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Our Wedding
I married Paul Anderson on 15 July 2006. Our civil ceremony and reception were both held at Osterley Park House in Middlesex. It was a perfect day - the sun shone all day long, and we all had so much fun. Official photos can be found on our photographer's website: Elaine Mayson Photography.
Mesozoic Garden
Suffering from a bit of post-nuptial depression, I was looking for a new hobby/obsession. My mother suggested I take up container gardening. This was ideal, as we're fortunate enough to have a back garden with a patio of sorts, but as we're renting I can't plant anything in the ground. I added my own twist to this, and decided to try to grow a Mesozoic garden, with plants that would have been around in the time of the dinosaurs.
To keep up with the ever-growing list of plants, why not subscribe to my blog, The Ethical Palaeontologist, where I write regularly about my "leaf babies". My current plant list is below:
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Abies nordmanniana
Adiantum fragrans Araucaria araucana Araucaria heterophylla Asplenium scolopendrium Camellia x williamsi Cupressus macrocarpa Cycas revoluta Cyrtomium fortunei Dicksonia antarctica Dryopteris erythrosora Hamamelis x intermedia Juniperus squamata | Magnolia x soulangeana
Matteuccia struthiopteris Metasequoia glyptrostroboides Myrtus communis tarantina Nephrolepis exaltata Phoenix canariensis Pinus mugo Polypodium vulgare Polystichium tsussimense Trachycarpus fortunei Washingtonia robusta Wollemia nobilis |
When work and the PhD allow, I like to
read, listen to podcasts and go to the cinema. Occasionally I heave my
lardy arse out of the couch and run a few times round the block.