re-cycling our kitchen

out in the garden making our new vegatable patch out of old kitchen unit!!
tea break
da da....carrots, beetroot, spinach, rocket,peas,tomatoes,garlic....:-)

whateva

you with all of your fancy home grown goodness...tonight i will be having

mm, never seen these before...fresh from the freezer..i will have some salad with them..fresh from sainsburys

Then i will have this...Classy night in on my own xx

First Haul...

Been up to the allotment early this morning to plant my broad beans ;-) This is the first haul (left over form the last chap who had the plot). Lovely sweet tender rhubarb..so I am going to make this tonight...http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/rhubarb-and-almond-crumble,988,RC.html

and leeks...with which I am going to make this (but with quorn instead of turkey!!)

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/meat-recipes/turkey-and-sweet-leek-pie

YUM YUM YUM

Spring is here....

Yellow is everywhere......so nice to have some proper sunshine this weekend :-)

Helping sew the tomatoe seeds...

Potting peas

Making Flapjacks

love it

mothers day

this is what i got (oh and some dr houshka bath stuff....mmm) I did wear it all day with pride..but it broke and we had to stick it with blue tack..

Beautiful....

Just came across this artist..I love her work, so delicate, reminds me a bit of mine, a bit of yours and a bit of Debbies...all mixed together...its lovely.

http://www.racheltrobertson.com/

some patterns i made today

Eric Carle

brilliant, did you see him in the guardian on saturday...he looks so sweet and has the most amazing smile
http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/mar/14/eric-carle-author

love this one

Thanks for that link...amazing stuff..this is amazing

Kids bedlinen

Just came across this famous German textile designer Graziela Preiser who did a legendary 1,2,3 design from the 70's, used for a set of bed linen for children. Check out her archive of designs from the 1970's on their website

http://www.bygraziela.com/shop/intro.php?language=1&currency=1?reload

New Hall & Wellies....

Lola in her new wellies..ready for some digging on the allotment!

Our new stairs...finished today, all nice and fresh and clean and new looking :-)

Going to hang the pictures tonight

Lola putting monkey on the naughty step!

inside

today I discovered two new insides of envelopes...can you imagine my delight..

Some nice things...

Nice sideboard

I have the pattern for this pointy kitty, we can make one for each of the girls

This one if for you....................cupppppppppps!

Nice little prints..like the olive & turquoise


Interesting... for me not you!

Whitstable

a very spare of the moment sunny day in whitstable...

Mabel loved throwing stones...she did it for about 4 hours!!! we had fish and chips and had a mooch around..

graham

went to the battersea affordable art fair today to see alice and graham...graham has some amazing new prints...these were my fav..www.boxbird.co.uk

A walk in the park...

New Buds

Lola & Finn

Pussy Willow

A few pics from our walk in the park today....