Monday 8 February 2021

Queen bitch

The Ice Queen cometh... The extensive gardens here at Dolores Delargo Towers are looking very sorry for themselves after the most bitterly cold snowy couple of days - and there's colder nights to come! We can only wait in hope to see if our magnificent Madeira geranium, salvias and eucomis survive the experience.

This two week holiday's going well, then...

Hey ho. Let's continue our dreams of Spain [where we should be at this time of year] on this Tacky Music Monday, in the estimable company of one of our fave Divas from that country, Señorita Carmen Sevilla!

Cavorting by a pool. Sigh.

Keep warm, dear reader!

11 comments:

  1. The Ice Queen isn't to be trifled with. She hears you and she piles even more snow and ice on.......

    ReplyDelete
  2. Cavorting by the kitchen sink just isn't the same, is it...?

    Urgh. We've got a week of this ghastly weather. I hope your Extensive Gardens pull through!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Lolling around in a dressing gown and sweatpants trying to avoid the drafts from the kitchen door doesn't lend itself to cavorting, I must admit!

      Without a greenhouse it is impossible to protect our tender specimens, so basically it's "fingers crossed" - Salvia Amistad and ulignosa have survived being frozen before, but the Madeira geranium and eucomis are relative newcomers, so we don't know how much they'll tolerate with the meagre shelter we can offer against the house wall. Jx

      Delete
    2. Of course, I meant "draughts from the kitchen door". I am not American...

      Delete
  3. No snow here! Just very cold and windy. Not looking forward to taking the dog out.
    I get in such a muddle with draughts/drafts - the word seems to mean so many completely different things.
    Sx

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. The English language is nothing if not complicated - especially when "draught(s)" may refer to cold air through a gap in your window, a type of ale, and the board game that the Americans call "Checkers", and "draft" might mean "unpublished version" and the notice when people get called-up to military service in wartime.

      I often get in a muddle trying to explain to people whose first language is not English just how many different ways words with "-ough" in them can be pronounced - think about it!

      Jx

      Delete
  4. The Eucomis bulb I found lying on the street last year will not be making another appearance in my garden this year as I pulled it up and slung it in the brown bin in disgust, ghastly thing.

    ReplyDelete
  5. We will have to make do with turning up the heating and eating Tapas.

    ReplyDelete

Please leave a message - I value your comments!

[NB Bear with me if there is a delay - thanks to spammers I might need to approve comments]