Going Gently is going all Homes & Gardens today.
Who says I can't do a " lifestyle blog"?
I've just shifted a ton of soddin gravel ! A huge bag of which was unloaded by small grabber thing on the back of a lorry early this morning. The lorry got stuck for a while in the lane blocking the school rat run traffic which was fun and the two workmen were delayed for several minutes longer by Winnie's need for on-the-lip kisses. Fair dos both obliged her with a snog and she is now lying in a sunny spot in the garden , basking in the afterglow.
I was on my last legs, filling a bucket with the last few ounces of gravel when a neighbour skipped past commenting " That looks like a big job for you "
I noted the " for you"bit and shot back a quick " fuck off!" Then promptly broke wind loudly as I heaved the load onto the new path!
The results as you will agree are impressive! ( the paths not the fart)
This afternoon I have filled the cottage with flowers from the garden
I think I'm frigging Jane Asher
Who says I can't do a " lifestyle blog"?
I've just shifted a ton of soddin gravel ! A huge bag of which was unloaded by small grabber thing on the back of a lorry early this morning. The lorry got stuck for a while in the lane blocking the school rat run traffic which was fun and the two workmen were delayed for several minutes longer by Winnie's need for on-the-lip kisses. Fair dos both obliged her with a snog and she is now lying in a sunny spot in the garden , basking in the afterglow.
I was on my last legs, filling a bucket with the last few ounces of gravel when a neighbour skipped past commenting " That looks like a big job for you "
I noted the " for you"bit and shot back a quick " fuck off!" Then promptly broke wind loudly as I heaved the load onto the new path!
The results as you will agree are impressive! ( the paths not the fart)
I think I'm frigging Jane Asher
Would it be a lesser job for someone else? Nice paths.
ReplyDeleteYou must be all hot and sweaty. The paths look very Continental and set the cottage off well no doubt.
ReplyDeleteAffable despot Jason said it looked very " Tuscany "
DeleteMore material for pebble-dash, but can you eat a ton in one sitting?
DeleteIt looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteWho the hell do you think you are? Alan Friggin' Titchmarsh?
ReplyDeleteYes very impressive John - looks great!
ReplyDeleteIt's a beauty!
ReplyDeleteLooks to be well worth your efforts! Good job!
ReplyDeleteLooks gorgeous ��
ReplyDeleteLooks gorgeous ��
ReplyDeleteI love your lifestyle!
ReplyDeleteIve just had a bath, lots of broen scum around the rim!
DeleteBest to use the lav before you bathe.
DeleteIt looks lovely John, a sort of a cross between Derek Jarman's Dungeness garden and a cottage garden. The alchemilla mollis looks lovely against the gravel.
ReplyDeleteVirtual kisses to Winnie.
Looking good alltogethr 😊 It's amazing what a bit of gas power can help achieve
ReplyDeleteLove your garden and those jugs on the shelves, will your cottage be appearing in a lifestyle mag anytime soon?
ReplyDeleteYes, Homosexual Monthly has booked a shoot
DeleteDoes it still arrive in a brown paper envelope?
DeleteLooking great and love the vases of beautiful flowers x
ReplyDeleteIt is perfect John, everything looks like it has been there for a long time and it all goes together so well. A garden and pups and sunshine, what more could you ask for ? :)
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DeleteIt all looks so pretty John.
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredible job. Well done, indoors and out.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I love cut flowers in the house.
ReplyDeleteIt all looks beautiful. I know how tough spreading gravel is, we had tons delivered here years ago. It nearly killed me, literally.
ReplyDeleteIt looks gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteNot as neat as your garden x
DeleteAha .... I only photograph the good bits ;-)
DeleteYou are 'on a roll'! What's next?
ReplyDeleteMore wallpainting jimbo!
DeleteBeautiful! Now come do mine.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's definitely a Martha Stewart effort & looks fab!
ReplyDeleteFAB! and all the pretties in the home; the prof will no doubt be surprised when he returns home.
ReplyDeleteGreat effort indeed, greetings!
ReplyDelete...broke wind loudly...
ReplyDeleteSo aggressive.
Lovely paths. I am going to get more flowers for the house
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing like a ton of gravel to brighten up a garden - not to mention the wear and tear on one's back.
ReplyDeleteLooks lovely and the flowers certainly brighten a home. They should also love the free music ......
ReplyDeleteLooks nice! What was there before? I think you've shown us pictures but I can't remember.
ReplyDeleteToo many plants, weeds an untidy cottage garden
DeleteWell it sure looks like a lifestyle blog, the garden and the interior shots are lovely, but that "fuck you" interlude makes it unmistakably YOUR blog, so all is right with the world.
ReplyDeleteI was laughing when I said it
DeleteAre you sprucing up the house and garden ready to add a 'for sale' sign?
ReplyDelete:-)
DeleteI saw it today , looks fantastic ....a little piece of Tuscany in a north wales garden ....does need to finish the painting though .... Lazy bastard ;)
ReplyDeletedear affable despot, why don't you help john paint? ;-)
DeleteHe needs to get a ladder and he is afraid of heights ....I could give him a bunk up but I'm not sure he would be able to keep his balance, hold the brush and reach without farting either ....in fact thinking about it , I would suggest he gets a ladder :)
DeleteAnd there's me thinking you'd help me!
DeleteYou seem too be out domesticating me with your rocks. It does look charming tho as do the flowers. :)
ReplyDeletePS: Comic Con is using Walking Dead on everything this year.
ReplyDeleteI would so love to go to comic con
DeleteGravel in gardens isn't something you see over here. It makes it too hard to shovel snow!! We have all cement, paving blocks, flower/veggie beds and lawn. I do love the look of the gravel though, it makes it look much softer.
ReplyDeleteI never knew that ...it makes sense
DeleteWho knew you could have a Mediterranean garden in Wales... Beautiful. I hope the air has re-freshened (or does it ever get fresh around you?)
ReplyDeleteYou are funny
DeleteIn and outdoors, your house could get into Home and Gardens. Beautiful, John. When you mentioned the workmen, my first thought was: Aaah Winnie will be pleased.
ReplyDeleteYou CAN "lifestyle blog" with the best of them!
ReplyDeleteQuite beautiful. Well done you
ReplyDeleteThe prof was pleased too
DeleteYour cream pitcher pattern looks just like the flowers in the vase beside it! How Martha Stewart you are!!tee hee
ReplyDeleteThey are my favourite jugs 1920 burleigh ware
DeleteAn excellent job John, it looks very Continental. I hope you put plastic sheeting or something similar down, before you laid it, to stop the weeds growing through?
ReplyDeleteI did indeed
DeleteLove your jugs.... not something you can say to me :-)
ReplyDeleteI wouldnt say it to any woman
DeleteIt looks brilliant. And I am sure the fart was also impressive.
ReplyDeleteIt was magnificent
DeleteTo be sure, were you also fragrant
DeleteLovely garden and flowers! :-)
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks great. And so do your cut flowers. But you know I am really taken with those two pitchers/jugs. I certainly don't have any like that.
ReplyDeleteBtw I have gravel around the edges of garden....areas where we never shovel snow.
I haven't commented for ages but I faithfully read your blog and love it. Mardy. Good job. 🇨🇦
Thank god for that Mardy bum x
DeleteDoes Jane Asher know you frigged her??Anyhoot, I did the gravel thing in my garden last year and swore I'd never do that again. It's knackering!!Yours looks tidy. Sorry if I sound like I'm in post-election meltdown. That's because I am!!Have a gravelly-good weekend.
ReplyDeleteScotland has had a bit of an upheaval me thinks
DeleteShe (Sturgeon, aka Jimmy Crankie) had it coming! Shoving IndyRef2 down everybodies' throats for the last two years was not taking care of business.
DeleteLooks great and your roses!
ReplyDeleteLooks gorgeous
ReplyDeleteLooks gorgeous
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