Garden Love

Over the last month or so we've been spending a lot of our weekends in the garden, generally keeping on top of the weeds and also creating our fire-pit which is also our BBQ. We love it! Every Friday and/or Saturday evening is BBQ time these days and with the addition of my old hammock its most definitely my favourite reading spot too. We went up the lane to 'forage' for the bark after the forestry commission had finished clearing a load of pines - love a bit of free stuff for half an hour's work (and we got to test out Sam's 4x4 driving skills!)

Elsewhere in the garden, things are growing happily on their own and aside from keeping on top of the a fore mentioned weeds and bracken (many many, lots and lots but very therapeutic to pull up) and mowing the lawn, we're pretty much letting it do its thing and discovering the already established plants that are turning up all over the place, much to our delight and without any effort on our part.

Oh, and the cat seems pretty happy too.

Have a good week everyone.
S. x

Goodbyes

After four and a bit years I've left my job in Leicester. Four and a bit years is not a long time in the grand scheme of things but I learned so much and laughed so hard while working with a wonderful group of people and such delightful (most of the time) children. I will miss it very much and it was very hard to leave it behind. But...

It did lead to a little bit of crafting for my closest friends - a card for each and definition of sorts.

Oosh, Fwit, Right and Floppy Whopper - The words were chosen because they remind me of each member of our little Foundation Stage team (you probably had to be there!)

Thank you so much for everyone's help, love and support over the last few years, you truly are amazing! (And thank you for beautiful flowers too.)

As for the other goodbye, at the end of June we said farewell to our dear dog Finn - a good life of 13 and a half years and a quick and quiet end. He was ready and so were we, though going up to Northumberland and not having a dog getting in the way all the time will be a very strange
experience. Goodbye lovely boy. xxx

With the summer holidays now in full swing, I'm hoping to blog more often - one a month is not really good enough is it!

S. x