Things...Like a Walk in the Park...

Hubby and I like to take a short walk around the village when we can...

Would you like to come too?

We walk out of our front gate, and down the hill until we reach the lane...

Its a slow climb up the lane, as we live in a valley...

Looking back over the farmland - our house is one of those on the very top of the hill.

Past the sheep in the meadows...

'How are ewe?'

The seasons are on the turn and it feels good to be out here amongst it...

Then back into the centre of the village, past the brook that runs through the bottom.

A quick climb up the side of the valley again, and home.

Whilst we're outside, perhaps you'd like to come around the back and see whats been going on in our garden?

Hubby has been laying slabs at the top, ready for a small storage shed to go up.

Then down the steps...

To see the random stepping stones (recycled from a friend who was getting rid), that I sunk into the lawn, so that we can access the summer house in all weathers.

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I recently decided to dig up a berberis bush from my mixed border, as I was fed-up with getting prickled by it...I'm not sure what to replace it with, so for now I've stood an old wheel barrow in the gap, filled with a planted-up watering can and my collection of (mostly) Victorian clay pots.

A few of the pots are filled with handfuls of sunflower seed, to encourage the birds.

Other gaps (caused by my very naughty chickens) have been filled with my bargain, end-of-season foxgloves and lupins...

Each plant was just 50p from a local car boot sale - Love a bit of instant gardening now and then...

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Just hope those hens of mine will give them a chance to settle in for an even better show next year.

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It'll soon be time to make plum jam again...

OK...better get on again now...

But I'll just quickly show you this vintage toy wardrobe that I bought at a flea market a few weeks ago. It has lovely old thick gloss paint which is a keeper, but I wasn't keen on the fabric panels...

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So I bravely cut into another of my antique Scheurer fabric pieces

;-)), to give it a Frenchy look...

I'm pleased with how the design sits within the panels - PVA glue to secure, and the job was complete.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend,

Niki x