Flower Friday (29th September 2023)

This medlar was one of the first projects that I embarked on with Refna, at her suggestion, after I had taken her on as gardening help in September 2016. She had one herself at her home in Foxglove Way in Calne. It has done particularly well this year and soon it will be time for it to be 'bletted'.

I had been expecting to see her at least once more before she started the next chapter in her life in Watford, but I got a message from Hotdiggity Gardens just over a week ago on the 20th September to say she was now moved there.

There are very many other reminders in the Woodland Garden of the recovery of the wilderness that she undertook and the shape and state of the garden as it is now, that she and I effected in a very enjoyable collaboration. I wish her every success in her new ventures.

In other news I had fish and chips beside the River Marden at lunchtime and then went for my 'flu jab (I had a Covid booster last Wednesday week).

Thanks to BikerBear for Flower Friday.

L.
Saturday 30.9.2023 (1213 hr)

Blip #3963 (#3713 + 250 archived blips taken 27.8.1960-18.3.2010)
Consecutive Blip #000
Blips/Extras In 2023 #169/265 + #083/100 Extras
Day #4935 (1162 gaps from 26.3.2010)
Lozarithm's Lozarhythm Of The Day #3103 (#2943 + 160 in archived blips)

Flora series
Fruits and Berries series
Hotdiggity Gardens series
Old Forge series
Woodland Garden


Woodland Garden (August-October 2023) (Work in progress)

Lozarithm's Lozarhythm Of The Day:
The Rolling Stones - Just Your Fool (recorded 14 December 2015, British Grove Studios, Chiswick)
Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger (vcl, har), Keith Richards (gtr), Ronnie Wood (gtr), Charlie Watts (dr) with Chuck Leavell (pno), Matt Clifford (Wurlitzer pno), Darryl Jones (bass)
My reading of magazine back-numbers has reached the end of 2016 and both Uncut and Mojo had expansive pieces about the new album of blues covers by the Rolling Stones, Blue & Lonesome. They'd gone into Mark Knopfler's studio with producer Don Was to record a new album but when the new material hadn't come together they found themselves resurrecting their collection of old blues singles bought in the late fifties, early sixties. The whole album developed spontaneously over two days, with one song recorded on a third, and was unexpectedly powerful, with the band on exceptional form, Jagger playing harmonica on all but two tracks.
As four of the songs were taken from harmonica player Little Walter's singles for Chess Records it seemed appropriate to choose one of those from 1960, which happens to open the album. It was written by Buddy Johnson and recorded originally in 1953 by his Orchestra featuring Ella Johnson.

One  Year Ago:
Pinboard #13