Strangers, babies

Interesting new play from Linda Mclean at the Traverse called Strangers, babies.    It is a series of double handers between a woman, May, and 5 men in her life.  
Liam Brennan draws a short straw by having to assemble a flat-pack chair on stage every night, but is excellent as May’s husband.    May visits her father in [...]

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Pruning Climbing Roses

We have a few climbing roses here, and very wonderful they look in the summer.    We have heavy soil, which roses like.   But it means that they grow big and strong – so big and strong that the shoots can get up underneath the slates unless drastic action is taken.
This is a good time of year [...]

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