tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040263296279181432.post7013117726402951880..comments2024-03-27T07:56:57.000+00:00Comments on Country Ways and Cottage Days: Folklore ~ Photographs ~ A Summer Storm a Comin' In ~Rustic Pumpkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335714529878600216noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040263296279181432.post-86686104641870321342014-08-14T06:45:52.001+00:002014-08-14T06:45:52.001+00:00It is so lovely to see you return Julie Marie ~ Oh...It is so lovely to see you return Julie Marie ~ Oh, excited for Autumn is an understatement indeed ~ Powis Castle is featured in the latest Victoria, and that is the castle where my late Daddy was a gamekeeper! Waving ~~~Rustic Pumpkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335714529878600216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040263296279181432.post-20450798091701816042014-08-13T16:21:40.725+00:002014-08-13T16:21:40.725+00:00Hello dear Deborah... sooo good to hear from you t...Hello dear Deborah... sooo good to hear from you too!... I have enjoyed catching up on your posts... your photos are just stunning!... sounds like you are as excited as I am for Autumn... such a glorious time of year. I especially love love love your photo of your homemade jams and bottles of herbs along with your fresh veggies... I just bought the new issue of Victoria magazine... it is the English edition and lots on Wales!... xoxo Julie Marie Julie Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351116606101921159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040263296279181432.post-44622270700787198822014-08-11T11:56:12.185+00:002014-08-11T11:56:12.185+00:00Rust and black spot are a scourge! I lost my holly...Rust and black spot are a scourge! I lost my hollyhock and must start over again. You certainly got some bargains there, and I love a bargain! Who doesn't? Enjoy your blog reading catching up! Waving ~~~Deborah Shire Gardenerhttp://a-garden-intheshire.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040263296279181432.post-5255649221104708702014-08-10T19:44:02.873+00:002014-08-10T19:44:02.873+00:00I'm just getting caught up in my Blog reading....I'm just getting caught up in my Blog reading. I've been doing a lot of weeding, deadheading and planting in my garden this past week. This is the time of year our home improvement store marks down plants. I bought 3 Delphinium that were originally $20 each for $3 each and a $29 rose bush for $5! They all look perfectly healthy to me--at least as good as my plants in my garden look. My Hollyhock has rust :-( and my new climbing rose has black spot. I really hate to use chemicals, so I've always let the bugs and diseases have their way if pinching doesn't work. But I think I need to start doing some reading and see what I can do about these unsightly problems. Your garden is lovely as always. I love your photos!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103364860587388726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040263296279181432.post-43667446331944648372014-08-09T08:32:21.920+00:002014-08-09T08:32:21.920+00:00Good Morning Dawn ~~~ I'm shuddering at the th...Good Morning Dawn ~~~ I'm shuddering at the thought of that mattress! Isn't it interesting though, where commonplace sayings originate? Thank you for these! <br />I'm wondering if your anemones are like the ones I lost? Small, closer to the ground ~ for these Japanese Wind ones are quite tall, around three and a half to four foot in height. Waving ~~~Deborah Shire Gardenerhttp://a-garden-intheshire.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040263296279181432.post-23157980089743272952014-08-09T08:29:02.211+00:002014-08-09T08:29:02.211+00:00Hello Donna! No, I have never dried them. I just...Hello Donna! No, I have never dried them. I just leave them for the birds in Winter. Oh, I have to take many, many photographs to get one viable image, they are not easy to capture at all! Waving ~~~Deborah Shire Gardenerhttp://a-garden-intheshire.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040263296279181432.post-31533993186218754392014-08-09T08:26:46.504+00:002014-08-09T08:26:46.504+00:00Why, thank you Karen! Have you visited my other b...Why, thank you Karen! Have you visited my other blogs? No, I have not done anything with the rosehips, I leave them for the birds as winter treats ~ a small reward for the pleasure they bring visiting the Garden in the cold, dark months. Waving ~~~Deborah Shire Gardenerhttp://a-garden-intheshire.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040263296279181432.post-37560371028956909082014-08-08T20:22:08.337+00:002014-08-08T20:22:08.337+00:00Hi Debs! Each year, when I took my young students ...Hi Debs! Each year, when I took my young students to visit a living history museum, they were surprised to learn the meaning of two very common sayings… "Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite" comes from the days of rope beds, which had to be tightened with a special tool so that the mattress wouldn't sag. The mattress was like a huge pillowcase stuffed with corn leaves, grass, etc. and often tiny creatures would jump in! Every day in class, we would talk about 'Upper Case and Lower Case' letters. In the old print shop, printers stored the capital letters in the top case and the small letters in the lower case, so that they could find them quickly to set the type. It's such fun to discover the real meanings behind our common sayings! <br />It was so lovely to walk through your garden today. Your foxglove is gorgeous! My anemones bloom in early Spring. I'm so happy to learn that other varieties bloom late in the summer garden. Hope I can find some! I love the delicate dance they do in the gentle breeze! Sending wishes for a safe weekend, Debs. Hope the wild weather stays far away!Dawnhttp://petalspapersimplethymes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040263296279181432.post-11226859837297225122014-08-08T19:07:55.117+00:002014-08-08T19:07:55.117+00:00What a lovely tour of your beautiful garden! Have...What a lovely tour of your beautiful garden! Have you ever dried/harvested your rosehips for tea? And, that hoverfly is beautiful! It amazes me how these little garden visitors "sit" for you! Thank you for sharing them with us! ~ Donna E. =)Donna E. @ My Wells of Fancynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040263296279181432.post-25041495417196481802014-08-08T19:04:34.660+00:002014-08-08T19:04:34.660+00:00Debs, I feel like I've been to the English/Wal...Debs, I feel like I've been to the English/Wales countryside when I visit your blog! I love your photos....so pretty and stunning in every way! I would never have known that those were butterfly eggs if I saw them on my plants! Do you do something with the rose hips? I always thought you were supposed to deadhead once the blooms were gone? I know of no little sayings to share....hmmm? I'm sure something will come to me after I'm done here. Thank you for such a wonderful treat today! xoxo....KarenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17270893263541848807noreply@blogger.com