DAYS OUT

DAYS OUT

THE WHITE HART IN HYTHE, KENT I had a day out with family for my birthday the other day and popped over to Hythe to The White Hart, I haven’t been in there for years, they now have a sun trap courtyard that is splendid for lunch. The chips were the best everything was very nice. I had the little potatoes with pulled pork, just the right size for a light lunch mind you I didn’t need any dinner that evening, Char had the chicken salad. It’s great having many birthday celebrations and seeing everyone after my holiday. I had…

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REWILD YOUR GARDEN BY FRANCES TOPHILL – BOOK REVIEW

REWILD YOUR GARDEN BY FRANCES TOPHILL – BOOK REVIEW

Published by Greenfinch This is a book you can keep handy as it not only looks good but the ideas are superb. No matter how soft or hard you want to start rewilding your garden there are ideas for you to try. I keep checking to see the next little thing I could do to attract butterflies as I hardly see them here on the south east coast of UK. Francis keeps everything very simple in her writing and covers a huge area, this is one of my favourite books this year. I met Francis when she came to our…

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LADIES THAT LUNCH AFTERNOON TEA IN THE GARDEN

LADIES THAT LUNCH AFTERNOON TEA IN THE GARDEN

SYLVIES 70th BIRTHDAY!   My lovely granddaughter Kara organised our afternoon tea by buying and making everything for us and then being the hostess.     We all decided that she was so good at it that it would be a nice business for her to start up. I am sure many people would like an event all catered for and organised in their own home and not having to do anything themselves. Sylvie loved the special biscuits Kara got for her.             We all had such a super afternoon, with so much fun and…

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UNEXPECTED GARDEN WALK

UNEXPECTED GARDEN WALK

Some mornings I walk round the garden and find such unexpected things, that make you wonder where they came from, for example these freshwater snails, Nerite algae eating snails were in abundance yesterday after the rain, I’m guessing this is why the water is very clear this year. Pleased they came to visit and hope they stay to keep the pond clean but I wonder where they came from.  This frog just loves the sunshine and is so big, he also does not mind being stroked! This is by the grandchildren, not me. Then I looked at the Bay tree…

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