09/09/2009 by Aileen.

Well, I give posh names to bits of the garden. Better than the place in North Cave Wetlands that I call Weewee Corner.

This is where I have just planted 6 ornamental grasses. (There are some there already. Will put an up to date photo on when I’ve cleared the foxgloves etc.)

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09/09/2009 by Aileen.

Can’t believe it, but I went to the WI last night. (Have to use the abbreviation as I don’t know if it’s Woman or Women, and where the apostrophe goes.)

There was a really interesting talk by one of the Boyes family. They run cheap shops oop North, selling haberdashery and all sorts. I thought they had one or two, but they have 35 with a couple more opening soon. Stephen illustrated his talk with loads of photos and artists’ impressions of the shops. For instance the first photo was of Scarborough with horses and carts on the sand, and you could just see a little white hut where the ‘first’ Boyes had a modest coffee outlet. The grandfather (????) started  150 years ago, selling remnants. At one stage, when a shop was burnt down, the assistants went round the streets selling stuff from wheelbarrows. You wouldn’t get that these days, I’m sure, and not just because of byelaws.

There were so many cakes there! At least 5 big ones. Also, scones and cupcakes of various descriptions.

I found the business section a bit boring, as I don’t know the people, and what’s going on, but I must admit it was brief and to the point.

Today, John has a client at 1pm, then we’re down to Oxford for a meal with M and F, as John has his Stoke Mandeville appointment tomorrow at 9.15. Poor Fiona is still feeling sick. She eighteen weeks pregnant tomorrow. Apparently she doesn’t mind cooking while feeling sick!

This morning I’m going to plant out some ornamental grasses on the narrow strip of bedding that borders the patio.  There are a couple of grasses there already, and they give all year round pleasure.

The garden is awful, but I’m getting keen again. I decided to work from what I can see to further away. Grass is cut, but needs feeding and weeding. I’ve pruned long strands of branches from a couple of rose bushes, leaving the hips for visual effect and the birds. Last year I saw a blackbird doing acrobatics trying to get to the hips. Hope he repeats the performance this year and I get a photo.

Bye all. It’s (over the) Humpday today, all you workers.

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