Luisa, Garden Update at last

This is a 'joiner' I did of Lough Graney 2 days ago when the lake was really clear and the sky a gorgeous blue. Do click on it for the full effect.

Luisa

Best news in the world, Lu's got so much better in the past 2 days that they're moving her to a ward, maybe even today, Whoohoo!!

Bearing in mind they didn't expect her to get this far by Xmas... they don't know our Lu! -grins and bounces around like a looney!- x

Latest blog update from K! How amazing is that?

Since I posted that a few days ago it's been the usual Lu rollercoaster. One day she's up, the next down. She's had fluid in her lungs which was removed via a tube stuck between her ribs. AAAH! Lots of shouting and yelling but it seems to have done the job. The good news is that she is now on the ward and has about beaten the septicaemia. So keep thinking of her, K and Rachel - as I know you all will.

Me and the Garden

Life trundles on. We have had snow, which melted a bit and now it's solid ice. Not good and we are stuck in again. Jim went to go out yesterday and came back having been warned by the neighbours it was too risky. However, the snow always provides photo opportunities!


This big fluffy fox was wandering around the garden today. He must have been hungry.


Jim took this one a little while later. He has a cute face.


Frost on a pile of red crocks. They were candle holders but blew off the table and smashed.



You can see the snow is more like ice here. Frosted leaf and colourful stone - I think it must have been part of the old barn wall with the paint it has on it.


The sun shone through the reeds and melted the snow on this sedge head.


More sedge seeds and melting frost. A beautiful blue sky.


Sandy and Buster walked all round with me!


Frost covered thistles. Click on any to enlarge and get a better view.

Flagmount had a strange 'hat' of cloud sitting on top of the hill:


That reminds me, our friend Kevin, who lives right by the lake, had a fire a couple of nights ago. Jim thought he could hear voices in the middle of the night and apparently it was the firemen trying to get their engine back up to the road. In the end they had to go through the forestry and cut one of the locks at the end of the track to get out. So you can see how bad the roads are.

Luckily only one room, the bedroom, of Kevin's house was badly spoiled and water ran down into the kitchen. We walked down to see if there was anything we could do but Kevin seemed fairly laid back about the whole thing! I don't think I would have been. Jim and I walked round Kevin's house to the lake and the reflections were amazing. I have loads of terrific photos but I'll just put a couple here:


Flagmount sky reflection.


Flagmount above and below Lough Graney! The right hand side of the hill is the same section you can see in the 'cloud hat' photo above.

Back to today and Sandy lagged behind as Buster and I walked back up the meadow. I called him and he appeared, greeted by Buster:


These two get on really well. Buster's asleep on my rug at my feet right now.

That's a quick update. I've been busy making dolls for birthday and Christmas presents and trying to sort out our Christmas Cards. I am making photo cards this year as it'll be quicker and I'm all behind. They are my photos though!

I'm off to bed soon as it's 2am. I do hope everyone is ok and had a good weekend.

New Well Drilled Today. Garden Photos.

The Deenery taken from The Fairy Hill.

Sorry it's small, you'll have to click on it to enlarge if you'd like to see more detail.


Well Well Well

A little chap called Oliver, a water diviner, came a week ago and said our well was empty! Fat lot of use that is. However, he said it wasn't anywhere near deep enough, so he 'divined' a new spot for the chaps to drill. We were expecting a long wait, but lo and behold, on Monday morning we had a phone call from the chaps with the drill and they were on their way. One drove a lorry and the other the drill rig on an even larger lorry.

Now that sounds all very simple, doesn't it? The drill rig got stuck on the way up our little lane! It hooked itself on a tree and couldn't go up or down. After much worrying and head scratching, they sawed down some of the tree while Jim attacked some of the bank and finally managed to get it up into our yard. Oh, they also slashed one of the tyres as they took the bend up to our drive. Jim did tell the chap to swing wide to the left - and he didn't!

Ah well, after a lot of shuffling of lorries, the rig was left in position and off they went, with a promise to return this morning to drill.


The drill rig as seen from the front door.


All in position. My cup off coffee on the car! Can you see the bits of tree stuck to the rig?


As each 20' section is drilled, one of these liners is tapped down inside.


These are some of the drills. Each one joins on to the next so they can drill deep. They look a bit nuclear in this shot.


X marks the spot! This is where they will drill.

Garden

Just a few garden photos - I'll finish the well story tomorrow.


A white dianthus after the rain. I love white flowers.


A wild rose on the allotment.


The vegetable plot - full up!


Peas galore, onions and broad beans.

The next bed along is for fruit:


We've had lots of strawberries and cream. Delicious.

Back in the garden, the foxgloves are still putting on a show:


The wild ones also look lovely together with grasses and other wild flowers.



There is a mass of blue on the Fairy Hill - the campanula is in flower:




The honeysuckle is showing its sunny flowers all over the garden.


Sandy found something in this little cave on the Fairy Hill.

I must to bed as it's 3am!