After my afternoon shift today, I parked up beside St. Mary’s, Denver. And after thatI drive around Denver a bit, to explore. Doing that lead me to discover an old guy selling books (and other stuff) from his garage.
I’d stopped to photograph a few particularly lovely gardens, ripe with poppies and hollyhocks. Then, as I drove off, slowly, I saw an open garage, with signs saying ‘all books 50p’. Worth investimigating, methought.
So I did. The proprietor, Barry, also showed me round his garden. Which is absolutely gorgeous. The hollyhocks are huuuge…Probably about 10 feet tall!
A wee bit later on, having been into Downham Market, and bought yet another Napoleon biography, I stopped to enjoy the glorious weather, beside Well Creek, back in Upwell.
After reading the intro, and first chapter, of my new Boney biog’, I drove home. And when I got back, Teresa and I went for a wander down the garden. That’s when I took the following pics:
For one thing I wanted to check that the pond isn’t draining. And it isn’t. Fab! I sat beside it for a brief spell. It’s lovely to do just that, and it’s far from finished.
Having reassured myself that the pond isn’t leaking, we toddled up and doon our wee patch. And I took all the snaps that follow:
The garden is looking pretty ace. And it lifted my rather gloomy spirits to spend some time in it. It’s especially lovely in the bright sun of a summer evening.
And I’m massively gratified that my efforts to cultivate poppies and white umbellifers appear to have finally succeeded.