Another week of hot sunny weather but also with a few sudden thundery downpours, which were great for the poor garden that's been baking in the sun.
Paul's spent the week working on the garden, with very little help from me ( too hot for me to get out there) and he has now finished repairing/placing the wood for the raised bed. You can see what he's done on the garden blog posts. He's worked like a pro, getting out there whenever the weather allowed and moved loads of soil in order to fit the boards across what were rounded ones.
Above is the new end to the raised bed, where Paul reduced the length, so we can now get round to the back gate, front of greenhouse from this point , which we could not do before.
Still lots to do, filling in the area's that will now be part of the path and also through to the new opening. Plus moving the earth now on the raised bed to fill in some of the gaps between the new boards and the bed. Plus of course some replanting/designing of the bed. We do have plans for it but I'll keep that back until it happens.
The new bench arrived and looks lovely on the stone circle. Just needs a nice seat cushion. And as much as I would have liked to make one, I was good and ordered one in a waterproof fabric, weighting up that buying some thick foam and then some snazzy fabric, I'd be spending three if not four times as much as just buying one to fit, yes I don't know either where this taking the cheaper, easier way is coming from..
And finally after 19 years plus the tapestry I started back when we lived in Hertford and left at this point is now
Finished! Yes all done. Now it just needs turning into a cushion cover. But it's already off the frame and the frames been dismantled, for now. I really enjoyed working on it, so may start another one in the winter, hopefully I've got another eighteen years to get it done ;)
This definitely feels like the year for getting the long awaiting jobs done!
Elsewhere a few items have sold this week, so ticking over slowly. But we are now going into holiday season, so sales will peter out and I can stop hunting for boxes to post things in.
On the doll front Ginny, our headliner today, was changed into summer wear.
No dolls left and none arrived but I did buy a couple of pairs of Shorts from Ginny at A Passion For Sasha, on Etsy, for the boys.
Today it's 31.8 in the shade! So with these sorts of temperatures, we are now into mid to late evening for doing anything, especially garden related.
On that note I will wish you all a lovely refreshing ( she says hopefully ) healthy fun filled week ahead
Dee
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