Tag: garden

• The Solitary Summer in July

  Well, it’s mid-way through July already, so I thought I’d take take a quick look at the month’s happenings in Elizabeth von Arnim’s wonderful The Solitary Summer, which has an unexpectedly serious note. In her first entry (for the first of the month), she waxes lyrical about sweet-peas, which are her favourite flowers, after roses.…

  chrisharding53

  July 16, 2012

  Children, cottages, garden, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, sweet peas, The Solitary Summer

• A Garden by Moonlight

  Right, here is this month’s instalment from Elizabeth von Arnim’s The Solitary Summer, which I was going to post tomorrow, since one of the ‘entries’ is for June 16. However, tomorrow is my Saturday Snapshots day, so today we will enjoy Elizabeth’s garden, and her reflections on life, the universe and everything – all of…

  chrisharding53

  June 15, 2012

  garden, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, moonlight, The Solitary Summer