Opera, Gardening, Politics and cats
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The garden today
on Sep 8, 2009 in garden blackberries violas I am just about to go and plant the beautiful violas I bought yesterday. And I am hoping there will enough blackberries and windfall apples to make a blackberry and apple pie! Comments...
The Garden Today
on Aug 27, 2009 in garden chillies tomatoes compost I have a whole load of cherry tomatoes on the vine...first time I have tried to grow these, and they are really delicious! And the other thing I am really happy with is the chili plant....I have lots of chillies, so I have picked some to make chilli...
FIDELIO at the Proms
on Aug 25, 2009 in beethoven daniel barenboim fidelio proms west eastern divan orchestra
The Garden Today
on Aug 13, 2009 in garden courgettes freesias We are back from Italy now.....as I sit at my desk typing this, I am inhaling the scent of a vase of freesias which I just picked from the garden! There are many different kinds of tomatoes...will be able to make chutney again soon!And I have more c...
Visit from Italian Partisan
on Aug 6, 2009 in livorno partisan anti fascism garibaldo benifei tobias abse Today we had the great honour of a visit from GARIBALDO BENIFEI, an Italian anti-Fascist fighter and partisan, who is now ninety-seven years old.
The garden today
on Aug 5, 2009 in garden italy figs rosemary This is the garden in Italy.... There is a wonderful old fig tree, from which I have already collected lots of ripe fruit... Perhaps the most beautiful item in the garden is the rosemary, which my mother-in-law planted about 20 years ago...not on...