Garden Update

Its another month until Springtime Happiness, my favourite month of the year.. but already we are starting to see the beginnings of the happy season, the daytime has been very clement although mornings & evenings are still pretty cold, my hot water bottle is still in use at night & layering is necessary during the day clothing wise.. 
     Here are a few pictures of my daisies, I am very pleased with them I bought them from a market last year, they were small in a pot & now have spread along the garden bed at the front, giving it a fresh happy look, the white one is smaller but has flowered first, the pink one is bigger but is still to flower. there are lots of buds on it though.

    There is also a collection of some pottery garden ornaments I have made over time, apart from the Gnomes!! at the front of the house I have painted tree stumps green as extra seating but at the moment they have plants on.

Another comp for Milli

Mill's had another gymnastic's comp at the weekend, this time it was at the gym she trains at, she did really well & got 2 first's a second & a third, well done Mill's, we are very proud.

The Simple Pleasures in Life

My birthday present from Milli was this lovely magical garden, she has been collecting bits & pieces up for about a week even bringing stuff back on saturday from her playmates house to embelish it, she wouldnt let me see it til monday morning the day of my birthday, it was gorgeous she had laid it all around the tree in our garden & arranged her littleist pet shop animals in it for effect...The picture doesnt do it justice x

 On Saturday night I had a few friends over for drinks & nibbles, it was really nice & intimate only inviting people I knew would get along, a fab time was had by all, was pleased with the deck even though I say so myself, invested in some bistro blinds to keep out the cold & the outside heater was fab, nothing worse than being cold I certainly didnt want my guests to be...

Jo, Jo & Liz

Kenya made this flower from her craft book, with a bit of help from me, she did an excellent job & hope she will make some more, french knitting is great once you get the hang of it... 

Autumnal

Well the winter is definately coming, the weather is getting decidedly chilly, which I kinda dont really mind, I get fed up with continual hot sun for months on end, I love wearing my jeans & boots & today I have on a beanie which isnt usually me, but now I'm a soccer mum standing out in the mist & fog at 8.30 on a sunday morning I felt the occassion warranted it, fortunately Kenya's team always win so all is not lost. Today she got player of the week, great for her but not for me as I have to wash all the shirts!!  

I do love the crispiness of the Autumn leaf fall &

all the gorgeous colours although the trees look really

bare & sad but the garden is looking great at the moment & the grass is nice & lush. The lemon tree

has an abundence of fruit & all my suculents are loving the cooler weather.

 

Even more gappy

The next day after my last post about the wiggly teeth low & behold 2 more came out on the same day, one at gymnastics (if you please) & the other later on while I was brushing her teeth, the tooth fairy was very busy that night & had very empty pockets!! she looks so cute though with no teeth at the front, my baby is growing up x

Little Miss Gappy

Milli has had 3 really wiggly teeth for ages & ages, they just don't seem to want to budge, then finally the other day with a bit of help from Dad one front one suddenly popped out, that night she put the tooth under her pillow & drifted into her slumber with the hope that the tooth fairy will visit in the night & as if by magic she did!! she had even made the glass of water pink....now we are waiting for the other one's to come out which hopefully wont be long, as she looks a little like Nanny Mcphee!!

Pariotic

Well its been a week since 'THE WEDDING' & I'm still feeling very patriotic...It was a wonderful wedding with all the pomp & ceremony that only the British do best!! shame Posh couldnt smile at least once, if I was there I would have been beaming from ear to ear, she doesn't realise how lucky she is.. I hope they have a long & happy life together, I saw her on the tv today shopping at waitrose, bit different from her big day only a week before.

Thankyou Geraldine for all my souvenirs, I will cherish them x

 When I was little I had a blue story book, with a different story for every day of the week, I loved it & I can still picture my mum sitting on my bed reading to me everynight, miraculously I have ended up with the book along with a few others, equally as fab, one of them is from A Janet & U Michael & was given to me in 1972. I too sit on the girls beds & read them the same story books, which they too love listening to, I guess that not much changes if you give your children the same simple values in life xx

Childhood memory's