The Garden In Full Bloom

This is the garden, looking towards the house, but not quite at the bottom of the garden. Lesser Spotted Hobbit Keeper in the centre of the picture.


Virtually at the bottom of the garden - a view from the Pagoda!


Top of the garden, at the end of the patio. Agan the lesser spotted Hobbit Keeper attaching some mesh to the Chicken Run and trying to make it Hobbit-Proof. A few days ago, Hobbit found that it wasn't Hobbit-Proof and needed two steri-strips in her arm. Silly Hobbit.

Where the water feature is, but you can't actually see the water feature in this picture. There is however lavender and a Fairy and part of a my bisum

Rhinog posing for me at the pagoda, he loves his Momma!

RIP Bertha

Bertha, The Chicken, died Tuesday night.

Radar, Roast, Guess and What are fine.

Mini Purse Swap

My first swap on Ravelry was the Mini Purse Swap. My Upstream Pal, Vantie, (Val) sent me this wonderful parcel. It arrived whilst I was away for the weekend. I'm really chuffed with everything she has sent me! Thank You! The bag is beautiful and I plan to take it to my knitting group this morning to show it off! The other gifts were - Sweet Pea Body spray - that I have on now!, a mini sock block, an absolutely wonderful wooden shawl pin, a pretty notebook, a pink wallet for holding bits and bobs - it just happened to be the same colour as the shoes aiwas wearing when I opened the parcel - two balls of dish cloth cotton (someone was doing there homework on me!!) So as you can see I'm over the moon with it, Thank You very much indeed!!

Purlescence's Swap

I participated in the 'Knit It Forward' Swap on Ravelry. My Upstream pal was Purlescence. This is the wonderful package she put together for me. I'm really chuffed to bits with it! The only munchies that haven't been eaten is the popcorn, which won't have to wait long to be scoffed! I've used the notepad, for the Pat Pi Bucket Bag. It's very handy as it's got a wipe clean front and a hard back cover!

Like an idiot, I forgot to photograph my package to Purlescence, so if you happen to be reading this..... ;-*

The Pat Pi Bucket Bag

This is the start of The Pat Pi Bucket Bag. Will need twice as much yarn!

Rhinog Trying it on for size! It could be a Snout Warmer for Dogs!

A 3D version of something that will be flat!

Close up

It is called the Pat Pi Bucket Bag because it was PatVic who whipped up the first one, based on an idea between her and Carol. Pi because the circular increasing for the base is based on Pi, c'mon, y'know, pi=3.14 etc, or is it 2.14??!! All you mathematicians and followers of Elizabeth Zimmerman will know what I'm on about. Honest. Bucket Bag because it's gonna be big, like a bucket! All else will follow!!

Thursday Afternoon in the Garden

This is the first crop of potatoes for this year! I can't remember the variety. We have already steamed two each and eaten them with lots of butter. Brilliant meal.

Close up of the Parsnips. They are growing in a Recycling bin! No quite ready to eat yet!

The Potato Flower

Old Man Ted Soseges - full name - 'Ted Soseges, Dog of Mystery, Cos He's All in Black, Y'know!' Not quite so young and spritely at 14 and a half, but still full of soseges attitude!

My first Mason Dixon Cloth, started and completed yesterday!

Can't remember the exact name for this one, but it's off Raverly. Made with Turkish 50% Bamboo & 50% cotton.