Bloggus Interruptus
Above, Paeonia mlokosewitschii
‘Molly The Witch’ to you and me..
There follows a short blogging break. No jetting off to exciting places, sadly. Just terribly behind with everything and struggling to catch up..
Back soon, be good x
Have a good catch up
Been going flat out today. Well not flat exactly. Mostly at a 45 deg angle. Knackered now 🙁
It’s that time of year isn’t it? Everything vying for attention and not enough hours in the day. Hope your catch up is effective.
It is. It would be bad enough if it were just the garden, but no. Too many projects on the go and all needing attention at the same time.
See you soon xxx
You bet!
Have a good break, hope you get on top of it all soon. CJ xx
Thanks CJ.
I know the feeling! Look forward to your return.
Such is life!
No, no, no…you are not allowed to go off for a satisfying dig in the dirt and charge us to “be good.” I, for one, intend to be perfectly wicked:^)
Well just be careful then!
I’ve virtually the whole of the precipitous bank to cut back and weed, racing against time and burgeoning foliage. But workmen in the house again yesterday and another project needing to be researched and planned. Not all satisfying dirt digging sadly.
Gorgeous flower. Best wishes with your catch-up activities!
Thanks Kris. Molly has kept me waiting something like 5-6 years. They take a while to settle in obviously! But worth the wait.
Being good is no fun! Hope you get all caught up soon. I am watching snow falling as I type this – just as well Malcolm got the grass cut, as I don’t think there will be much gardening happening here this week!
We’ve just had a brief hail shower. But we desperately need rain, not something you’ll hear me say frequently.. I hope!
Be good? Where’s the fun in that? Enjoy your catchy uppy break. You leave me feeling a little grey…
Cutting edge Denise, cutting edge..
I have fabric samples for another job. Bedroom blinds x 3. Coming under pressure now it’s getting light so early in the morning. Thought a nice grey stripe with a splash of yellow.
Good luck with catching up. In my world, that never happens.
Probably not in my world either. I can dream.
you have left us with a nice photograph whilst you catch up 🙂
It’s a gorgeous bloom. Hope she lasts a few days as I’ve been waiting six years for it.
It’s a busy time, I don’t blame you! Enjoy your break, and maybe there’ll be at least a small trip included 😉
To the garden centre and builders’ merchant probably..
You give us that exquisite photograph of Molly in her full Witchiness and then say “see you later” and “be good.” Ha. You are doing your bloggus interruptus in style. Enjoy every bit of it, but come back soon.
Molly is looking very lovely, all two blooms. I shall have to get another one..
I can understand the reason for taking a break and I hope you have a good and fruitful one. Thanks for the photo- gorgeous.
Hi Linda. The jobs are piling up and the blog was getting squeezed out. Decided just to give in and try to clear the backlog. Hope you are well, I’ll catch up in a few days.
Molly the Witch, one of my favourites in my Yorkshire garden. I know what you mean about catching up, our house has been full of joyful company over Easter but there now follows the catch up. As for those nettles down the drive, they might get a bashing today. Hope you are all ‘catched up’ soon.
Trust the nettles got a thorough bashing. I was hoping for rain and went out early to get some time in ahead of it. But no. The ground here is baked hard. Can’t believe I am thinking pick axe in April. And the watering system has packed up!!
Hope you manage to catch up ….. is that even possible in a garden …. I doubt it 😉
I don’t think it’s possible either. But even some light at the end of the tunnel would be nice.. thanks Sue.
Molly is a beauty. Hope that it’s not all hard work and that you still have some time to stand and stare.
She is worth the six years I’ve been waiting for a bloom. Now I need the Davidia to follow suit. That’s been ten years so far and it has disappointed me yet again.
Well, you have certainly outdone yourself taking us all along with you to Australia 🙂 Will def miss your posts though! Hope to see you again soon! Molly and friend are lovely…
At this rate I’ll soon need your advice re desert planting. It’s so dry here.. in April!!
Enjoy one less thing to do for a bit, but hope you wonT be away too long!
It’s good to have a break occasionally. Looking at something with fresh eyes is always a positive thing to do.
Ha! You have warm weather coming – we have the dreaded winter – so being good equates to keeping warm in my opinion. Hope you get the cores under control soon. I don’t envy you the blinds. Making Roman blinds is my most hated curtaining task.
At least these blinds are relatively small. I once put my back out leaning over a very large piece of fabric on the floor, was in agony for days, and have treated them with respect ever since!
Molly the Witch is quite bewitching in her beauty. I hope you mamage to catch up with all those things that must be done:)
It’s not been a bad week, got quite a bit done. Have a good bank holiday weekend Rosie.
Same here. I’m submerged under an enormous pile of paperwork. Good luck with your projects. See you soon. Love Karen x
That doesn’t sound very good. But better to get it out of the way this week, the weather is supposed to be picking up!
Relax all you bloggers pretend to have 48 hours in a day. Me I reckon 6 hours when I do things is good. Far too much emphasis is placed on milestones and progress, treading water looking about and having a crafty drink or two also have their place. Calm down, have a drink, mop the kitchen floor, have the other half and put on the kettle for breakfast.
Rest assured there is plenty of treading water and a crafty drink to go with it. If you could arrange for a bit more water though that would be grand.. it took almost three hours this afternoon to hack a plant sized hole through solid clay and bits of slate, all the while slithering down the steepest part of the bank. And last night’s frost took all of the new leaves on the Davidia. A gardener’s lot is not always a happy one.
Dear Rusty Duck, when you take a break from blogging do not read the comments. We vampires will suck just as much energy from you with every little comment . Put up another post with a clove of garlic on it and promise to return in July. No one will die, you might get back early, just don’t look over your should and turn into a pillar of salt. God I enjoy telling people what to do! Have fun, do not do too much and relax. We had a relax tonight and that is good.
You have a good approach to retirement Charles. I need to relearn relax. Getting better though.
p.s. the only garlic in the house is chopped up finely in a jar from Waitrose. Will that do?
Relax, re-energize, renew, look at some koala photos…
Ah yes, koalas. That should do it!
Ok if this is another trip to Australia you are history woman.
Isn’t that the wonderful thing about the internet? A person can be anywhere. But no, not history yet.
Chopped garlic will do, mine is growing. I have too many onions growing, the over wintering kind, and I have plants to go where they are growing.
I tried growing garlic a couple of years ago. It didn’t do very well but it was intended mainly as a device to mask the scent of my potato tubers from mice and slugs. That did seem to work. No vampires either that I noticed..
Hello Jessica, I am slowly trying to catch up with blogs I haven’t visited for ages – too much to do both indoors and in the garden. Have a good break, see you when we both are back in full swing :-)
It’s that time of year. It rained over the weekend, badly needed as it happens, but I think the weeds have grown six inches apiece since then.
Have you gone to New Zealand this time?
Devon riviera.
Whilst out this morning I did contemplate purchasing a copy of The Times with today’s date. But I bought a Spotty Dotty instead. I could photograph that.. it would be dormant in the southern hemisphere now.
I know the feeling!
🙂