out and about

Have not posted for a while - apologies.

So many things have happened - for one the great J.G.Ballard has died. For those who know nothing about him check out The Guardian. I doubt whether he would have been too surprised by the recent 'scandals' taking place at the Palace of Westminster. The thing is we have discovered is that what MP's claim for, hardly excites the imagination, though the Tories win on more interesting items. The upkeep of a Moat made me wonder when the last one was built for a private home and where you would put the postbox.

Finally - the scaffolding has gone from the house, which is great relief.There is still alot of work to be done both inside and out.The garden has become slightly wild and in the process of taming it I have suffered from some cuts and bruises. That plants can be aggressive comes as no surprise for the garden can seem a kind of hell full of midges and poisonous saps. 

A French company Sinnoveg has taken this concept further.To qoute 

"Sinnoveg has developed a concept to securitize, with discretion, any property. The hedge is especially conceived to be at the same time decorative and impenetrable by whomever, even by animals.
The garden and the house become a place to live in, in peace and serenity." 

As the say, one man's castle is another man's home.