30 June 2014

lately


  • my cycle home from the station is so pretty
  • lovely read from Lizzy Stewart
  • Pie
  • the sideboards are packed with plants
  • the work of Winifred Nicholson a favourite of mine



^ _ ^ _ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^  _ ^ _ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ ^ _  _^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^  _ ^ _ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ 

27 June 2014

lately


  • it's been a good year for eating alfresco
  • heading to Norfolk we pass this
  • sunny awning in a friends garden
  • le tour is coming this way soon!
  • smoked trout on the bbq
  • round here


^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^  _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^  _^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^  _ ^ _ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^

25 June 2014

Pingu and Chicken are growing fast





Pingu and Chicken are growing up so fast! We delight in them everyday, such a pair of little cuties each with their own personality. These pictures were taken over the weekend, when they were 2 weeks old. They enjoyed a short outing to the garden for some much enjoyed sunbathing. They are really getting into their 'chicken' ways now: lots of scratching, fluttering around and now digging themselves little pits in the bedding to snuggle into.

12 June 2014

introducing chicken and pingu






On Saturday, two little chicks joined our family. Chicken (tortoiseshell) and Pingu (black/grey)! 

Our lovely duck, Tit, had become very broody and had started sitting on a couple of eggs, however not wanting to add more ducks to our brood we decided to replace her eggs with those of chickens. Tit then saved us the task of incubating the eggs ourselves and on Saturday, like clock-work (21 days later), out these two popped! We bought Chicken and Pingu indoors to our brooder, being chickens they wouldn't have taken kindly to Tit teaching them to swim. Very exciting times here right now as we witness first hand these delightful little chicks grow up. These images were taken when they were just a day old.

9 June 2014

garden moodboard - may 2014


Hello! I'm checking in with my monthly moodboard for May, better late than not at all! The garden in bursting right now, I'm finding it hard keeping up with all the deadheading, there are just so many flowers!

In other news, I'm still trying to get my little online shop open. It's coming along, I'm just finding it hard to sit myself down in front of the screen when I come in from work. All I want is to explore the garden, checking for new growth and watering our precious plants on the way. Of course it's nice too sitting out enjoying the milder air, light evenings and relaxing by the heat of the BBQ!

And I've some exciting news to share, but that deserves a post all of it's own...

[Each month I join Karin and Åsa in this series of monthly moodboards].