1 October 2012

pottering and pootling


This morning looked like this. Thankfully the weekend was much brighter and we got out and about a fair bit. We pootled round a couple of car boot fairs and bought ourselves some little treats: a doily, a vase, a nice big tin, a couple of plants, a tasty homemade lemon drizzle cake, and D found some nice old tools to tinker with. We also spent time in the garden tidying round, clearing the dead away, with our two little helpers in tow - they love rooting through the grass and pecking at seed heads as you clear the old out the beds. 


Pie is starting to fly now, I haven't seen her yet, but D and my mum have both experienced her fly over their heads! Here she is having a good old flap.


Enjoying a dip. My mum and dad have been hard at work this week, re arranging things in the duck pen, and we've bought some more turf to lay so they'll have grassy bits to root about in. 



Our veg patch is coming along, we've one more raised bed to make and then we'll fence round the edges to keep those pesky rabbits out. 



So that was our weekend. What did you do?

30 September 2012

a little mystery - in the post


A few mornings ago this arrived on my mat...


 how curious...

  
like pass the parcel...



 lots of layers and a glimpse of pretty things...


 ooooo...



  how lovely...



lots of pretty packages, all wrapped in my favourite shade of blue...



 from my anonymous penpal...




I've a sneaky idea who these are from...
thank you Vicar, you made my day.


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27 September 2012

nice things in the post




Lately I've received some lovely things in the post, from my Auntie Jac, not only does she have the most beautiful handwriting, but she's incredibly thoughtful and sends little treats, things she knows I'll love. We both enjoy stamps and she, like me, makes trips to the post office to buy the pretty ones! She's an expert in the garden and knows I love mine too, she'll let me know of local gardens open, and on seeing my lovely Pelargonium Ardens, sent me this beautiful catalogue. Thank you Auntie Jac.