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pegstraction.

back on the isle of wight for the bank holiday weekend.

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on the walk to work

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it was a bit odd being at work on a bank holiday but i got through a lot of work without a lot of phone calls ........

the photo has nothing to do with gardening but something to do with museums and schools .......

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one of the things i'll remember my birthday for this year is a day out with loved ones in the company of fluffy owls ....... :o))

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meet mrs elizabeth wilson a new addition to the household as per this morning ...... a very nice 18th c pastel

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a study in red ..........

hope we get a better weekend to get outdoors what with birthdays and all ........

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i was brave today and knitted on the train.

i kept my eyes on the wool

but i'm pretty sure no one batted an eyelid.

tonight: packing again for the isle of wight.

the may bank holiday weekend,

and it's still so cold it just doesn't feel like it.

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all i could think about all day

was climbing back into bed.

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the pots are breeding !

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if you are bored one can always mess up a nice shiny train into a scrapyard locomotive ....

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the garden seems to be taking care of itself in this wet weather with things bursting into life ..... trouble is some of my pots are more like ponds ......

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the boys hard at work in the kitchen.

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as soon as the sun was out, i picked some flowers from the garden.

loving the spring colours!

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i had a few minutes to kill at portsmouth harbour and found my inspiration in the mud at low tide ....... each "vehicle" doubtless has a story to tell .... probably involving alcohol ....

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here is venus at bignor roman villa
the backroads of west sussex were like a flood zone in central america!

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the return ferry crossing to the north island was choppy, to say the least.

and on the walk home the footpath was strewn with blossom which looked like pink snow.

my favourite phrase of the day (courtesy of mum):

'yes, you know, that's the place where we saw the albino squirrel'.

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on days like today,

all you can really do is snuggle up on your favourite blanket

and dream about sunshine.

alternatively, a trip to a spa -

a completely new and wonderful experience.

thanks, sarah!

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island-bound again for stag/hen weekends.

gathered myself a nice collection of random bruises at the laser quest evening.

makes me wonder why on earth anyone would go to an aerobics class when this is on offer!

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i put this together as a picture for my new leaflet .....

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the theme looks like DIY which might have been more rewarding than sitting in front of a computer all day ......

a quick look in the garden confirmed that the weather was doing wonders for the plants

 

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a peaceful, sunny moment sandwiched between the chaos of work, delayed trains and another evening spent as wardrobe assistant at the theatre.

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after another foul morning all the clouds were blown away ....... the disembarking ferry passengers will never believe we had it so bad

this evening i really have got a pottery session (after false alarm of last week!) :o)))

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all was grey and wet today
the rain and wind around the castle was fearsome
i was attracted to these figure-like decoratiions over the fireplace in my office

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i watched a bobbing sea of umbrellas flowing past my office window all day.

it rained so hard that everything actually began to look clean - 

the colours looked brighter, like a washed painting.

when i left my choir rehearsal at 9pm the clouds were breaking up

and the sky beyond was the most fabulous shade of blue:

a reward for getting through all the different shades of grey.

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armed with trusty needle and thread,

i spent the evening helping with costumes

at the final dress rehearsal of 'come on jeeves'!

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so many questions ........
what is large?
what is small?
what is near?
what is far?

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after a weekend's respite 

the weather has turned decidedly english again. sigh!

the wind whipped all the lovely blossom from the trees today.

desperately trying to imagine it's spring, indoors.

a busy week ahead...

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april showers return with a vengence ......
so i turn to some curiosities for my photo - my plaster cameos which look suitably ........ antiquarian

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this must be the biggest flowering cherry ever
grafted onto the white flowered cherry tree is a pink cherry
it's in the graveyard of Arreton Church

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spent this lovely sunny sunday morning in blackheath,

watching the start of the london marathon

in the hope that i might spot my colleagues.

absolutely amazed by the number of runners!

what an achievement.

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today i baked,

i wrote an essay,

i cleaned,

i shopped.

i stayed up til nearly midnight playing monopoly.

man, saturdays are wild round here.