Trying again

The side fence covered in roses, 'New Dawn' and 'Francois Juranville' - The paler ones are New Dawn the others have an exquisite fragrance. The Bluetit box is empty, all five babies made it, despite my sisters' cat hanging around waiting to catch them as they fledged!

Bobby, flat out after 'helping' me in the garden.

The arbour seat which, will one day have roses and clematis over it.

My phone hidden by David Austen roses and penstemons from my sisters' garden.

The side fence with my parasol, up for the first time in two years!

The coral/red tubular flowers in the foreground is a 'cape figwort', Phygelia I think it is otherwise called. A neighbour who gave me 3 of my Gardener's Delight tomatoes, has a yellow one, I hope to get some cuttings from him soon.

Also in this patch are various campanulas, salvias Day lilies and lavender.The other side of the fence is a 'Coral plume' poppy that has only just started to have it's coral plume.

Well, that's all for now. Happy gardening and creativity!

Where does the time go?

It flies by!
hopefully I can put the pics on here tonight that I took of the garden last week? NO! Over a week ago.....
No, I can't get the photos on, will have to move them about a bit to get them on here.
Sorry! Back later.on

I'm back!

These are flowers on the kitchen windowsill at my previous residence.

Has it really been so long?

Still working full time and some!

Not really got much energy still but, getting through my 'big list' of things that need doing.

Gardening wise, just the run of the mill maintenance and I've sown some carrots, swiss chard- 'bright lights', (will transfer some of these into the borders for colour boost), courgettes-'tristar'-these are light green,dark green and yellow, some beetroot-'boltardy', dwarf french beans (not Dawn French beans lol!), Runner beans-'scarlet Emperor', tomatoes- the usual sweet and tasty-'gardeners' delight'.

On the side of the bungalow is a patch of lawn that is not so great, it gets sun for most of the day, so I'm going to plant a raised herb bed with mostly hardy herbs and some more suited to meditteranian(?sp) conditions or should I say neglection conditions?

The roses on the fence are doing really well, will take a picture whilst the sun is shining. The perfume is wonderful. The two varieties are, 'New Dawn' a climber and 'Francois Juranville' a rambler. I have other roses, still in their 'travelling 'pots from nearly three years ago..tch! tch!

At least they can, in theory be transplanted at anytime being in pots. I cannot recall their names at this moment but, should they survive are all lovely roses.

Talking of roses, I have not had my annual visit to David Austen Roses, most of them will be past their best soon in their show gardens, it doesn't usually stop me buying one or two, even if it is from the bargain corner....

I've just taken some photos of the garden as it is today and I thought I'd uploaded them, now I can't find them, so sorry you will have to wait to see them, just imagine the perfume....

Paper scented roses in a basket on my side table.

My sisters' birthday roses from David Austen Roses, last year.

Quick update

Sorry that I have not posted lately but have had computer or rather router problems. I have eventually had a new router, it tokk ages to find out that it was the router rather that line or exchange problems.
I lost or 'mislaid' a lot of stuff, just locating it took so long LOL!

Well, will write more later.

I (think) I know what is the matter with me....

I had a phone call from my brother today, he says he's been tested for something called, 'Haemochromatosis'. It's an Iron overload diorder- rather than an Iron defficiency.
This is a link if you want to know more - http://www.haemochromatosis.org.uk

I'm always feeling lethargic, have achy joints and have been diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes, having read pages on the above link, I feel releived to know I'm not 'Lazy'!

The other news is, that I gave up my little allotment before I could get it dug over/cleared, because I felt so tired and was spending a lot of time at work. Maybe if I have treatment, I might feel more energetic? LOL! I need something. Maybe better get the essential tests done soon!

On the jewellry making front, little happening there, just not had enough time to sit and do some creating.

My friend Graham lost his cat to old age and a kind of Anaemia particular to cats. Sopie is sadly missed in his life and as he gets on well with my cats, (I have four), I asked him if he would take Tessie and give her all the love and fuss that she craves. So sometime over the next week or so, she is going to live with him, she will love it there in his jungle of a garden!

Well that's all for now, thanks for stopping by.

Brooches

Here are two of the brooches I made, my photography is poor though....

The other ones, 3, sold straight away!

I also made several bracelets, they also sold quickly, plus some ear rings to match them.

Hearts

Can you see the 'heart' in my fishpond?

These roses are lovely are they not?

This is a gorgeous old fashioned picture....that reminds me, Valentines' Day is only a week away..........

I won't be sending any though, just these to all of you xxx

just a note

To let you know I'm still around, just not got around to blogging, although I have visited a lot of blogs and been so inspired by you all!
I have sat and cuddled with the cats and occasionally the dog whilst all this snow thing has been happening. I have also been making some jewellery items, some neclaces, some bracelets(mostly on elastic thread) and some brooches. Three of the brooches are not finished yet, I want to add some fabric and trimmings to the wire and beads creations. The brooches are a sort of fantasy inspired by watching the melting snow droplets caught in the sun, throwing off rainbows and the most wonderfulsparkly colours. Like a 'trip' without the drugs I suppose! LOL!
Anyway, when they are finished, I will post some pics on this blog and you can see what I see or not, maybe you will view them much differently?

Bye for now, take care in the snow and ice. xxx

I've got one!

I've got one, a postage stamp sized one, well, about the size of a single garage door!
The Plan - is to remove the grass, dig it over and manure it well, then plant mostly potatoes to break up the soil and give it a good start for condition.Perhaps I'll put some onions and garlic in too. I'll grow my beans and tomatoes and dwarf beans around the house as last year and a courgette or two.
now, where did I put my seeds?
As usual, there will be before and after photos.