Time to dig it up and drag it into the shed where it will be sheltered over Winter .
This banana will not survive the Winter outside here in the U.K , even this far South in Cornwall . At least it never has for me .
So off to the shed I go to find it's Winter storage box .
It is in there somewhere . I think I can see it , under that white plastic bag .
Nope . That's the box of fir cones and kindling for the fire .
What is in that white plastic bag anyway ?
Aha ! More fir cones of course ! What's in that box ? oooh !
A box of stuff my daughter left here during their house move .
I must take them over to their new place ....but look what I found !
A whole pile of I-SPY Books ! Wow ! This takes me back a few years !
Whenever we went on holiday as children , mum would give us a goody bag each to keep us amused in the car on the journey . A little bag of treats . Note pad , pencils , rubber , jelly monsters that wobble about on the top of your pencil , jumping beans and always a couple of I-Spy books .
I loved those I-Spy books ! Only problem was that mum didn't really like the idea of sending it off to the Big Chief I-Spy . I think he would send out little prizes . Mum said "No " and that was that ...sigh ...
Then....look at this ! What is this ? I found some highly sensitive Top secret documents ! Private and Confidential . Well I'll be blowed ! What is this ? Raises one eyebrow !
So I think this is some very lucky and rather spoilt if you ask me child whose mummy had actually enrolled him into the actual I-Spy Tribe !! ( just a bit jealous that's all ! )
Look at this ! Look at this !
It's actually signed by the Big Chief I-Spy himself ! Lol !
Odhu/ntinggo , REDSKIN , Big Chief I-Spy .
I'm guessing this was some sort of Ray Mears / Bear Grylls / Robert Baden Powell type chappie ?
So this is all very interesting , I knew nothing about all this . Goodness me !
Oh my ! This had me chuckling all afternoon ! Seriously side tracked there !
Back to work !
Whoo hoo !
Then into it's polystyrene lined corner of the shed , which has clear plastic overhead ,so it has good light . I gave it a drink to settle it in . I won't let it completely dry out , but that will probably be the last water I give it until next Spring .
My lovely brother-in -law gave me a lovely lot of Echiums ,which I have planted in various locations around the garden ,to see where they like best to be . I had four left over so while I still had muddy hands and some strength left , I decided to drop them into the hole left from digging out the banana .
It's left me wondering ..were any of you a member of this I-Spy Tribe ?
and what does "Odhu/ntinggo" mean ?
That's my lot for today , time for a flop and a nice cup of tea !