Come into the garden....

Our first few days of sunshine have made me start thinking of how much I like my garden



Of how it looked when we arrived



and how it looks now



All the fun We have shared with friends



and Family





and of course the myriad of furry and feathered friends that have made it such a nice place to be















it's ever changing flora and fauna















and how much

I shall miss it....................



Speak soon,

Mim xx

Dog days !

Well it's certainly raining Cats and Dogs, everything in the long thin house seems kind of at a go slow ! Things are going on but it all seems to be on the un hurried side, not in a bad way, just in a it'll get done eventually way.
I love days like this torrential rain is a good excuse to take stock, curl up with a book or favourite magazine, sit and crochet or sew, all seems cocooned by the appalling weather outside, the girls ( the chickens), Minerva, Pomona and Rowena , who are usually singing at the tops of their voices are quietly dust bathing in the farthest corner of their run, sheltering from raindrops, the Kittens ( they are actually fully grown Tom cats,but to us they are forever Kittens !), are curled up snugly on our bed, although they would say it's their bed! And even Floyd the Weimaraner, who is very rarely still, who jumps up and flomps around getting under your feet trying to be as near to you as possible, who's bark sounds as deep and menacing as the hound of the baskervilles, who terrifies Mr postman but is the biggest soppiest Weimaraner ever, is asleep in his basket, with his pal Ralph, who at the grand old age of 17 can usually be found sleeping, somewhere.





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I can understand why they say animals are good for the soul, perhaps they are not so good for the soft furnishings, but I think a few hairs is a small price to pay for something that makes you smile.

Eggs is eggs !

Sorry no blog yesterday,but most of the day was spent swimming with Pumpkin and friends,then mundane house chores. Trying frantically to finish crochet bath mat as I have decided not to start anything else until I have finished it, hopefully I will be able to share it with you soon! This morning has so far been spent laying out Pumpkins' Easter egg hunt,which, although she is a mature young lady of twelve years, she emphatically denies being too old for !


The hunt begins,bunny mask is essential for a good hunt!


I spy something lurking in the wood shed!


Surely these eggs won't be chocolate?!


A quick detour down the garden,not all the clues are easy.


I think I've got it!


Hurrah , I found them !


Happy Easter .