SARAH THE GARDENER

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I didn’t mean to do that

The first sunny day in ages and what happens – I have an appointment in the city.  I cast a disappointed glance over my shoulder and witnessed the sun stretch out over the garden, highlighting the green against the clear…

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PHOTO DAY 14: Swarm

Brief:  Show us something that overruns your scene, but observe and compose carefully before you click the shutter. There is no way I want a swarm of any kind in my garden and work hard to avoid pestilence and infestation,…

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PHOTO DAY 8: The Natural World

The brief:  Capture the natural world with your camera.  Look for natural lines that lead our eyes to different parts of a frame. OK.  this is my kind of theme.  I am in the natural world all day – rain…

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Scooping soil with a spoon

I have continued on my quest to ensure I get things done in the garden every day.  Although yesterday was a bit of a technicality as I purchased things for the garden rather than actually worked in it. I normally…

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Snippety snip, chippety chop

With a brief instruction from some lovely lady on a You Tube video, I felt confident enough to give all the lavender a brutal haircut.  I’m the kind of person that really needs to see something done so I can…

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Lovely Lavender

Finally I got to spend time in the garden.  Well not technically in the veggie patch, but in my potting shed, potting up my lavender.  After the craziness of the last couple of days, there is nothing more relaxing than…

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Good news, I have fallen back in love with my garden

But it took a lot of hard work and I’m pretty knackered.  So it’s now safe to say I am fully over my melodramatic outburst of the other day.  In fact let’s just pretend the whole sorry episode never happened….

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