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CONGRATS TO LUCKY WINNER – KAREN!         Readers, please join me welcoming Pat Bertram, author of Daughter Am I who’s guest blogging here today! In Daughter Am I , when twenty-five-year-old Mary Stuart learns she inherited a farm from her recently murdered grandparents-grandparents her father claimed had died before she was born-she becomes obsessed with finding out who they were and why someone wanted them dead. Along the way she accumulates a crew of feisty octogenarians-former gangsters and friends of her grandfather. She meets and falls in love Tim Olson, whose grandfather shared a deadly secret with her great-grandfather. Now Mary and Tim need to stay one step ahead of the killer who is desperate to dig up that secret. Often writers will tell a story and then go searching for the facts, which can be a challenge, but I wrote Daughter Am I to fit what I knew about bootleggers, gangsters, and the mob. I had to research cars, because what I know about vehicles wouldn...

  We had a massive overnight storm and come the morning we woke up to find that our beloved Banana – Musa basjoo, was completely snapped in half, amongst other damage! So why not join us as we have a quick walk around the garden with our heads in our hands as we look at the destruction that we must now repair. Luckily, winter is just around the corner so it won’t be long until many of our plants are cut back down for winter protection. If you would like to watch more content like this then why not consider subscribing to our channel ‘Walking Talking Gardeners’? It is absolutely free and you can be notified of future videos by clicking the notifications bell icon.