This is the bush I found in the corner of the garden behind the over grown butterfly bush, apparently it is an Australian Bottle brush plant, it has these amazing flowers.
Archive for May, 2006
I know what this one is
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Weed or not a Weed
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30, 2006 | 8 Comments »
That is the question, I do hope not as this is one of the few flowers in the garden and I have a white version as well and they are absolutely beautiful. I guess the best definition of a weed I heard was that a weed is a plant that is in the [...]
Socks
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Just to prove that I do sometimes finish things that I have cast on these are the ankle socks using the hand dyed self striping yarn, I think if I remember rightly it was a couple of balls of debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino, I found that my last pair of these made wonderfully [...]
Gardening
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2006 | 4 Comments »
And just to prove I haven’t given in on the garden, we were sent these from Andy’s ex father in Law apparently two are red tomatoes and one is a yellow variety and at the moment they are almost twice this size and need repotting and putting out side.We tackled a little more [...]
Latest work
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2006 | 2 Comments »
And this is what I have been working on recently. This is a wedding set for my friend Kim who got married on Friday more about that once I have downloaded the pictures, this was my wedding gift to her and Martin it is made from uncultured pearls and Citron crystals and [...]
Amazon Gift
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Yvonne sent me an amazon token so I could finally buy this, I had read so much about it and seen a few copies but couldn’t justify buying it , watching the budget during this moving thing, so it was a wonderful suprise when I opened my e-mails on my birthdy to find [...]
More Flowers
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I also got these flowers earlier in the week from Carol, note the jam jar, so ok I know what I’ll be on the look out for in the second hand stores. She also gave me some money for the garden to invest in some tools or plants so am planning a trip [...]
Birthday news
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2006 | 2 Comments »
So finally I am getting to blog about my wonderful birthday last week. Firstly I was treated to breakfast in bed by Andy which was no mean feat as his shoulder had completely frozen the day before so was very sore and we couldn’t get an appointment with the doctor until Thursday [...]
Notr what I intended
Posted in Uncategorized on May 19, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Well unfortunately here at Silkwood we have had some computer difficulties which means I can’t post pictures whilst I’m here so I don’t really want to put the blog entry in that I was intending to do because it won’t be the same with out images so instead heres another meme from one of Andy’s [...]
Quickie
Posted in Uncategorized on May 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick blog thing found on Two Fish Knitting
You Are The Empress
You represent the ideal female figure: beauty and nurturing.You bring security and harmony to many.At times, you are also a very sensual person.You are characterized by love, pleasure, and desire.
Your fortune:
You need to take some time to think about the role of [...]
