Chatsworth

Part 3 of 3 tonight and not to be missed.

I'm hoping we may see a little more of Debo tonight, although she wasn't very well throughout 2011 when this series was made.

Still I'm developing a great affection for the Duke and Duchess. I think Chatsworth is in very safe hands indeed.

BBC 1 @9.00pm.

Eurovision Fever

Well not exactly a fever, but for the first time in donkey's years I will be watching tonight.

I'm really looking forward to it, and for once it's a 'real' singer representing Britain.

Go the Hump :) 

When I was but a mere tot we used to send the very best pop singers of the day and we were thrilled when we won. Which we seemed to on a fairly regular basis, or maybe my memory is playing tricks?

I picked up some scrummy suitably continental food from the food marquee at the Heathfield Country show this morning.

And from these culinary delights will be preparing a Euro meal of mezes and tapas served with a perfectly chilled bottle of Morrison's finest half price Processco.

Country shows are the best, here are a few pics from today

Lots and lots of lovely creatures there today as well but difficult to get good pics because they were surrounded by adoring country show goers.

Now There's Only One

I was driving home tonight after a very tricky long day at work, feeling very grumpy, suddenly I noticed the huge red sun in the sky and Robin Gibb was on the radio.

The world suddenly seemed a better place, R.I.P Robin Gibb 1949-2012.

Knitted Projects

Hello all, thought I'd post a pic of my finished New Zealand wool cushion, now laying resplendent on the spare bed in the garden room.

I was very pleased with the way the honeycomb pattern turned out, very tactile, everyone at my knitting group loved it. It would be a nice stitch to use for scarves and bags methinks.

So what's the next project? Well I had a mind to do some crochet, but then spotted a very cute pattern in my Rowan subscription magazine.

To be honest I have never made a knitted toy in my life, but I do know someone who is mad about owls, and it is her birthday soon. Not that I'm saying I'm making it for her of course :)

Orwell The Owl Doorstop. I have some lovely yarn in my stash just right for this little boy, and heaps of vintage buttons to choose from for his eyes. I'm not sure his beak looks right though, maybe it's the angle of the photo, I might have to effect some rhinoplasty.

Garden Update

It seems dear reader the minute my lovely husband started to dismantle our second hand greenhouse, the skys opened and it hasn't stopped raining since.

He and the guy helping him need a good dry day to reconstruct the greenhouse. So hopefully next Saturday it should be up.

Probably a bit late for this year, but we know it's gonna be at least two years before this garden project will be finished.

We went to a  friends birthday party yesterday, it was an all dayer, right through to watching Chelsea play football last night. We were home by eleven, but I feel shattered today. Must be my age :)

Still I have done some work in the garden today. Clearing a bed for the strawberry plants that came free with the green house.

I also helped Mr.S&P plant a lovely Wisteria at the side of the house, it will look beautiful but also will help to conceal an old concrete coal hole that we now store a few logs in.

As Stanley Baxter famously said in his best Southern Belle accent "Wisteria on the outside and hysteria on the inside".

Turn Your Back For One Minute

Whilst you're unpacking your shopping, and there's someone taking up residence in some chazza shop tissue.

My Cosmopolitan Blog

Good evening dear readers. It pleases me greatly that more and more people seem to be discovering my blog. And I'm pretty sure that by now I have folk that regularly drop in, but my big question is who are you?

 I look at my 'audience' and it seems a lot of people in the USA and Europe pop by, but also far flung folk as well.

Now I don't like reading 'needy' blogs or blogs that tell you to like them on Face book and all that old nonsense, but I would like to hear from you if you read my blog occasionally/regularly/often/fairly often. Post a comment why don't ya?

Let's get acquainted :)



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