the weather has been fine and warm these last couple of days, and we've taken the opportunity of some 'casual' hard labour - a bit of indulgence in the front garden
You remember it was coming right out of the gates when we arrived, well now we can get from one of the side gates to the front door: after many many wheelbarrows of soil, nettles bramble and ivy.
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| the view through the gate |
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| looking back |
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| that little red flower covers everything |
We have found some remnants of plants still surviving after 30 or more years of neglect, notably climbing roses, ferns and grasses. Who knows what else?
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| Slieve Donard and |Commedagh majestic in cloud |
