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Afternoon sun making the garden glow.
Afternoon sun and bumblebee on the mahonia.
Autumn colour at Wakehurst Place, which is the country home of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and its Millennium Seed Bank. Had a walk around in pleasant company. 🙂
Autumn colour at Wakehurst Place, which is the country home of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and its Millennium Seed Bank. Had a walk around in pleasant company. 🙂
Currently reading: Writers and Their Notebooks by Diana M. Raab 📚I’m drawn to yet another book about the use of notebooks. This is a collection of essays by writers on their use of notebooks.
At the end of chapter one in Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman the message I’m taking away is “Good enough is perfectly acceptable”. 😂
Currently reading: Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman 📚Just arrived and I’m reading the prologue. Question I’m asking myself is: do I read it over a couple of days, or do as is suggested and take four weeks? I’ll find out tomorrow when I start reading chapter 1 and maybe chapter two, etc.
Penshurst Place colours
Early morning in the garden
Bother! I’d intended to take some photos of Standen House kitchen garden where I have spent the day weeding the beds. Meeting other volunteers and chatting drove the idea from my mind. Maybe next time…
Finished reading: This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing by Jacqueline Winspear 📚If you’ve read her Maisie Dobbs books, you’ll see where some of the stories came from. An enjoyable and at times emotional read.
Dahlia still in flower this late in October. Is this usual? It’s my first time growing dahlias and I have no idea what to expect. These were grown from seed: Bishop’s Children.
Went out earlier to clear the leaves from the drive. I even did the neighbour’s drive too.
A couple of hours later and there’s another fine layer of leaves on the drive. Ho-hum! Glad I have a leaf blower and can make leaf mould to use in the garden in a couple of years 😎
Finished reading: Principles for Newsletters by Cj Chilvers 📚A short and interesting read. Lots to ponder. I’ll no doubt be returning to it for more ideas.
Recovering from a day spent in the Kitchen Garden at Standen House and Gardens, a National Trust property, near East Grinstead, Sussex.
Playing with my new iPad Air with the keyboard and pencil pro. After an initial set up hitch, and waiting for Notes to sync, I’m impressed with the set up. The typing experience is probably better than on the keyboard for the iPad Pro I have for work.
Seems to me that the term Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an oxymoron. AI is definitely artificial, but is it intelligent?
Currently reading: Principles for Newsletters by Cj Chilvers 📚got this this morning and I’m more than half-way through. Easy read and one that anyone writing or thinking of writing one might find a useful idea in. 😎
Did some tidying up in the back garden. Mostly removing the old leaves from plants and I discovered where the slugs are/were hiding. This one was attempting to escape:
Currently reading: The Siege by Ben Macintyre 📚in Audible.
Currently reading: Compost by Charles Dowding 📚A short book on how to make good compost. It draws together the information on composting that Charles Dowding has learnt over the past 40 years or so. It’s an important part of the No Dig gardening method. Definitely recommended if you want to make better compost.
Currently reading: The Ancient Guide to Modern Life by Natalie Haynes 📚 Started this after listening to the author’s series on BBC Radio 4 called Natalie Haynes Stands up for the Classics. She’s a classicist and a stand-up comedienne. The book is a fairly easy read. YMMV 🙂
Listening to Test Match Special. England playing Sri Lanka at the Oval. Sri Lanka just lost their first wicket in their first innings. Great way of spending an unappealing day, instead of being in the garden.
Finished reading: The Notebook by Roland Allen 📚. A good read for anyone who loves using a paper notebook. I found it engrossing. Lots of information about when paper notebooks came available. Recommended.