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Quotes

Perennials are the ones that grow like weeds, biennials are the ones that die this year instead of next, and hardy annuals are the ones that never come up at all.
-Katherine Whitehorn

Serendipity

old vicarage hotel gardens bridgwater

old vicarage hotel gardens Bridgwater

I dislike hotels as a rule and the uncertainty of what to expect when you arrive only adds to the bother. Whether it be hotel or cottage holiday break, I could not care less about wi-fi, tv, swimming pool or the like. I just want a clean, comfortable bed for the night in relatively quiet and pleasant surroundings. Thus last month when it came to staying away on a Tai Chi weekend I opted for the ‘Old Vicarage’ hotel, Bridgwater primarily because it had such lovely gardens. My guess was that any hotelier with such an obvious love for plants must surely be ‘mein host’. I was not far wrong either – neither the hotel nor the gardens disappointed. Read More…»

Museday 1/7/12: An Encounter

blue sky art effect

ONCE on the kind of day called “weather breeder,”1
When the heat slowly hazes and the sun
By its own power seems to be undone,

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Easter egspedition

tube map and iphone still life

egquipment

Into the zone for the Faberge Big Egg Hunt egstravaganza, complete with iPhone and grand-daughter. With over 200 egshibits round the capital the idea was to hunt down as many decorated egg sculptures per area and text each discovery to raise money for children and elephant charities. Zone 10 on the Southbank was enough for a Sunday afternoon. Read More…»