After moving continents the end of last year, I finally got round to unpacking the remaining boxes that had been kept in the store rooms at our villa.
It's the only time we ever look through the old photo albums is when we move home, as we are packing up and as we eventually get round to unpacking. This is the 4th home we've had in 5 years.
With it being summer in Dubai, it's got to the stage after 3 months of nothing but heat, that I've run out of things I can do in regards to 'creating a garden in the desert'
So I thought I'd take you for a trip through the gardens of my childhood and yes, I am that old, some of the photos are black and white before it was considered to be 'in'
I wrote a post back in April about my trip to UK garden's in spring and I'll be visiting again next month and will write a post about autumn.
1971-1973
Cwmbran
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Aged 2
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1983-1986
Leicestershire
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Aged 5
My Grans garden in Cwmbran
1976-1982
York
The good old camera strap in the way
Aged 6 ready for the Carnival float
Aged 7 dressing up
Aged 8 with my cousin
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Aged 10
Our back garden
The front garden.
1982-1988
Ross-on-Wye
The view from the back door in Ross-on-Wye
Aged between 15 and 17
With my nan and mum and dog Sukie
Meanwhile back in the present and out to the desert. I decided to bring the tomato seedling indoors and noticed that within a few days, some other seeds already in the pot have grown, I've no idea what they are, but I decided to bring the rest of the pots in to see what else will germinate.
As it's very humid at the moment, with little respite after sun set, I've been walking Bob in the daylight. Despite the heat it is still very green in Dubai and still many plants flowering.
I saw this plant with a yellow flower so I took a few cuttings.
The earliest known photograph of me in the garden is when I was a couple of months old and I'm in my pram with full pramsuit on. It the summer of 1976 known for being one of the warmest ever and I'm done up like it's the Arctic! My husband swears this is why I'm always cold now!
ReplyDeleteI remember that summer, it was the year we moved and I had to leave my friends at school
DeleteOh what a lovely wander down memory lane! My Dad is a very keen photographer so the first picture of me in a garden I'm only a few days old, plump and squished in proper newborn style!
ReplyDeletethere are few photos of me as I was always the one with the camera
DeleteWhat wonderful memories!!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure there are more photos in the family somewhere
DeleteWhat great photos - and clearly you were a very young bride! It's lovely to look back and see the gardens of our childhood and how much time we spent in them for photos! #hdygg
ReplyDeleteI've really enjoyed looking through all the old photos
DeleteOh what a wonderful collection of photos. I feel photos like these are so special as we took far fewer in the days before digital cameras. The results may have been far from perfect but I think they show a far more realistic snapshot of the times.
ReplyDeleteI've started printing photos out again of special days out and displaying them in albums, i much prefer to flick through them than see them on a screen
DeleteI love your photos, such nostalgia, I must do the same. I had a great love for the garden from an early age.
ReplyDeletemy mum has always loved her garden and still loves it now despite it shrinking in size as they've moved
DeleteOh those old photos are great! I have some like this at my mums somewhere, sitting in a box no doubt. So nice to share them and reminisce!
ReplyDeletei am the keeper of all the old family photos and I'm also the only one who takes them these days
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