Garden
Dave and Steve - just two of our garden gnomes During my twenty one years of blogging I have discovered one sure thing about bloggers - they're a nosy breed. A few weeks ago now, the legendary North Florida blogger Mary Moon asked if I would share some pictures of our garden. By now, she probably imagined that I had forgotten about her request - but I hadn't. Today, I nipped out to capture some images of our long, thin suburban garden. When we moved here in 1989 the garden was a neglected, overgrown and unloved wasteland of long grass, brambles and forgotten brick-edged pathways from the nineteen twenties. There wasn't even a fence or gate or anything at the bottom of the garden which backs on to a communal lane. The previous owners - who were British "Scrabble" champions - clearly weren't in the least bit interested in gardening and the lack of a fence at the bottom of the garden probably seemed unimportant given the lethal barrier of tangled bramble briars ...