So, onto things that are happening here - garden is looking great if a little wild. The Acidanthera look super, but no flowers yet - I'm hoping they'll bloom on time for little sister's wedding (I forgot to take a photo so will do so tomorrow).
Sweet peas are nearly all up, some are thinking about flowering, but I hope they hold on for a few weeks so as to be at their best for the wedding too. The only disappointment was the pack of seeds for the 'Apple Blossom' sweet peas. Only 1 seed germinated from the first packet, and none from the replacement packet kindly sent out from T&M. (That one plant is under close surveillance now!)
They've been really good girls lately and we're getting 4 eggs a day (one each) and some days 5! It's lovely hearing her talk to them and tell them about 'chubby' or 'chub' as the baby has been named.
Back to the gardening... I'm pretty sure I wrote about planting Freesias last time and I'm so excited - they're flowering a look/smell divine!!!!! I had a whole load of pretty pictures to add too, but the laptop is being super slow and it's too nice outside to waste sitting waiting for them to load. I'll try tomorrow instead.
I still have a pile of crafty things to do - I need/would like to make my helper a cardigan to match the bridesmaids dresses for little sister's wedding and I need to make her dress for it too (little helper that is, not little sister!). Poor Chubber still doesn't have a finished teddy, it still needs eyes/nose etc. The one of the left was made for my little helper and finished before she was born, Chubber is nearly 8 months old and his is still featureless! If you look closely you can see in the picture there's also the start of a Blooming Flower (thanks to Attic24 for the pattern).
I think whichever Crafty Bum put the link to this amazing blog is both a genius and a pest - I can't stop looking at all the gorgeous colours and planning more things to make!!!
Chubber has started to crawl and is sitting up on his own. I'm so glad he's started this week; I don't feel like I'll miss so much when I'm back at work for the last two weeks of term. It's going to be a bit of a change for all of us and I'm not sure I'm looking forward to it yet.
Not sure if I mentioned in my last set of posts, but back at Christmas we were given four gorgeous hens - two lovely brown/red Sussex and two Marans, a grey and a black. Here's a picture of my little helper with the chickens (taken way back in April) when the sun was out!
They've been really good girls lately and we're getting 4 eggs a day (one each) and some days 5! It's lovely hearing her talk to them and tell them about 'chubby' or 'chub' as the baby has been named.
Back to the gardening... I'm pretty sure I wrote about planting Freesias last time and I'm so excited - they're flowering a look/smell divine!!!!! I had a whole load of pretty pictures to add too, but the laptop is being super slow and it's too nice outside to waste sitting waiting for them to load. I'll try tomorrow instead.
I still have a pile of crafty things to do - I need/would like to make my helper a cardigan to match the bridesmaids dresses for little sister's wedding and I need to make her dress for it too (little helper that is, not little sister!). Poor Chubber still doesn't have a finished teddy, it still needs eyes/nose etc. The one of the left was made for my little helper and finished before she was born, Chubber is nearly 8 months old and his is still featureless! If you look closely you can see in the picture there's also the start of a Blooming Flower (thanks to Attic24 for the pattern).
Chubber has started to crawl and is sitting up on his own. I'm so glad he's started this week; I don't feel like I'll miss so much when I'm back at work for the last two weeks of term. It's going to be a bit of a change for all of us and I'm not sure I'm looking forward to it yet.
