Pot Pourri Fortnight.

Bank holidays, birthdays,  a christening and celebratory Liberation day, it's all been happening over the last two weeks. Weather was amazing for a few days, lifted everyone's spirits, the sea looked so tempting and beautifully calm, I very nearly went for a swim (I know a few friends have already been swimming), that was until I paddled!

 Wedding we 'gatecrashed'.....

"Pie man" will always be 'vertically challenged'

Birthday Lunch ! 

Christening!!

Liberation Day

In between all this socialising, we have been gardening, hoping to turn our vegetable garden into a flower strewn one... ready for the 'wedding' in July. We are trying to grow as many wildflowers as we can to decorate the marquee.We did plant lots of seeds and 'carpets' of wild flowers about a month ago.

I started quite a lot of seedlings off in the greenhouse (it's only small) but planted out as much as I could. Last week we hardened the ones off outside and that had germinated, and sewed them in the raised beds.. some forget-me-nots I put alongside the geraniums in our planters.

A few days later whilst I was outside pottering, I took a closer look at the growing 'flowers', now bear in mind two things, firstly last week I also went to the opticians, and I am going for a contact lens introduction, and secondly some of the seeds and labels got mixed up.

So scattered in amongst the pansies  and petunias we have clumps of mixed lettuce leaves growing very nicely. When I confirmed my suspicions to hubby, he said he thought they looked a little odd, but just thought I must know what I was doing... Oh dear, I've seriously gone down in his estimations!

Moving swiftly on, back to health, or actually the lack of it. Two weeks ago I felt fine, but my back was sore. Thought it was a trapped nerve, maybe twisting in yoga or pilates ( dangerous activity yoga) , I had acupuncture , that's good for lots of reasons, so I've been told... the goal of acupuncture is to promote and restore the balance of energy, which flows throughout the body, the benefits of acupuncture can extend to a wide variety of conditions, from emotional disorders (anxiety, depression) to digestive complaints (nausea, vomiting, irritable bowel syndrome).

I still have the discomfort, and now its down my leg and my suspicions are aroused. Simultaneously a dry little cough , mostly in the mornings, but periodically during the day has appeared and to top it all , I'm really, really tired!!  Like everything is effort, and my mood is so low. I hate it! Ask Steve, I'm a terrible patient, so frustrating to feel so rubbish. 

Then I see the poppies have come out in the garden, (definitely poppies!) and my dogs are loving the warmer weather and lighter evenings. The family and friends are brilliant as always, I celebrated my daughter's 24th birthday, plus I've got a friend undergoing very difficult treatment in Southampton.....and I count my blessings. 

Oh, and I thought to cheer myself up we'd get a new puppy..... meet Max.....

 Isn't he lovely, and he comes back when you call..... 

 Unlike Miss Beanie..... 

Ps just joking.... we are helping Jack 'dog sit' for the weekend....  , but i may not give him back!!