Still enjoying the Spring weather and all the cherry, plum and pear blossom is starting to come out in the garden. Lovely and bright and fresh. The cherry tree in the Japanese-inspired garden we made last year is looking particularly good. And the pheasant eye daffodils around the small apple trees are also looking beautiful and smell gorgeous. We went out last night at dusk for a wander round the garden and walked into the walled garden to waves of beautiful scent. The last light in the sky was picking out their pale petals against the dusk. Magical. All the tulips are beginning to come out in the long border and the round bed near the back porch too. Everything feels like it’s coming alive!
Gail and Mel have been planting potatoes this week and preparing some of the other beds ready for seedlings we’re bringing on indoors. Mice have had their wicked way with our courgette and squash seeds, so we re-sowed them last night in slightly more protected circumstances on a trestle table they won’t be able to climb (we hope)!!
Following on from Burgs’ introductory course last week, we were joined by Manda Scott this weekend, again for an introductory course, this time in shamanism (www.mandascott.co.uk). It was very nice to have so many new people arriving at Poulstone over the last week or so and from their enthusiasm for the courses they took, we expect to be welcoming them here again before too long. Burgs (www.theartofmeditation.org) is back in again from today for a Towards Samadhi retreat for advanced students which will take us right up to Easter. We have the Easter weekend off before our Freefall writing course returns for its annual residential starting Easter Monday (www.freefallwriting.com).
That’s about all for now. Enjoy the sunshine!
Mel & Steve
Poulstone Court Retreat Centre