Garden Page

A Bank Holiday: and even gardeners get the day off. Chantal in minding the office, so you wonder what the point is until the dog tells you she wants a walk and one thing leads to another and you find yourself enjoying it.

I did the bottle bank run, an hour in Ampthill Park with the poodle and then mowed the lawn. After a bit of weeding ( the ground is so soft its a shame to waste it ) I sat down in the sun with a pint of beer and a bowl of peanuts and watched the world go by.....for several hours.

I watched a Passion Flower bud open fully; a snail climb all the way from the lawn to the top of the Cotinus (no idea why!) and some lovely clouds behind the dark green of the Oak trees at the edge of the field next door. I watched the rain clouds pass by, pulling in the air, causing the Eucalpyptus to dance about.

For much of the time music shut out all background noise: I had borrowed my son's earphones for my Ipod. I took photographs.

It occured to me sitting there: you can't test for hate with a metal detector: someone should tell the authorities. It occured to me: I might miss this when I'm gone.

Gardening should be on the National Health. All is well with the world  (believe me...I'm a gardener).

|  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this

• #1 Comment from ally123130585918 
  28/08/06 15:27 | Permalink

  you should have more days off Colin ~ this was a lovely entry could almost see that snail climbing all the way from the lawn to the top of the Cotinus I wonder if he knew why he did !!!!! It is lovely to let life pass by now and again ~ Ally