my first summer garden

Hi Sandra....
Your garden was wonderful this year...
I'm looking forward to seeing more of your lovely flower photos in 2010 :o) xxx

Er Er cant wait for next spring and loved looking at your garden and the sunshine, did'nt think we had all that sunshine this summer. Hope your feeling a bit better xx

thankyou so much Terra, glad you liked my garden :o))
i cant wait either carol, we did a have a bit of sunshine but not as much as we would like , im trying to keep going carol but its so very hard as i miss angelina so much, hope your ok to :o))

Nice garden, San, it is coming along very nicely. I like the Clematis marmoraria.

I know what your going through as it so so hard coming to terms with losing a pet since i got married 46yrs ago, i've only ever had 4cats and 1 dog as they where all only babies when we had them, my first 2 cats was Timmy and Beautie, Timmy was 15 and Beautie was 18, and Sheba my dog she was german sheperd and she was 13 1/2yrs, and the last 2 cats was Smokey and his brother Bandit,and Bandit died of kidney failure same as Smokey as, But he only lived till he was 13 so i only lost him nearly 4yrs ago, and as each one died it never gets easy at all, think with having them all for such alot of years it as been like losing a child to me as they all grew up with me.

Hi Sandra Good to see you glad your feeling a bit better,you've done very well for the first year lovely flowers also like your water feature :0)))

Hi San....your garden is a credit to you and am looking forward to seeing more next year x

thankyou mr MB, yes its a lovely clematis isnt it, im so looking forward to more flowers on it next year :o)
carol my dog was a sheba to :o)) and like you say always hurts
cheers stripes im doing ok, have my moments, driving them all mad with tears but ok, glad you like ,my water feature going to pop a couple of small pond plants in come spring ;o)
thankyou so much jane/ray sometimes you dont notice things till you look back at the pictures, i am really pleased with how its all turning out :o) xx

Youve done so well in such a short time, so much colour.

thankyou so much dawn, its been great fun, enjoyed every minute :o)

mr MB the clematis isnt marmoraria sorry, awsnt thinking straight its called madame le coultre, the one you said is a dwarf this isnt, thankyou ;o)

Lovely garden Sandra, and good photography, I can even spot a conifer in the last pic :0)

thanx blue, glad you like my garden, yes and a conifer which were there before myself, not planted very well i may add, there were two one in front of the other, no idea, anyway ive had the back one removed and front one shaped a bit so looks much better now, i like the way it sways in the breeze so wont take it down, adds a bit of height to :o))

Well done Sandra , you've worked wonders this year , particularly as you've not been well , if that's what you can do in a bad year I can't wait to see what you do next year ....

Here's looking forward to a new and happier new year for you :o)

Oh well, it is a very nice looking clematis anyway, Sandra. Yes C. marmoraria is much less vigourous.
MB

awww thankyou so much amy, i think i just keep going even when ill as it takes my mind of whats happening, makes me feel so much better being outside amongst the plants :o))
they are very similar MB as are alot of clematis , you probably know alot more names than i do anyway :o))

What a lovely garden Sanbaz I love the Bleeding heart its a favorite of mine.It is sad to lose a beloved pet (I still worry for my smokey)

thankyou mavis for your kind comment, its very sad yes , just like our children really

I didn't realise it was your first year there Sandra. It was nice to see Angelina enjoying the garden. Sad, but nice aswell.

yes my first year with the garden hywel, we had so much to do on the house, the garden was just kept tidy with grass till i put my foot down this year lol
i found lots of pics of angelina while doing the blog hywel, made me cry, but im trying to remember happy memories, she was a beautifull girly :o))

:o) You'll feel better in a while Sandra. It takes time.

yes it does hywel, nice when people understand, thankyou ;o)) x

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You have some lovely photo`s to look through Sandra,proof of all you have achieved this year, nice to catch a glimpse of Angelina in there, .. Take care....xx..

Hi San u have every rite 2 feel proud of your lovely Garden u made it look so lovely this Summer & im sure 2010 will bring even more pretty Flowers/Photos of your garden :)

thankyou sue, glad you like the pics and yes angelina liked to get in on the act :o)), hope your feeling better now.
cheers jac, so glad you like the garden and yes im looking forward to next year, more projects ;o))

Sandra whats the flower in the 4th picture it looks lovely, hope you dont mind me asking. :0))))

hi stripes no i dont mind at all, its clematis early sensation, it was its first year and was covered in flowers as you can see, so hoping it will grow taller next year :o))

Hi Sandra, I didn't know this was your first year in this garden - you've done a great job. You are obviously a lady with green fingers and I look forward to seeing photos of what you get up to next. I'm so sorry to hear your sad news, but hope you can take strength from all the feeling coming your way from your many friends on GOY, myself included. Best wishes to you and your family. X

thankyou muddy glad you like what ive done in my first year, ive always enjoyed gardening from being a child with my grandad who use to do a few gardens in his area, then i got my mum into it when i was a teen, our garden was over grown and not nice, so once i started with it my mum continued, then i had my last garden which i did on a very low budget but at least it looks tidy and had flowers in summer, i am now in a position being married again to have this garden which i have started from scratch apart from the grass, ive loved every min.. of it to, cant wait for spring and my new project.
it will take time to get over my beloved angelina but she will have a lovely resting place in the new area come spring, she loved being in the garden like me,
thanx again for your best wishes muddy.. take care x

Sandra, you've got a very beautiful garden! Will be very interesting to see what you do next. Don't worry about Angelina, she is in a good place...xxx

thanx uma, glad you like my garden, will be something new next year but thats all im saying ,
angelina will be in a good place as she was an angel :o)

I´am sitting here on a dark, wet and cold danish evening searching for summer. Happy I found your wonderfull summerpictures. Your camera is with quite many pixels I gues, lovely closeups.

To chear me up to day I went to a plant-center, I bought 4 new Ilex (small narrow ones). It helped.

thankyou so much hanne, glad you enjoyed my pictures, yes i have a pretty good camera with great zoom and macro for close-ups to ;o) its getting cold here to but not as cold has you get it i expect

You must be proud to have done all that Sb.

yes i am jb i didnt think i could do so much in first year, cant wait for next year now ;o)) new project at the bottom of garden to come

Missed this first time around, lovely garden and good photos Sandra, look forward to your new project x

cheers spruce glad you like my little haven, not quite on your scale but im happy being in it, ;o)) x

I've just noticed I didn't miss it first time around, must be that new avatar pic of yours...got me hooked !! :0))))

Your pictures are so clear San, lovely blog :-))

thankyou louise :o))

lol blue.. hahah x

I've calmed down now Sandra :0))...any insight into your new project ?

im glad youve calmed down blue.. this is a garden site you know! lol, im not telling , i have a few ideas im pondering on, so hope it comes together ok, once the warmer weather comes the men will get the tree stumps out for me to level the ground off, with a slight slope,, dont want it flat, i want to be able to see everything i plant there sloping down to my new !!!!!! haha thats a secret :o))