‘Those we miss you’ll surely pardon…?’
‘How many kinds of sweet flowers grow in an English Country Garden?’ Who’d have thought I’d manage to squeeze in a visit to an Open Garden on my recent UK trip! Sleightholmedale Lodge, near Kirby Moorside, had a lovely hillside location. And cake! But I stoutly resisted. ‘
As usual, Debbie has the market cornered on six words. Why not join in? Wishing you a happy Saturday!
restlessjo 
So beautiful! This year I became a volunteer for the National Garden Scheme and have really enjoyed seeing all the different gardens. I love places like this.
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There are so many lovely gardens throughout the UK. We spent many happy hours visiting when we lived there. 🙂 🙂
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Gorgeous Jo – but remember what they say – the women on the Titanic wished they’d eaten dessert 🙂
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I was chastised by Mari for ruining her diet, Tina, so I’m a reformed woman. Till tomorrow 😉🍰🍩💕
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Such a beautiful English country garden, Jo. 😍
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I know! It was lovely to be back in the cool for a little while, Ad 🤗💕
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I’m sure it was. 😘
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Oh my God, how wonderful this garden is, a little wild, beautifully flowered, a marvel
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Not Monet’s Giverny, but a very lovely family home on the Yorkshire Moors 🙂 🙂 i enjoyed it.
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maybe a “current” painter could come and put his easel there?
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Beautiful, even at the end of summer.
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Faded glory, Carol, and a lot of work for someone. 🙂 🙂
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The flowers are so beautiful this time of year.
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A last gasp before Autumn. 🙂 🙂 Love the golds!
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Oh to walk in this garden at Sleightholmedale Lodge! Thank you for taking me there virtually. Sorry that you missed the cake but glad to read above that you will still allow yourself to be naughty on Mondays ;-). I have been saying ‘yes’ to cake too often these days and it shows (in my growing waist and large smile on my face ;-0)
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I have to keep walking to use up the calories, Lisa. There is no end in sight 😕🍰💮🍩💕
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Beautifully filling and no calories at all. Perfect!
janet
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Mari told me off for an excess of calories, Janet, but I expect I’ll still be naughty on Mondays 😏🍰💮🍩🌻💕
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I have no doubt you will. 🤭😉
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Nothing like a garden!
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Nothing like mine. That’s for sure 😘💕
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A lovely treat for us to see; better than cake any day. And I am not at all surprised you managed to fit in an open garden visit. If anyone can fit things in, you can. You are amazing.
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Thanks darlin! We’d been invited out for Sunday lunch. The weather was changeable but I couldn’t resist a little slice of English country living 🤗🥀🌻💮💕
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The garden looks lovely and well done on resisting the cake. I am not sure I would have been as strong-willed as you!!
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What surprised me, Peter, was that my husband resisted too. Must have been the big Sunday lunch we’d just eaten. 😏🥧🍰🍩💕
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Oooops, Sleightholmedale….
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SleightHolme head looks lovely, Jo….
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It was a magnificent estate, Sue. A bit of a handful to upkeep I imagine. I always enjoy a look at how the other half live but a lot of hard work involved too. 🤗🐛🥀🌻💕
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Yes, always interesting to see how others live, Jo!
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Gorgeous colors!
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End of an English summer, Jill. Hope things are safe now in your part of the world? 🤗💕
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Superb flowers 👌👌 👌 Jo and a lovely presentation
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Many thanks, darlin! Happy weekend 🤗🏵️💮🌻💕
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Welcome 😊😊 😊 Jo and same to you too.
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Lovely Jo 😀 hope your weekend is going great
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Another lovely day here, Brian. Just back from t’ai chi and catching a breeze on the roof terrace. How about you? 🤗💕
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It has been horrible here. Bushfires, windy bringing in dust from farmland to the west combined with smoke and Summer temperatures is not pleasant. Other than that I have been fine and looking forward to a lovely Sunday 😘💕
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Never an ill wind, they say 😣
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Today is a bit better but I have sore itchy eyes and blocked sinus. Thinking of staying indoors 🤧😢
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No fun! 😦
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No and Sunday hasn’t been any better. An inside day today
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How gorgeous! Such beautiful colour!
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Everything was starting to die back but just a few specimens were shouting out for applause, Lisa 😘🏵️🥀💮🌻💕
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Well I just HAD to find that song on YouTube didn’t I? I was brought up with the radio – we didn’t have a tv until I was 11 – and when I was a kid that song by Jimmie Rodgers was one of my favourites 🙂 Lovely photos and lovely flowers with such gorgeous colours 🙂
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Nice to make someone happy on a Saturday, Eunice. 🙂 🙂 The garden was huge and past it’s best but I found a few treasures for you.
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Thanks Jo. Now I have got the song running through my head on a continuous loop!
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You’re welcome, Andrew! Be thankful it’s not It’s a small world 🙂 🙂 Happy hols!
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What’s this? You resisted cake? Why? Lovely garden though. Perhaps feeding the soul is enough.
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I’d just had an enormous Sunday lunch with friends in Thornton-le-Beans, Margaret. (and Mari has threatened to boycott me because I keep wrecking her diet 🙂 )
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Ah well. Friends come before cake (usually ….)
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Always… 🙂 🙂 (except on Mondays)
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Feeding the soul has to be good!
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