Glorious Agapanthus
No more book shelves for you, Susan!
I just love blue flowers. I also like blue and white crockery. It’s possible the two likes are related. Maybe.
Anyway — at this time of year, the neighbourhood blooms with big beds of agapanthus, which look wonderful. Recently, some people have planted beds of white agapanthus. No! Don’t do it! Stick with blue.
Although the white are nice, too. But — you know — they’re not blue.
In the meantime, quietly blooming in the bay window is one of the orchids. They thrive on my neglect!
One of this week’s garden-wall-finds was this glass-fronted set of shelves above. I’m always a sucker for shelves.
Thankfully, sense prevailed, though — PupperJack pointed out to me the difficulty of carting home a set of shelves that stand taller than me, not to mention my house is already way too full of furniture.
So it stayed right where we found it.
Just think, I could have put more blue and white stuff on those shelves …
PupperJack and I live near one of the main roads that go right through Bristol — the A38, or Gloucester Road. We don’t like to walk on the main road and never go to the other side of it, except on a Sunday.
On a Sunday, full of anticipation of weird adventures in store, we go to the Dark Side.
This Sunday, we noticed the street art — above left — on one side of a shop — on its other side is the front window of an interior decorator’s shop.
Then we looked at the opposite corner — that’s a butcher’s shop with its diagrammatic representation of beef cuts. Hmmm … practical, I guess.
More interesting is the picture of a hot air balloon on the corner of it — Bristol is well known for the International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta held every year here.
The Fiesta was here last weekend. PupperJack gets very worried about these enormous creatures that fly over his house without a by-your-leave. What’s worse is that they insist on breathing really, really loudly.
He tells them what’s what, though — the whole neighbourhood hears about it — so they always just keep flying and never drop in.
This week’s update on the new webstore …
Aarrghh!
Aarrghh!
Aarrghh!
We’ve been tackling preorders of ebooks and paperbacks this week.
Or, screaming at the very idea, anyway.
PupperJack has a range of woofs that mean different things.
So when I heard his intruder-alert-intruder-alert woof I raced out into the garden. (I call it a garden. Neighbours aren’t so sure …)
I raced out to save him from the intruder.
However, I couldn’t see the intruder. According to PupperJack the intruder was up in the air somewhere, invisible to the human eye.
The pictures above admirably show off his athleticism as he hurls himself skywards after the invader.
Keenly, I searched the air for any sign of the interloper. Keenly.
I did end up feeling quite spooked. PupperJack was so certain there was something up there.
However, in the end I had to tell myself he simply hadn’t before noticed that tree branches grow overhead. Now he’s noticed them it obviously means they’re trying to break in to his garden.
Poor doggo. It’s hard work having to be constantly alert.
Dennett started the Photo-a-Day Challenge to help combat the pandemic blues. Since then many others kindly share their week with us:
Erika Burkhalter, Anne Bonfert, Tracy Aston, Lisa Bolin, Juan O. Aguilera, David Wade Chambers, June Nguyen, Mia Verita, LensAfield, Barbara Radisavljevic, Diana Lotti, Barb Dalton, Kim Zuch, K. Barrett, Penny Grubb, Ellie Jacobson, Shruthi Sundaram, Jillian Amatt — Artistic Voyages, Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, Ann James, Louise Peacock, Jane Frost (Jane Grows Garden Rooms)
(If your name should, or should not, be on this list, please let me know.)
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