Saturday, May 02, 2009

The little garden, a cutting and priests.

We've got a venue, and a promise of cake, for the 3BT fifth birthday event here in Tunbridge Wells on Monday 18 May -- please drop me an email if you'd like to come and I will fill you in: iamfive@threebeautifulthings.co.uk.

1. Inspecting the plants on the window ledges -- I like to see how my seedlings have changed each day.

2. Our conversation stops short at the sight of a flowering tree we don't recognise. The leaves and look like a cherry, but the flowers hang in small loose cones, like a miniature lilac. I take a cutting in the hopes of having one of my own.

3. I like watching Father Ted because it makes both of us laugh.

Eggshell, turkey oak and grateful.

1. Smacking a hardboiled egg to break the shell. 2. Pale green leaves on the huge oak tree at the corner of The Grove. 3. There is nothing q...