ashbourne

It's very rare that me and Allsy have a day trip out but on Saturday we did just that. 

We went to Asbourne in Derbyshire, a lovely little town and definitely worth a visit if you like antiques (which indeed I do!) It is a tad twee and middle class but it is very pretty don't you think...

The church is a bit spooky though. 

And that hotel sign's a bit odd.

We were very good and only bought Bootsy Cat a new little wicker carrier to sleep in. Which if you saw the beautiful things for sale you'd have been proud at that level of restraint. 

I hope you all had a lovely weekend, whether you ventured out or were a hermit like I usually am.

afternibbin. x

mum's planters

Thank god it's Friday! I have felt flat as a pancake all week and am looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend.

Anyhoo, last week was my lovely mumly's birthday. My mumly is the greatest, so for her present I planted up the pots in front of her house with an array of yellow and blue/purple Spring flowers (mmm, my favourite combo). She was away in Whitby last week so I wanted it to be a nice surprise for her upon her return. My mum and dad have a dog Tilly (as seen here with Allsy's jazzy socks) she's a lovely little dog but very naughty indeed and she has dug up all my mum's back garden. So in the absence of being able to do anything to her back garden for fear of it being destroyed, I thought it would be nice to at least brighten up the front of her house. 

I forgot to take any before photos as I'm an idiot and I got overly excited but here's what the planters look like now...

And here's all those lovely little plants close up...

It had just rained when I took those photos but I must say I do love all the little water droplets.

I also bought my mumly a hanging basket and planted that up, unfortunately that wasn't much of a surprise as I turned up with it after they'd got back home (this may or may not be due to the fact that I laid in bed a tad too long), oh well, the gesture was there ey!

Whilst at my folks house I also took the opportunity to take a few more snaps of their garden...

Spring is here but it looks like some of the plants haven't been told.

That's all folks. I hope you all have a lovely weekend whatever you end up doing x

happy weekend

This weekend has been such a lovely happy affair. Here's some of the things that have made me super happy this weekend...

...the sun has been shining and the sky has been a beautiful vibrant blue (for at least part of it anyway)



...flowers are beginning to emerge all over the garden

...I did some gardening (in the rain but we'll forget about that part) and now the weather's a bit warmer I got to plant out some herbs

...my sweetpea seeds are germinating

...I treated myself to some daffodils, gypsophilia and an indoor rose which are brightening up the house greatly

...I did some painting for the first time since I was a little 'un, I need to practice lots more but I really enjoyed it 

...my mum, dad and sister were back off their holiday so I got to see them, yay! They bought me the cutest, little cat brooch, I love him

...me and Allsy have also watched obscene amounts of Breaking Bad whilst swaddled in about six blankets, we've eaten a tad too much fudge chocolate and cereal (well, three bowls in the last 15 hours, is that too much?!), we've drank copious amounts of tea and coffee and lit tons of candles too so all in all it has been a lovely happy weekend, I just wish it wasn't almost over.

Anyhoo how has your weekend been? I hope you've all had a nice happy one too...