Thursday, 9 July 2026
The Fig Tree
Tuesday, 30 June 2026
Barrière de lavande
Saturday, 23 May 2026
Nos pivoines
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Les sanguinaires, encore
Monday, 18 May 2026
Time for gardening?
I looked at the back garden a few hours ago, and it is very much looking like a mess. It has lots of weeds and the grass is way too long. So it is time for me to put on the straw hat of gentleman gardener for a few hours, or at least a few minutes, and do some gardening. No, I will not mow the lawn, because No Mow May. Let's help the bees to pollinate the planet. And there are dandelions that look kind of cute too. But I will use my secator and do a bit of trimming here and there. Talking of secator, mine is getting old and rusty, so I think I will have to buy a new one. One in about ten years, I think it's okay.
Sunday, 17 May 2026
Les sanguinaires
Thursday, 14 May 2026
Un parfum de lavande
Ma femme a fait la remarque hier: ça sent la lavande quand on sort de la maison. C'est le jardin de notre voisine, une vieille grebiche acariâtre (désolé, mais c'est le cas, pas ma faute, elle n'est vraiment pas aimable), mais qui est sommes toutes assez bonne jardinière: elle a une haie de plants de lavande qui longe sa cour-avant à la nôtre. J'aime bien la lavande, ma femme pas tant. C'est quand même un parfum agréable (je trouve) quand vient ce temps de l'année. Je l'associe beaucoup à la Provence et au Midi de la France, pas vraiment à l'Angleterre.
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
Nos roses
Thursday, 7 May 2026
Le nouvel arbre derrière chez nous
Wednesday, 15 April 2026
Time to grow a pumpkin patch?
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Dernier jour de mars
Friday, 20 March 2026
Un cadran solaire pour l'équinoxe
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Sunflowers
I saw a lovely sight yesterday, while we were getting Wolfie from school: in the front garden of one of the houses there, two sunflowers growing. When I was a very young child, I mean very young, before my youngest brother was even born, my father had two sunflowers like these growing in our then very bare garden. I loved them. For me, sunflowers is a sign of autumn, either autumn that has arrived, when they are fully grown, or autumn coming, when they are growing. So it is another sign that reminds me of my favourite season. It helps me to stay patient.
Thursday, 26 June 2025
"Summer Heat"
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Domino sous les pivoines
Friday, 30 May 2025
Le pommetier en fleurs
Des fois mon père m'envoie es photos du pommetier en fleurs. C'est bien le printemps chez mes parents. Et la promesse des pommettes à venir. Si je n'étais pas si piètre jardinier, j'en ferais pousser un ici.
Saturday, 24 May 2025
Le perroquet d'or?
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Lawnmowing
I did some lawnmowing today. Okay, so nothing worth mentioning you might say, except that it is a rare occurence in my case. Mowing the lawn bores me to death and the grass always grows back anyway. But sometimes, even I find the state of our back garden embarrassing. Usually, I do it when my wife begs me to do it, but this time, I did it out of my own initiative. This is how dire the situation was. And, well, it doesn't look great, but it does look better. And I did it right before No Mow May. So I can wait for a month until I get the lawnmower out again.
















