I am back in Cirencester. I completed the 4th round of chemotherapy a few weeks ago. I spent the first couple of weeks in my kitchen - just cooking and eating. Last week, I ventured out and walked to town a few times. I am making a slow recovery. My chemotherapy is over; now we cross our fingers and hope that I don't have a relapse.
Bob, who has erected trellis and made patios for me in the past, came with his assistant to tidy my garden recently. Here are some photos of my patch this December after they had worked their magic on it:
the front garden
and the area beside the drive
the far corner of the back garden
and the informal path leading up to that corner
plus a view of my compost bins at the back!Bob's website can be found at www.secretgardens.info if you need some gardening help locally...
4 Comments:
So pleased you're back and picking up strength. Thanks for the pictures of your garden.
Linda, while sweeping dry leaves on the terrace I disturbed an Admiral that was hibernating among them. It was too groggy to fly. I put it in the garden shed in a cardboard box, left the lid ajar, and of course cushioned and blanketed it with dry leaves. Do you think it will be alright till spring?
Have a lovely Christmas with your family and friends, happiness and good health in 2005.
Ira - (France)
Ira.Smith@wanadoo.fr
May I wish you and your family a very Happy Christmas, and good luck for the New Year. I enjoy your site very much and have learnt a lot from it over the last two years. Thankyou Liz
Great website, and I hope your health continues to improve.
Here is a little story from the warmer days of summer.
My whole family enjoys plants, flowers, birds and insects, and we were delighted when my daughter found a large pale green crab spider in the garden. It had taken up station on a bright purple verbena that grows next to our greenhouse, so was visible some distance away.
We watched it for a day or two as it lay in wait for its lunch, and then my daughter said that she had seen two Comma butterflies in the garden. The very next day when I came home from work the family were upset. I could tell as soon as I opened the front door, because my son put his head round the corner and said the crab spider had caught one of the Comma butterflies.
Well, we sort-of went off the spider after that, but of course it is the way of the wild and spiders and butterflies should be left alone.
However, next year if I see a bright green crab spider on the verbena I will quietly move it to a less butterfly attractive plant.
Colin
Dear Linda, I'm very pleased to see you are continuing with you web page. Very best wishes for 2005, here's to happy butterfly spotting! Liz
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