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17/10/2019

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On the theme of self indulgence (!) I think I am greedy in my garden to have all the styles of gardens I love in one - which can of course lead to a mish-mash and a glorious guddle! (Which admittedly has it's charms.)

After my visit to Tatton Park in August I thought how Japanese style fitted with my aim of lower maintenance yet is, to me, exciting and aesthetically very pleasing, so the new gravel drive gave an opportunity to explore that.

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My daughter has a corten steel bowl like this beside some low chairs by her back door and I am always struck by how calming it is - how zen-like- just water, filled to the brim.

Minimalist, beautifully proportioned (mine is a metre wide). and almost zero maintenance :-)

I had an acer in an old pot tucked in the garden border because I didn't really know what to do with it and I was getting frustrated at the slow delivery f the firebowl because I thought all the leaves would have fallen from the acer and I wouldn't be able to judge whether it was right for this spot or not. The moss which I had thought I should remove was actually an added bonus!

Elemental. The metal will rust to the colour of the acer leaves and I may look for somthing evergreen to put beside it for the winter when the acer leaves have fallen - a small pinus mugo, or a Wallichiana pine which I love but which grows too big but could be treated as a bonsai in a beautiful pot..

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Good for the soul.

Do you have a fun project which absorbs you? Challenges you, but not too much - not enough to be stressful, but enugh to keep your mind engaged and away from everyday worries and the world's bad news for a spell?

If not, can you think of one? And perhaps share it here? Tiny or huge - Heather is learning to follow a knitting pattern, Lynne is having a whole new kitchen fitted, I am thinking how to reconcile my wish for a Japanese garden with a wildlife garden, an  English flower garden, a naturalistic Scandinavian garden....
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Grace
18/10/2019 08:03:40 am

I'm teaching myself to knit in the round on circular needles. Heather might like to take a look at this website for inspiration : https://kddandco.com/. They recently did a series of posts on knitting for beginners.

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Freda
18/10/2019 02:08:34 pm

I'm sure she will Grace - thank you! And enjoy going round in circles.

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cathy
19/10/2019 06:40:50 am

love knitting in the round! all knit...no purls.

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cath
18/10/2019 09:22:16 am

There are nature images in my memory, of places I have visited but didn't take a photograph of at the time. I have started to stitch them - cross-stitch on linen- and I meet interesting challenges on the way. A major one is still how I make undulating lines with an edgy cross-stitch. Possibly along the way I will use different stitches in combination with cross-stitch, so far I haven't. I have a small notebook for images I want to re-create. The most interesting one
is one in white, with footprints of human and other than human.

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Freda
18/10/2019 02:10:24 pm

This certainly sounds absorbing on several creative levels. Wonderful.

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Julia
19/10/2019 04:09:44 am

This steel dish is absolutely stunning, Freda...esp reflecting the acer (with moss!). And luckily it did arrive before the acer lost its leaves..:-)
I’m almost afraid to admit my most recent project...absorbing would be one way to describe it..another would be obsession! Too long a story to say how i got into this giant project, but i’m researching family, and it is a rabbit-hole for sure! Traditionally, one followed the male lines..but i am finding myself absorbed by the stories of the women..and what an appreciation and gratitude i have for the women who came before me, and before my husband...how challenging their lives were! Every small discovery makes me day and keeps me going..:-) and by the way, speaking of gardens..we were away and had a tree trimmed. You would not want to see what those workers did to my hosta garden..you would cry!

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Freda
19/10/2019 08:57:41 am

This sounds truly fascinating Julia and sounds like there could even be a book in it. I look forward to hearing more.

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