In the morning get the equipment ready for the day's work, and then realise that the brother is only going to go to his show garden later on. That is all right, lie down and take a rest.
Later, we leave the flat and hand his dog over to a dog sitter. She will care for the dog all day, that is convenient. She likes dogs in general, and she likes the brothers lurcher dog in particular.
Let the brother drive down to the Phoenix Park where the garden show is due to take place. The site is a hive of activity, there are exhibitors putting up their stands everywhere. The brother's stand is the tallest of them all, and is certainly an object of beauty. A framework of wooden laths stands over a still pond with an opening its centre, at the bottom of which there is a forest floor. It is all very nicely done.
The sons wife is planting the forest floor in the pit in the middle of the lake. The pit is walled with mirrors, in which the floor of the pit is reflected. The still water of the pool around the pit reflects the wooden structure above.
The weather is not useable for photographs, it is too grey. Also, the activity round about is disturbing. Help the brother place a few large stones in the pool, to serve as islands. The pool is not deep, only a very few centimetres. The work is hard, because the rocks are very heavy.
Then a group of people turn up with a politician, the Irish representative to the European Commission. The European Commission is the sponsor for the stand. and they have brought a photographer to take pictures for the papers.
Chat with one of the young workers while everyone is busy getting their pictures taken.
And then, later on, return to the brothers flat with the brother in his Land Rover,
Perhaps the photographs may be made in the morning.
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