by Dennis Footman | Jan 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
“A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition.” ~V. Vale and Andrea Juno Apart from music, my two other interests...
by Dennis Footman | Jan 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Christmas has been and gone, the new year is now here, there is doom and gloom everywhere on the news and many of us are feeling the post Christmas blues. To top it off, since the Christmas festivities we have seen very little of the sun. So I thought I would do a...
by Dennis Footman | Dec 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Drought!! The only thing that ended this year, was the prolonged spell of dry conditions, that had affected many of us in the UK since March 2010. We had very little rain between 2010 and June 2012, with only the odd wet spell that amounted to very little; including...
by Dennis Footman | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
“From December to March, there are for many of us three gardens – the garden outdoors, the garden of pots and bowls in the house, and the garden of the mind’s eye.” – Katherine S. White Now there is one place I can lose myself in and that...
by Dennis Footman | Nov 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
‘Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short… Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast for it is a human number, its number is Six hundred and sixty six.’...
by Dennis Footman | Nov 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Why no Bamboos? They are often put together, but that one is for another day. Now these types of grasses give me far fewer problems than the types of grass in our lawns. There’s no weekly mowing, feeding is minimal, no scarifying, no aerating and they are...