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"In his garden, every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation." Louise Beebe Wilder

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Now that we can no longer open our garden to groups, I’m taking advantage of having Tom here and we are going to start some little garden tour videos. These will be unscripted, poorly edited offerings to keep you amused in these strange times Hopefully by the end you will have a better idea of the beauty and scale of our garden ....If we can help you with some hints and tips please ask any questions along the way. Garden tour part one is now in my highlights..

And calm.. . . . . As I ventured into the walled garden early this morning to check on the hens, it felt as if I was in a dream.. (admittedly I was still half asleep!) The crisp white frost on the lawns and the glistening sunlight reflected from the walls. Luckily I managed to capture the sun rising above the wall just as I was leaving.. . I’d like to Thankyou for all of your kind messages from my previous post, I’d also like to say an even bigger Thankyou to those of you that watched Luke play the piano last night, we hope it brought a little bit of a lift to all of you that need it right now. Fingers crossed he will play again on Sunday, I will keep you updated in my stories. Take care , stay safe and enjoy the weekend x

It’s been a lot to take in.. . . . . ..You may think I’ve got my shit together (I have now, thank goodness!) but last Thursday morning it all hit me like a sledgehammer.. and I went to pieces.. Why? Because I’m a mum, a wife, a daughter, a sister, i love and worry endlessly about my family and the reality was beginning to set in for all of us!The sheer thought of what has been described as a “Tsunami” that’s about to hit the people of our beautiful country was quite unthinkable and surreal.. lots of stupid thoughts were racing violently through my head..’what if..’ ‘how would we all cope?’ How do i snap myself out of this? My usual tactic is to go outside and breathe in.. then go for a walk with my dogs that are blissfully oblivious to this pandemic.. 5 minutes in... no change! A call to my girlfriend usually sorts me out..I dial her number, trying hard to compose myself at the end of the line..I lasted all of 2-3 seconds until my sobbing kicked in and tears began rolling down my face, i could barely see my dogs wandering off into the distance.. she listened.. I cried and cried.. then after what felt like hours I stopped and started to listen to her words of wisdom. Hearing a voice and breathing in the air around me was starting to help.. the knot in my stomach was loosening but still aching. It wasn’t until after lunch and some time in the garden where i could totally loose myself into the earth that I began to feel myself again. I tried to look back for pictures of that day and unlike me not a single picture was taken.. As a symbol of hope and how I’m feeling now, here’s a picture of our cherry blossom that is bursting into flower. Prunus ‘Shirotae’ I hope it will help brighten your day as it has for me xx

The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives. ~Gertrude Jekyll (2011).

If you feel like you’re loosing everything, Remember that trees loose their leaves every year and still they stand tall and wait for better days to come..

Happy Mothering Sunday.. . . . .. a simple bunch of hellebores from the garden, wherever you are today, I hope you can embrace what is around you.. contact loved ones by phone and just breathe..

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