Rupert Owen's Blog, page 4
July 8, 2020
Un deg tri
The word “possessiveness” possesses far too many s’s.“I must” is the beginning of a procrastinator’s ambitions, proceeded by “someday”. Collect more wild strawberries for wine must.Bureaucracy was formed a long, long, long time ago and goes back a long, long, long way …Only extreme laziness will do.Next wine must; gooseberry and pineapple weed.Seed bistort, shepherds purse and caraway. Only the rain will stop Covid-19 spikes.
June 24, 2020
Un deg dau
A bit miffed Tim Brooke-Taylor didn’t get a proper media send-off. Continue cutting out mantelpiece for Hobbit. Firmer stake for Fuchsia Boliviana.Pick wild strawberries and salad burnet for wine batch.Collect ragged robin seeds.“One morning I got up feeling out of sorts, sad, and worn out with idleness, and with what seemed to me a compelling urge to do something extraordinary, to perform some brilliant deed. And I opened the window – alas!” – Charles Baudelaire “The Bad Glazier”. Personally, I...
June 13, 2020
Un deg un
Continue to combat intractable Chinese Gooseberry shoots. Plant out remainder of cinnamon basil.Capture cast swarm, soon as Nuc is back.Rule of screw: there is inevitably one screw that refuses unscrewing. Usually, the last and final one.Plant out Jacob’s Ladder. Fix Wellies leak.
May 31, 2020
Deg
Propagate Honeyberries.Everything appears to be an irritant. Trying can be very trying at times.Silver linings have become the new black.The use of the word “strange” in the on-trend phrase “In these strange times” is markedly misapplied. When used I can’t but help hear it said in Leonard Nimoy’s voice. Water seedlings. Dirt bikes in the countryside remind me of why cities are built.
