Not something I do often, spring in the courtyard, I’m usually passing through it, or putting out the washing – or bringing it in as we’ll have to do later if the predicted rain appears. What I was trying to do was introduce you to some of the spring events taking place in the pots. We have the red rose called Janine, because she gave it to us, and the orange one, so far unnamed, and the chili corner. The chilli plants are doing well, and coming back after a winter’s hibernation, and, hopefully, will soon be as successful as they were before. They all originate from the same chilli taken from the back of the Rainbow bar several years ago now. They seem to like partial shade and are in the southeast corner of the yard facing north. Over on the west wall, or, put another way, the outside of the bathroom, we have the straggly bougainvillea and an oleander, the latter arrived one day of its own volition.
In other courtyard news, the round ‘marble’ table did something odd the other day when it was being washed after the red rain; it fell in half. This proved it was not marble but some kind of composite, though the legs are definitely iron because they weigh a ton. This came from Pat & Ali’s bar when that closed back in… wherever that was, so it’s been around a while. It’s now acting as a demilune table against the wall. (I had to look that up, typing in “what’s a half a table against a wall called?” Now I see it written down, I can see it must come from French, ‘halfmoon’, simple!) That’s what’s happening in courtyard-land right now. Thrilling, eh?
