Category Archives: Garden

Friday Photo Challenge

Posted on August 31, 2018 by craftycreeky

The theme for todays photo challenge set by Postcard from Gibraltar is Viewpoint I’m taking this to be the scenic one and not the moral one 🙂 Walking up the steps in our garden,  a nice viewpoint of the rose arbour … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on August 27, 2018 by craftycreeky

Over the last couple of days the weather has gone distinctly autumnal, we really could have done with lighting the fire last night, but it’s still August so we just stuck an extra jumper on instead! There were a few … Continue reading →

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A Productive Walk!

Posted on August 24, 2018 by craftycreeky

Last month the walking group of my WI met down by the river for a walk led by Hazel around the allotments of Otley. It was a hot sunny day and we discovered parts of Otley many of us never … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on August 20, 2018 by craftycreeky

Yesterday I had a good tidy up session in the garden, all the geraniums that I’d been keeping for Ilkley Show could now be cut back and tidied up. Ann Folkard is a big geranium with deep magenta flowers, it … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on August 13, 2018 by craftycreeky

I had to dash out in between showers to take garden photos today, makes a nice change! August is traditionally quite a quiet time in an English garden, the roses are on their way out, geraniums are pretty much over, … Continue reading →

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Eighteen for 18

Posted on August 8, 2018 by craftycreeky

We’re a week into August already! A little late, but here’s my report on how I’m doing with my challenge, Eighteen for 18…   1 Etsy store opened; Still no further, I think I really need to take the plunge … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on August 6, 2018 by craftycreeky

We’ve finally had a reasonable amount of rain over the last couple of weeks, enough so I could manage to dig a hole or three today to plant some perennials that I’ve been trying to keep alive for the last … Continue reading →

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Friday Photo Challenge

Posted on August 3, 2018 by craftycreeky

Today’s photo challenge from Postcard from Gibraltar is a bit easier, the theme is garden – I think I might have just a few photos that would fit in that category! This is an embroidery I stitched back in 2015, … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on July 23, 2018 by craftycreeky

The garden is looking surprising green considering how dry everything is, the one thunderstorm we had last week did very little to the soil, I managed to get three plants planted the day after, but most of the beds are … Continue reading →

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Raindrops on Roses

Posted on July 16, 2018 by craftycreeky

Isn’t this a gorgeous photo – raindrops on roses! Yes, it rained today!!!  I didn’t even grumble when I got wet taking these photos for Monday’s Meander Round the Garden, I was even humming the song from The Sound of … Continue reading →

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