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Rose Round The Door

28/5/2026

With this incredibly hot weather so many of the roses have burst into bloom! Nice.

A few weeks ago I sent this photo to various 'Identify This' websites and FB groups as they were displaying prominently in three of the flowers beds. I must have specifically planted a clutch of them and obviously with pride and intent because they were grouped! However, naturally, as soon as they go in the ground I forget what they are!

Also, permanent marker pens are not permanent.

Nobody - even the professionals - were confident about identification and various suggestions were made - lovage being a popular guess.

Well, as they were spreading like weeds and getting taller then me (!) Paul and I decided to investigate a bit further and yanked one out of the ground.... and discovered that they ae enormously lanky PARSNIPS!!!

It would seem that mid-summer last year I must have put small plants in the ground and they were mistakenly labelled as this particular vegetables.

Oh dear. Could do better....

I have now removed all of them from the flowers beds....

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Colin The Cat

9/5/2026

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Cats sleep, anywhere,
Any table, any chair
Top of piano, window-ledge,
In the middle, on the edge,
Open drawer, empty shoe,
Anybody's lap will do,
Fitted in a cardboard box,
In the cupboard, with your frocks-
Anywhere! They don't care!
Cats sleep anywhere.

by Eleanor Farjeon

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"A MUST-SEE EVENT"

4/5/2026

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To quote a proper reviewer / journalist -

"There are gigs you enjoy, gigs you admire, and then there are nights like this — the kind where you walk out slightly stunned that you’ve just watched a genuine musical legend at work”

SO TRUE!

Paul and I were fortunate enough to get tickets for Nigel Kennedy's performance at Malvern Festival Theatre, last night (Sunday 3rd May 2026). And I am still speechless! So, I will let the qualified reporters do their thing....

Nigel Kennedy’s “first large-scale UK tour in over fifteen years. The NIGEL KENNEDY “VIRTUOSO” tour” began on 2nd March 2026 and finishes on 29th June covering 39 dates across the UK.

“The UK’s greatest living violinist has promised an evening that reflects his love of a unified approach to all music. Kennedy will be accompanied by long-time collaborators Alec Dankworth, son of the late John Dankworth and Cleo Laine, on double bass; and the great ‘cellist Peter Adams”.

See: Nigel Kennedy | A Virtuoso Concert Performance

See: VIRTUOSO CHAOS: NIGEL KENNEDY LIGHTS UP THE ANVIL ON ST PATRICK’S NIGHT | NORTHERN EXPOSURE

See: Nigel Kennedy to go on UK tour after almost 15 years - BBC News

See: The Strad - Concert review: Nigel Kennedy (electric/acoustic violin, piano) and band | The Strad

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Bloomin' Marvellous!

Rose Round The Door

Oops! Again.

Colin The Cat

"A MUST-SEE EVENT"

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