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Dixie
garden enthusiast
Waikato-New Zealand
Improvised Table22 Nov '06 5:03 am
Jack -the improvised T T table -it couldn't possibly be MAHOGANY -could it ??? A mahogany furniture lover here is wincing at the thought !
However the photos have a beautiful sensitivity -the dear little rose on its own is exquisite .
Dixie.
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Anna
Gone to seed
Hamilton, New Zealand
22 Nov '06 1:18 pm
Lovely photos!
I was wondering about the 'TT table' too. Tsk, tsk! 
I don't have a Raubritter but I'm thinking about getting a 'The Reeve'. It's a family name (I bought one for my folks and they love it) and I think it has similarities to Raubritter. Not quite sure where I'll bung it in though.
Monty looks gorgeous! Give him a pat from me.
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Jack Holloway
Passionate Gardener
SEQUOIA FARM Haenertsburg South Africa
Mahogony?22 Nov '06 8:08 pm
Sorry to disappoint you (?) but it is not Mahogony. It is in fact Sequoia - American Redwood. Both my house and my father's has extensive use of it, from trees cut with great care on the farm. Then when it was all done our biggest and most beautiful tree was struck by lightning and had to be felled. Result: lots of Sequoia to use... the Anniversary Garden Pergola and the Ellensgate Garden woodwork is all Sequoia, and this is one of two lovely tressle tables my father had made for me as a Xmas present some years ago. It is a very beautiful red wood (surprisingly), very weather and insect resistant, remarkably light in weight, but also very soft and quite brittle, so best worked in simple ways. They are carried out for big parties under the tree...
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Liza
gardening consultant
Waterloo, Belgium
Tenderly fascinating...23 Nov '06 2:09 am
Hi, Jack! Still in Athens I feel more ...Moosey Forum sick...
And I have to tell you, that ALL these latest photos of yours, passed me this lovely feeling of a deep tenderness while they were being taken!! This sweet doggie of yours, what an adorable dog-expression he has! Every little detail of these last photos is tenderly fascinating... And just perfect on artistic level!
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jacqueline
Thankful Gardener
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Just Beautiful!24 Nov '06 6:25 pm
Dear Jack, these latest flower additions are really lovely! My favourites are your close-ups of the violas (their amazingly deep purple coat, charming catty faces and hearts following behind captivates me!  ), verbena, young cornus with their lovely pinkish red texture and of course, Monty too! Thanks for sharing!
Liza dear, hope you have a lovely bonding time with your mum and family at Athens and a safe return home. Take care, love!
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Jack Holloway
Passionate Gardener
SEQUOIA FARM Haenertsburg South Africa
another photo essay...28 Nov '06 5:05 am
Well one can't mark ALL the time! Some moments over the weekend to share...
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Anna
Gone to seed
Hamilton, New Zealand
28 Nov '06 12:56 pm
I love the colouring of those birds. Lovely. 
And I think your borders are gorgeous.
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moosey
head gardener
Go Monty!28 Nov '06 3:14 pm
Montgomery lives! He is still there, doing those dog-things! dear Jack, I hope that he will still be there when I come to visit (cross fingers that this takes place next year!) Cheers, and I love love love your pictures.
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Jack Holloway
Passionate Gardener
SEQUOIA FARM Haenertsburg South Africa
The prodigal son28 Nov '06 6:12 pm
Two weeks ago I received contradictory reports of Monty being involved in a dog fight, but not being badly injured. For two days he didn't come home and I was getting very worried. Then he arrived looking pathetic and full of self-pity - but apparently unscathed. When I picked him up he yelped and I suspected a broken rib - kicked with the sole of a shoe perhaps? He recovered completely over the next two days, so I guess it must just have been bruises. BUT more importantly: to the best of my knowledge he has not left the premises since then, and has been incredibly loving...
Corporal punishment might be against the world's most modern constitution, so that theoretically one can't hit your own children in SA, let alone someone else's, but (says the teacher) there comes a time when a bit of pain is the simplest and most effortless way of learning a lesson... (And if I have to duck your blows now, what will that prove???  )
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Liza
gardening consultant
Waterloo, Belgium
Corporal punishment ...29 Nov '06 12:06 am
Dear Jack,
As a (very-very ) sensitive and emotional child and adolescent, I have undergone this cruel "punishment" by both my parents AND my teachers, although I was always a very discrete and gentle young soul (like I now remember, completely detouched...)...All of them, were claiming it was for my own "good"!!...There has been only the last 2-3 years of my life that I have stopped suffering (without anger) within and forgave...
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