This reminds me very vividly of The Jumper argument. Many years ago, when we were fairly newly moved in together, my other half put a wash on. Being ignorant of the concept of 'delicate fabrics' (not owning any himself), my jumper came out as small piece of felt. I sobbingly muttered about it being ruined and cashmere and sulked off. He, very contrite, went to Shops and asked for their finest cashmere sweater and brought it back as a peace offering, costing hundreds. At which point I was forced to confess that my original jumper was 1) a hand-me-down from his mum, that I hadn't paid for in the first place and b) mainly wool and merino and at best 5% cashmere. 20 years on, I'm wearing that actual jumper today! Buying quality is never a bad idea, even when it's by accident (and especially if someone else is paying!!)
No, it’s perfectly intact, mainly because i kept it in the ‘too good to wear’ category for ages, and also it’s very warm so only really good for this season 😄
We are retired. It's an A5 week to view. Kept on our shared desk. We write our own things to do & appointments in ( if he remembers ). No colour coding, just very basic, so we don't double book. It USUALLY works like clockwork!
Love your posts as ever! Well done to your Rotter for apologising and while you maybe aren't going to see your friends that particular weekend the lemon pot is gorgeous!
LOVE the lemon pot. I have a small gifted box of bulbs that make me feel guilty every time I walk past them... I will now buy some pansies and plant them beneath. Thank you
Yay for paper diaries. Writing things down with an actual pen helps me remember… pansies are like showgirls aren’t they with their bold colours and short skirts. Now, serious question, after a year of terrible slug issues and trying everything from beer to copper (I won’t do pellets because Hedgehogs…) I’m planning on putting my new (because they ate them ALL last year) dahlias in pots this year. How do I keep the nasty critters away?
I am SO the wrong person to ask! Mine were in pots last year and also obliterated. Nobody was a match for the slimey things last year...I think I read somewhere that even Charlie McCormick had an awful dahlia year. What I do know from extensive research, is that people with "Good dahlias" almost always go out at dawn and dusk in their dressing gowns and pick the bastards off one by one. SORRY xxx
Well it heartens me that I was not the only one sans Dahlias last year. And I’m definitely more of a sit and sip my coffee gal than a morning slug murderer. My step mother used to go out of an evening and snip them in half with scissors. I do not have the stomach for that level of gardening !
Our local hedgehog expert told me they’re actually not that fond of slugs and ‘you can’t blame them for that’ 😂 but yes to more wildlife. Our hogs have disappeared over the last six months so I’m desperately hoping I can lure them back!
Hand-picking them at dawn and dusk is exactly what I also do to avoid the pellets! Last summer was a record breaking picking session: 104 slugs at dawn :-0
Urgh to phone diaries I put it down to my Luddite brain your description is far kinder. Adore the lemon pot and the pandies and facts and all things fleuriferous. Thank you
I always enjoy reading about 'nothing important' because these are the important bits that make up life.
Well yes EXACTLY
You and the rotter were made for each other, so you were x
I think you may very well be correct x
This reminds me very vividly of The Jumper argument. Many years ago, when we were fairly newly moved in together, my other half put a wash on. Being ignorant of the concept of 'delicate fabrics' (not owning any himself), my jumper came out as small piece of felt. I sobbingly muttered about it being ruined and cashmere and sulked off. He, very contrite, went to Shops and asked for their finest cashmere sweater and brought it back as a peace offering, costing hundreds. At which point I was forced to confess that my original jumper was 1) a hand-me-down from his mum, that I hadn't paid for in the first place and b) mainly wool and merino and at best 5% cashmere. 20 years on, I'm wearing that actual jumper today! Buying quality is never a bad idea, even when it's by accident (and especially if someone else is paying!!)
How wonderful! Is it darned in multiple places?
No, it’s perfectly intact, mainly because i kept it in the ‘too good to wear’ category for ages, and also it’s very warm so only really good for this season 😄
I too refuse the phone diary!
AWFUL
I read this on my Monday morning commute (which is miserable), and it cheers me up. The lemon pot is like a lovely Kate Malone piece.
So glad it lifted your commute! I'll look up Kate Malone xx
Always always always a paper diary 💚
You can sit with us 👍😍
Love the diary chat - JUST the same as me and my husband!
It’s just… universal I think. Opposites attract?
I love your writing Laetitia, you always make me smile, and the PDA at the garden centre sounds like a scene from a Richard Curtis movie 😃
It was a very quick peck. He was v sweaty
Thank you! Anything to break the view over the mole kingdom that is my “garden”.
We are retired. It's an A5 week to view. Kept on our shared desk. We write our own things to do & appointments in ( if he remembers ). No colour coding, just very basic, so we don't double book. It USUALLY works like clockwork!
This is the kind of harmony I aspire to x
Love your posts as ever! Well done to your Rotter for apologising and while you maybe aren't going to see your friends that particular weekend the lemon pot is gorgeous!
Im still going!
Hurray! Well that’s a defo win-win!
Pansies are beautiful and edible some varieties. The wild viola relation i have always known as heartsease
Like the song. Yes I should have called these their proper name ‘viola’
I love your lemon pot 🍋
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LOVE the lemon pot. I have a small gifted box of bulbs that make me feel guilty every time I walk past them... I will now buy some pansies and plant them beneath. Thank you
Better in than out, and if they don’t appear you’ve lost nothing x
Yay for paper diaries. Writing things down with an actual pen helps me remember… pansies are like showgirls aren’t they with their bold colours and short skirts. Now, serious question, after a year of terrible slug issues and trying everything from beer to copper (I won’t do pellets because Hedgehogs…) I’m planning on putting my new (because they ate them ALL last year) dahlias in pots this year. How do I keep the nasty critters away?
I am SO the wrong person to ask! Mine were in pots last year and also obliterated. Nobody was a match for the slimey things last year...I think I read somewhere that even Charlie McCormick had an awful dahlia year. What I do know from extensive research, is that people with "Good dahlias" almost always go out at dawn and dusk in their dressing gowns and pick the bastards off one by one. SORRY xxx
Well it heartens me that I was not the only one sans Dahlias last year. And I’m definitely more of a sit and sip my coffee gal than a morning slug murderer. My step mother used to go out of an evening and snip them in half with scissors. I do not have the stomach for that level of gardening !
I must admit I’ve done it before but it makes me retch. 🤢 I think there is a massive argument here for encouraging more birds and hedgehogs 🦔
Our local hedgehog expert told me they’re actually not that fond of slugs and ‘you can’t blame them for that’ 😂 but yes to more wildlife. Our hogs have disappeared over the last six months so I’m desperately hoping I can lure them back!
Hand-picking them at dawn and dusk is exactly what I also do to avoid the pellets! Last summer was a record breaking picking session: 104 slugs at dawn :-0
We encourage birds and hedge hogs to our garden, frogs and toads too.
Urgh to phone diaries I put it down to my Luddite brain your description is far kinder. Adore the lemon pot and the pandies and facts and all things fleuriferous. Thank you
We need to have a paper people party x