My current project to put some more colour into the garden is to make some outdoor bunting! I will give more details when I have more to show, but here are some photos of the triangles that I cut out this afternoon.
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Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
28 February 2012
:: Outdoorsy ::
There always come a time in the new year when I remember I have a garden. I am not a very faithful gardener, I spend a lot of time in the garden and enjoying it in the summer but as winter descends, other than feeding the birds it does get a bit neglected. At this time of year the snowdrops are already out, the daffodils are about to bloom and the crocuses are here already. Finally seeing some colour in the garden even just a little is a very welcome sight.
My current project to put some more colour into the garden is to make some outdoor bunting! I will give more details when I have more to show, but here are some photos of the triangles that I cut out this afternoon.
My current project to put some more colour into the garden is to make some outdoor bunting! I will give more details when I have more to show, but here are some photos of the triangles that I cut out this afternoon.
18 August 2011
New camera
Our new camera arrived yesterday.
It is one of those things that you look forward to, can't wait for, then it arrives and it has so many buttons and functions that you don't quite know where to start! So I have decided to start on full auto mode and work my way up =)
Here are a couple of shots I took in the garden during some (very) short bursts of sun.
Since I took these I have found out there is a sports mode - to improve my bee shots :) and also a flower mode!! Well, you see I am learning and moving on already.
x
It is one of those things that you look forward to, can't wait for, then it arrives and it has so many buttons and functions that you don't quite know where to start! So I have decided to start on full auto mode and work my way up =)
Here are a couple of shots I took in the garden during some (very) short bursts of sun.
Since I took these I have found out there is a sports mode - to improve my bee shots :) and also a flower mode!! Well, you see I am learning and moving on already.
x
30 July 2011
Garden
It is sunny again today, yippee! It means I can keep up with my washing which, though sadly domestic, is something that keeps me happy!
I also realised that a lot of the flowers that have been blooming in my garden have sadly bloomed their last, so I thought I would take some photos of some of the flowers that remain.
The majority of the flowers have been grown from seed by Master M. and Master A. It seems like such a long time since we bought the seeds, dug the compost out the compost bin, and planted, and watered, and waited, and watered and waited...and then we had little seedlings which we planted out and how they grew! The boys have been so pleased with the results :)
These were all grown from seeds except the Fuschia which is a really old bush that has lived in this garden forever.
Oh and I have to mention out teeny apples growing on our (very modest) apple tree. It won't be long before they are full size apples - can't wait!
x
I also realised that a lot of the flowers that have been blooming in my garden have sadly bloomed their last, so I thought I would take some photos of some of the flowers that remain.
The majority of the flowers have been grown from seed by Master M. and Master A. It seems like such a long time since we bought the seeds, dug the compost out the compost bin, and planted, and watered, and waited, and watered and waited...and then we had little seedlings which we planted out and how they grew! The boys have been so pleased with the results :)
These were all grown from seeds except the Fuschia which is a really old bush that has lived in this garden forever.
Oh and I have to mention out teeny apples growing on our (very modest) apple tree. It won't be long before they are full size apples - can't wait!
x
10 April 2011
Spring!
Well how nice it is to see some sunshine around. My garden has burst into life over the past couple of weeks. I feel as if winter had just gone on and on, this year.
The sunshine meant the host of daffodils I have in my front garden burst into life. I do love daffodils, the way they always open with their fantastic yellow blooms just when you think there will never be any more colour outside. Unfortunately for my daffodils just when they had revealed all their lovely colour we had strong winds and heavy rain and oh dear he daffs did not like that weather one bit! So I had to go out and save lots of my poor battered blooms, so many were broken (but lots survived - yay!) . I put them in an old jam jar and then set about making the jar a wee jacket! And lo and behold this is what they became.
So simple, yet so pleasing :)
If you want to make your own the pattern is from Lucy at the fantastic Attic 24 blog.
Hope you are out and enjoying the spring sunshine.
x
The sunshine meant the host of daffodils I have in my front garden burst into life. I do love daffodils, the way they always open with their fantastic yellow blooms just when you think there will never be any more colour outside. Unfortunately for my daffodils just when they had revealed all their lovely colour we had strong winds and heavy rain and oh dear he daffs did not like that weather one bit! So I had to go out and save lots of my poor battered blooms, so many were broken (but lots survived - yay!) . I put them in an old jam jar and then set about making the jar a wee jacket! And lo and behold this is what they became.
So simple, yet so pleasing :)
If you want to make your own the pattern is from Lucy at the fantastic Attic 24 blog.
Hope you are out and enjoying the spring sunshine.
x
17 September 2010
Birthday Boy
Yesterday was son-in-the-middles' 11th Birthday, I know I say it everytime but where does the time go? Can't believe it, he get so old I stay so young ha ha. I made him a kitkat cake. It was very easy to make SO much easier than trying to properly ice a cake but very effective.
Today as part of the 'September Stars' on Folksy I listed one of my crisp packet pouches!
Did a little gardening yesterday, ages ago we bought some lavender plants to replace our lavender that got killed off in the freezing winter last year. The plants had been sitting in little pots for ages so thought we had better plant them out before they died off!! It is our plan to try and trim it into a wee lavender hedge so we will see how that goes, although I think we will need to buy a few more plants or we will end up with a holey hedge.
Happy Friday! Hope you have a nice weekend :)
x
Today as part of the 'September Stars' on Folksy I listed one of my crisp packet pouches!
Did a little gardening yesterday, ages ago we bought some lavender plants to replace our lavender that got killed off in the freezing winter last year. The plants had been sitting in little pots for ages so thought we had better plant them out before they died off!! It is our plan to try and trim it into a wee lavender hedge so we will see how that goes, although I think we will need to buy a few more plants or we will end up with a holey hedge.
Happy Friday! Hope you have a nice weekend :)
x
05 May 2010
Just Listed
I have just listed this set of recycled button drawing pins on Folksy.
You can see them HERE
Also pleased that it is a sunny day today and I have my washing hung out hurrahs! I am awaiting a delivery of a garden bench too. We have cleared a bit of the garden and made it into a bit of a sheltered spot and we are now eagerly awaiting the arrival of the bench to finish it off and allow me to have cups of tea in the garden - one of my most favourite things :-) I keep obsessively checking the parcel tracking and I just know it will arrive whilst I collect the boys from school!
Hope the sun is with you today.
x
You can see them HERE
Also pleased that it is a sunny day today and I have my washing hung out hurrahs! I am awaiting a delivery of a garden bench too. We have cleared a bit of the garden and made it into a bit of a sheltered spot and we are now eagerly awaiting the arrival of the bench to finish it off and allow me to have cups of tea in the garden - one of my most favourite things :-) I keep obsessively checking the parcel tracking and I just know it will arrive whilst I collect the boys from school!
Hope the sun is with you today.
x
18 March 2010
Hello!
Well the best laid plans ... I did have a plan, honest, part of that plan was a blog post! I know!
Three weeks ago I woke up unexpectedly in complete agony, I won't bore you with the details but I had muscle and nerve pain in my left shoulder and arm. Long story short I have been in much pain and incapacitated for the best part of three weeks. Still I have pain and numbness but I am working through it and now trying to get on, hence this new post!
As you can imagine I haven't much to show for my the last three weeks, but I have made plans.
I am going to upload more items into my Folksy shop: http://www.folksy.com/shops/madebyval so it is a bit fuller then start promoting that, I need to sort out my made by val landing page, currently it points to my Misi shop but I want to change it so it is a landing page with links to my Folksy shop, Misi shop and Blog.
We are trying to straighten out our garden and build a vegetable plot (potatoes are currently chitting!) so I might add in few gardening posts too.
This year I was determined to learn how to crochet and have actually managed it! Mainly by buying copies of the part work "The Art Of Crochet" I am really enjoying it (currently on issue 11) I have done a few searches and was hoping to find someone Blogging about their Art Of Crochet progress, I have found a few reviews of the first issue but no photos of peoples squares so I thought maybe I would blog a bit about them in case anyone is interested although I might need to crop a couple of them as they are a wee bit wonky in places :blush:
Well that is enough waffle from me, for now.
Stay safe x
Three weeks ago I woke up unexpectedly in complete agony, I won't bore you with the details but I had muscle and nerve pain in my left shoulder and arm. Long story short I have been in much pain and incapacitated for the best part of three weeks. Still I have pain and numbness but I am working through it and now trying to get on, hence this new post!
As you can imagine I haven't much to show for my the last three weeks, but I have made plans.
I am going to upload more items into my Folksy shop: http://www.folksy.com/shops/madebyval so it is a bit fuller then start promoting that, I need to sort out my made by val landing page, currently it points to my Misi shop but I want to change it so it is a landing page with links to my Folksy shop, Misi shop and Blog.
We are trying to straighten out our garden and build a vegetable plot (potatoes are currently chitting!) so I might add in few gardening posts too.
This year I was determined to learn how to crochet and have actually managed it! Mainly by buying copies of the part work "The Art Of Crochet" I am really enjoying it (currently on issue 11) I have done a few searches and was hoping to find someone Blogging about their Art Of Crochet progress, I have found a few reviews of the first issue but no photos of peoples squares so I thought maybe I would blog a bit about them in case anyone is interested although I might need to crop a couple of them as they are a wee bit wonky in places :blush:
Well that is enough waffle from me, for now.
Stay safe x
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