My Blue Arbour
I love the colour blue in a garden and when Doug said he wanted to get me an arbour for my birthday, I knew exactly what colour I would paint Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Gardening
How does your Garden Grow…
So, I haven’t picked my knitting needles up in a while, my dress still needs straps – which seem to be taking forever – and hemming, but I have been Continue Reading →
Frustration
I sometimes feel as though I am battling against tasks and self imposed deadlines. That my garden should be perfect and bursting with flowers and vegetables, my home should be Continue Reading →
I Really am Still Knitting…
No, really I am. Look here… This is a Purl SoHo beret in progress I haven’t touched my Snapdragon Tam in a while because I’ve had problems reading the pattern. Continue Reading →
Garden Makeover in Progress…
Before I rediscovered knitting I had another obsession – gardening. I would tend to my garden daily and grew all sorts of things from seed. And then the yarn came Continue Reading →
Orchids
Doug took this picture last night. I think there’s more than ten buds on the stem. The dragonfly clip is from a previous orchid from M&S. I’ve kept it because Continue Reading →
Thanks!
Thanks for all the birthday wishes and for the kind comments about Freda. This is the new Selfridges store in Birmingham. Last week I spent a lovely birthday first of Continue Reading →
Happy Valentines Day!
Yes, it’s a commercial concept but Andy and I are old romantics! 🙂 Andy’s is the hearts one – which was screenprinted in Buffalo, NY. Mine is the one with Continue Reading →