Tag Archives: garden

Discoveries in a snowy garden (Rousse)

Posted on February 15, 2026 by Dreamaticus

Two things annoyed me when I checked the weather outside to see if we could move some stones from the old rockery. First, the ground was covered with six inches of snow. Second our neighbour had built a footpath from … Continue reading →

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A fiery Edinburgh sunset and an escape from an unhappy home (Rousse)

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Dreamaticus

The fiery sunset behind Edinburgh castle was all the more vibrant on a day when the city’s street lighting was out of order. TPR, BMcC, and I rushed out of the flat with our iPhones to photograph the display. When … Continue reading →

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Unique garden design with pond and ornamental rocks (Rousse)

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Dreamaticus

We returned from holiday to find that our garden had been completely relandscaped. The pond was now ten times its original size and huge boulders took up most of the lawn. When I told the foreman that the workers had … Continue reading →

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Uninvited garden vandals (Rousse)

Posted on January 17, 2026 by Dreamaticus

What a sight greeted me when I opened the back door! Someone had bored a massive circular 20 foot deep hole in the centre of the lawn, most likely using the heavy duty digger that stood against the wall next … Continue reading →

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Dealing with unwanted garden intruders and a boat ride to a Scottish island (Rousse)

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I climbed out of bed and stepped across the room to open the shutters. Outside our bedroom window I saw a small dog in a bright red Santa jacket nosing through the vegetable patch, and a man – presumably the … Continue reading →

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A garden corpse hunt (Rousse)

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Dreamaticus

All that I wanted to do was to see if there was any frogspawn in our pond. It was raining a little, but that didn’t bother me. So when I stepped into the garden and saw the massive hole in … Continue reading →

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Tea making, trains, a trip to Thorpe Park, and torrential rain (Rousse)

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Dreamaticus

The kitchen was so crammed with people that my Granny H struggled to reach the hob to make herself a cup of tea. In the chaos, our guest TF was trying to show us his collection of antique maps. Their … Continue reading →

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Squirrels declare war (Belle)

Posted on November 9, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I received a notice through the letterbox. The squirrels in the back garden had declared war against me and had formed an alliance with foxes. The next morning I opened the curtains and saw that an elaborate network of trenches … Continue reading →

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Cannabis and a boxer dog (Rousse)

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Dreamaticus

SM hosted a delicious lunch for six. We all missed P, but S’s friend provided interesting entertainment when he hinted that it smelt of cannabis upstairs and S reacted by offering everyone a spliff. TPR also contributed to the fun. … Continue reading →

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Grand designs in south west Birmingham (Rousse)

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Dreamaticus

The suburb of Northfield in Birmingham had smartened up considerably since the late 1980s. The tumbledown garages behind our old street had been demolished and replaced with a row of neat new houses. Our old house had been vastly extended at … Continue reading →

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