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Nice trail you have.. wait till it fully blooms!! It will look amazing :-)

well done gg.

Oh what a responsibility! I would have been a nervous wreck after 2 weeks, too :)
Glad both you and the plant survived!

Many years ago a lovely old couple across the road took a weeks' holiday and left me in charge of watering garden plants. It was a very hot week, I somehow managed to break the tap on their water butt, stood in panic watching all the water flood the path and lawn. Even worse, the other water butt, side by side, filtered into each other so you can imagine me frantically running round to find containers, cans, buckets etc. ! Funny now, awful at the time. I explained what had happened on their return and was not asked to water again ! lol : o ) )

You gave me a good laugh there, GardenGnome.

Some years ago I used to be given the 'privilege' of looking after the garden and greenhouse for my Dad if he went away.
Thankfully, he didn't have many holidays but when he did it was always when the greenhouse was full of toms, cucumbers, peppers, lots of little seedlings etc., and the garden was crammed with the usual summer time goodies. The watering regime was bad enough but I used to agonise endlessly about which thing needed feeding, how much, what day etc.! Such a responsibility and I'd be muttering 'only 3 more days' and 'he's back tomorrow' and spending ages checking and re-checking every leaf and stalk for problems :))

I`m a lot like that so understand what you mean,why oh why do we put ourselves in these situations.........

Oooh Gardengnome! I don't envy your task! whenever I ask anyone to look after anything for me I always say ....don't fret, if it dies....it is only a plant! I think I would have killed it purely with my anxious vibes!

how stressfull for you, i would have been a wreck lol

:-)))

GG that must have been so stressful I feel so stressed just reading you story glad all is well in the end

Aw....didn't see this Gg........I'm so sorry you lost Hendrix.....like you, we lost our boy last week......hope you're feeling a bit better about things now.....much love XX

Argghh.....what a responsibility Gg.....I would have been just the same..probably killed it with over feeding and fussing...Lol! Thank goodness all was well...:o)

lol. I have an idea how you feel.
I look after about 20 fuchsias for a friend over the winter, and every year I am on pins wondering if they have survived. When one dies she blames me for not looking after it, but I always tell her if she had looked after it properly last summer it would have had a better chance of surviving. :D
I'm glad the plant survived for you , and your neighbour :o))

I love this plant. Good luck!

This pic now on the new GoYpedia category "gnomes"

lol....rub rub ..rub... :o) it was nice here for a while today..in 60's ..had all my windows and doors open and then the wind came up! my house was having a windstorm in it..so now it is all closed up again..no shorts tho..lol..

Great photo Gg, I love your new avatar?? pic too:-)

Sorry to have missed this, what a lovely old boy he was and what a great grin. I hope you are feeling better by now, it's so sad to see them suffer isn't it.

What a wonderful faces! :)

These live here where my horse is...love to see them with their chicks...so fun..

I adore Bougainvillea...lovely...I cannot grow it here either...but if I had a conservatory, I certainly would...the color draws me in.....little bit hummingbird-ish or Bumble Bee-ish of me isn't it..lol

Oh yummers...I saw them and thought, raspberry or cranberry..my favorite colors..I have not found this color here...lovely..!

Haven't seen this before Gg.....pretty!

They're perfect Gg!

And scented too.......gorgeous!

Ooh they're a wonderful colour Gg............

gorgeous

I'd love to be able to grow this here but it'd have to be in a heated conservatory for it to stand any chance.

Fascinating markings on this bird.