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Hurtled to 60 and Now Beyond
http://hurtledto60.com/
General chit chat about my garden, other gardens, handicrafts and bits and bobs about life with photographs. Living life beyond cancer
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Hurtled to 60 and Beyond Blog
http://hurtlingtowards60.wordpress.com/
Sharing gardens, gardening, photographs and things that happen in the life of a woman who has hurtled to 60 and now looking to a future beyond
LATEST ARTICLES ( 423 )
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2018 Will Be A New Start
Watch this space! The new ‘Hurtled to 60’ blog will be unwrapped soon. After 4 months of my blog lying dormant, I am picking up the reigns again. 2018 is going... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
Book Review: Secret Gardens of East Angliap
"Go West young man, go West. There is health in the country, and room away from our crowds of idlers and imbeciles." – Josiah Bushell Grimmell After being... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
Trials in 2017 at Parham Gardens Nr Pulborough
I regularly follow Parham Gardens and head gardener Tom Brown @HeadGardenerTom on Twitter, so when not visiting the garden I manage to keep abreast of what... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
A Visit to the National Memorial Arboretum
On the way home from the garden holiday in the Peak District, we passed The National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield, Staffordshire and called in for a quick... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
A Garden Restoration Story with Saga Holidays
The 28th July was my birthday (66!!) and the start of my first Saga Holiday. A Garden Restoration Story, is a Saga solo holiday and I thought not only would be... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
In Memory of My Mum
My mum, Joan Mary Elizabeth, was born on the 12th April 1919 in Liverpool, the eldest daughter of Ernest and Alys Eckes. The above photo of Mum was taken by... Read more
Posted on 10 June 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
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Whilst The Bishop’s Palace Gardens, Wells, is well known, not many people know about the one in Chichester. It is tucked away off South Street, behind the... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
Parham Gardens on the Last Day of April
On Sunday 30 April, my friend and I dusted off our season ticket and paid a visit to Parham Gardens in Pulborough. We are lucky that it is only 20 minutes away... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – April 2017
There is a sense of nervousness around for gardeners at the moment. In the South East it has been very dry and my water butt, along with many others, is now... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
I’ve Gone a Little Daft About Dahlias
Is it my imagination or have dahlias come to the fore this year? They seem to have a lot of publicity appearing on garden programs and magazine articles, as wel... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
Tulips from Worthing
Unfortunately my plans to tick a visit to the Amsterdam Tulip fields off my list went awry this year. I have consoled myself with my tulips from Worthing. Read more
Posted on 09 April 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
End of Month View – March 2017
Gosh it’s been warm here on the south coast for the last week and really brought everything on. I checked back a couple of years and my End of Month View March... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
In a Vase on Monday – A Spring Posy
I think I may have said this before, but it is often only seeing posts by others that I suddenly notice the garden really does have variety of choice for... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
Look Up and Smell the Blossom
I’ve been so busy looking downwards, watching and waiting for the daffodils and now the tulips to burst into colour, I have almost missed the wonderful blossom... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
You Can Never Have Too Many Daffodils
Seeing swathes of yellow daffodils really lifts the heart! I drive to work on the A24 and it’s wonderful to see so many daffodils on the verges, and as I enter... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – March 2017
Oh what a delight it is seeing colour in the garden and to be able to take lots of photos for GBBD this 15th March 2017. We are experiencing a few mild days her... Read more
Posted on 15 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
A Tulip Surprise
It’s surprising what little it takes to produce the feeling of sheer delight together with some frustration on occasions. After growing just a few tulips in pot... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
Help! I’ve Made an Impluse Buy (again).
Generally my life is organized and I am a planner, however for some strange reason this doesn’t happen with my garden. I am an impulse buyer, frequently left... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
My Garden Right Now
When Michelle Chapman at Veg Plotting said she wanted to start a new on-line project asking us to show what our gardens are like the weekend of 4/5 March,... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME -
Me, My Camera and Macros
A few (!!) years ago I was given a Nikon DSLR camera for my 60th birthday. For months afterwards I took it everywhere with me, annoying the life out of... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME