Sunday, June 26, 2011

A pruning we will go........

G'day. It's nearly 6.00am here and I have been up for an hour or so. A rifle shot woke hubby and I up at around 4.00am. It's not unusual to hear rifle shots at night and even sometimes early hours in the morning, but not at 4.00am or thereabouts. The sheep farmer who's property borders ours on one side has a lot of lambs at the moment and the foxes have been out in force this year, no doubt killing some of those lovely lambs and it was probably him that we heard, but still, it gives you a bit of a fright to be woken up by the crack of a high powered rifle at that time. Needless to say, I couldn't go back to sleep, but hubby drifted of quite easily. I am greatly enjoying having my son here visiting me and we had a very productive day yesterday with the rose pruning and will be out again this morning to hopefully finish it all. Because of the frosts that we get here at this time of the year (It's our winter) I don't usually prune the roses until the start of August, but the new owner asked me very nicely could I please do them for her as she is not really up to speed on gardening, but is promising to learn and make sure everything here survives her not so green thumb. I have also left a few bushes and a couple of standard roses for when she pays us a visit next weekend because she wants me to show her what to do and how to do it !!!! She is talking of hiring a gardener once a month or so, if she finds it get beyond her. Once again I am seriously thinking of not having many rose bushes at the new house as yesterday we both got scratches and pricks from the thorns and my son was heard cursing a few times about "these bloody thorns" and "please mum, stay away from growing roses next time". Oh well, it's been fun, we have had lots of laughs and it's just good having him home for a few days. Sadly, he goes back to his own home tomorrow and we both have to go to work on Wednesday. The photo is of Esmeralda. I finished this bear when the computer was on the blink. The knitted vest she wears was made by one of the girls at work for me to put on her and I think it looks great. She sits on the small freezer we have in our laundry and she brightens the area up. Take care. Liz...
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  1. The BroadJune 27, 2011 at 2:04 AM

    That bear is adorable! I'll bet your roses are gorgeous -- and you are very good to do this for the new owner -- though I can certainly understand why it would be hard to refuse when you've taken such good care of them over the years. I've pretty much given up gardening -- the Man tends to try and take over whenever I get started and I end up wanting to hit him over the head with the hoe or use the shovel to bury him!! By giving up I'm avoiding the charge of 'Grievous Bodily Harm' or 'Manslaughter'!

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  2. quilterlizJune 27, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    Gday Broad. Thanks for your comment. Yes, I feel as though I have to do the best I can for my garden here and leave it in the best condition I can. My hubby doesn't go near the garden now, some years ago while I was working away from home and was only here on weekends, he pulled out a few things, his excuse was he thought they had died, when in actual fact they were dormant and he tried pruning the fruit trees and ended up killing two of them for his effort. I threatened him that if he ever touched anything again while I was away that he would be very sorry. Needless to say he took my advice !!! Take care. Liz...

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