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[curiouswombat]

Apologies for not keeping up with everyone - every time I go to read my FList I get about half way through and then get interrupted - then when I get back I read about half of what's now there... and so on. ☹️☹️☹️

And it's about a week since I last posted, too. Yesterday D-d and S2C and I went to an interesting talk at the Manx Museum Women in

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[pondhopper]

What an interesting talk you attended. I would have loved that even though my knowledge of Manx history is sketchy at best.

I have to chuckle at the best bit of cake story.

Lovely flowers! I love allium and the Columbine are beautiful colours.
Did your landscaper decide what to plant or did you have a say?

So, it's baking time again!

[curiouswombat]

It is an interesting period - most people think of 'the vikings' being part of pre-Norman history and yet the kingdom of Mann and the Isles was clearly 'viking' and lasted well into the thirteenth century.

The planting was a joint venture - we spent quite a while discussing what I liked, and didn't, and looking at options. Then she did the shopping and decided on the specific plants. So I said I used to have alliums but sadly they had not come back last year, hence alliums near the birdbath, and that I loved the aquilegia that grew in the bed near the house every year - so she was careful to leave them and added a few more :)

And yes - baking season is here!

[silk_labyrinth]

Loved D-d and NYM's cake story. Kind of a twist on O. Henry's "Gift of the Magi," only with a happier ending.

And your garden is looking lovely!

[curiouswombat]

The cake story made me smile, too. And thank you - I think the garden is at its best in spring and early summer.

[seaivy]

i learned little of my Polish heritage
but there is a name for the end of a loaf
it implies that it cuddles the bread
in Polish the word is a term of endearment used by couples

the history of Mann is fascinating

the story of Queen of Mann reminds me of
12th century Empress Matilda
I am reading about her and other Pre Tudor Women
who held Royal leadership

your flowers have a fairy quality -totally charming
thank you for the photos

[curiouswombat]

What a lovely idea the Polish name is. I must try to remember to ask Marzanna what the word is when I next see her. (The wife of a man who is part of a large family I know well.)

I have to admit that I only really even heard of the Empress Matilda/Maude when I read my first Brother Cadfael book about 40 years ago.

The garden gives me pleasure - I do like a colourful flower or two!

[seaivy]

yes i remember her from brother Cadfael
i'm surprised now how little i knew
i'm particularly amazed because i went through a time in college when i was particularly interested in Thomas Becket
i have always been fascinated by the film The Lion In Winter
Matilda was Henry II mother!!!
how did i not know that?

i hope your Polish friend knows the word
i learned it from my mother
(i can say it but not spell it)
she learned it from her mother
that makes it a popular word more than century ago
it could have been only used for both bread and lover at that time
so much of the world has changed
language changes too
some times very fast
do young people know what "hot pants" were? lol

[curiouswombat]

Oh my - I remember my teenaged sister wearing hot pants over 40 years ago - I wonder if I should remind her, now aged 64?!!

Henry 2nd was the answer to The Anarchy.

If you liked Cadfael you might also like the Gareth and Gwen Mysteries by Sarah Woodbury, set in the same time period, mainly in Wales. It is clear that Sarah Woodbury is a Brother Cadfael fan as, without naming him, her characters hope to meet him at one point but he is away from Shrewsbury. They also get embroiled, briefly with Henry as a teenager.

[kazzy_cee]

Your garden is filling out nicely!

[curiouswombat]

It is, isn't it! The new plants and the older ones are beginning to work well together - so I already had aquilegia, but they are mainly dark blue and pale pink or white ones and this pink is one of the new batch; the red poppies and the daisy-like flowers are under the miniature apple tree Mum gave us, and the first picture shows the splashes of new colour against the well established summer-wear of the camellia and magnolia etc.

[ellynn_ithilwen]

interesting, thanks for sharing!

[curiouswombat]

My pleasure - I wish I had written notes!