Pic spam, weather, and travel.
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curiouswombatI'm off work today - simply to keep my annual leave form tidy! I am going away on the boat tomorrow with the car so that I can drive to York and help Daughter-dear pack her stuff, move most of it to her new house, and bring her and quite a bit of stuff home again on Monday. This required 4 days leave, so I added today to keep it in nice units of 5!
Our weather is breezy - well down-right windy for the time of year, but at least whilst we have had more rain than ever before for June so far, we aren't flooded like so much of mainland Britain. Climate worldwide is most definitely changing - it should be warm and calm with the odd shower in June - not blowing a gale and flooding places, or drought-like as I know it is in parts of the US. Whether you believe that it is a man-made change or not, it is now hard to ignore the fact that weather is becoming exaggerated! Wetter, drier, windier, hotter, cooler; no-one just has totally average weather year-round any more!
Fortunately D-d's part of York is not exactly flooded there are just 10ft wide puddles - actually York is less flooded than it sometimes is, as far as I can tell! Also fortunately it looks as if the parts of Yorkshire badly flooded are all south of my travel-route - sigh of relief!
Anyway, I have been out making sure all my pots in the garden are well-watered, as S2C rarely ever thinks to water them if I am away. I hope most of them survive! Under the cut are a few pictures of what is now in flower -
Sweet peas - I think a little earlier than last year, but not a lot in it.
And those are 'miniature trailing sweet peas' - at least that is what the nursery called them, although I think more 'miniature' than 'trailing' - they look as if they would still much prefer to go up than down. I've forgtten what the little peachy thing at the top is!
I hadn't tried to grow anything in those plastic bag things before - it works quite well, but is not quite as pretty as my manger baskets.
You can see it in the foreground, beside the mangers - they are doing well, except for the plant in the wall of the first one - which has almost died - I think because it was competing for root space with that geranium, which has gone mad!
This is my 'Conservancy' patio rose - which is beautiful this year.
And these two little baskets I planted with tiny plug pansies - each was about 3 leaves in April -
The eagle-eyed amongst you will spot some odd leaves in there - there is a small fuchsia in each one too - but they aren't flowering yet.
Finally - these are our defunct aluminium steps - which are now creating a bit of height in the corner near the table.
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I am persuading the ivy from the wall to climb up the sides of the steps too.
As I am taking the car with me I will take my laptop, but probably won't be on-line a lot, as
I have to pay by the hour at the hotel!
Our weather is breezy - well down-right windy for the time of year, but at least whilst we have had more rain than ever before for June so far, we aren't flooded like so much of mainland Britain. Climate worldwide is most definitely changing - it should be warm and calm with the odd shower in June - not blowing a gale and flooding places, or drought-like as I know it is in parts of the US. Whether you believe that it is a man-made change or not, it is now hard to ignore the fact that weather is becoming exaggerated! Wetter, drier, windier, hotter, cooler; no-one just has totally average weather year-round any more!
Fortunately D-d's part of York is not exactly flooded there are just 10ft wide puddles - actually York is less flooded than it sometimes is, as far as I can tell! Also fortunately it looks as if the parts of Yorkshire badly flooded are all south of my travel-route - sigh of relief!
Anyway, I have been out making sure all my pots in the garden are well-watered, as S2C rarely ever thinks to water them if I am away. I hope most of them survive! Under the cut are a few pictures of what is now in flower -
Sweet peas - I think a little earlier than last year, but not a lot in it.
And those are 'miniature trailing sweet peas' - at least that is what the nursery called them, although I think more 'miniature' than 'trailing' - they look as if they would still much prefer to go up than down. I've forgtten what the little peachy thing at the top is!
I hadn't tried to grow anything in those plastic bag things before - it works quite well, but is not quite as pretty as my manger baskets.
You can see it in the foreground, beside the mangers - they are doing well, except for the plant in the wall of the first one - which has almost died - I think because it was competing for root space with that geranium, which has gone mad!
This is my 'Conservancy' patio rose - which is beautiful this year.
And these two little baskets I planted with tiny plug pansies - each was about 3 leaves in April -
The eagle-eyed amongst you will spot some odd leaves in there - there is a small fuchsia in each one too - but they aren't flowering yet.
Finally - these are our defunct aluminium steps - which are now creating a bit of height in the corner near the table.
<
I am persuading the ivy from the wall to climb up the sides of the steps too.
As I am taking the car with me I will take my laptop, but probably won't be on-line a lot, as
I have to pay by the hour at the hotel!
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Date: 26/06/2007 08:31 pm (UTC)Have fun on your vacation!
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Date: 26/06/2007 09:13 pm (UTC)Fortunately I am taking the big car, officially S2C's although he just lets me drive him around in it, because the boot of poor little Po would be overflowing!