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Erica James 🇺🇦🙏💙💛

@TheEricaJames

2 years

I know we all have different tastes and opinions when it comes to gardens, but my oldest friend told me the other day that she didn't like mine, that it was too busy. I'll be honest, I'm still smarting at the comment!

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Anyone else think dancing to tv themes hasn't really worked? #Strictly

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@TheEricaJames

9 months

My achievement this weekend was to finish this embroidery which was somewhat challenging with my 'old lady eyes' but I got there in the end.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Some early morning lushness from my garden to thank everyone for the many comments yesterday, and for all new followers. Sorry I can't reply to everyone, but I've never received such a deluge of likes and replies. Happy gardening!

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@TheEricaJames

3 months

Having never crocheted more than basic granny squares to make throws previously, here's my first attempt at a crocheted cardie. I didn't have a pattern, so made it up as I went along.

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@TheEricaJames

6 months

Miserably wet and windy here, so I've made mince pies. There was an unopened jar leftover from Christmas, so why not?

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@TheEricaJames

3 years

Just had a bit of an 'eek!' moment in the garden when the compost in a small seedling pot looked like it was moving only then for a toad to emerge from beneath the surface!

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@TheEricaJames

10 months

Made it to the end of #MrBatesVsThePostOffice and then quietly sobbed. Well done to @ITV and all who made this series happen to highlight the extent of the injustice caused to so many innocent people. Bravo to Alan Bates! #PostOfficeScandal

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Erica James 🇺🇦🙏💙💛

@TheEricaJames

6 years

Latest knitting project now completed - another Fair Isle cardie of my own devising. Feeling pretty chuffed with this one.

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@TheEricaJames

10 months

This has to be one of the most important dramas @ITV has made in a very long. #MrBatesVsThePostOffice #PostOfficeScandal

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

Two years ago today I moved to my new house and the first photo shows the garden as it was then in 2018, overgrown and unloved, and then now 2020 ...

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

Don’t tell my neighbours, but I’m sitting in my garden wearing my pyjamas after a bath, drinking tea and eating After Eight Mints. Now that’s a Friday night for you!

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Erica James 🇺🇦🙏💙💛

@TheEricaJames

2 years

Hello @GardensHour thanks for hosting another #GardensHour here's a view of my garden which never fails to make me feel happy.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Hello @GardensHour that time of the week again and so soon! Thank you for hosting and helping to share the love of gardening. #GardensHour

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Imagine turning up at Westminster Hall after queuing for twelve-hours and finding that you're paying your respects with the Queen's children keeping vigil. What a moment in history! #TheQueue #TheVigil

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

As Monday morning views go, this one from my kitchen is not too shabby at all.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

BIG NEWS! With Japan finally lifting the last of its Covid restrictions I'm going to see my youngest son in Tokyo in November. It's 3 yrs since I last saw him and I'm like a dog with two tails I'm so excited!

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

@Rachelhore @RebelsAnimal @waitrose The waste makes my blood boil when so many people are struggling to feed their families.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

For anyone contemplating making the journey for the Lying-in-State, I can say it’s absolutely worth it. It took me six and a half hours, but I shall never forget the day.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

I can't get it out of my head how the Queen had the strength and willingness to carry out her duties right to the end when she met with Boris and then Liz Truss just a few days before her death.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Hello followers new and old! I'm offering a signed copy of my latest book #MothersAndDaughters to win for this coming Bank Holiday Weekend! Just RT this post, making sure you follow me and I'll pick a winner at random Wednesday evening, that's tomorrow. Good luck!

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Erica James 🇺🇦🙏💙💛

@TheEricaJames

4 years

I've been deliberately out of the news and social media loop since Friday evening and have enjoyed an uplifting weekend of gardening and beautiful weather.

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Erica James 🇺🇦🙏💙💛

@TheEricaJames

4 years

Nicely done ...

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@Peter___Ward

4 years

There aren’t many ways to pay our respects legally at the moment, this however, is amazing. Well done all those taxi drivers, losing money, and still they come out to mark this somber time of mourning. #RIPPrincePhillip

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@TheEricaJames

1 year

Big excitement for me, I won first prize in the handicrafts category at the village show today for my sweater which I designed and knitted. I also snatched a couple of thirds and a second place. Tickled pink!

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Hello @GardensHour here's some bright and sunny foxgloves for tonight's #GardensHour

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

I know delphiniums can flower for a second time but I did not expect to see this beauty in my garden in the middle of October!

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

The grass and edges have been cut and the tablecloth made a long awaited appearance in the garden for a read with tea and biscuits. I call that a perfect Sunday afternoon!

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Hello @GardensHour in answer to your question, the thing that's brought me the most joy in the last week of ferocious heat is the cool shade of the courtyard area of my garden. #GardensHour

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Those young coffin bearers did an amazing job, I was so worried for them.

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

Thanks to @darrenlakin2 and @AdvollyR and #GardenersWorld for inspiring me, and to my builder for making it, I now have an Auricula theatre!

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

I woke to this outside my bedroom window this morning, it's like a scene from Dr Zhivago! #Snow

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Just very discreetly flagging up here that my 25th novel will be published two weeks today ... #JustSaying #ASecretGardenAffair

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@TheEricaJames

3 years

It has become something of a tradition for me, a cheese and onion crisp sandwich on publication day, there's nothing better! And yes, it has to be soft white bread.

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

If anyone needs a cool and shady spot, I have this space available ...

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Erica James 🇺🇦🙏💙💛

@TheEricaJames

4 years

My latest knitting project - my Lockdown Sweater - as it will forever be known - is now ready to wear.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

I'm properly wrung out after all that and I can't imagine how the Royal Family have endured the day, what stoicism and resolve. They must be so ready for some quiet time away from the cameras. #thequeensfuneral #WindsorCastle

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Erica James 🇺🇦🙏💙💛

@TheEricaJames

3 years

Another weekend gone and another knitting project completed. This one I designed myself and I wasn't sure I liked it until it was finished. I've decided I do!

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@TheEricaJames

3 years

I really, really, really hate taking selfies, but what's a girl to do when the smart-as-paint hardbacks of her new book have arrived? Thank you @HQstories for the surprise! #MothersAndDaughters

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@TheEricaJames

7 months

How brave #ThePrincessOfWales was in her announcement, I hope all those who were so unkind before are now hanging their heads in shame.

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

Cause for a small celebration ... the manuscript of my 24th novel has now left the house! Meanwhile, and because I'm old school, my paper copy resides inside these two red files.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

It's a rainy ol' day here in Suffolk this morning, but yesterday was lovely with plenty of sunshine and autumn colour in my garden.

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Erica James 🇺🇦🙏💙💛

@TheEricaJames

4 years

Looking lush ... The garden, not me!

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

I thought we might have a light dusting here in Suffolk, but this looks very like proper snow to me! #snowinginsuffolk

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

If you're brave enough try watching this again ...

Charlie Proctor

@MonarchyUK

2 years

Kirsty Young delivers an emotional monologue as she signs off the BBC’s eleven days of coverage. “She made history, she was history. Queen Elizabeth II has gone, but she will surely never be forgotten.”

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

The end of an era and the loss of a remarkable woman who devoted herself to serving our country.

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

I've had a pot delivery! I already own a few of these beautiful pots, but there's no harm in adding to the collection, is there?

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Erica James 🇺🇦🙏💙💛

@TheEricaJames

4 years

My first time joining in with #GardensHour will this mixed border do @GardensHour ?

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@TheEricaJames

9 months

I spy with my beady little cataract-free eye, birthday flowers! Yep, I've clocked up another year and can definitely now see more laughter lines on my face! 😆

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Erica James 🇺🇦🙏💙💛

@TheEricaJames

5 years

Off to work in my lovely new summerhouse, which I'm thinking of opening as the village tea room!

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Erica James 🇺🇦🙏💙💛

@TheEricaJames

3 years

It's official, I skived off work today and went to Felixstowe for a fish and chip lunch on the pier. My first meal out at a restaurant since last summer and it was fabulous!

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

@PhotoMel328 Wow, the bees and butterflies must be in heaven in your garden!

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

I know that letting your lawn grow to resemble a wild meadow is all the rage now, but I'm a sucker for an old fashioned stripy lawn.

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

Hurrah, it's my birthday and the sun is shining! Better still, for elevenses I'm enjoying a slice of Christmas cake kept specially for the occasion. I've also enjoyed a lovely chat with my youngest son in Tokyo, so I'm a happy birthday girl.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Wish me luck, I’m on my way to London for the Lying-in-State!

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Time for homemade mince pies and the Christmas crockery and seasonal tea cosy to make an appearance!

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

What a heartbreakingly sad image ...

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

After all the palaver of a cancelled and then a delayed flight, I can report that Christmas with my grandchildren in LA is off to a fantastic start. Thank you to everyone who crossed their fingers that I would make it here. X

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@TheEricaJames

10 months

Still thinking about the dire first episode of #MurderIsEasy and my conclusion is that the wonderful Penelope Wilton would make an excellent Miss Marple for any future 'proper' Agatha Christie adaptations.

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@TheEricaJames

12 days

Autumn in my courtyard of acers and hydrangeas ...

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Hello @GardensHour Can anyone put me out of my misery and tell me what this huge plant with white flowers is in my garden? I planted it three years ago and each year I cut it right back down to the ground and it comes back over 6' tall the next year. #gardenshour

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

It was much too cold to go for a walk today, so I stayed in and messed about with my dolls house. I added a new floor to the hall, put in the stair carpets, put up curtains and pictures, set the table in the dining room and painted a chair gold. #LockdownProject

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

Roses from the garden, which I don't normally pick as I like to leave the jewels in situ, but since it was quite breezy today, I decided to rescue them.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Good people of Twitter, I am FINALLY on board the plane for LA!

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

Never let it be said that I don't know how to treat myself on a lockdown birthday, not when I've had the pleasure of tackling this wonderful take-away Afternoon Tea from

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@TheEricaJames

6 years

Aha, I'm ahead of the game and managed to cut my box hedging earlier this evening. Here it is, complete with roses and peonies. #GardenersWorld

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Poor Nancy, I don't think we've ever seen a more devastated pro leave the show, have we? #Strictly

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Erica James 🇺🇦🙏💙💛

@TheEricaJames

4 years

Something warm and cheering for this blustery Saturday morning, a cute little cardie I knitted for my granddaughter. I hope she likes it!

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

Latest garden news ... I grew these oranges!!! Yes, little ol' me grew actual oranges on a tree that spent the winter in my summerhouse. #Chuffed

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

Too cold to garden today, so I've been doll's house pottering by working on a 12th scale needlepoint rug (v hard going on my aged eyes!) and adding the flooring to the maid's room in the attic and which still needs a lot doing to it.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

I haven't heard anyone say it, so I'm, going to - Thank goodness it isn't raining today. #VeryBritishComment #queensfuneral

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@TheEricaJames

5 years

Guess who has a stonking great birthday today! And what a milestone birthday it is.

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

Aha, I'm actually ahead of @TheMontyDon with my sweet peas which are already sprouting shoots in loo rolls! #GardenersWorld

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

As Tuesday mornings go, it's a lovely one here Chez James in Suffolk.

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

Following my Ocado delivery last night, I have scoffed three yum-yums and I don't feel the slightest bit guilty.

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@TheEricaJames

9 months

Big scary day for me today, I'm having cataract surgery! For those who already knew and offered words of encouragement, thank you so much. Cross those fingers for me, please!

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@TheEricaJames

3 years

Wishing a Happy Mother's Day to all the women who do one of those toughest jobs going! But I'm going to dedicate the day to all the Ukrainian mothers who have been forced to leave their country with their children in order to keep them safe. #StandWithUkraine

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Some hellebore love going on in my garden today with these beautiful 'frilly style' (technical term there!) flowers.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

How wonderful that the Queen's grandchildren wanted to do this to honour their grandmother. Such courage and love on their part. #TheQueen #TheVigil

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@TheEricaJames

5 years

We've had sheds and gardens being shared on Twitter, and now our bookshelves. Brilliant! Here's my contribution - yellow library and gold study where I work. #ShowUsYourShelves

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Nothing much to report here this morning, other than I've brought some fluffy peonies in from the garden ...

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Following on from yesterday and my trip to London for the Queen's Lying-in-State, here's a photo of me with the Queue Buddies I made within minutes of joining #TheQueue It sounds like I chose the right day to go, but good luck and best wishes to all those there today.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Worth noting how superbly well George and Charlotte did as they walked behind their grandmother's coffin. Two shining stars of the future. #thequeensfuneral

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

I’m in #TheQueue !!!

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@TheEricaJames

1 year

This was the last thing I expected to see last night after feeling unwell all day, so bang goes my trip tomorrow to LA to see my son and his family. Send garden pics and photos of fast cars to cheer me up, please!

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

His mother would have been proud of that. His father too. #KingCharlesIII

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@TheEricaJames

3 years

My first time on a train to London in two years and apart from the ticket collector I seem to be the only one wearing a mask, but that’s okay, personal choice and all that.

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@TheEricaJames

10 months

Mince pies fresh out of the oven and the annual reappearance of the Villeroy and Boch Christmas crockery and the festive tea-cosy!

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@TheEricaJames

1 year

I've wanted to come to Burgh Island for years and years and finally I'm here staying at the famous Art Deco Hotel. It's beyond perfection, off the chart bliss!

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

I have been out for lunch for the first time since lockdown began! To a pub. And I put on a dress. With smart shoes. I even wore a necklace. It felt amazingly good, and safe. #ThePloughRede #Suffolk

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@TheEricaJames

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That's my favourite of the show so far tonight, Annabel's dance with Johannes, it was beautiful and so very elegant. #Strictly

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Oh, this is very sad, I had no idea Johnnie Irwin was ill, or that he could be 48, I had him in in 30s!

Jonnie Irwin: Place in the Sun presenter reveals he has terminal cancer

The Place in the Sun and Escape to the Country host has spoken about his diagnosis for the first time.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@TheEricaJames

3 years

Christmas pudding is not just for Christmas, it's for my birthday weekend too! Because I love it so much every year I make an extra one and keep it for my birthday.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Guilty of skiving off work today and making the most of the gorgeous weather, I went for a fish and chip lunch in Felixstowe. It was the perfect day!

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@TheEricaJames

3 years

That time again already @GardensHour where do the days go? Here's my contribution tonight for #GardensHour lawn and edges cut and the borders filling out.

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@TheEricaJames

2 years

Early Saturday morning view from my bedroom window ... Enjoy the weekend everyone, I shall be mostly gardening and watching the #DutchGP

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@TheEricaJames

4 years

My happy place ... as seen from my greenhouse, where I wish I could mess about all day!

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@TheEricaJames

3 years

Three yrs ago today I moved house and the first pics show how the garden is now compared to how it was then with zero colour. Admittedly it's a bit shaggy today after all the rain, but I like to think it's an improvement ...