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Scruffy corner (back garden in transition, spring 2008, 2/3)
Image by Darkroom Daze
The rather scruffy upper end of our garden in Spring 2008.
We were in the midst here of changing the top end of our garden from an unkempt bare patch to a terrace with borders. The Valrosa Cabin workshop (background) was quite new (2007) and here we are are just moving things into it after we'd painted the inside, put in the floor-covering and fitted the shelving. The deckingand the block path to the cabin were also new. These were all the first steps in the plan for this part of the garden. The untidy area in front of the cabin had become a temporary dumping area for garden materials during the construction work, but was soon to become our upper terrace. Compare this view with the same one five months later.
NOTE ON THE GARDEN
The garden was very plain and bare when we arrived in 1985. We have been developing the design gradually since then, but not from a single pre-planned conception. Eventually we developed the overall shape, with a 'winding river' effect made by the lawns and path (though this is not shown in this view). The shapes of the rockeries, planting and other features are based on the way a small stream winds between 'interlocking spurs' in hilly terrain. We did all the planting, and I built many of the features. For further history of our garden, see set description for 'OUR BACK GARDEN'
GARDEN DETAILS
To see the garden details better, go to Actions (top L) > View all sizes > Original. See also notes on picture. However, notes are not retained in downloaded versions of Flickr images.
Features
- Decking - removable decking 'bridge' (recently completed by Acer Landscapes) over Middle Section of Garden Railway, öowere L. Ideally we'd have been able to make this a fixed bridge in stone but this would have meant having a step-up here in order to give full clearance for the trains.
- Garden Railway (G-scale) - Part of the Middle Section is visible here, lower centre and lower R where it joins the Upper Loop on the Upper (Railway) Rockery. This is a 45mm gauge G-Scale layout using Märklin-LGB track, parts and rolling stock, with my own garden-sized civil engineering.
- Path - concrete block paving with treated wooden edging, recently (2007) laid by Acer Landscapes. This section (L) is the uppermost part of our main garden path and leads to steps of Valrosa Cabin in background.
- Temple of Juno garden shed - only part visible is the singe white column of portico, far L. I made the columns made from a flag pole.
- Valrosa Cabin workshop - in background L, fully insulated, built for us the previous year by Acer Landscapes. Although completed, we had to paint the inside and put floor covering in, before we could fit it out and move in (as we are doing here).
- Water butt - centre R, recently installed, for storing rain water from roof of Valrosa Cabin, just behind.
Plants (also noted on photo)
- Ficus carica 'Brown Turkey' - fig tree, centre R in corner of terrace. 'Brown Turkey' is the commonly-chosen variety recommended for the British climate for yielding fruit. Tree looks new but is actually about 20 years old and had to be cut back to enable Valrosa Cabin construction in 2007. We planted it c.1990 not long after we arrived in the house. As recommended, we confined the roots with a loose brick surround beneath soil level.
- Juniperus horizontalis - prostrate juniper, in poor condition, centre foreground by Upper Loop of Garden Railway.
- Picea glauca var. albertiana 'Conica' - dwarf white spruce, centre foreground, showing some brown die-back.
OTHER DETAILS (also noted on photo)
- 'Banks Cabinet' drawers (ex-NHM - "Rosen Wanted") - L centre, stacked up during transfer from house, and about to be moved into Valrosa Cabin behind.
LOCATION DETAILS
Country: Great Britain: England
City: London
London Borough: Lambeth
District: West Dulwich, SE21
Altitude: 40m
Aspect: view is approx to NW.
Photo
© Darkroom Daze Creative Commons.
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In memory of steve jobs
Image by MarkGregory007
I found this neat image of Steve Jobs on the internet and added a background and words. I love the image. The graphics artist who created it (see comments and link from Flickr member below) was right on in his vision.
Ever since Steve Jobs passed on, the media has been referencing a speech Jobs gave that provides insight into life and death. Below is a quote from his June, 2005 speech at Stanford University.
"....No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary...."
Desktop
Image by Kristian20
My desktop, which i bet if most of ya tried to view in origional size, won't be able to fit on your screens...lol. background wallpaper changes every 15 minutes thru 100+ images. wallpaper thanx to lomokev.
