4 Photos - Drag Queens

I am glad that I am restricted to only four photos otherwise this list could have gone on for a very long time.

 

H.I.H. Regina Fong - Reginald Sutherland Bundy (26 May 1946 – 15 April 2003) 

CLICK Here to see Her Imperial Highness on stage. Her show at the 'Black Cap' was a Sunday ritual and an institution. The place would be packed, standing room only and every one know the actions of the routines off by heart.
 

Phil Starr - Arthur James Fuller; (March 31, 1932 - October 18, 2005)

CLICK Here  to see her in action. I adored Phil Starr he was very, very funny indeed, rude but funny.

 

Two for price of one. Dave Lynn on the left (thankfully still with us) and on the right the much missed Maisie Trollette - David Raven (15 August 1933 – 12 March 2025)

CLICK Here to see Brightons finest in action.

Last but in no means last Lily Savage - Paul O'Grady (1955–2023)

 Both Lily Savage and Paul O'Grady are deeply missed by the whole country. He was taken too soon.

 CLICK Here to see Lily having a rant.

 

Ttfn

&

Toodle-Pip 

4 Photos - Hearthrobs

 A few of my Heartthrobs from the archive, well they make me throb anyway.

You don't have to take your clothes off to be sexy

Cary Grant in Madame Butterfly
 

Tyrone Power in ‘Cafe Metropole’, 1937.

A young Buster Keaton

Ricky Martin with his legs open.

 

There tiz then me dears

Toodle Pip 

The Delargo Gardens - August

Here we is again me dears; where has the month gone? Time has flown by and we are into late Summer already.

 As you know our Blue Lace Cap Hydrangea was definitely pink last month. We applied a bluing agent but to late to change the open blooms but the new shoots are a much nicer colour and next year we will make sure it is all bluer than blue.

 The Begonias have flowered well all Summer and are still looking fab

While the other phlox were at their peak last month this one - Blue Paradise - has waited till now and is rather lovely.

 

Rosa Gertrude Jekyll must be enjoying the extra sun and has given us a second flush.

  I am over the moon with both of our new Thalictrum, above is delavayi 

  above is Thalictrum Hewitt's Double

There we are then me darlins, It's time to grab your hip flask and jump up into the Land Rover for a tour of our vast estate.

and a new stop on the tour, the 'Top Field'

 

 some of the Salvias started flowering last month; this month they are looking fab but it will be next month that they all should be strutting their stuff. in the meantime we can enjoy these

Salvia Love and Wishes

Salvia 'Day Glow'

Salvia Rockin 'Fuchsia'

Salvia 'Amistad'

 

Salvia greggii 'Mirage Cherry Red'

 I adore the foliage of this Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'

 Before you head off for to the VIP Champagne Tent there is just enough time for a sneak preview of the Fuchsia Fest. - Lady Boothby

There tiz me dears. We hope to see you next month for a Salvia extravaganza but till then -

It's Ttfn from Donny

 and it's Ttfn from me

Toodle-Pip. 
 

4 Photos - Queens

 Queen Alexandra

 Queen Mary

 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

 And the mother of all of today’s queens; Quentin Crisp.

To view the Wiki Quentin Crisp page  Click

 Ttfn

and 

Toodle-Pip 

4 Photos - Cocktail time

 Our favourite Cocktail Bar is without doubt  the Bar Américain which is nestled inside Brasserie Zédel in Soho along with our favourite Cabaret Room Crazy Coqs together with the lovely and stylish Brasserie itself. If you are in London treat yourself to all three.

A selection of their cocktails on the bar.
 

The Bar, (It is even more sumptuous that in looks in this photo)

This what I feel like when I am drinking cocktails in the Bar Américain          (Isabella Blow)

This is what I look like in Bar Américain (Madam Arcati)

Ttfn

and

Toodle-Pip 

4 photos - Atelier Manassé

 Hello me dears. the garden post will of course be a bit late. In the meantime here is a post inspired by the lovely Mr.or Ms. Anonymous by their interesting comment on my last post.

Atelier Manassé, founded by Adorján Wállics and Olga Spolaric in the 1920's.

Emylin Novelly

  

Agnes Petersen 

 

 Countess Ilona Karolewna

 

Lily Damita 

 

thank you Anonymous

 

and to all

 

Ttfn  

 

Ps

 

Just four photos is harsh. There is a lovely photo of Anna May Wong that will have to wait until another time.

 

Pip pip 

 

The Delargo Gardens - July

 Hello me dears. July is all about Lilies, and ours put on a Fab display in time for London Gay Pride, just as they should.

 

More from them in a bit, but first some amazing garden-changing news. Not one but two of the evil trees that block our sunlight have been chopped down! The scruffy cherry tree (middle left) and the massive Black Walnut (top right). We are over the moon, and the plants have sunstroke.

 

The lilies have been amazing this year and I am resolved to have more, more, more next year

Hemerocallis, commonly called the Day-lily, is not actually a lily but still fab - this is 'Crimson Pirate'

our late flowering Clematis are doing well, this is  'Comtesse de Bouchaud'.

and this is Clematis 'Rouge Cardinal'

Thunbergia and Begonia 'Pendula'.

We love Begonia boliviensis; they are so well behaved and will flower like mad until the first frost.

Begonia boliviensis 'Santa Cruz' with our new purple Phlox.

Pink Phlox with Geranium Rozanne and the last blooms of Campanula medium, common name Canterbury bells.

The stunning Lobelia Starship Scarlet Bronze

The colour of Hydrangea macrophylla Black Steel Blue is fab but it ain't Blue.

We both have a passion for Thalictrum. We have had Thalictrum aquilegiifolium for years; it flowers in late spring, as does our Thalictrum 'Elin'. Now we have this little gem, Thalictrum delavayi. (We also have Thalictrum 'Hewitt's Double' in flower but I couldn't get even a reasonable photo of it.)

Time to get to the nitty gritty. The evil black walnut tree filled this space and then some. It was massive. What you see in the photo was just a small side trunk from the main tree. They had to come back the next day to finish it off. Our garden has been transformed.

With tree.

Without tree and with light!

On with the tour. Some photos are with the tree still standing and some without 

There tiz then, me darlins. We have just enough time for the sneak preview of the Fuchsia Fest - Fuchsia 'Tennessee Waltz' 

Donny doesn't seem to like the sunshine and has only been coming out on gloomy days. I am sure he will get used to it and I will buy him some sunglasses.

 Hope you enjoyed your visit to the gardens of Delargo Towers and we look forward to seeing you next time

Till then it's Ttfn from Donny

and Ttfn from me

Toodle-Pip.