Mothering Sunday - Mother's Day & A New Dress for Peggy Sue

Peggy Sue has been neglected, well not exactly neglected, but has not had a look in for ages, so time to remedy that, starting with a new dress.

I thought this sea horse fabric would be fun.  I made the wrong bodice than I had planned, but it still looks good on her.  A little cardigan will set it off nicely, so that may be next on my creating list.

She seems pretty happy with it as she poses in front of the daffodils.

She is so special, I do love this doll very much.

As we celebrate Mothering Sunday - Mother's Day here in the UK, I wonder how many Mother's Days she has seen over the years in the different families she has lived in.

 

Pretty Flowers in the Garden with Wren

 What a beautiful day for Wren to have a wander around the garden to look at the flowers.

Leaf's Saturday in the Garden.

What a beautiful day it was today.

The first lawn mowing for the year took place.

Leaf 'helped' out in the garden...

...although I am sure he spent more time just sitting and enjoying than actual helping!

The garden seat is now back in use, and Leaf enjoyed looking out at the sea.

 

Henry's Garden Tour

Come on a tour of our garden

Off we go

There are lots of trees in our garden for me to climb and sit in.  This one is a Mulberry Tree.

It has tiny fruit starting to form on it.

We have four raised vegetable beds.  This one has a lot of salad leaves in it, as well as chard, peas and tomatoes.  We have salad every day for lunch and chard and spinach for dinner.

This bed has our beans growing in it.

They are starting to flower which is exciting.

It also has some Kale and Onions.

Over here we have a courgette plant flowering and several little courgettes growing.

Oh dear what has happened here?

Something, as yet unidentified has been eating our other Kale and Brassica plants.  Grrr..

Yummy raspberries.  We have been picking a few of these each day.

Gooseberries.  Mum has already made two batches of jam with these, looks like we need to pick some more!

Into the orchard, we have a lot of apple and other fruit trees.

All great for climbing as well!

A pear tree.

This side we have potatoes, peas and onions.

The peas are growing nicely.

We have a little vineyard...trouble is they are wine grapes and Mum doesn't drink wine and we are not really sure what we should be doing with them, so they are currently growing wild!

A lovely big fig tree.

Down the steps...

We discovered these and uncovered them a month or so after moving in.

A plum tree

Looking forward to these.

Strawberries - that need a better cover over them as they keep getting eaten by critters.  It is a constant battle here against badgers and other wildlife.

Our lovely pond, so peaceful and relaxing.

With its beautiful water lilies.

Although the fish seem to have also gone missing - we have seen a heron around here, so we may need to cover it eventually if we have to get more fish.

Of course there is the sea view which is a delight.  We can also 'spot ships' that sail past daily.

I hope you enjoyed my little tour.

We are thinking of re-instating our original Sasha/Gregor blog, with perhaps a name change to reflect we now live on an Island and also to give Mum some focus!  Ha ha, hopefully you might get to see more of us Gregor and Sasha friends that way.

Brown Bear

I made a new teddy bear last week.  He is still patiently waiting on a name but has already been out on a couple of outings with me.  He might not be as 'flash' or 'pretty' as some of my others, but he sure is cuddly!  I am looking forward to when I can actually go out and chose fabrics in person and not have to try and guess how accurate the colour is when buying on line, or making do with what I have to hand.  He turned out a lot darker than I had wanted, but I had no choice, so he can be a little difficult to photograph.  However, I really like him and at the end of the day that is the most important thing.  He is definitely a keeper, and I made him for myself, unlike most of the others that will eventually be going in my Etsy Shop.

So introducing.... Brown Bear

His body is un-jointed, and that is how I wanted him. 

Here his nose is a bit crooked so I took it off and sewed it back on.

I took him for a walk the day he was finished.

He has found a zip up sleeveless jacket I made a while ago to wear.

He came with me for a bike ride.

He travelled in style in the basket and couldn't understand what the all the fuss was about....he said it wasn't hard work cycling at all!  Easy for him to say he wasn't trying to push the pedals round on the incline.

Another day he came for another walk.

He found a hedgehog on a post.

Explored an old building

Discovered a very old fireplace in the old ruined building and wondered about who might have lived there.

Enjoyed a walk along the board walk.

Delighted to see we have some peas growing and can't wait to taste them!