In article , "ex WGS Hamm" writes:
| I was sat on the loo this morning looking out at the garden (as you do) It
| is nice sitting in the warm watching the birds on the bird tables, and
| seeing the chickens scratching about. I was admiring the marquerade climbing
| rose which rambles about over the bathroom windos and the fence next to it.
| It has hips and flowers on it at the moment. Anyway, I was looking out at
| bare trees and noticed that the peach tree still has all its leaves on. All
| nice and green too. So has the olive tree. Odd eh? I would have though,
| since they both come from warmer climes, that they would drop their leaves
| first.

Olives are evergreen.

| p.s. everyone should have a ground floor bathroom with clear glazed windows
| looking out onto their garden :0)

The best one I know of is at the top of a hill, facing onto a road,
and has a completely open front. Of course, the road is 8 miles
away and there is woodland in between :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.