Not one but two

Two bunches of roses for mum from daughter Pru to cheer me up after minor mouth surgery on Thursday. They are so beautiful, thank you.

To take my mind off the impending nasty we went  to Wisley garden centre on Wednesday and look what they had on show to make me smile.

Give 's a kiss

It was scarecrow heaven 😄

There were so many butterflies about too, I even managed to get a shot or 2

And then I got a bit bored with waiting for hubby to do the pro pics so I downloaded an app and did this 

And  he still wasn't finished so I downloaded another app and did this 

What a clever iPhone

So you see we had a great day and I forgot all about Thursday.

Birthday celebrations

We had a lovely birthday afternoon tea in our garden on Saturday, for our son and his wife who have birthdays within days of each other. Our youngest grandchild was welcomed by his cousins in the usual style, they all love to bring the youngest into their playtime.

I thought that ball was thirsty.....

And there's always a show off, isn't there :-)

Then it was time for the strawberry sponge birthday cake, well it had to be didn't it with our glut of them form the allotment.

As you can see we had a pretty good feast....

And someone certainly enjoyed these sausage rolls made by his aunty Pru.

As there was plenty of cake left we decided to take morning coffee on Sunday at the allotment before Dan and family left for home.

What a lovely weekend :-)

Breakfast at Dungeness

Yes we're here again, arrived last night around 10.30. We've never seen the power station from a distance at night, it looked amazing, like something out of Las Vagus. But also like a giant cathedral, I was almost waiting for 'the heavenly choir!'

We had a breakfast of our own strawberries and cereal....yum!

More veggie food parcels for the family.

And thinning and drying the peppermint for tea. 

And a helping hand for a grass snake stuck in garden netting, not in our plot.

Potato fest

Mike's been harvesting the early potato crop, and boy are they good!

With home grown mint and butter they're so perfect we've even been having them fried for breakfast :-)

But for lunch we do have a healthy side salad.

I've added a small bit to my garden too, by adding some recycled roof tiles to make an end for the new path of stones.

  

And I saved the best till last....... I had mentioned to Mike that I'd like some wooden planters like the ones I'd seen in the chateau in Villandry, in France and when I got down to the plot the other day this was waiting for me.....he'd made it in my absence, pretty clever eh! Thank you :-)

It will go on the fence line with a cordon fruit tree inside. It's so smart that I would like at least another 2 :-)

Lettuces, radishes , spring onions and spinach

The title says it all.... For the past 3 weeks we've been harvesting all these lovely vegetables in enough quantities to share with our family and neighbours, all of whom are delighted with the wonderful fresh flavour of freshly grown produce.

Mike has worked extremely hard, 7/8 hours a day on the plots 5-7 days a week!!

You can see more here, where he keeps a lovely blog record of the plots.

My roll is more of support team, providing tea/coffee meals, yes cooked meals of varying varieties, including all day breakfasts at teatime :-)

I do a bit of planting in my plot, but mainly decorative.

This is my new brick path, made from reclaimed bricks from the plot, it's just waiting for a dressing of sharp sand to fill in the gaps. I am a bit proud of this as I never would have thought I could make one. The levelling took a bit of time but it was worth it to get it right.

And you can also see our latest acquisition, the rocker, for those most important relaxing moments, a great spot by Mike at our local charity shop. It will need posh new cushions, but it's still way too comfortable as it is.

We've also added a few other pieces just to personalise the garden.

A vintage seat complete with moss, and a bird bath which will eventually have another brick path in the centre of the beds leading up to it.

I was very lucky to be given this lovely little shelving unit by another plot holder so couldn't wait to put it up, despite the fact that I haven't finished painting the walls or the ceiling.

And last of all, we got to dog sit our favourite lille chap on Monday and he spent the day on the plot with us having a wonderful time.

(yes children, I know a paint job is badly needed on the table and chairs!)

Any lunch for me then?

More pics from Dungeness and Rye

Home again, and if our local weather is anything to go by, just in time, there's a howling gale outside, well maybe not that bad.... but it's too cold and wet for June.

So to more pics of sunshine and a knitting extravaganza in Rye.

And crochet....

Panoramas in Dungeness

Shadow play

Oh look I'm on TV....

Flower power.....

And hole lot more going on over here 

It was a great trip as always..... looking forward to the next visit already.

Enjoying the sunshine

We're away again in the Nomad wagon, this time to our favourite retreat of Dungeness.

It's been a beautiful day just chilling out.

Watching the tide roll in and out.

And admiring the flowers, standing proud against the wind.