTS
Hobie
PIAZZA POPOLO
FISHING
TOILETS IN THE RITZ
WHITESANDS BAY - ST.DAVIDS
Florence
HEADING TO SUMMIT OF CAIRNGORM MOUNTAIN
LIVE8 - AMANDA & SOPHIA
KEW LILY
VALENTINO ROSSI - 'THE DOCTOR'
Psyches Kiss
A night in the Forest with my good friend Pieter
The Karwendel
COUCH SURFING
Vintage decorations there?
ReplyDeleteHow lovely.
Happy Christmas to you, Gary