Simply..catching up....

19/6/2018

..with replying to your comments (which I really did appreciate so much though I haven't responded to them all yet), food shopping, eating properly (I've just been snacking mainly), decisions which I've been putting off till 'after Open Days',writing my journal, a haircut - I so need a haircut!

I stood in the almost eerily quiet (and sunny!) garden on Monday morning after the two open days and I could still see it peopled with visitors in twos and threes,looking, chatting, asking questions, taking photographs, making notes...

It takes more than rain to stop keen gardeners and we were surprised and delighted to make £1013 for the SGS charities - Maggie's Cancer Care, The Queen's Nursing Inititute Scotland, National Trust for Scotland Garden Fund and Perennial. Considerably less than we usually make but in the past five events we have been lucky with the weather!

Lots of compliments - always nice!

One of the advantages of doing it early in the summer is that we can all just sit back and enjoy our gardens now - the hardest work is behind us but for a little grass cutting, perhaps some watering when the sunshine returns....

I did enjoy it and it has revived my passion for the garden.

Some photos tomorrow.

6 Comments

PennyL

19/6/2018 01:52:08 am

So glad it went well despite the weather. Can’t wait to see the photos! Pennyx

Freda

19/6/2018 05:03:13 am

It was a relef that people came at all!

Mary

19/6/2018 03:22:03 am

Good news for the charities and good news that the effort has revived your passion for gardening. I'm sure that given all the work that went into the garden you must feel a like a runner after a marathon...a little breathless, but satisfied with a job well done. So catch your breath, catch up, get a haircut and enjoy your garden...not necessarily in that order. :)

Looking forward to your photos.

Freda

19/6/2018 05:04:03 am

Haircut booked for tomorrow. Tired but happy..

Julia

20/6/2018 03:10:14 am

Isn’t it funny how the need of a haircut sneaks up from behind? And amazing, always, to me, how much it cheers me up when it all gets whacked off! And yes, now to sit back, revel in the beauty of what you have created..and linger in that hammock! Here’s to more books, more journaling and enjoying the lift that a beautiful garden gives one!

Lotta

20/6/2018 12:44:55 pm

I'm so glad you had some hardy and appreciative visitors, and raised some money for the charities too. Isn't it lovely that their enthusiastic presence has lingered in your garden... Will you do it again next year do you think?
Am also in desperate need of a haircut... it's hanging heavily around my neck like a spaniel's ears... seriously toying with the idea of having it all cut short!

Simply..catching up....

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