Nelly's Garden

Martha Byrne 28th July 1926 - 27th April 2011 I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger Travelling through this world of woe There is no sickne...

baby reared by wolves , originally uploaded by NellyMoser . Mama Wolf is so kind that she went to the Mace and bought her cub a yo...

I woke just before 7am and decided not to get up. Immediately I fell into dreams. I dreamed that my mother was dying and that I held her in ...

Off out to Matty's house now for another day of nothing much. There will be phone calls and visitors and little walks and lots of talks....

watching the monkeys , originally uploaded by NellyMoser .

We went to the zoo today, Martha and Hannah and Bert and I. And we had a most enjoyable day. Of course, like all right-thinking people, I...

viewing penguins , originally uploaded by NellyMoser .

Job done Today was a good day and I started preparing for it yesterday when I persuaded Bert that he and I should begin our outdoor...

turf castles , originally uploaded by NellyMoser . Just a random picture from one of my favourite places on earth - the moss at Dr...

Like everyone else who can, I visit my mum on Mother's Day and yesterday was no exception. Just like always she was surrounded by cards ...

Yesterday one of the younger members of our gardening cooperative was over. She was telling me that she has several very wobbly teeth. I tol...

Bert was extremely miffed when he heard that Miss Martha was going to the zoo. But we were for taking her to the zoo! And we will still be t...

That is the age at which I will now receive a state pension. Oh well. I think I shall have to become a bank robber. Don't tell anyone I ...

Martha models her new boiler suit (Blue Castle same as Bert wears) while Rusty and Lily look on. Rusty is the sneering pig in the middle of ...

The right side of the attic I'm not very ' feng shui ' in the attic department. Apparently it's supposed to be hard to lo...

Thursday was a busy, busy day getting everything at Matty's 'redd up' for Kerry Sister coming. And looking after Miss Martha wit...

According to the Daily Mail, one in four brides are not happy with the way their partners proposed. Humph! Silly tarts methinks. Shouldn...

Tomorrow is the last day of my current stint in the Matty House. It's been the best part of three weeks with a couple of very short brea...

Mum's Field. , originally uploaded by triciamorimori . This is something like the view I would have from the kitchen window, wher...

Old girls and their matching trew s Matty was poorly yesterday with lots of cramping in her stomach. We brought out the heavy duty painkille...