Furthermusingsfromacyprusgarden

 This time last year I was out of action with a broken leg. This year has had its ups and downs, but as usual, team Douglas pulls together to get through these things. We are very aware of the challenges people are facing both here, our chosen home, and back in England, where things seem to carry on to the abyss. Today has been a joy in many ways, without too much emotional stuff.  Please keep safe and well and consider people who may be high risk to COVID.  Let’s try and boost circulation of this post: Happy Christmas everybody. Christmas morning rainbow  Quinton with hid decorations  Jazz inspecting her bedroom decorations 

 Good morning today. I love it when a plan comes together.  If you saw my post back at the end of October I mentioned I had planted some hyacinths. With some TLC there is the first show of greenery in one of the pots this morning. It may sound silly to some people but living in almost isolation I have found a lot of joy and fun (in the sun) from the garden,  and had a good deal of learning and experience to put into practice next Spring. I am hoping for a bumper crop of salad and veggies. Some things from this year will not be used in the plans for next year, but there will be an increase in other plants with, hopefully, additional plants. Photos to follow. Have a good weekend. Thanks for reading.

  Back in November I told about my idea to make a plastic installation in the Spring made up with plastic from our house, which would normally have been taken by the bin men and dumped in the landfill. This shows some of the collection so far. Mr D thinks I am mad.  Maybe he is right, but this not just one thing.  I get to see just how much we (a household of two people and three pets) use, weekly and now this lot in one month. Really scary. It also gives me a trial to explore my artistic ability. Mmmm… may have taken on quite a task. All in good fun, and a bit more as well. Look out for the next update….. Thanks for visiting, hope to see you again soon.

 We have been making the most of the wonderful weather.  And so glad of our log burner in the evenings. We are so lucky and thankful to have lived here for ten years.  It has flown by. The plastic  collection is going great guns,  I am now going to devise a way of sorting it so make the collection more manageable, before it takes over the garden. I manage to keep the garden under control and although sorry my gardener has gone I will always be thankful for the inspiration and hard work he put in to help it really take shape with existing structures. Carrot seed coming along nicely and have sewn the next tray of seeds.  Really looking forward to spring to get going on my plans for next year. My ‘silver’ mountain in the fridge (see previous blog) continues with some additions.  We now have tomatoes, carrots, leeks, celery, peppers and a couple of cucumbers for last minute additions to cheer up a coleslaw. I have been going through extensive dental work recently and it is coming to the en