Today is Father's day in the uk so I treated myself to some seeds on behalf of my on and daughters - I'm sure they would have bought them for me if I'd been in the UK.
Thompson and Morgan sweopt the boards at the RHS online survey so they've got 10% off until tomorrow and then all of these seeds are on sale at 3 for the price of 2. I've got 10 pakets for a tenner including the postage- though I'm not sure how they worked out that 4 packets were free and not 3 were free but I'm not going to argue with them.
Description Value
1 Helenium puberleum Autumn Lollipop - 1 packet Price each: £1.49 1.49
1 Love-in-a-Puff giganteum - 1 packet Price each: £1.49 1.49
1 Lychnis chalcedonica Dusky Salmon - 1 packe Price each: £1.49 1.49
1 Paulownia tomentosa Imperialis - 1 packet Price each: £1.49 1.49
1 Polemonium pauciflorum Silver Leaf Form - 1 packet Price each: £1.49 1.49
1 Saponaria ocymoides - 1 packet Price each: £1.49 1.49
The following products have been made free of charge
# Description Value
1 Harebell - 1 packet Price each: £0.00 0.00
1 Bupthalmum speciosum - 1 packet Price each: £0.00 0.00
1 Cacti & Succulents : Sedum Rock Garden Mixed - 1 packet Price each: £0.00 0.00
1 Edible Flowers : Viola x wittrockiana Sugared Almonds - 1 packet Price each: £0.00 0.00
Subtotal of items 8.94
Discount 0.89
P&P 1.99
TOTAL £10.04
As I said yesterday my parents didn't push me to do anything in fact I didn't really have much of a relationship with my own dad - he was working shifts and then we didn't really hang out together when work and school breaks did coincide. None of the men in the Frary family are talkers (except when drunk) and we were raised in the Victorian manner of not talking at the table at meals. That is one of the few things I regret about my childhood - that we never really talked at the tables (in fact we rarely had family meals when i was growing up that I remember) and I still find it very difficult to talk while I'm eating. - read yes, but not talk. I wish i could like the Rotumans do but when I was growing it was always - "No talking at the dinner table". Hopefully I haven't passed that on to my weeuns too much (though I suspect I have a bit).
I only remember going swimming once, going to the pictures once (to see Dr No at the Tower - the flea pit - near Riby square) and playing football on the ploggers (the local rec) once with my Dad. I'm certain that there was more done but nothing sticks in my mind. There were occsional games of cards or board games but that was about it. For one thing we never had a car so there were no long car journeys but there was the annual holiday in Humberstone or in Mablethorpe. I do remember my dad on holiday during the day - we would fly kites and his (aand our) back would burn bright red in a day or two and then the entire skin of his back would peal off. We would always lose the skin from our ears and our noses.
The only horticultural/gardening anecdote I have of him (and my ma) was that they had a flaming row one day. My mother had a very quick temper wheras my dad rarely lost hi
s temper. They had a big row. He stormed off (like I would do). And my Mam took a hammer and smashed in every window of the greenhouse. She then came in and, hand shking, had a cigarette - the only time I ever saw her smoke.
Now I don't know why they had a fight (but I have my suspicions).
And that's about it. not many memories really - hopefully my kids have more memories of me than that (as I stayed at home and was a house husband for around 7 years and we fo on a lot of trips together - always have. I suspect that my son doesn't have that many memories as, like father like son, we probably haven't spent that long together since he turned around 13.
my wife thinks I should be talking to him a lot more and telling hiom what to do. My Mum thinks I should have done that with my Dad too. What I don't think either of them realise is that once a man has left home, and certainly once they are married, then they shouldn't be taking direcion from their Dads - they should be making it on their own and taking their own decisions. At least that's the way I see it and maybe that's the way I'cve been crought up. Anyhow once your son leaves home he's a man so he's shoiuld be making his own decisions.
Ah well that the world according to me for this father's day.
Can't wait for the seeds to arrive.. home tomorrow - ooooooohhhhhhh I'm excited.
