Open Garden

I visited my parents a couple of weekends ago as they had an open garden to raise money for the RNIB.


My father has always been (justifiably) very proud of his garden, so this was an opportunity for him to share it with other members of the community.

Unfortunately the weather on Saturday was rather poor, but there must have been at least 50 brave visitors that came for a viewing while the sky was full of thunder, lightning and rain.

Things did brighten up on the Sunday, and the number of visitors must have reached the hundreds. It was good to chat with them about the stories behind some of the objects and plants, as well as hear my fathers stories about how much the plot of land had changed since he bought the house.

Unfortunately the whole experience was ruined when someone stole the sun dial from the front garden on Sunday night. damaging the rockery, lawn and flowerbeds in the process.

I imagine one of the visitors over the weekend was only interested in seeing what was worth stealing.

Comments

[Sharen]

wow...your parents' garden is absolutely beautiful!! They must poccess some very green fingers. Sorry to hear that the sun dial was stolen. Forgive my lack of knowledge in this language, but what exactly is a sun dial?...>~<...