Tag: Gardens

So many flowers, so little time

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26 July 2015

During the early miles of Moonwalk 2013, I noticed a mysterious looking door in a high brick wall as we were making our way through Chelsea. A sign told me this was the Chelsea Physic garden and, of all the things I saw during that long, long night, the name stuck in my mind. I wanted to see behind that door. Finally, more than two years later, I was going inside. Admittedly, it was a miserable wet day and I had CJ with me so I was pretty sure it wasn’t going to be quite what I’d imagined. Continue reading So many flowers, so little time

A little time travel, Southsea Sea front – first published 24 February 2013

Clarence Pier
Clarence Pier

One Sunday morning towards the end of February 2013, Commando said he was going for a run along Southsea seafront. Of course, I tagged along to have a little walk. Commando had borrowed a snazzy gadget from a friend that linked camera to iPad to download photos so, to test it out, I took my real camera rather than my iPhone. If it worked well I might even buy myself one. Continue reading A little time travel, Southsea Sea front – first published 24 February 2013

Flowers and weeds, who decides?

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9 to 11 June 2015

Although my toe stood up the the vaults tour there really hadn’t been that much walking and I thought I’d be wise to rest it as much as possible before I had to walk to work on Wednesday. As Tuesday was bright and sunny, if still not particularly warm, I spent the day pottering in the garden trimming things back and generally tidying up. Unless you listen to Commando, who is chief mower of lawns, mine is a low maintenance garden. Mostly it consists of shrubs that need tidying occasionally and lots of annuals that seed themselves. Apart from cutting back the honeysuckle and ivy arch once a year and a bit of judicial clipping, it tends to look after itself. Continue reading Flowers and weeds, who decides?

Coffee in a medieval garden and an air raid!

Tudor House Museum
Tudor House Museum

7 June 2015

When our tour of the vaults and walls ended outside the Wool House my foot was a little achy and CJ and I were in need of coffee. The Wool House already looked packed so we decided to walk up Bugle Street towards the centre of town and find somewhere there. As part of the price of the tour we’d been given discount tickets for Tudor House Museum. CJ was keen to use them but, given the time and my aching toe, I thought we’d be better saving them for another day. Besides, it was sunny and we’d spent a great deal of the morning underground. There was no reason we couldn’t go inside for a coffee though and maybe a little look at the garden. Continue reading Coffee in a medieval garden and an air raid!