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 Holidays over... shame but we  had a really great time and as usual went all over the place, so I thought I'd share a few pictures taken on a visit to Lands End and Porthgarrowa.  I went into crazy mode and had a Titanic moment on the old Lifeboat at Lands End I don't think Kate Winslet need worry  !  Gwenap Head and a  bit of Larking around  Behind me is Longships Lighthouse.  Peter playing at Skipper'  Gwenapp Head Be back with more Holiday stuff real soon!

  Well this post is crammed with pictures of recent trips we have been on to Gardens. While I was with Aunt Norah on our Keswick holiday we found time to call in at Sizergh Castle garden in the Lakes. It was really beautiful in all it's summer glory and there was an abundance of visual delights from the bright orange marigolds to sunshine yellow dasies and the humming of bees . View across Sizergh  rock gardens Borders at Sizergh  These lovely horse were playing and running about in a field down at the canal when we were moored up the other day. It was such a lovely summer scene , Willow hares at Harlow  Harlow Carr gardens at Harrogate was somewhere I had been wanting to  visit for some while and this time we made it . It cost £7.50 each to get in but was definitely worth the money as there is so much to see and do.  I was showing Peter the purple sweet peas . The old potting shed, I would love to have ...

Borage flowers I grew this year from seed. so pretty and attracts the bees.      Where are these weeks and days flying to. I can hardly keep pace ! Since I last wrote on here, we have had a small flood to deal with when that deluge of rain arrived in June. The summerhouse carpets  got wet and ruined and Peter had a lot of mess to clear in his garage .  Certainly the pots and tubs have hardly needed much attention except to tidy them up after the battering they have had. We managed to go out on the boat yesterday and it was a really pleasant day, the sun came out and  there was a gentle breeze as we headed up to Bilsborrow.  On the way we spotted a Cormorant ( we think) anyway not a bird we usually see on the canal but he flew off as we came near. We walked up to the college gardens and I went off taking pictures while Pete found a sunny spot near the lovely wildlife pond. You find lots to snap away at there and I was...

Only the Best, Ha! The Garden Party in Full swing Peter doing his eyes down for Bingo! Beautiful Alsation enjoying the agility course At Myerscough Country Fair I found this cutie! Me watching the Dog Show. On the boat on way back we stopped to feed the Swan family. Scenes like this are why we have the boat! What a great week  we had last week and now this week seems so quiet ! The Jubilee Garden Party at our house went really well ,everyone enjoyed the many games and all the food, there really was so much but we had the best fed birds in the whole neighbourhood for a few days after with scraps. The nice thing was there was a real feel of a happy occasion and a good mix of ages so there was lots of laughter going on and Nigel my brother in law is a born Game Show host without a doubt.  Peter was so funny with a Mike in his hand as the Bingo caller! On Sunday we went out on the boat, which is now running smoothly again, as fa...

 I like the quiet time , just after we have had tea ,cleared away and yesterday because it was so nice after a day of showers I went for a stroll around the garden to see what was new. I thought all my tulips had finished but then up came some late ones to give a fantastic show and they are really quite  stunning with a flirty little edge to them as you can see. The white azalea is doing well even though it has been in the same pot for a few years ! This Aquilegia is an unusal colour with the green tips  I have no idea where it came from but I do grow a lot of these from seed! So here we have big old Bebe who is so happy that I now leave the door open to the old summer house and he can have luxury snoozes! The beautiful blue poppy that I had, was dug up by the cats I think  but I managed to find another and it looks as though It will flower well in a short while judging by the emerging buds. The Lilac t...