Today has been all about packing, packing and packing. The removal men arrived at 9am and after a disheartening start when they realised that the van was too big to park on the drive, the realisation dawned that everything to come out of the house would have to come down the drive and along the track . They soon set to it and by 2 pm the house was looking empty, and the men a little sweaty.
Rooms were left with blue dust shadows, hinting at the location of a former cupboard or some such. The clean up began until our kindly French neighbour arrived with a basket of home cooked food. How marvellous! Work stopped, wine opened and I offered her a rather amateur bunch of flowers to accompany her wine as a token thank you.
The posy contained Astrantia major, the blue geranium (Johnson’s blue?) rose Gertrude Jekyll and an unnamed dark pink rose. This is a little snap shot of the garden I am about to leave behind. Sixteen years during which time so much has happened and the garden has evolved into something rather pretty and comfortable. Here are a few snaps to say goodbye.
As is usual for the Monday vase I am joining Cathy and the others to share our vase images and ideas. Take a look or even better, join in. The link is http:// ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com
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Packed alright but just perfect to show the splendour of summer 🙂
Oh my goodness, I felt quite sad reading your post, it looks a lovely garden to leave behind, I hope you are moving to somewhere with lots to keep you busy. A lovely gift too for your kind neighbour.
Thanks for your comment Julie. Sorry to take so long to respond, no broadband until now. It was a dear little garden to me and here I have only grass and post and rail fencing. Not so much as a garden but a former set of areas for the goats to graze. The goats have vacated so now I can begin planning. Wanting to get cracking. D.
Starting completely from scratch sounds exciting, good luck with your plans. 🙂
Julie good to hear from you. It is daunting as well as exciting. Need to get some flowers in, its just not looking like a garden now. D
A lovely arrangement.
Wishing you happy gardening in your new home.
Thank you for your comment and apologies for not replying sooner, I have been without a land line or broadband. Lots to do and plan as my new garden has nothing but grass. Need to get planting. D.
You must be feeling sad to leave your lovely garden. I am looking forward to reading about your new one.
Hi Chloris and thanks for your comment. I was a little sad to leave the garden but ready to make a new one. Not a flower in sight here at my new garden. It does not so much as resemble a garden as a patch of grass divided by post and rail fencing for the former occupants, namely the goats.
Lots to plan and do. D.
Ah a blank canvas. What an opportunity! Hard work but better than trying to work round someone else’ s ideas. I am looking forward to seeing your plans for it.
I seem to have missed this post Doris – there certainly wasn’t a pingback or whatever they are with it. What a gorgeous posy and and a shame to be leaving some of these plants behind. I guess your slightly blurred pictures were not intentional but I had to smile imagining you taking a last look at your old garden through the slight blur of tears 😉 A blank canvas is exciting though, as Chloris says!