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Monday 21 November 2016

Chippings and Drizzle

There is so much going on at the moment.
We have been away to Leicester for a few days to see our great-nephew Henry.
We had a great time. We spent one afternoon with 6 babies under one year, with their mums, making Christmas cards. They used baby footprints to make penguins, reindeer and Xmas trees. The results were fantastic. I will put some photos in my next blog entry.
On Saturday we had the village craft fair which went very well and I sold a lot.

The most exciting news is that Anne has taken delivery of a huge load of chipped bark.
We went to see it today and ended up spreading quite a bit in the drizzle.





Wow.
Anne had done lots of spreading around the garden already and put in a lot of hard work.


 



Unfortunately it was drizzling but we set to and did the raised bed path.


We got hot and sweaty but took 5,900 steps and used 190 calories according to my app.
By 1 o clock we were ready for lunch.





The pond is very full after all the rain.




Lovely pine logs from the same source.
Can`t wait to get back and spread more around.
Feeling very lucky.

Thursday 3 November 2016

Pumpkins and Turkeys

After a lovely week away for late sunshine, it was a joy to visit the garden today.
Despite the 27 degree difference, the first frost and the start of a diet!!! it was just glorious in the sunshine.


The dahlias were touched by frost.....






......but I managed to find a few for the house.




There were even a few alstromeria.




Some helichrysum still going strong.

The sheep came right up to the garden fence by the polytunnel. Just being nosy I think.


I brought the first dahlias in and the pot of geraniums.
























My brother and sister in law brought Frazer and Fletcher to see us.

We had wheelbarrow rides, sat in the new chairs and went to see the turkeys.













We admired the lovely pumpkin lantern.


















The trees bordering the garden taking on autumn hues.








An interesting colourful harvest today.
Peppers, tomatoes and beetroot in our very welcome salad this evening.

No matter where we travel, it is so good to get home again, even if it does mean
fur blankets, vests and log fires.
Come to think of it, I like that just as much.