number 6

and in at number 6 !

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really rather pleased with myself here. didn't like this stitch at all, but by stretching it managed to give it a better geometry :-) everso simple to work, but dont tell anyone.

dog walk 2

why do they like this plant ? it's the only one with these stripy insects all over

now this plant is covered with snails.

green box - i call this the sorting hat tree. and in purple that's my bedroom window

all the plants are in a sad state. very few flowers

holly hocks looking a bit threadbare

i do love the mullin, very cheering, - but looking rather sparse

this knobbly trunk caught my eye - still sprouting life

despite the heat the river has not quite dried up this year

i love this tree

the view from my bench up the digue, the river bank

view from my bench down the digue

dog walk 1

these cheer me up - love this blue. looking a bit worn out at the mo

fair as a star when only one is shining in the sky

tommy, ginger and i

well, at least something is thriving

this is the house where i asked a lady if she was ok once, now often she waits and pretends to be opening the shutters and smiles and waves

this is the house where the parrot lives. in the warm weather they put the birds out on the balcony early in the morning and on my way past when it whistles and chats i whistle back. have had a rather fruitless attempt to teach it happy birthday. it does a selection of dog whistles - well it is right where people walk their dogs :-)

beautiful gnarly old thing

where would we be without the laurier rose in summer - it flowers for months and makes sure there's a bit of colour

little and large

mediterranean pine. love the light against the stormy sky

this is my bench

our flat.

Across the Universe

managed to sew a bit this week and managed to tinker with the linked double chain stitch to make this. have altered how it is stitched slightly to give the stitch a better geometry. am rather pleased with this. dont know why i called it "Across the Universe".

anyway makes up for the crises including the blanket see last post and joanna getting dehydrated, confusion, forgetting her meds so pain and asthma.

our lives may be many things but they're not boring.

blanket

 the crisis of the last few days is cos i thought i would be helpful and put a bunch of stuff in the washer - including a chenille blanket that my mum had bought me but had got a bit dusty. dopey head here forgot it was dry clean only. it's disintegrated all over the other washing, all over the house, all over the balcony. and the dust is making us wheeze. so we keep cleaning and dusting - mercifully the helpers have taken it in good sort and have not been toooooo cross with me. another one to put in the biography :-)

heat wave

heat wave - 38-40°. unusual this late in the year. just after i thought the weather had broken - spoke too soon.

found out that joanna's home help hours have been seriously under-calculated. trying to summon the energy or the anger to write to the boss.

still not found a dog walker. very hard. the girls so love the dogs, they cheer them up and provide interest and comfort.

the sky has clouded over ! they say the weather breaks on the 15th aug !

forms done !

finished and posted the disability applications and legal aid. feel like ive finished a dissertation. need to give some attention to some neglected daughters now !

new settee covers

new covers on the settee. new tip up chair on the left. all the elephants have names - annabel, barbara, catherine with a c, diedrie, edith, françoise, giselle, henriette, isabelle, jemima, katherine with a k, lucy, matilda, .... actually they tend to change periodically :-)

my new corner for sitting at the computer. note the pink dragonflies. shame i have to share the room with the laundry, cant be helped :-)

new office corner. all moved out of living room now, whew. notice the ever present ginger biscuit, she follows me every where.

yes this was a hamster cage but had things growing in it. we cleared the balcony and swept up all the dead leaves etc. then ginger biscuit found the nice box of soil and had a wonderful time digging. have had to sweep all over again and put the lid on for the mo.

the apricot tree that grew in the compost is doing it's thing. got 2 more trees growing in this years compost. will have to plant them out soon. "the things i sow, so rarely grow, i'm very disenchanted. but oh what luck,i have with stuff, i never even planted."

bits and bats

we cleared the plant pots on the balcony, got rid of the dead plants, swept and scrubbed. in the night ginger biscuit went and had a lovely dig. it's all over; and she walked it all round the flat on her paws. :-)

missed another family gathering in norfolk :-( but had a lovely phone call from cousin ray the day before :-)

still hot. at least the tourist board will be pleased. the supermarket was crawling with people. message to self must be organised enough to not need shopping on saturdays. 

finally found some ppl who do dog walking (at a price) but not got anyone free after all. perhaps i'll have to carry out my threat to make ginger into fur gloves - i'm joking, not in this heat  ...

not sewed for a few weeks. it was nice while it lasted and at least i'm in hopes that it will come back. to think it's only a few years ago i couldnt hold a pen to write. 

have nearly finished the disability application forms. what a slog. filling in legal aid forms to to get someone to represent us. did that a couple of years ago and the disability authorities just quietly lost our files ! no hearing date, solicitor cant do anything. 

my new tip up arm chair arrived and is settled in the sitting room. everyone sits in it. i really like that :-) and have got new covers for the settee - light cover so can be taken off to wash easily of course cos we have accidents. very pleased. will post photo another time. there that gives everyone something to look forward to doesnt it.

recent pics of us

recent pics of us