Hopefully still alive!

Posted on April 13, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged 2061, Age, ambition, Art, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1907, Halleys comet, Life, SurvivingLeave a comment

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

I’m out of my studio, and I’ve lost my partner, but I don’t want to give upon life just yet. I’d like to future proof my life, make it more stable again. I don’t know how I’m going to do that but I’ve got to try.

I’ve always said I want to be around when Halleys Comet comes back. That’s not till 2061! I know it’s a big ambition to last such a long time, but why not? I’ve got to have some goal, yeah, the next ten years will be hard but I want to last longer than that!

Hanging baskets hanging on!

Posted on November 13, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Begonias, Cold, Flowers, Gardening, Hanging basket, Life, Microclimate, November, Surviving, Time, Warm2 Comments

Begonias, still in flower, In our hanging baskets….In November! I think its because their stems are a bit more robust. The fushias, with woody stems have also survived. There are also lots of green leaves because this area is a bit of a microclimate and things just survive round there. It’s enclosed so it holds the heat. Also the plants all shelter each other holding the warmth in x

Sunflower in October

Posted on October 27, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, azores, Etruria, how?, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Summer, Sunflower, Surviving, Time, Warm, Wind2 Comments

Standing tall

Tanding strong

Staked against

The blustery wind.

End of October

But you are

summer sun?

How did you survive?

Oh, no frost

No ice

Just warm winds

Dragged up

From the azores.

You are a late

Summer sun

Still in glory.

That basket

Posted on December 29, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Begonias, Cold, Frost, Gardening, Hanging basket, Ice, Surviving, Tender plants, WeatherLeave a comment

I said I would post again about this hanging basket. I’m afraid the frost a couple of nights ago and minus 3.3°c put paid to the begonias, but some of the other plants are still going. Now they are covered in snow and more is forecast over the next few days…. I will see what it looks like whan it’s thawed a bit……

Hanging around…

Posted on December 20, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Amazing, Gardening, Hanging basket, Life, Mild winter, Photo, Plants, Surviving, WeatherLeave a comment

Looking out of the kitchen window and the hanging basket I have taken photos of over the months is still surviving. A lot of the flowers have gone. There are still five or six different plants with flowers on them. The other hanging baskets are wilting. But it’s almost the shortest day (tomorrow) how is it coping!? If we ever get a cold night or snow it might die back. In any case I will post again if it’s still going.

Back yard today

Posted on October 4, 2020October 4, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Back yard, Begonias, Cold, Flowers, Gardening, Microclimate, Plants, Surviving, Wet, WindyLeave a comment

It’s still looking good despite the heavy rain we have been having. At least its meant that the hanging baskets have been getting watered. I think we have a bit of a microclimate so the area doesn’t get as cold as in the main garden, but it does get the sun when it shines in the afternoon. Hopefully everything will keep going for a while longer. The begonias have bee spectacular this year!

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Surviving