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Art Vandelay's avatar

Pegging out washing, hearing a steady hum from diligent bees enjoying the profusion of blossom on our raspberry canes.

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Cathryn Thompson's avatar

What a gorgeous cover Lia! We’ve had a couple of evening wanders on the moors, glad to see skylarks and curlews overhead. And an unexpected moorland cow that sniffed my leg and startled me into an ankle deep bog.

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Anne's avatar

Love the concept of an unexpected moorland cow 😄 Less keen on the ankle deep bog…

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Cathryn Thompson's avatar

There’s usually sheep up there, never seen a cow before. I had very wet feet!

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Helen Jane Campbell's avatar

I feel as though I can smell those delicious tomato leaves and sweetpeas in your photos, yummy!

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Amy's avatar

A walk on a long empty beach with my husband, step daughter and her partner. Never too grown up to skim stones* and paddle in rock pools. And our dog was happy to find some disgusting things to roll in. Love this time of year 🌞. Enjoying the orchids that are now popping up everywhere too. Happy Friday folks.

*Not me - I'm a hopeless stone skimmer 😁.

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Maria Totman's avatar

the cover for your new book is enchanting . what a delight to look at . I will certainly buy one to enjoy forest folktales and songs

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Wendy Turner's avatar

I love the new cover Lia - a week of wonderful reveals for you! Here the garden is full of primping ballerinas, with the peonies and roses jostling for attention.

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Sue Armstrong's avatar

Have a lovely holiday Lia - and bravo on the sweet peas and tomatoes. Mine are far from that stage but I live in hopes! We are off to Tiree tomorrow - my other happy place I couldn’t go to last year because of my BC. This will be such a homecoming!

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Su's avatar

Fabulous Isle I am off there for the Sea Change Women's Film Festival in September enjoy !!!

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Sue Armstrong's avatar

Wow! That’s amazing Su - I was just reading the poster advertising that. The film studio is a new thing to us on Tiree ( we’ve not been for over a year) and great things seem to be happening there with workshops, screenings, festivals and teaching skills. Lovely stuff - hope you enjoy it! We’ve been going to Tiree yearly for 25 years and never tire of it xx

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Mo's avatar

Enjoy!

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Anne's avatar

Have a fantastic trip Sue!

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Rosamund Saunders's avatar

I went to check the tiny apricot that is the first fruit on the tree from a stone. It dropped into my hand and I ate it.

Sam Cannon’s cover artwork is perfect.

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NICOLA PURCICOE's avatar

my apricot tree that i grew from a stone had 3 this year, 2 of which were taken by birds but 1 is still clinging on.

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Mo's avatar

oh wow! homegrown apricot!

My farmer friend has the first ever peaches on the tree he grew from seed, 3 of them , tiny and very furry.

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Rosamund Saunders's avatar

Wow how lovely

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Anne's avatar

And that Almanac cover is so beautiful Lia. Have a great holiday!

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Tracy Coward's avatar

That cover is really beautiful Lia.

The roses and philadephus are in beautiful full bloom, I can never resist bringing some into the house, even though I then spend days gathering up fallen petals. And joy of joys, A level season is over in our house!

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The Rebel Stargazer's avatar

Watching that extra special low lazy strawberry/mead/honey/rose moon rising over the London skyline, over the Dockland buildings, not a sight I see every year. For a moment, the skyscrapers of the city become like the megaliths of old, and I realise...if you find the perfect spot, anywhere could potentially become a place where the heavens and earth align just right.

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Anne's avatar

Just enough ripe strawberries in my tiny strawberry patch for me to eat every day with my breakfast.

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Claire Amritavani Brown's avatar

Im growing peas and they are flowering. Beautiful cover.

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Sarah's avatar

What a beautiful cover 😍 such gorgeous colours!

I've been harvesting blackcurrants almost every day this week (they're early this year). Their tart sweetness is delicious with some Greek yoghurt in the morning.

The apple tree is laden with so many small fruits, I've been thinning out the smallest ones to make more room, though quite a few have fallen into the grass underneath.

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Leti Hawthorn's avatar

Being in southern Spain we are treated to lemons falling, literally, into our laps! Lemon on fish and avocados, chunks in sparkling water…

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bristolian abroad's avatar

Beautiful cover to it!! Look forward to British woodlands, dells, groves, trees and copses....

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