You’d think they would be keen to sell things that way, now that visiting nurseries in person is out. There in front of me was a book I had been looking for, for over 5 years! In the chapter titled “Dulce Domum,” Mole remembers the old home from which he departed in the middle of spring cleaning to seek wider horizons. Welcome to my world: digging, harvesting and other stuff, when literature and travel meet at the cul-de-sac, A tour of the natural rock and gem beauty British Columbia has to offer, Notes on Seeing, Reading & Writing, Living & Loving in The North, This WordPress.com site is Pacific War era information, Mental meanderings of philosophical provocateurs, Celebrating gardens, photography and a creative life, The musings of a Londoner, now living in Norfolk, Erik Kwakkel blogging about medieval manuscripts, WRITING LESBIAN FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION, AND FANTASY, SINCE THE 20TH CENTURY, Exploring our connection to the wider world, The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies - Gertrude Jekyll, Writing tales of then and now and the in-between. It's time to throw responsibility out the window and let Hedonism in the door:)!!! I think we tend to only refer to one or 'trusty' books as a guide but it's still nice to have the others to have a flick through now and again! Paperbacks and thrillers etc are easy to let go but I have now reached the area of “old books”. Yes, I can see the sense in that way of thinking! I was surprised to read that cars had radios in the 1930s, and it appears that a certain type of book was called a “murder mystery” even in that pre-World War II era. In the preface to the Bed-Book, Allen Lacy describes him as “…a congenial soul with a good sense of humor and a well-furnished mind and the manners of a gentleman…” Wright’s garden was in the Silvermine area of Connecticut, a place he called “Sun House.” It must have been quite large, with space for luxuries such as nursery beds and those desirable features of great gardens, stone walls. I found myself wanting to press a “Like” button and write comments! Eirlys we are de-cluttering too - I am slowly taking bits and pieces to the local Dogs Trust Charity shop - and books are on the list - I have 3 large bookcases full and books on shelves held up with bookends and books on top shelves in wardrobes - gardening books - wildlife books - travel books - you get the drift - Jane. Most of the essays, as expected, are about gardening. In the Day Book, Mr. Wright’s advice for March 30th is “Roll and rake the lawn.” This got me wondering why anyone would do that (aside from preparing an area for seeding a new lawn). Like many books about gardening, they are based on the calendar, with a short essay for every day of the year and a longer one at the end of each month.