It’s been an interesting ‘summer’ in the Museum Courtyard, what with the ongoing weeding, the depredations of the May gale, the miserable damp weather and the Installation by Keiko, which is the best thing to happen so far, because Keiko likes plants and has shown true respect for all the tiny things growing between the cobbles.
Which is more than can be said for a few brats…
She has even put protective bits of ballast and old roof tile around some that might otherwise have been trampled by careless feet coming to look at her work.
The feet purrobably weren’t doing the looking, it was much more likely the persons attached to same… Clarifications&Corrections R Us.
This sunny box under the wooden walkway suffered least from the wind and the lobelia and nasturtiums went a bit mad. But in a nice way.
These plastic ‘window’ boxes, probably kindly donated, are too small to hold their water and were very badly hit by the storm, just after planting. A bit stunted, but hanging in there. Watered regularly by Coull Deas MBE, fisherman retd age 86. Some kid!
Fishermen’s Association Pittenweem fishbox with rampant nasturtiums. The lobelia, alyssum and pansies got a bit swamped, but the bumblebees, hoverflies and butterflies love nasturtiums and Empress of India trails everywhere in an artistic sort of way.
The fenders, nets, kist, basket, ballast and rope look in keeping, but possibly not the watering can and wheelbarrow!
Just to round things off, here’s a gratuitous photo of Reaper’s sail, hoisted at a recent event in Newburgh, taken from the companionway.
That’s all verrra nice. And a sail is a sail is a sail. But could we have more boat next time, please? Priorities, you know.
Some people jist dinnae dae art! And some folk, not a million miles from this furry elbow, have senior moments and post a ‘new’ album on Facebook suddenly realise its an old album and there’s a frantic rush for the Delete button. This post will be highly repetetive to most of m’chums
Gorgeous photos, KC. Please tell your fpu that the flowers may be battered and torn but they still look good in the pictures to the casual observer. Fish boxes – right up your street, eh, K?
You may be the only one who hasn’t seen these before, Jill
We try very hard to not get Facebook and WordPress in a fankle, but this time – oh dearie dearie me…
Ha … welcome to the club.
Uncle Alzheimer
Dear Uncle,
Thank you.
Well as I BELIEVE we may have discussed on Coupon-novel, (geddit?) I like the fish boxes, very much.. My bog standard common or garden type Nastursiums managed to cope with the wild weather conditions on George St balcony, but the delightful cream, and equally lovely dark maroon ones gave us the ghost almost at once and curled up and died. I assume they were not quite as hardy being some fancy pancy hybrid T&M catalogue ones. The sweet peas on Crawford St ,being sheltered against a wall, survived, the ones on George St did not.
I’m thinking grasses next year.
And there endeth the flower report for Millport.
You’re so good they named you twice
I know, I know!!!
it’s amazing what some plants/flowers can cope with and still look stunning, fishboxes make great small raised beds, these look beautiful and cheery in a dismal summer, where as you on the east side have had a damp summer here on Lewis until the last couple of weeks have had a dry summer, still cold with lots of north and easterly winds,
I did a search for Keiko and it brings things into perspective when reminded of disasters like the Japan tsunami, our homes are still intact,
http://www.craftscotland.org/default.aspx.locid-cftnewki4.Lang-EN.htm
I felt sorry for farmers down near you who lost produce when their polytunnels were hit by the May storms,
KC this is not a repeat post for me as I’m not on facebook but does this mean I am missing some of your wisdom filled posts???? Frances
Not at all, Frances. I am not on Facebook, but my amanuensis is, so I feel more than a bit neglected. She is falling down on her duties. Marmers and I are miffed!