1) I'm bored with trying to think of interesting blog titles.
I was going to use the following title for this post; "The Days Are Getting Longer", but realise most readers would probably fall asleep, in the time it took to follow the link to the post. I may go down the road of Mr J.A-S and just use faintly ridiculous titles. I think it's a good idea, so I'm going to go with the surrealist titles from now on. Be warned.
2) I started this post without having much of an idea of what I was going to write about. Let us see what this evolves into.
The days are getting longer. It's still cold. The birds are making the sounds they make in spring. Talking of birds - I was amazed by the numbers that descended on our bird feeders when we had the snow. Fieldfares, redwings, jays, parakeets, spotted woodpecker, three robins at one time, coal tits, long-tailed tits, blue and great. Then there were the regulars too feral and wood pigeons, starlings, blackbirds and sparrows. People concerned about sparrows in gardens really shouldn't be. Nowadays gardens offer a great deal to a far more diverse range of bird species.
This time of year is a time when the gardener psyches him or herself up for the season ahead. Last minute shrub transplanting. Winter pruning. Seed ordering. What really gets me, is the heady excitement of having the new season creeping up on us. Last night I was thinking about my garden plans/business plans/ life in general from about 10.30pm to around 2am.
This is what happens to me at this time of year. It's not good because I just end up wandering around in a zombie-like trance for most of the following day. I wonder if other gardeners are like this, or is it just me?
I am seriously considering meeting the other UK garden bloggers at The Malvern Show. Looks like fun, and it would be great to meet some of the people I've commented to, or messaged.
The weather has been rather dull and grey, but it really is an important time of year to get planning and thinking ahead. The dullness now, also makes spring a lot more appealing.
Erm, I think that might be it. If you've read this far, you should be knighted.
Here are some pictures of January in my 'hood.
A few weeks ago in the snow. That's the tower at Crystal Palace in the distance.
The sunset this evening. Bit of a stunner.
5 comments:
Hahaha, I have got a draft blog entry entitled 'A Surreal Meaningless Title' but I haven't decided what to write in it yet. Great minds or lazy minds?
WV is 'shlog' which it is sometimes.
Rob, you must come to Malvern with us. I'm the same with the late-night musing thing. Sometimes I actually get upstairs, then remember that there was an article about something in a gardening magazine, or a chapter in a book that I have to read right now, and go all the way downstairs again.
Ms B. Lazy Minds, probably.
Victoria. It's looking very likely that I'll be heading to Malvern, and making a weekend of it.
Thank you for mentioning the musing. As a newcomer to this malarky, I found myself laying in bed planning, something I haven't done since my youth when I needed to try and outsmart my Father with regard to whether or not I broke the apple tree branch by swinging on it.
I thought it was my solitary madness, but no! It seems there's load of us up to it!
*collects damehood*
So glad you're thinking of joining us at Malvern :)
Sadly, I find thinking of surreal blog titles even more difficult than boring ones. How does he do it? Good luck!
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