Procrastination Central!

I want to spend today here...

The veg beds

 When really, I should be here.....

 But it's SO much nicer here...

With Lissie, down by the pond

 Or here...

The herb garden

Or here...

The summerhouse

 Well, wouldn’t you? I take a walk around outside each morning – and though I really should have my head deep in my books, reading papers and writing today, I have found it really difficult to drag myself away from the garden, which is just so very lush and verdant at the moment. It’s a combination of sunshine and heavy showers, but it is making this May an exceptionally abundant one.

Chelsea Flower Show is on at the moment and my suspicions have been confirmed – many of the experts commentating from there have been making the same observation that I have done over the last couple of months – this is also an exceptional year for blossom in the UK.

OK – that is another half an hour of procrastination that I have spent, writing this blog (coming back to blogging has given me another excuse not to work!) – but now I suppose I really must get on. I’ll leave you with two old-fashioned oil heaters that are knocking around in the veg garden

(I use them as plant stands, indoors and out) – time to give them a coat of paint to spruce them up, do you think – or leave them just as they are? (Carolyn – I know you will say “Stay your hand!”)

 Now - shall I take my laptop down to the summerhouse to work? Hmm... the summerhouse is so untidy after the winter....perhaps I ought to spend an hour - or two - tidying up down there before I get down to writing?

Comments

[Gracie]

It's really a tough decision, garden or books? But for me books are a pleasure not work, so maybe the right answer is garden???

[Leslie Garcia]

...I have been anxiously awaiting your garden photos!!!! Britt- Arnhild's and Carolyn's too!
Thank you for taking the time to share the beauty of your day! Lissie is so precious and your statuary makes me want to go out and find something new to put in my garden. Enjoy your books...IN your garden!
Peace,
Leslie

[possumlady]

Oh it is SO good to see you back in the blogging world. I've missed photos of your breathtaking garden.

In your last entry about decorating grave sites. I love it. It gives you an eye into the person departed and their loved ones. A good friend of mine died suddenly over 15 years ago. He was mexican american, so we had a Dia de los muertos party for him. I did a lot of research on the customs and I fell in love with it. I especially like that on the Day of the Dead (all souls day), families gather and have picnics at the gravesites of their loved ones. Quite an unusual scene of people laughing and children running around the cemetary having fun and eating together. I feel it is a wonderful way to reconnect to your lost loved ones and to bring the concept and reality of death more into the light of every day living.

[sonja poor]

So happy to find a new post (several) and that you are back. I know you are busy but I always enjoy your blog and the pictures of your lovely garden. I love the heaters just the way they are, but you should please yourself.

[Bernideen's Tea Time Blog]

Thank you for these lovely photos!

[Nancy]

I walk around the yard every morning too. And, like you, it has been a wonderful spring in the garden.

[Anna]

I'm so glad to read your most recent posts, I've missed your blog. Your garden looks wonderful and is such inspiration. I do some gardening but mine is much less artistically laid out than yours. I've started from a blank slate of grass yard. Maybe someday I'll get there...

Best wishes on your dissertation. I finished mine last year and can sympathize with how much time and energy it takes. What an interesting topic. I look forward to reading it when it becomes a book! :-)

I'll be looking forward to reading about your garden and your antique shop finds!

Warm wishes
--Anna

[Winterwood]

are they old Godin stoves? We used to have one like this in the kitchen to keep warm when I lived in UK when little.

now after reading the danny la rue post I am sitting here humming on mother kellys doorstep... and I cant remember all the words... lol! nice memories from home.

[Ulrike]

Love your little garden house! I have been outside quite a bit too getting our garden ready, but the grass wants to take over! Flowers are always a joy to me. However, I would take a book outside to my new hammock area and be lazy if I could!

[Deepa]

I came across your blog during a bit of procrastinating of my own : ) Your garden and lovely cottage is such a joy to look at! Thank you for sharing these pictures.