Well, not much has been happening around here...it's winter. My entire being is awaiting spring. I've always hated January and February because it's cold and dark and there is NOTHING to do in the yard/garden!! I know, you can dream, but I'm not a very good dreamer when it comes to flowers. I want to have spring NOW!! So, to help with the winter doldrums, I've got flowers blooming on the window sill, in pots in the living room, nestled in baskets in the bathroom. I just can't help myself...it's therapy. I found some bargains after Christmas at the local DIY store... 99 pence for baskets with hyacinths, 1.99 for big pots filled with blooming hyacinths, 3.99 for orchids. All the leftovers from Christmas offerings. I'll enjoy them now and replant as soon as annuals show up on the shelves. When the neighbors moved out, I asked the landlord if I could take some of the pots (there were about 15)left in the yard and he said "sure"... so those are awaiting plants, next to the 2 bags of soil (called compost here) that will fill them. I'm already dreaming... I also absconded with the little table and chairs that was left... With a fresh coat of black paint, it will be a great place to enjoy a cuppa or glassa in the spring/summer sun in my little "garden".
Puppy and I have been exploring as much as we can... Found an amazing walk along a bog, then cut under a tunnel carved out of 30 foot high rhodendrons, through a beautiful pine forest and finally opening out to Lough Key and the castle that is being restored that Alex and I found at Christmas time.... An entirely different route to it and a complete surprise. She has learned that swan hiss when she lunges at them, that she can bury a bagel for later joy (even if she has dirt up over her eyebrows.... I wish I'd watched her dig, but just had to laugh at her face when she came in), that asparagus isn't very tasty... she is a complete nut and keeps my days filled with gut laughs... you can't help it. She looks up at me with those big black eyes buried in a very dirty face and I'm sure wonders what I'm laughing at!!
Photos: Flan and swan, Flan testing asparagus, Flan after burying the bagel, trail through rhody tunnel, silver birch along the edge of a bog
Of course asparagus isn't tasty...no one in their right mind would let it pass between their lips !!!!
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