Out of England...

Last week we went to the South Lakes Wildlife Park. The weather was glorious and I almost felt like I was back in Africa (except for the motorway right next to the park LOL)



There were quite a lot of animals and the park is great with the cafe overlooking the giraffes...



There are many viewing decks for humans to observe animals (and vise versa)...


Lots of monkeys on both sides of the fences :-)





Only a week or so left of the 'summer' holidays now. I use the term summer very loosely: On Sunday we installed a water butt and 2 days later it is overflowing!
Still we have had a few train trips to the beach. The boys enjoy it no matter the weather!

(Above they are standing in the rain waiting for the train!)




On another trip, we had sun, but lots of wind too. That's ok at least we're at the beach!! There are some amazing bird sculptures around and we enjoy looking out for them along with collecting stones, broken shells and driftwood that we later leave behind because Mummy and crutches and pockets full of stones don't go together at all well!



The vegetables love the rain and sun combo of the English summer :-)



Crutches and all, I decided to do a little painting...


It took 3 coats to get rid of my graffiti! In future I'll have to find another way to show my love LOL!

Oh, how the garden grows

It's best when all is quiet
that's when I like to try it
use a computer quick as you can
and a blog post can happen without a plan...

YES! I am still computerless:-( I don't know what is wrong with the darn thing, but hey at least I am getting lots of housework and sewing done.

The garden continues to flourish despite a distinct lack of sun (and my own lack of gardening know-how!)



We are not quite living off the land, but we have had some lovely crops. We are still waiting for some tomatoes to ripen up. Green tomato chutney here we come if they don't LOL. (speaking of which I have just made 2 batches of red onion marmalade - yum!)



The peas have been great. And DH and the boys seem to get there pretty quick when any are in need of picking!

We've had about 4 courgettes and they have been a gazillion times better than supermarket ones ;-)

The bees are back and we are so happy to see them!

DH's brocolli has been tasty even though they look so funny. Massive plants and small florets. (We are quite competitive with our vegetables LOL)


His whole patch is amazing!

Our first cucumber.....! (Mine actually LOL)

His first 8-ball or as we call them in South Africa: 'gem-squash'

And lots of sewing... Photos of that to come and a website even! This no computer-thing is at least good for something!