Quick trip

We managed a quick trip into Jalon, a nearby town that we really don´t frequent unless it´s for the vets. It has a funny vibe and doesn´t feel right.  They have a HELP charity shop there and I was hoping to find some suitable books for Theo to share during our video calls and to have here for when! they come over. Wasn´t a successful trip, the shop was really quite empty, then on the the vets to collect preventative flea treatments only he had forgotten to order them! Back on Tuesday.

I have planted okra again this year, putting more down than last as they seem to take so long to mature, also more french beans, as I noticed the snails have been busy again, despite putting crushed eggshells around the plugs. The same with the courgette, we have one more left, so have to barricade it in lol

Theo´s little jumper was nearly finished, or so I thought, but looking at the 2 glaring mistakes on the back, I just had to undo it, funny isn´t it, once you know it´s there it´s too hard to ignore.  The pattern is one row knit and the next P1 and knit 1 into the stitch below, never tried this before and somehow (lack of concentrations I expect) I had reversed part of 2 rows. Oh well on it´s way now.

A couple of years ago, Chris bought me some lilies, they have come up every year, but this year they have made such a lovely display. Just have to be careful to remove the stamens because of the furries.

 I´m also pleased the Gerberas are doing well, they are so colourful

Right, a jumper to finish, enjoy the weekend

take care

xcx

Dickie birds

 I received my first vaccination a couple of weeks ago, having registered on line. First I received a temporary SIP number (Spanish health care) and a couple of days later an appointment, although the appointment system didn´t seem to be adhered to, just a long queue. No real problems except with my dodgy immune system it exacerbated the fatigue, hey ho, overcoming that now.

Chris now qualifies for a permanent SIP card, so armed with lots of paperwork we went to the local health centre to register. I now have a temporary card which can be updated with yet more paperwork at a later date and Chris has his full one. Two big ticks on the ´to do´list.

The tray of peas have now been transplanted to their final site with round green beans waiting in the wings. Can´t say the same for the courgettes they just seem to be snail food.

Another hanging basket

This is our sage and rosemary patch, so pretty with all their flowers, gone a bit wild I think

and a sea view across the back garden - difficult to see, but it´s there

Getting to grips with one of the back beds, tough as old boots to weed.

With the warmer weather, out came the old flip flops, rather boring and very plain, so I jazzed them up a bit by adding a little bling with the glue gun

I purchased some chenille type yarn at the Chinese bazaar, 2e a ball, so for 5e I have a nice soft tactile cushion for the outside furniture. Never knitted with yarn this thick and needed 9mm needles, just plain stocking stitch, bit hard going but a nice result. As there was quite a lot left I picked up another one to make a second

Rebecca and I talk a couple of times a day, mostly with video so we can play with Theo and watch all his antics. The other day I was playing ´two little dickie birds´ with him, bit of a difficult concept for him only using two fingers, but at the end when Paul flies back he ran off and came back with his ball to show me. Well I suppose at that age ball and Paul do sound the same.

So I thought I would make some finger puppets for him to make it a bit easier

As he is not playing with them directly, I added embellishments and used the glue gun, so no sewing.

He loves to bring me things to show me and we join in together when he has quiet time with his books. Trying to make the most of a still very difficult time.

Well better be off, have a good weekend

take care

xcx

Big soggy

Well, the last couple of weeks seem to have run away from me.

It was my birthday on the 22nd and we decided to book into our little restaurant, Marias.  We haven´t had a meal there for about 18 months were looking forward to a treat. As it turned out the weather was atrocious, absolutely falling from the sky and at some points you couldn´t even see the road which is literally a few feet away from the place, due to the clouds. We had the place to ourselves though, which was quite relaxing not having to worry about distancing and the meal was excellent.

The wild boar came visiting again, this time digging up the ground behind the Naya, but at least it was easy to weed and flatten the ground again.  With all the rain the weeds in all the gravel areas have gone wild, so I spent 3 mornings weeding one area only, we shall have to spray it with a pet friendly spray as the areas are too large to keep up with.

A little bit of knitting, tweaking recipes, and chores, our kitchen floor tiles are white sunburst pattern, so you can image the muddy paws from all the furries straight in from the cat flap.

I suppose it´s going to be more weeding if the weather holds, it will look good when it´s done. Amazing how rescuing the pot plants from drowning in the courtyard from the deluge, they are now as dry as a bone, so watering time

take care

xcx