January was a challenging month, to say the least.
I am still dealing
with memberships for The Pelargonium & Geranium Society (PAGS). The membership section of the website
continues to baffle me at times, but I am told there will be hitches to begin
with until the site settles. I am going
on Monday for an update on how to do more with the site. For those of you who don’t know, I am
membership secretary of The Pelargonium & Geranium Society. I've held this post for over ten years now,
but with the new database it has become a challenge.
My other challenge is that since the beginning of October
I have been trying to transfer my Broadband and telephone from one supplier to
another. It should be simple. No!! The Broadband went over without a
hitch, but not the telephone line. Who
has been holding up things I don’t know – each supplier tells me it is the
other one. The fifth attempt will be on
12th February, so everything is crossed the line is transferred this
time.
Saturday last week
we went into town and I bought myself some of these lovely narcissus to cheer
myself up. They are still going strong
and fill the room with such a lovely fragrance. And on Thursday we got these lovely
daffodils,. They were in tight bud, but
this morning when I came downstairs they had all opened. Beautiful!
I finished off the crochet navy blue wrist warmers, and I love
them. My granddaughters were pretty
impressed as well, but did not want me to make them a pair!
Yesterday, as the day was sunny, Brian and I went over to
Wisley Gardens, and then went out to lunch at a local Harvester
restaurant. Thank you Brian! I love Wisley! I am so lucky that it is only 20 minutes
away so able to visit often. I took
quite a few pictures, but it was not easy as the wind was quite strong. I was anxious to try out my new 55-200 zoom lens
that I had for Christmas. And to use my
new wrist warmers, which worked a treat, keeping my hands warm whilst leaving
my fingers free to use the camera.
Alpine House |
Alpine House |
In the wonderful garden centre at Wisley I bought these Dahlia tubers and seeds, garlic bulbs and shallots. I wasn't going to grow garlic or onions this year, but have weakened. I really don't want to grow onions, but love growing shallots – so satisfying seeing all those little bulbs clustering around the one planted. Just need a fine day next week to get planting and sowing. You can't see in the photo, but the single dahlia tubers are call Pooh, and the dahlia seeds are called Yankee Doodle Dandy. Silly names that I thought would appeal to my cheeky 6-years old grandson.
I often buy seeds and plants for their names, such fun. I love the wristwarmers, they're perfect in this weather when you're wanting to keep warm but taking photos too.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness you are so lucky to live so close to Wisley gardens! I have seen the gardens on TV many times as it is often featured on Gardener's World, etc. I also visit their website from time to time. The gardens look amazing even in winter. I would love to visit, maybe one day...
ReplyDeleteS.A.L.