I thought June was the month for roses to knock our socks off ….but….ours are blooming lovely already….ahhhhhhh I have grown climbers for like forever and a couple of standards over the years but never shrubs before and the new one near the kitchen is taking my breath away…..no idea what it is as the … Continue reading Roses…or what?
Category: dogs
So we got the new gas cylinder for the BBQ this week - great news... we ran out last year and it was sad as we do love to eat out - not like out at the restaurant out but outside out... Simon lugged it round to the back of the house, where the BBQ … Continue reading All change in the garden…
As usual, not at all sure where the time has gone but suffice to say it has been a busy family time since last summer. Simon and I were Deal based for the best part of four months and had an opportunity to do some much needed maintenance on Dragon Cottage - much of which … Continue reading Here we are then…..
So yesterday when I woke up there was mist over the allotments at the back of the house - very atmospheric it was too...we have quite an autumnal groove going on again now don't we? Well that suits me well as I love this time of year - the sense of getting ready to hunker … Continue reading Here we go again, then
so I am planning to revel in the gloriousness of a happy sunny day just in case I blink and miss it - there have been a few sunny days already this year and I have , mistakenly as it turns out, thought they were the beginning of a run of sun so did not … Continue reading Quick …it’s summer today…
so we recently had our CEO conference for local CA services and were in Nottingham at a conference centre on the Uni campus - it was a brilliant day with so many fab people, great ideas, fantastic 'can do' approaches and quite a bit of hugging and laughing- all in all highly excellent. We stayed … Continue reading Nottingham.. and the peacocks
....sneaking in today with a bright and sunny start and a message from the meterologists that there are warm dry days ahead... who know eh? Meanwhile I have plans for some gardening and some volunteering work as well as hopes for doing a couple of courses on functional yoga (anatomy and stuff) and Ayurvedic ways … Continue reading and is that summer…..?
Pink paint that is....quite honestly I don't know why it needs redoing just now - when it was last done only a few years ago- or was it about 17 years or so now? Hmm who would have thought the paint wouldn't last out the full two decades eh? Anyway, it has been good fun … Continue reading Out with the old and in with the new?
Obvs will now need to knock down the new shed so that we can dig for the crock of gold- which might be a shame as Mr Mackie has put a reasonable amount of hard work into the shed to date- but gold is gold after all... Meanwhile the old dog and I had a … Continue reading COR… new office at the end of the rainbow
and here we go again - a new awning for the swinging seat :). It's that time of year which seems like a rite of passage or is it one of the rites of spring? Anyway, it is time to get the trusty sewing machine out and make a magical new awning for the astonishing … Continue reading Aha the swinging seat…
Musings of a middle aged dog walker 