My all time favourite job of the day is one I do every morning without fail. If l go to work or not............. (Hmmmmm ok maybe not if it's pouring with rain) but pretty much apart from that...... l am there.....
With my secateurs and my funny little green carry pot l use for weeding....off l go. Round the garden. Snipping here, chopping there. Saying hello to every single plant l have. Scolding the borage for getting too rampant........praising the Ajugas for sending their beautiful purple blue spires up into every available nook and cranny.....
Waiting for new growth whether it's the blossom on the Quince Tree .....nearly there!
.....or new leaves on the Maples....
Every new plant gets studied and congratulated if l see a new shoot...............
Mollycoddled and protected from intrusive foxglove leaves.............
Or just simply admired for being so beautiful or pretty.
The older beds get constantly thinned and over zealous Forget- Me- Nots get reprimanded and gently pulled out away from everything it threatens to envelop with its mantle of smothering blue flowers!
Completely dotty? Possibly .........but it sure beats Breakfast Television!
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