up the garden path

great excitment this morning, arrival of a big lorry

carefully, carefully, inbetween the tree and the signpost

impressive!
stones into the wheelbarrow and onto the path, you know the one I've been able to see in my minds eye for about five years

they look darker because they're still covered in wet sand

ta da!! I'm away for a walk up the garden path.

for Peppylady

Peppylady mentioned she liked a primula photograph I had posted. I don't remember which one now so here is a selection.
Primula vulgaris, cowslip
double red
I forget this one, its either 'bulleyana' or beesiana'
unnamed
Primula vialii
Primula auricula 'Matilda Baker'
unnamed
Primula 'Pettycoats'
Primula 'Marie Crouse'

lost name

on the road

I took these on the way to Lochgoilhead on Tuesday
they are all taken from the same place
the sun and clouds racing over and changing from second to second
the road down I didn't recognise
but I drove back in the moonlight without thinking for a while, and then laughed out loud. I know this road, I've driven it so often, just not for a long time. and I missed it too.

autumn tidy

the greenhouse has been swept out and furniture moved around. I placed some flowering pots in there to see if they will keep flowering for longer now the nights are getting chilly and some days are outright miserable.

Kathatkali

I travelled to Lochgoilhead yesterday to see this performance.

The Kala Cheena Kathakali Company perform Hima Sundari

Hima Sundari is in the garden thinking about how she was born a princess and is now a servant in her own palace. She is deeply sad with nobody to tell of her tragic life until she meets a Prince while gathering flowers in the Palace garden.

The Price and Hima Sundari

She tells him that her stepmother killed her parents and is trying to kill her. The Prince begs her to leave with him , but afraid of the Queen , she refuses, telling him to forget her. He vows to return to release her from her stepmothers evil domination.

The Evil Queen

The Queen is in the palace reflecting on her good looks when she notices her beauty is fading. She asks the lake"Who is the most beautiful?" "The Princess" is the reply! She vows to kill the princess and calls for her sevant to kill her then bring back her heart as evidence.

The Evil Servant

The young girl is caught by the servant and pleads for her life.

The Evil Servant and Hima Sundari

Realising the Queen is evil he relaeases her then takes the heart of a deer to the Queen. She rewards him with a garland of flowers. The lake continues to tell her that the Princess is the most beautiful so the Queen vows to kill her personally.

Hima Sundari and the Evil Queen in disguise

The Queen, in disguise, enters the forest carrying the venom of a snake. Finding the home where Hima Sundari has found sanctuary she invites her to take a walk but Hima Sundari refuses. Eventually the Queeen tempts her with fruit to come outside. Hima Sundari eats the poisoned fruit and falls to the ground. The Queen changes back into her arrogant character and rejoices.

The Prince searching for his Princess

The Prince is sleeping in his palace thinking of his beloved. Awaking he rellises he has been dreaming and begins to search for the Princess.

After years of searching he sees vultures flying over the lifeless body of the Princess beign cared for by animals. Elephants taking water from the river for her and peacocks spreading their tails to keep her cool.

He covers her with flower petals. Overcome with grief he turns to leave then miraculously the scent of the flowers wakes her up, bringing them together again.

The Prince and Pricess leave together

The Queen and her servant attack the couple, the Prince kills the Queen and is about to kill the servant when the Princess begs for lenicancy. The servant is realeased and they leave to make a new life together.

book tag!

I have been tagged by Kati to answer these questions about books.

1.One book that changed my life
Women Who Love too Much, forgotten the author and its currently lent out to a friend in need. We need to learn not to let the world walk over us, over and over again!
2.One book I have read more than once
I have read every book I own more than once, and I'm just working my way round the library.
3.One book I'd want to have on a desert island
A dictionary
4.One book that made me laugh
The Works, selected poems by Pam Ayers.
5.One book that made me cry
A Scots Quair, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, which is three books bound into one volume, I suddenly realise I am near the end and start to cry, reading the last pages through a blur.
6.One book I wish had been written
A book of really working magical spells that do your housework
7.One book I wish had never been written
don't know
8.One book I am currently reading
Winters Heart, book 9 of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I read a lot of fiction fantasy, I like to escape the drudgery of this world.
9.One book I have been meaning to read
The next book in the series of Wheel of Time.

Books are an important part of my life, for learning and sharing.

more Kilmartin photo's

its a good day

really nice weather today, carrots, little turnips and a few beetroot harvested. note the round lid showing I picked more weeds than veg!!

not supermarket worthy, but worth much more to me.

the courgette still sending up flowers into the sunshine.
I have cleared a million spiders from their greenhouse haven, they will probably sneak back in later when they are sure I have stopped sweeping. I have taken some still flowering pot plants into the greenhouse to keep them going a bit longer. the weather is surprisingly warm for October but nights are chilly. I have a new sheet of glass to replace one broken roof pane but I will need to recruit somebody tall to help.

hide and seek

the tree sprites are playing hide and seek round Kilmartin
ready or not. . . .
be careful not to fall into this 2000BC burial tomb, its part of a cairn
Nether Largie South Cairn, a burial chamber(megalithic chambered tomb) believed to date back to 3000BC.

Inverary

driving up to Kilmartin on Saturday morning, we stoppped at Inverary for a break. Hazel and Tara were pleased the car seems to have found its 'inner healing', long may it last!
the water was amazingly calm
even though there are dark clouds the day remained dry and warm enough to go for a walk in the afternoon without a jacket on.