A LAST AMBLE IN JUNE

Well, her name is Jenny, Jenny I got her from my brother after looking after her while he was in Hospital some years ago when she was very young. He lives on a farm and wasn't able to look after her properly so I inherited her. She was a real rover and I would come back from work to rescue her off the garage roof or from a neighbours garden time and again. She's the real reason I raised the height of my fences to around 8' to try and keep her in, safe and not getting run over. She tested every bit of the fence and I had to keep making modifications to the fence as she would find the tiniest hole and squeeze through for an adventure. She hasn't found a weakness in the fences now for well over a year so I'm pleased. But she does get everywhere:

On guard


Her own specially built ladder


A wall bier which is now her resting place which she reaches via the cat ladder!


Pinching my seat by the pond


Up on the Trellis Entrance



Watching everything going on in the Lounge.



Then there's Sally who you would think was from the same family but she's not. I bought my brother a cat from a Cats Home when one of his cats was killed by a car and found myself buying a tiny kitten with only one eye. She's more sedate than Jenny and likes being in the house unless the weather is good!!





Her favourite place when she's not on my knee!!

 

You must be a mind reader, Jenny, as I'm off to Rutland very soon for my annual fishing holiday with my life long friend. My neighbours look after the cats for me and I have no trouble in volunteers as they like to amble around the garden and sit where ever they want. There's always a beer, wine or whiskey available that they can help themselves to, so apart from fighting off Jenny with a whip and chair it's not an arduous task

 

Hmmmm, I'm beginning to think you and Jenny have a hidden agenda "Everything", eh??!!

 

Thanks Mowgley, but I would argue with you about my garden making yours look tame
I garden in a very chaotic way and my style of garden is not everyone's cup of tea. I've been into many gardens and seen the look in the gardener's eye when he/she has been showing me around a garden big or small and you just know that no garden will compare successfully to theirs !!!. I don't think it's anything to do with how big or fancy the garden is, how many special or specimen plants are in the borders. It's the enjoyment a gardener gets out of, and how much effort and love they put into, the garden that makes it their garden and special.
I've visited gardens where the owner has had a really good garden but has no real love or interest in it and so to them it's just there.......they're missing such a lot!! So no, my garden does not make your garden look tame

 

I don't think my garden would ever be shown at Chelsea either, Mowgley, but I like it!!

 

ARMANDII, your garden is a real plantsman's garden and it shows all the love you put into it.

It's all about plants and peace and quiet.