CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW & MY GARDEN

CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW & MY GARDEN

I love the Chelsea Flower Show, which is held every year in London. I have been once; it is a super day out with so much to see. It always spurs me on to get my own garden ready for the summer. This year I wanted to create a bit of a Zen garden after seeing some ideas in Spain. We had a fantastic heat wave here last week, so I was in the garden every day… that’s why no blog posts were written! I opened up the small summer house and sorted all the painting equipment out, as I…

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MY GARDEN

MY GARDEN

I was so pleased to see the Lily of the Valley was at last growing in my garden. I have been trying for years to grow this; it reminds me of my nan and grandad’s house, as they had it growing outside the back door. The smell in the mornings was lovely when you opened the door. I have tried growing it in big pots, small pots, in the garden, and fed it regularly, but never had any luck. Then I planted some down the back where the ground is awful, not a lot of nice dirt, and now they…

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SUNDAY FUN

SUNDAY FUN

ENZO I had a lovely day on Sunday as Enzo was here for the day while Mum worked. The bug hotel was a bargain for £4, which he really enjoyed painting and putting together. (From BnM) I got him this new game of Air hockey from Tiger Tiger in Canterbury, the other day, as everything in the shop was £5, another bargain! We had such fun playing this. I thought I would be good at it, but he beat me every time. The time went so quickly, and then it was lunch, he wanted his favourite that I get from…

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BOOKS AND NEWS

BOOKS AND NEWS

My flowers are doing very well this year, with brilliant colours, such as the lilies. We have had gorgeous sunshine, so hopefully it will carry on for the school summer holidays. I have been a bit quiet lately, as when I went for my steroid injection in my hip, he scanned it. He said there was inflammation there, so no injection. He said I need a new hip, so to get to ball rolling on that, I have had an MRI and am just waiting to hear what the next step is. I am not looking forward to it, dreading…

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