Things for which I give thanks this week…
1.- Back on the subject of weeds – below is a battle royal between Bindweed – its flowers evenly spread as it climbs the factory fence and is like a poor man’s Morning Glory, and Japanese Knotweed the dastardly invasive weed – I would say that at present, the Bindweed is winning, but Knotweed can grow through concrete…
2.- Back in our own garden – I told you last week, how slowly this Allium grows and here you can see it starting to colour up…
3.- Meanwhile, the bulb season long over, various bits of colour dot the garden…
4.- On Friday I had to go to Leeds for my Dental Students – as always , the second week with new students is deep cleaning which i grin and bear, but I enjoy the walk across Leeds for the sights on the way…
5.- Further on, in front of Leeds Library, giant chess is in progress…
6.- The likes of Elon Musk have been spreading fake news about the lawless nature of Great Britain – not realising that even our right-wing yobs require a more nuanced form of gaslighting than some members of the MAGA base and such fake news, mostly falls flat here – or so I thought until I saw this sign outside the Polish shop where I buy sauages most weeks…
7.- My late Mother’s birthday was on July 4th and my younger sister Helen’s birthday is on the 8th which made them easy to remember – as well as to remind me to wish my American friends a Happy 4th July and I hope you all had a great day! I got a certain something off in the post to Helen – no spoilers as she sometimes reads these posts – and I am hoping the Gods of postage will deliver it in time. Talking of post, the Poetry Postcard Festival lists went out yesterday, only for me to discover I am on two lists! I can hardly back out of one of them now, and I don’t mind doing twice the number but it is quite expensive when sending a mere postcard, abroad costs £3.60! Thank goodness I am not doing as complicated cards as last year (original paintings for each one) but am doing cyanotype and lino prints – watch this space…
8.- My copy of Miski’s poetry book has arrived today – well it was yesterday but UPS delivered it to 31 and not 31a… Looking forward to reading it!
9.- Grateful for this community of grat folk…
10.- Glad not to be having to water the garden but there is presently no sunshine to make my Cyanotype prints lol…
In honour of the Leeds statues, here are some othe Bare Naked Ladies with a favourite track…
Have a great week y’all…
Nice colors in your garden’s flora. To prevent vandalism, the shopkeeper should install an overhead camera trained on the box of water melons. Such a wide array of engagements in this list of thanks.
I don’t think they are too worried, Cai, it’s just everybody wants to make sure the watermelons are ripe and sometimes use some quite destructive methods lol
Happy birthday, all! Love the owl sculptures and the giant chess game. How neat!
loved the photos… invasive plants can be very very hard to get rid of… i’ve done just about everything i could but put a curse on this one plant that has completely taken over my garden… love the statutes and can’t believe how long they’ve been around…. have a great week
I once belonged to a Guerilla Knitting group that met in a Leeds pub, and one night, walking to the station afterwards, it was snowing and I mentioned it to the group that these ladies must be freezing and they said they had, in the past, knitted clothes for them…
love the concept of plants growing through concrete… invasive or otherwise, the things that can be accomplished when not trying…
amazing variety in your garden ‘specially the Allium very cool plant
like the others, I too got a kick out of the owls
have a good week
(from what I understand, we’re sending you some more hot weather… just ended here and like they say, “ok, maybe the East doesn’t meet the West, but when it comes to weather systems, what’s a little ocean”)
Well, I will have to water the garden, Clark, but my cyanotypes will flourish…
Have a good week, Clark…
Knotweed is a reportable plant down here. In Surrey it’s so common that some insurance companies refuse to take on a buildings policy. Bindweed is just a pain in the back side. I’m constantly digging it up. I swear it was from a bag of a compost years ago that brought into the garden.
I hope you enjoy reading Wittlespeck, Andrew. (fingers crossed).
All the best for your week!
I am enjoying Whittlespeck very much, Marilyn, it is unmistakably your voice which I very much enjoy…
I’m sure I shall, Marilyn, and have a great time in Denmark…
i especially liked that giant game of chess.
I am only a beginner – no way would I offer myself to public scutiny lol