What are you thinking about Charley?
Love Aunty Muriel

Aunty Muriel, Food seems to fill my mind all the time. mama keeps a big bale of hay for me but I'm always on the look out for cookies, I love cookies....

Dear Charleen, one to cheer you up!

Neil.

Neil,

Great article and great pictures. Oh to be able to grow such beautiful specimens. I really liked the dog picture at the end. Sorry you had to take pics in the rain.

Dear Tami, you get used to working in the rain in the UK! You can have glorious weeks of sunshine, but the rain will come in the end. It was just a shame it came on the day when I went to the show.
Part 2 will be out shortly, and I am on part 3, so I do hope to see you there.
Thank you for your comments.
Regards from a wet England.
Neil.

Loved the beautiful Orchid bloom(?). Thank you dear Neil. We are waiting for your beautiful articles of 2 and 3.

Dear Charleen, I am glad you liked the orchid! Now Charley would be in trouble if he ate that.
Part 2 should be out shortly, and I am now working on part 3.

Regards from a very wet England.
Neil.

Neil, I adored the picture of the orchid, but I'm afraid they are too delicate for me, I.m heavy handed with anything so lovely, the colous are quite breathtaking, don't let Charlie near anything like that!!! Eileen

Poor charley, no one wants him to eat anything.
Back to the Cape Primrose: we have had them indoors, although our windows don't allow much light. We mainly have angelwinds begonia, christmas cactur & anthirrim (sp) on that one.

Dear Lucy, my mother who is above your post has just ordered some Streptocarpus from Dibleys Nursery in Wales! They are very famous for them, and the different colours are outstanding, and no they are not a disease!
i hope you are well and that Lucy 2 is OK?
Regards.
Neil.

Everyone loves Charley. No, we won't let Charley near the beautiful orchid. My hubby says "longears are like goats, they will eat about anything" and the sad thing is , he is almost right....
Lucy, I give him horsey cookies and he loves them, so poor fella isn't really hungry. He just THINKS he IS>

Dear Lucy, what is a cookie?
Regards.
Neil.

cookie=biscuit They make special ones for equines. Spoils them

Neil Lucy 2 is fine,but busy. Work, sewing (alterations) & horse. She is taking 'Alice' to a show tomorrow (last one too much rain). It is going to be very hot so only entering 2 classes.

I hope she is very careful out there, Neither one of them don't need to get overly heated.
But Neil, he would love one of your Scones.....

Dear Lucy, I am so glad Lucy 2 is well! My mother is sewing as normal and is doing sweet peas at the moment!
Regards.
Neil.

Hello Eileen. You have done a fine job of raising such a great and talented son. You must be proud.

Dear Tani, don't get mother onto gardening matters as I want her to finish her exquisite needlework of a summer garden for me.
Regards.
Neil.

She can garden if she wants to, Neil. this is a Mom speaking!

Dear Lucy, I am told to do mothers garden! This year as she likes Geraniums so much, I had to grow this new variety that has black bands in the leaves. So I planted a whole Geranium bed out for her, which does look nice although it only has a few in flower at the moment due to the weather. Then she wanted Petunias and a variety called Ocean Drift. I grew a lot of these and they are very good, all different blues and some with white stripes so it looks like an ocean, in theory! I have done her hanging baskets, and her outsides pots, with purple Petunias, a variegated Busy Lizzie in one and Lobelia around the edges.
Then mother wanted a Calistemon citrinus 'Splendens' or the Australian Bottle Brush, so she got one of them and I put that in for her. Did the weeds and it looks smashing!
I will get some pictures of it when it stops raining, about Christmas at this rate.
Regards.
Neil.