Friday, 27 May 2016

Thursday, 26 May 2016

Sweet Caress

Boyd, W. (2015). Sweet Caress. London: Bloomsbury.

However long your stay on this planet lasts, and whatever happens during it, the most important thing is that - from time to time - you feel life's sweet caress.

Amory Clay's life in Berlin, London, NY, Paris, Vietnam, Scotland - loves, and end of life is the story. Dr Anne started reading at Aberdeen Airport on her way to the Chelsea Flower Show and finished it an hour after she arrived home. (She was delayed at Heathrow for three hours.)  She turned the pages.  

It wasn't as good as Restless, Ordinary Thunderstorms and Waiting for Sunrise.  She awards 6/10.

The Best Product

Favourite Floral Arrangements and a wonderful Tunnel









Anne's Favourite

Dr Anne loved this one.  ORANGE














The Pavilion




The South African Display





The Belmond




Birmingham City Council






The sculptures in the eye of the needle was amazing.

The Band Stand and Pimms

Dr Anne met up with friends SS and MH this week. They headed off to the Chelsea Flower Show.  It was their first visit so Dr Anne showed them the ropes then meeting up every two hours for drinks and food.


It was a jazz singer at the bandstand.


The Show Gardens

This year Dr Anne is putting up the pictures of the show gardens that she liked.  They are a difficult category as they are always so busy and really difficult to judge.


The  Chelsea Barracks Garden - Gold

It is the nearest to Dr Anne's idea of a garden.  





St John's Hospice - A Modern Apothecary - Silver Gilt


Th Winton Beauty of Mathematics Garden - Silver Gilt





The Harrods British Eccentrics Garden - Silver Gilt




L'Occitane Garden - Gold





The Hartley Botanic Garden - Silver Gilt


God's Own Country - A Garden for Yorkshire - silver


The Watahan East and West Garden - silver








The Poppies



The Fresh Gardens



The Akzo Nobel Honeysuckle Blues Garden - Silver Gilt


The Imperial Garden - Revive - Silver

The complex relationships between Russia, Ukraine and the U.K. Theme is lace.




World Vision's garden symbolising the journey of life - Silver Gilt

After the dak, there can be light.





The Garden of Potental - Silver Gilt

Rugged Icelandic landscapes, a Buddhist sense of oneness, a Venetian architect


The Modern Slavery Garden - Gold

At the back of doors there is darkness.


The Marble and Granite Centre - Antithesis of Sarcophagi - Gold 

A garden snide out. Spy holes to look through.