N4 The Gardens - December

Hello me dears.

Just a little post this month.There are still a surprising amount of things in flower. However with the cold, rain, wind and almost perpetual darkness I have not felt much like wandering about.

So on that somewhat negative note, lets see what jollies Harringay had to offer this month.

Hebes are always good value this time of year.

A chrysanthemum that managed to escape the frost.

as did this lovely geranium (just).

The first of the many Arum lilies (Zantedeschia) to flower in the area.

Just outside the 'Gardens' in Harringay Road, the first blossom I have seen so far.

This amazing Abutilon also in Harringay Road is a true joy.

There is always someone to let the side down however:

Why ? What's it say anyway?!

Hey ho till next month me dears when we should be awash with Camellias

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The 'Delargo Towers' Garden - December

The end of another month and another year.

The equinox has past bringing with it the beginning of the end of winter.

The violas and pansies have just started to take off and are looking fab,

We have had a few frosts this month and with Jan and Feb to come I am sure we will get a few more.

Its so far so good with the Nicotiana.

Both the aserinas and the scented  leafed pelargonium seem perfectly happy.

We have started sowing seeds and putting the greenhouse to use.

Calendula, Salvia and Penstemon.

We loved the Agastache we grew from seed last year and hope to get it through the winter

My nephew's first ever cutting is doing well too.

This was our first year growing dahlias and they proved to be a real joy. 

Grown from seed, and with the move left in pots and sadly neglected,

 they have still produced a bumper crop of tubers.

All the ' Bishops Children ' have been wrapped up and put to bed.

Bulbs are sprouting and the bluebells rescued from the old garden are starting to show through.

Osteospermum -

Ragged, yes, but still doing their best to give a little colour.

All in all Doncaster Donny seems quite pleased.

There tiz then, me lovelies

Till next year.

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Random Divas - My kinda Woman

Hello me dears, the years all but over so here are a few more random divas to add to the list for 2014.

Grace Jones

Eve Arden

Frida Kahlo

Julie Andrews

Nina Hagen

Hedy Lamarr

Carole Lombard

Diana Dors 

Wallis Simpson

Angie Dickinson

Billie Holiday

Elaine Stritch as Super Ruth

Vivien Leigh

Margot Asquith

Elinor Glyn

and Hedy Lamar again

To Finish, the wonderful Violet Carson looking out over 60’s  Manchester

There tiz my lovelies,

All amazing women each in their own way.

Happy what ever and

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