There's no denying it, summer has well and truly arrived! We've been sweltering in a typical June heat wave all this week. On Saturday we finally put the new fence up! It was a very hot day, but James managed to get nearly all of it done, with just a little bit of help from me and the boys. It's ...
My Week
Last Saturday was a strawberry day. Gabriel was invited to a friend's strawberry picking party (what a lovely idea!) and we all tagged along to gather lots and lots for jam-making. Unfortunately, just as we arrived at the farm, the heavens opened and it rained and rained and rained. In spite of ...
My Week
Last weekend was a lovely end to a busy half-term. On Saturday, the weather was good, so we devoted the day to the garden. First, we went to the garden centre and stocked up on new pots and summer plants. We also indulged in one of their delicious ploughman's lunches before heading home with our ...
My Week
Getting on the garden. We’ve got a lot to do in the garden at the moment. Since we moved in, four years ago, I’ve tinkered around with growing annuals and things in pots, but we’ve not really made any substantial changes. Lots of the shrubs have become very overgrown and not particularly healthy as ...
My week
We had a fairly quiet weekend. On Saturday we pottered into town. Our daily school-runs don’t take us through town and just lately James and I have taken to solo jaunts –mainly because someone usually has a scooter-related tantrum before we reach the corner of our road, plus it’s always insanely ...
My Week
The first warm day of the year. Saturday was a fabulously sunny day and we threw open all the windows. My back was still very bad at this point so I took things really easy – tea in bed with my new my Persephone book, and a long bath. All nice things, but much more enjoyable when you’re not in pain! ...