Tag Archives: lawn

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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Greedy goldfish and slapdash workmen ruin house and garden (Rousse)

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Dreamaticus

The house and garden were a complete mess: the house because workmen had damaged the newly wall-papered corridor at the back of the flat; the garden because two enormous, greedy goldfish had taken charge the pond, recently flooded to cover … Continue reading →

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A swing, a helicopter, and a sauna (Rousse)

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Dreamaticus

Even I was doubting the sense of my latest charity shop purchase: a plastic orange children’s swing set, just about the right size for a Barbie doll. The others at AH-S and CH-S’s vast house looked at me with pity … Continue reading →

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Party crashers (Rousse)

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Dreamaticus

It was meant to be a small gathering of my immediate colleagues, but the invitation had  spread much further than intended. Now I found myself serving food and drinks to a wide range of staff. I was so overcome that … Continue reading →

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Defunct orange toilet stars in garden makeover disaster (Rousse)

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I should never have allowed my sister S anywhere near my garden. It was now triangular in shape, with a steeply sloped lawn. She had planted the beds with huge white flowers, and at the point furthest from the house, … Continue reading →

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Cliff-top holiday cottage beach huts on the beautiful Isle of Lewis (Rousse)

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Dreamaticus

We spotted a few changes during our winter visit to our favourite guest  house on the Isle of Lewis. For example, the big sitting room was now serving as the kitchen, and the high tides delivered huge waves all the … Continue reading →

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Second wedding wildlife (Rousse)

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The bride wore a bizarre blue patterned lawn cotton gown, as did her chief bridesmaid daughter. Two of her three sons, dressed in black suits, vied for the role of best man. This all seemed pretty pointless to me since … Continue reading →

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Darts and death with Prince Charles (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Dreamaticus

When Charles, Prince of Wales challenged TPR to a game of darts, I wandered out into the damp garden. The peace was interrupted when a woman ran across the terrace screaming ‘He’s dead, he’s dead, David is dead!’ Then a … Continue reading →

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Home decor beach style makeover ideas (Rousse)

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The latest in bedroom flooring was beach pebbles – or so believed my mother-in-law. ‘This is going to be rather uncomfortable underfoot’ I remarked as I gingerly made my way over to the single bed in the spare room. The … Continue reading →

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Liberty lawn cotton and unfashionable wallpaper (Rousse)

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Two of my school friends (one KMcL) dressed in Liberty lawn cotton blouses admired my bedroom wallpaper. Meanwhile JB made snide remarks that it was ‘unfashionable’.

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