Sunday, September 03, 2023

Beans

 Beans has been here two weeks and I've started to let her out, off she goes confidently as I sit and worry till she comes back... she's had four little trips out so I feel she is finding her way, and knows she lives here. She is very clean in the house and likes her toys. Not so much into being picked up but she will come for a cuddle now and again. She's 10, and a little chubby... her owner died suddenly and she's been very well cared for. 

Google photos came up with the collage... so I'll keep it. 

Friday, August 11, 2023

Casper


 Casper crossed the rainbow bridge on 30th July 2023.

Goodbye wee man, its been a blast. 

Sunday, July 02, 2023

catch up with seed planting


 
sowed some more carrots and turnips, though they're not doing so well from the first sowing... possible too dry... these ones have been rained on already.. lol... also some flowers along one edge, some chard and some ''italian rapa'',,, which describes itself as a turnip leaf but has a picture of sprouting broccoli... we'll see what that turns into.? also planted out some extra tomato plants , which i covered with a crate to protect from the wind and heavy rain or they would have been smooshed already. I've never tried tomatoes outside before. 

Wednesday, June 07, 2023

Sunday, May 07, 2023

in the garden

garden greens... a brussels sprouts stalk is still throwing up leaves and trying to flower... I keep eating them... lol... and there is a handful of american hedge garlic... which has been self seeding in the garden for years. lovely fresh eggs from a freind, I used the two big brown eggs and made a fry up with french bread and greens for my lunch. 
 sitting in my pyjamas, with the cat, a coffee and reading a gardening book... Alan Titchmarsh's Kitchen Gardener. I went out to sit in the greenhouse but it was so warm we ended up just chilling outside.
aquired a coffee table to use as a low bench in the greenhouse, its got a metal frame so should be strong enough to have a few plants on it... the chair will come out soon so I can start planting up. 
one bed is ready to be seeded... plans for this one is to use the pallet collar with a shower door over it and direct sow carrots, turnips and beetroot. I could have done that today.. but chose to chill with the cat instead.
in the house I am eating lettuce leaves, sown about a month ago, and have cherry tomatoes about an inch high on the window sill, and fat tomatoes in the boiler cupboard waiting to sprout. not organised at all with buying seeds... I might be having a pot luck year with whatever I have left over... which is  a lot because I over buy when I am full of enthusiasm.... 
 

Thursday, March 16, 2023

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILDSIDE


 a little late, hope you had a good birthday. xx

and hope you have wishes that come true on a rainbow, this one out of my window. xx

Sunday, March 12, 2023

the passing of internet friends


 Henry E Parker and his beloved Miss Peaches. they will be riding free now. 

funny old place the internet, no less a friend for never having met in person, over the years the shared interest in Parelli Horsemanship, the trials and tribulations of forever learning, and finding peace. sharing personal thoughts and being a good presence on the ''cloud''. 

he will be missed by many. 

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Driftwood Designs posters are illustrated by Lizzie Spikes in Aberystwyth

love these images, I might get myself a poster, but its sad that its a picture that goes out of date. 

 Full Moons 2023 Poster Print | Driftwood Designs

Saturday, January 07, 2023

Cleaning under the slider on your Tumbler Lids

oh my.... the muck underneath... maybe I should have filmed mine as I did it... lots of mould and dirt under there....