Despite the fact that it is a concept lost on a Dowager Countess, we had a brilliantly sunny weekend - and a full-on one! The Downton Abbey film on Friday evening, then a trip to London's "horticultural mile" of Crews Hill on Saturday, followed by the finale of the Last Night of the Proms [on telly, of course], then Sunday almost entirely spent in the extensive gardens here at Dolores Delargo Towers, potting-up for Spring (oo-er), followed by a full-volume Pet Shop Boys extravaganza [on telly again] courtesy of Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park. I was dancing around the living-room for a good couple of hours to that...
Crash! Bang! It's back down to earth. Work again.
Hey ho. On this Tacky Music Monday, let's let last Saturday's birthday girl [she's 75, you know!] - a doyenne of all things "tacky" [in this context, OTT song-and-dance numbers] - Miss Joey Heatherton take the stage!
Many happy returns, Davenie Johanna "Joey" Heatherton (born 14th September 1944).
Potting up for Spring? I knew I should've been doing something.
ReplyDeleteIt was gorgeous though, wasn't it?! Have a good week.
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This is just the start of the prep for Spring. I did the tiniest bulbs first - chionodoxa and ipheion - in bowls, plus a couple of mixed planters. It's a gradual process over the coming weeks, and I leave the tulips till at least Hallowe'en if not later (to avoid them getting diseases from the soil being too warm). Jx
DeleteNot too sure about Joey Heatherton but am sure that we had a fab week-end and the garden will look very jolly when Spring comes.
ReplyDeleteNobody was every really sure about Joey Heatherton. Jx
DeleteI hate monday.
ReplyDeleteYou've been on so many holidays this year, it must come as quite a shock to actually have a Monday that isn't on a beach... Jx
DeleteHa!
DeleteMiss Heatherton seemed quite restrained in her movements during that "walk around", but still elegant. Until she took a stroll through that avantguarde blue loo construction during the French bit. Ruined it all, really.
ReplyDeletePerhaps she should upend them and use them as bulb planters...?
At one point, I was sure she was going to stumble and fall down those stairs! Jx
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