A better day

although it did not have a good start, news that a friends mother passed away yesterday. She has not been well for some time and her daughter  put her own life on hold to move in and look after her Mother.

Yesterday was wet and then it cleared and the evening was warm with sun and blue sky. However then as evening developed it became very cold, for the first time in ages we had to pull the quilt up.

We had our usual slow start to Sunday, I have prepped all the veggies for supper. Pulled some rhubarb and made the crumble topping, will cook that later. I had to use white wine in the lamb, I forgot to get another bottle of red wine. It will go on auto pilot later after I have cooked the crumble.

Yesterday I decided to put a zip in the book pillows rather than the envelope I made for Niblets pillow. Spent a while working out how much they were going to be. I have set up the machine so hope to get one front done today. Have to wait for the zips to arrive before I can put them together.

DB is out in the garden, I went out earlier to pull rhubarb. I can see various bits that need some type of plant in. I have some sedum seedlings I am going to get T to plant as ground cover. I was concerned that the crown Imperial had not flowered, the leaves are there, will have to wait and see if anything develops. The lupins and delphiniums are really growing, the dry spring meant that the slugs did not get at them. Once the cistus has flowered it will get cut back, as will the spirea. They have both developed into quite big bushes over the years. I weakened last week and bought another Acer. Will grow it on in a pot and keep it on the patio with the other one.

The Hosta that was in this pot has not grown, will get T to empty it and plant it up with something else.

The Acer I bought a couple of years ago, this needs potting up into a bigger pot.

The new Acer I bought this week, it is such a pretty colour the older leaves get a red tint to them.

So supper tonight is roast shoulder of lamb, note to self, to use a fork to hold the meat when I cut the cold meat off!! Roast and steamed veg, rhubarb crumble and custard for dessert.