On Facebook last night by the light of dozens of golden Christmas lights. My Amberley home now has a small 'real' tree decorated with white doves and silver balls, and a cone-shaped golden tree made of vine prunings and studded with golden lights. Outside is a wire-coated plant stand intertwined with lights. Darn, it's pretty. Presents are already positioned beneath the trees. A wee tally-up revealed, alarmingly, that I was not quite as far along with the gift-purchasing as I had thought.
I seem to have become middle-aged overnight (at 43, I suppose that is technically middle-aged but oddly, I've always felt myself to be 28) but my prolific vegetable garden has become my pride and joy. I know most of you will stop reading now, but my glasshouse is going to throw up a bumper crop of large and cherry tomatoes, capsicum and chillis (Patsy, you'll have to come and share a hot curry with us!). Passionfruit vines are in there, too.
Outside, cabbages, lettuces, peas, snow peas, celery, beetroot, cauli, courgettes, scallopini, potatoes, broad beans, yellow and green beans. Mint, coriander, sage and thyme. Rhubarb, blackcurrants, peacherine, nectarine, lemons, black boy peaches, olives, apple, yellow peaches, apricots (but just three this year!).
Less excited by my lawn, which grows furiously, thanks to the higher rainfall than Hawarden (though I think everywhere has higher rainfall than Hawarden/Waikari).
So that's that. My little Amberley haven, in words. And I have failed to mention (or action) the basket full of years of photographs which need to find their way into an album. But that is more of a winter job, surely?
And I know lots of you love this song, the beautiful Fix You from Coldplay.
"lights will guide you home
and ignite your bones
and I will try to fix you.
Tears stream, down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace"
Also from Coldplay, X and Y which seems to be speaking to me!:
"Trying hard to speak
and fighting with my weak hand
Driven to distraction
it's all part of the plan.
When something is broken
and you try to fix it
Trying to repair it,
any way you can..."
Me, in the black, with my friend Kathy.
Coldplay - another grand band indeed. Your music taste continues to impress me jo. Except show tunes - Arghhh. And pray (yeah right) Abba never makes a blog. Most impressed by the variety of veg my friend. You are so cool! Book me in for that curry. Tip: always try to step up to the next heat level, it can make a meal a wicked challenge. But take tissues for the inevitable.
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