Having fun :)

Yep,

time does indeed fly

when you are having fun!

And I most definitely have been having fun,

but I have been working hard as well:)

And in between,

I've been enjoying our summer

which seems to have returned

in full force

these past few days.

 

It's lovely :)

 

 

Been out in the garden this evening

after coming home from work,

and brushing past the lavender

made me think

that I should cut swathes of it

and bring it inside.

Often I forget to do this

until it's almost too late

and the color is fading.

 

 

I knew the perfect place for it.

Jake made me this fabulous trug

for Christmas.

Isn't it gorgeous.

In all honesty I was so surprised

as I did not realise he possessed

such skills.

He has built it so beautifully

and

I think the lavender looks amazing in it.

 

This pic is taken underneath our plum tree

which has a ridiculous amounts of fruit

on it this year.

 

 

Last year I think we would have been stretching it

to say

we had six plums on the tree.

This year ...

more like six hundred!!!

Go figure.

How does that work?

 



 

The plums are delicious

and I'm at the stage where I try one each day.

They are still a few days off tasting amazing.

At the moment we are still in the

take a tentative bite stage,

wait for it,

yep,

still sour,

(and boy, does that taste wake you up!!)

I reckon just a few more days

of this fabulous sunshiney weather

and we will have more plums

 than we will know what to do with.

 

I have the day off tomorrow

so I am hoping for more glorious sunshine,

and I fully intend to spend

the whole day,

every single part of it,

in my garden.

 

The two stitcheries in this post

are from many years ago.

They were among the first I ever stitched,

designed by Cathy Penton.

I have quite a few of her designs stitched

and they remain some

of my very very favourite pieces.

 

Have to leave you with this quote.

I love these words.

 

I'm off to make some dinner,

and to start a little

cross stitch project!!

See you later

Jenny :)