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Did you ever see the Wicker Man? ..... Well I live in Coventry . The blooms are not in abundance apart from the hydrangea but they are all there. I forgot the hyssop. I think maybe I should take the geraniums in?

Our winter flowering jasmine has been out a month, still have geraniums Canterbury bells, Japanese anemones, hydrangeas, spiked speedwell. mimulous, verbena yarrow, coreopsis petunias , but that dill I was asking the forum about, is in fact Cosmos now I have pulled them out, they were massive...

Good old leatherette with studs

I rescued a bumble bee hopefully yesterday my partner saw him walking up and down all day on Sunday, it was very cold, then he got into a pot with a geranium and coreopsis and didn't move. I tried this tip before and it didn't work but it did this time. I made a flat ish receptical out of...

What is it called?

No we aint not. Nan's saying

There a street here call Mashin Street but it is spelt Machin and Catherine Street my dad's family pronounced it Cather eye n

I am so glad my families talked about their childhoods, not dad sadly much but everyone else did. Nan used to name all the locks down to Bridgnorth, and all her old neighbours. The nice and the not so nice. her house interiors, her wedding night in the depression, wartime memories, food...

I like the song

I always wanted a big irregular garden wall with things climbing on, Some areas here in Coventry have your coping stones. I have some but they are blue. (Black) they came from an old house. We also have sandstone stones used as edging stones we were told they came from Stoneleigh Abbey? We used...

Chap at work a Coventry kid called me bab. It made a change from cock and duck. Had a Wallasey colleague called me me little love.

I had 2 ex colleagues said me baby

My dad called everyone Darlin, everyone!

Oh the wall. !!!!

When toys looked like the real thing. I see Britains Farm animals on eBay. I saw some in a Charity shop I was very tempted. £1 a bagfull!. I bought some in a toy shop about10 years ago for the grandson and a donkey for our crib.

I think I remember all the adverts as there were not many and you knew what they were trying to flog!

I worked out how to get the cage to work I would put the base a bit wonky.

I will look now