Coffee morning

 coffee at the little chapel this morning, DB may have to go round on his own for a start, have to wait in for a parcel to be delivered.

Its forecast to be hot for the rest of the week. I did water the pots last night, may well have to water the garden tonight, depends on how hot it gets.

The hanging baskets were put up yesterday, I watered them once they were up.

Found some odd bits of fabric yesterday so am making some new table mats, I threw some old ones out the other week, past redemption.

I have beef casserole for tonight with veggies, I guess there will be strawberries for dessert.

Sunny morning

the sun went yesterday but it was still quite warm, its not to be so warm today.

The cleaner is away, no cleaning done yesterday but I need to put the GTec over the carpets and blow the dust away in the sitting and bedroom. I did manage to clean the bathroom after my shower, so thats ok.

No plans for today, if the stitch in the ditch foot comes today I might just finish off the two table mats I cobbled together. update, new foot arrived by courier whist we were having our breakfast. The people I bought my last two machines from are excellent, cannot praise them highly enough.

Carpets have been hoovered and I have taken the GTec to bits to clean it, still quite a bit of fluff coming off the bedroom carpet.

DB is pottering up the garden. I have taken the fountain out of the pot, we think its leaking, the stones certainly need to be de greened, so will have to get a bucket of hot water and scrub them, then I need to get more pond algae cleaner.

Supper tonight, not sure may be salad or beef casserole, will see how the day pans out. Dessert will be strawberries.

Neighbour put up my hanging baskets this afternoon.

Beginning of another week

We are forecast high temperatures this week........fan at the ready.

Very little done yesterday, just a relax. Load of laundry in this morning, it will dry on the line.

DB had a mini melt down alst night, came tearing into the kitchen shouting that his courgette was dying, well yes it will if you do not water it properly........I poured two large cans of water into it and left it. This morning its fine!! I can do without the histrionicas about a B..... plant.

I did manage to plant up a couple more containers but need the gardener to help me store the containers the tulips were in. I want to put them at the far end of the patio near the fence until its time to plant them up again. If I decide to.

Not decided on supper yet, may be egg and chips, although I do not want DB to eat too many chips. Might look at some sort of salad instead. One thing for sure, there will be strawberries for dessert.
 

Wind has dropped a bit

We have intermittent sun. I have a load of white washing in, running out of undies.

DB has just gone out to open up the greenhouse and the cold frame. I did manage half an hour in the garden yesterday, planted up most of the plants we had left, I just need to source a pot for 6 white pertunias. I need the back tidying but it will have to wait until Trevor comes on Friday, neither of us can lift heavy weights anymore.

No plans for the day, although the wind has dropped a bit its still breezy, too much so to sit out which is a shame.

I have finished the quilt, sat yesterday and finished sewing the binding on. I need to perfect sewing binding on with the machine, I need an in the ditch foot to do it properly, was watching several ideos on you tube last night.

I also need to tackle all the cables at the back of the TV etc, they are a right mess, I hate being able to see them. Its a bit resticted to work in the space but will have to do it somehow.

Supper tonight, I have taken some of the sliced beef out of the freezer, will do it with roasted veg. DB is picking strawberries, apparently the raspberries are also showing colour. The bottom box in the outside freezer is full of raspberries and rhubarb from last year. DB's problem is he grows too much for us to eat, I give away as much as I can but its awkward.

All finished at last.

The backing that took me 2 years to find if you focus in on the corner the label is there.

The pattern was a disapprearing 9 patch.

Windy

Its is still quite windy this morning, a good day to wash, unfortunately I am 'wash up'.

No plans for the day DB is going to make a start on tidying the shed, yet again. I have told him to get rid of stuff he is hoarding 'in case he needs it'!! I need to spend half an hour out there and sort out the pots which we emptied. I want to put them at the far end of the patio out of the way.

I had to water the garden last night, got soaked in the process, had to change my trousers, they were wet up to my knees.

T was here yesterday, putting plants in and potting up some delphiniums and carnations. They are too small to plant out. I will have to keep them in the greenhouse over winter, they will not flower this year.

Supper tonight, bacon frittata and salad, possibly strawberries for dessert.

Its Friday

 In the hoop means exactly that, you complete a project in the hoop, there are a lot of demos on you tube showing how its done. 

Today is a bit quieter after a busy day yesterday, I was shattered when we got back, so although I managed to do a bit more of the binding on the quilt, that was all I managed.

Gardener here this afternoon as well as someone on the council coming to see if we are happy with our accomodation and the service we get from the council. Should be interesting, we have several things outstanding.

I will not be working in the garden at all this afternoon, have a list for T, it should keep him going.

Sunny but very windy this morning, the trees are swaying well in the breeze.

Supper tonight is fish and chips, we are now picking strawberries.

Busy, Busy

Up early and out the door, first port of call was Vision Express to see if they could do anything with DB's glasses, answer no! so a new pair of frames. We then went on to Aldi, DB sat in the  car whilst I did the shopping. From there we went to see our old neighbour in her new home.

It was lunch time by the time we got back, so groceries away, pork and apple sauce rolls for lunch.

Have to admit I am shattered, so tonight is a ding dinner. DB had picked more strawberries for dessert.

I have managed to sew down two sides of Little Miss's quilt, it will take me a couple of days to do the other two sides, then a press and off it goes.

I am looking at doing in the hoop book covers for Christmas, I have same calico which I can use, I have found a source of A6 notebooks for a reasable price. Will send for them shortly and get started on them. I have done some in the hoop work before, but quite a long time ago.