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Agatha Christie's Greenway (Devon, England) - The House

I can think of two places that we visited where I enjoyed the house more than the gardens. The first was Greenway, not for the house itself, which was surprisingly small and cramped, but for the history behind it and the fascinating mementos on display. Agatha Christie and her husband Max Mallowan were enthusiastic collectors. You can see their collections on display throughout the house - European and Oriental ceramics, pottery, African tribal masks, Egyptian artifacts, Tunbridge ware, china, trinkets, and books. The Morning Room has a portrait of Agatha Christie as a child and her doll Rosie, sitting in a chair - The Drawing Room was where the family would gather in the evenings. Christie would entertain guests by reading chapters from manuscripts of her latest books.  Agatha Christie's bedroom. Max always slept on a smaller portable traveling cot (you can see part of it in the foreground). It was his favorite bed and he carried it with him on all of his archaeological travels. N...

Daffodils


The daffodils are blooming along the streetside in front of our house. Every year I tell myself that I should add more but I'm thinking now that hellebores might be pretty sprinkled throughout the bare spots. Regardless of what I add, now is the time to decide where they should go because when the other plants fill out, there is no way of knowing.

Winter lingers with cold temperatures and rainy weather. Hopefully warmer temperatures on the way...

Everybody finds our huge mailbox humorous. I wanted the biggest one that I could find because we mail out and receive lots of packages and the last thing I want to do is stand in line at the post office. Two different mail carriers have told us it is there favorite box on their route. Ha!








Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

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  1. I love your mailbox! Ours is pretty large too - and it requires a key to access the contents, which says something about the world we live in. My daffodils are peaking at the moment, after finally getting several days here and there with warmer temperatures. I hope yours follow suit.

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  2. Looks like just barely spring where you are. The Daffs are so bright and cheerful--they must lift the spirits of passers by--and the mail carriers--on cloudy days.

    Mailbox is great--you never know when you'll need to mail order a new plant, and its best to be prepared!

    Here we're several weeks later than last year. I'm fine with that--not looking forward to dry, hot weather.

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  3. The Daffs look great along the fence... so have you marked the spots for either more bulbs or Hellebores?
    Chavli

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