Saturday morning. Spike Deane's garden.
I resist the impulse to offer advice. I know my limits.
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Dougie
Apr 11 min read
The law of ... a quiet suburban garden!
Thistle the Cat takes charge.
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Dougie
Jan 21 min read
Not the deadliest of nightshades by any measure ...
Solanum nigrum, Solanum americanum ... to be all Latin and botanical about it.
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Dougie
Dec 28, 20231 min read
In Spike's garden after days of heavy rain
I worked from home today. Spike drew my attention to these small plants. Like monochrome cocktail umbrellas.
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Dougie
Oct 7, 20231 min read
In the quiet of the morning
As Milton wrote, "They also serve who only stand and wait." Does that apply to cats?
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Dougie
Oct 2, 20230 min read
Summer beckons
Spike and Thistle The Cat enjoying the dappled shade in Spike Deane's garden.
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Dougie
Sep 30, 20231 min read
A long hot summer?
We are told to expect a long, hot summer. Already I cannot remember the last time it rained. This may be as green as it gets.
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douglasherd5
Apr 15, 20221 min read
Good Friday
Sitting in Spike Deane's garden. Doing nothing in the late autumn sun. We have lots of these.
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Dougie
Sep 23, 20214 min read
Sundown
for my dear friend Chris It is three minutes to five on an exquisite Canberra spring day. I'm sitting under the fading sun of the late...
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Dougie
Sep 9, 20211 min read
This'll get us through lockdown
Spike's garden begins to bloom
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