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By Hole Ousia Posted on July 28, 2025

Chapter Two of Part Three of ‘Decline and Fall’

In Chapter Two of  Part Three of ‘Decline and Fall’ by Evelyn Waugh, the prison Governor asks  ‘D.4.12’ [Paul Pennyfeather]:  ‘I wonder whether you have narcissistic tendencies? Did you lead … Continue reading Chapter Two of Part Three of ‘Decline and Fall’

Categories: gardens, Omphalos films, ScotlandTags: Ella Rae, Evelyn Waugh, gardener, Omphalos films, Peter Gordon, Rebel antiquary
By Hole Ousia Posted on July 15, 2025July 15, 2025

the garden moved in the breeze

To play “the garden moved in the breeze” please click here. Music Credit: ‘Idiot’ by Lloyd Cole Mossgrove garden:

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, Bridge of Allan, Family history, gardens, Medical humanities, Omphalos films, Psychiatry, Two culturesTags: Bridge of Allan, gardener, gardens, Mossgrove, Omphalos films, Patrick Geddes, Peter + Sian's garden, two cultures, vivendo discimus
By Hole Ousia Posted on July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

Tuesday afternoons at Bannockburn

Those Tuesday afternoons. friends to our friendship. old walled garden Tuesday afternoons. learning from one another – our growth is borderless.

Categories: gardens, Poems, ScotlandTags: Bannockburn House, Bannockburn House Trust, friendship, gardener, gardeners, gentle gardener, Peter Scott-Gordon, Rebel antiquary, The Rebel antiquary
By Hole Ousia Posted on June 13, 2025

Also of interest to the gardener

Categories: gardens, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: gardener, gardeners, gentle gardener, Peter + Sian's garden, Rebel antiquary, The Rebel antiquary
By Hole Ousia Posted on June 13, 2025

Ian’s ideas

Ian Hamilton Finlay continues to inspire what I do.

Categories: Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Time passes, Two culturesTags: artists, gardener, gardens, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, poetry, poets, Scotland, Time passes. Listen, two cultures, two girls singing
By Hole Ousia Posted on May 28, 2025May 28, 2025

Garden Cottage

I recently purchased an old booklet at a local book sale. The book contained recipes and was titled: Teatime at Airthrey. It contained this sketch of Garden Cottage, Airthrey: This … Continue reading Garden Cottage

Categories: Architecture, Bridge of Allan, Family history, gardens, ScotlandTags: Bridge of Allan, Drumdruils, gardener, Rab Scott, ruins
By Hole Ousia Posted on May 22, 2025May 22, 2025

Between poetry and painting

Visited yesterday with Sian: Modern Two, Ian Hamilton Finlay:

Categories: gardens, Poems, Scotland, Two culturesTags: Edinburgh, gardener, gardens, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, poetry
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 9, 2025

Bannockburn garden labyrinth

Yesterday, Bobby and Margaret demonstrated to Sam and Peter how they set out the cut-grass labyrinth in the walled garden. Here are a few images:

Categories: gardens, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: Bannockburn House, Bannockburn House Trust, gardener, gardeners, gardens, gentle gardener

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