The End of the World

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It’s been a bit breezy the past couple of days – winds gusting over 50mph locally and up to 100mph nationally. Fortunately, the gardener has just finished staking all the trees that needed it, so the storms passed us by with no significant damage – the only loss appears to be this wooden trellis that’s blown over, with the honeysuckle creeper climbing all over it severed at the root. No sad loss, really, as I spent too much of the summer pruning the thing in an attempt to keep the walkway accessible underneath it anyway.

Pyromania

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Bamboo makes for almost ideal bonfire material – dries out easily, burns efficiently, and being hollow, keeps a ready supply of oxygen in the fire core.
There can’t be many more bonfires left in the year…

Win more

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We discovered a plum tree hiding at the back of the garden just in time to taste some of the fruit at optimal ripeness. And it tasted good.. better than anything in a supermarket, for sure.

The Smell of Conifers

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I love the smell of conifers of an evening… before and after they go in the bonfire 😉

The downside of having engaged the services if a gardener is we end up shuffling all the clippings and remnants of sycamore trees that really shouldn’t have been growing through the hedge all around the garden – on the plus side, there’ll be lots of kindling fur the fire next year.

The Taste of Success

Yesterday’s tomato, the first we’ve grown, was viciously plucked and joyfully consumed in a ham sandwich. Boy, did it taste nice.

Shown here on a wooden chair arm – the new and the old (the chair being made some time around 1904, I think).

 

(A 6-frame panorama, taken with a Minolta Rokkor 55mm f/1.7 lens and 2x closeup adapter, processed in Photivo, stitched in Hugin, finished in Darktable.)

A Hard Life

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After the rains of yesterday evening, today had turned out sunny so far. Naturally, Dog’s bed had to be moved for optimum ray-catching potential.

Sunlight and Smoke

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Another weekend, another bonfire. And while it’s a pain avoiding the smoke as it’s blown around in the changing wind, it does make for some wonderful light and colours streaming through the trees.

Winning

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Our efforts keeping the garden well watered in the summer heat seem to be paying off – one of the first strawberries in the sun.