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Great to have kept such details David ..struggle to recall where I was living in 99 so really should take a leaf out of your book ..

Well it's nice to keep a note of things just in case, maybe one day you will get round to some of them.

Great again :o)
I like the idea of that rosemary topiary. I might try it sometime.

Grea tBlog.........

very interesting David.........

Looks very tasty!

That was great David :o)

Don't you just love revisiting those old entries? I have long been a journaler - started by keeping a small notebook on hand when birdwatching, which soon had other nature entries in it as well as sketches of plants and insects to identify later, then grew to include thoughts as well, and now I love to dig out journals from years ago and compare the seasonal happenings, weather, how I felt then etc. With my shoddy memory, the are sometimes extremely helpful - when did I plant that shrub? Well I can look it up! - Like yours, my journals hold newspaper clippings, old greeting cards, pictures from my children, bird feathers, photos, etc. The more disorganised the better, lol!

Sweet dreams!!

No worries! I'll get some wood from the river & make one!! Lol!

Yes I may!!! Hee hee!

Well I SUPPOSE I'll forgive you this time! Lol!

Hee hee! :~))

You can get some very pretty wild life flowers, love the Hellebore and your wheelbarrow of ornimental cabbage , like the idea of the the topiary rosemary also Hughie cute.

Lovely blog David, and some nice pics too....Love the one of you ang Hughie

~yes what a sweetie!very interesting blog!

smashing!!!

Those are horrible statistics of warbler decline! I wonder 11 years later how they fare? Is it quieter now in your gardens? Is this the same garden where you've made a chocolate homage?

Another interesting blog with some great photos. Hughie is lovely, bless him.

Fascinating, David...
my recent photo of bird feeders shows my terra cotta apple in which I put dog hair for the birds... I like your picture of the magazine article with the blue tit collecting hair for its nest. :o)
I see you've reached 1899 now... a good year for Victoria plums.. Lol.

This is lovely.
Time passes so quickly and it is great to discover things from our own, or our families' pasts. I relate to the 'Did I really write like that?' I came across some essays I had written at college after umpteen years had passed and couldn't believe that those words had come from my pen / brain.
Great blog David.

I like the globe too, David! See the Blyton Tourettes is still there! Lol!!

Its not the same though! We used to chat every day, & now you're just neglecting me! LOl!
Enjoy the meal! Glad James is better!

what lovely photos david.

I like the idea of the topiary rosemary globe David.

Great blog, David, and it's nice to meet another diary keeper! I have kept a daily diary since 1988 but not a gardening one unfortunately. Found this very interesting - who knows one day it may be published along the lines of 'Diary of an Edwardian Lady' :)

Great blog, interesting things diaries. I wonder if many years hence gardeners will look at this site and think how thing have changed or not?

Love the planting at the bottom of the lawn, it looks as if we`ve got a repeat of the severe gales you mention in December `98 hope they hurry up and die away. Have enjoyed your diary entries.

Or totally pickled! ???????????

He CAN'T be that old, Tt! I've met him.....or maybe he's just well-preserved? LOL.