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Not now Biffer, even though you are the best dog in the world!
We like nothing better than a rose or two to enhance our dinner table.
With this in mind we planted a border of hybrid tea roses in the allotment; seven plants in all.
This is our very first bloom.
Pumpkin is an adorable cat.
He's getting on a bit now - about fifteen years old if the RSPCA got it right when we adopted him.
Why 'Pumpkin'? Well, he's big, round and orange, and moved in at Halloween. On 31st October 1997 to be precise.
He can still be very kittenish, particularly when he is appealing for more food (often).
When he came to us he was pretty much a silent cat, but now he talks to us all the time. He shouts for more tuck, he says 'Hello' when he comes in from the great outside and notifies us if he has been rained on.
A year or so ago we acquired an arbour. We call it 'Pumpkin's Shelter' because it immediately became his most favourite place for taking in rays or observing. It protects him on three sides, keeps him dry whilst providing a good view of his territory and files his nails nicely.
Inside our house we have three beds and one futon, and all these are primarily Pumpkin's. During the night he tries to take over my pillow. There aren't many mornings when I don't wake up wearing a ginger hat.
Pumpkin has his own armchair and his own seat at the dining table. He likes to join us at meal times in anticipation of a tasty morsel or two. "Meat, fish, cheese, meusli or yoghurt will do nicely, thank you. I'm not a fussy cat." !!
It was years before Pumpkin would sit on a lap. I'm so pleased he eventually decided it was a good thing.
We've replaced our canvas frame tent (which took us all over Europe, in comfort, for 25 years) with an Outwell Bear Lake 4! We love it and can't wait to take it to places more exotic than the back garden. It has a zipped-in ground sheet and a fitted carpet. The two-bedrooms-made-into-one is plenty big enough for our Queen-sized, double-height inflatable bed and our wardrobe. Bring on the pink wine! Bring on the cicadas! Vive le camping!
Our first Summer pickings!
When we sowed the seeds and planted the plants we doubted. And then .............!
My blog is a scrap-book and diary about my passions.
I am passionate about needlepoint, patchwork & quilting, food & wine, my allotment, my travels, my tent, waterscapes, landscapes, miracles of nature, dolls houses, William Morris, books, more books, wood, wool and many other things (not to mention my family, my cat, my friends and my home).
NB: A 'Basket of Scraps' is a patchwork block.
I have chosen one of Beth Russell's delicious Strawberry Thief kits. There it was waiting for me at Liberty! It was exactly the right size, blends in well with our sitting room and, best of all, was inspired by William Morris.
