We created a new garden last year, where the pistachio tree had been. Here is how it is pictured in October 2020. There's a picture of the tree coming down in this post. I replaced the tree with roses and our miniature windmill which we thought looked good. Better seen here which shows the yellow flower "Eleanor" that has sprung up with … [Read more...] about A New Garden, All-spice tree, Magnolia stellata, Hellebores
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The Edible Garden
I had great success with my lettuce grown from seeds over summer and a friend suggested I keep growing them during winter. Which I have done; also successfully. But who feels like eating lettuce in winter? Not us. I also started trying to grow carrots from seed around the same time. Quite difficult - who knew. Lots of people actually. I'm now … [Read more...] about The Edible Garden
Hyacinths
The impetus for writing all of these gardening blogs comes from this. I have the most wonderful assortment of hyacinth bulbs. They were magnificent last year after I ordered bulbs from Tessalar during our first big lockdown here in Melbourne. I received 30 - a mixture of Apricot Passion, Blue Star, China Pink, Purple Voice, Blue Giant and … [Read more...] about Hyacinths
French Impressionism: From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston – Part II
We left the exhibition, started in Part I of this blog, in this wonderful space. It's now time to look at the paintings that you can see here in the slit above the settee - which includes some very famous paintings indeed. Pissarro as mentor and mentee Camille Pissarro was the oldest member of the groups known as Impressionists and was an … [Read more...] about French Impressionism: From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston – Part II
French Impressionism: From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston – Part I
This years Melbourne Winter Masterpieces Exhibition is French Impressionism with works from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. It closes on 3rd of October and is well worth a visit. We went to the members preview, the evening before it opened on the 25th ofJune 2021. These previews are one of the great advantages of NGV membership! There are more … [Read more...] about French Impressionism: From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston – Part I
Seamus Heaney
Having read the Foster book on Seamus Heaney (see here) I went back to the poetry books themselves. I've been buying his volumes since university days in the nineteen seventies and thereafter as soon as they were published. To start with they were small paperbacks with quite lovely, artfully designed covers. The last two are beautifully … [Read more...] about Seamus Heaney