Pod Peas and spuddies!

Good morning you lovely lot
I hope this Thursday finds you all well and thriving.

The sun is shining here which is nice as I need to do some digging this afternoon.

I think some of my potatoes are ready to surface.
much excitement
Also the pods on my pea plants are plentiful and starting to bulge too...

They are a little more bulgy than this already.

In other veggy news my swede, beetroot, spinach, spring onions, lettuce and radish are all coming along nicely. Have got the second batch of lettuce seedlings sprouting now too.

I also have some more strawberries coming and a couple of sweet peas opened too

... I feel like the narrator on big brother..

Day 25 in the little garden veg patch!

In other news I went to Whitby a couple of weeks ago, went after work with Andrew.,

We arrived around 5ish and the weather was perfect. Had a walk to the pier and had an ice cream.

Also had some fish and chips before the epic 200 step climb back to the car.

here are a few snaps I took.

It was a lovely evening . I slept well that night!

I have got all of my triangles crocheted for my bunting and have blocked them too

amazing what a garden kneeler can be used for

I have 2 days off work now so I intend to get this WIP finished.

(WIP stands for work in progress)

This weeks nice news..

an interesting read

Being good is good !

This coming Tuesday will be 9 years since my younger brother lost is battle with drugs and alcohol.

Time really does march on.

So,,, thinking of all those I know and love,, those of you I have yet to meet and those who are no longer here

sending magic and glitter to each and every one

Love Miss Sparkles xxx

Scorchio! !!!

Woweeee

what a gorgeous day today has been.

sadly I missed most of the sunshine as I was up in Darlington for my work course thing.

I came home to sky like this...

But spent the day with sky like this...

But my garden certainly is loving the weather. My veg in my veg patch are thriving. My pod peas have some flowers on them now.

My lettuce seedlings are looking  good and I planted some more veg seeds at the weekend. Most of them are germinating already.

It's all getting very exciting indeed. I got a grow bag and put my pepper plants into it. Also added a couple of chili plants too.

my little plastic greenhouse thing is a great place for growing seeds...toasty warm in there.

the seeds I have planted now are carrots,  swede, beetroot, spring onions, radish and spinach beets.

Only the spring onions not peeping through yet. I wonder if that is because it isn't spring?

These big questions... where does one find such answers?

I think the weather was even too hot for my pixie puss...

The thermometer on my kitchen windowsill read 25 is degrees...

So, in other news...have had 2 dates with a really nice guy. We might even be going to whitby on saturday evening.

He lives in Harrogate too so not a zillion miles away.

In crochet news, I went to my first croot last Thursday. 

It was a crafty moot hence croot.

we all sat around and knitted, crocheted , sewed and cross stitched.

so my bunting just needs one more triangular bit doing then I can join it all together.

Should be mostly finished tomorrow evening.

Woo hoo

Some rather apt positive news now

Craftivists trying to make minimum wage a living wage,,, all hail the handmade hanky.

So on that note I will bid thee all farewell, I hope you all manage a restful nights sleep.

my flat is nice and cool...phew

Sending magic and glitter all around the world.

Miss Sparkles xxxxx

The summer solstice and other news...

Good evening one and all.

At last a little sunshine and bluesky tonight.

So..how have we all been?

I got up early to greet the solstice with a hot cup of peppermint tea, sadly the cloud obscured the view and it was somewhat disappointing. But the symbolism is more important than a radiant start to the day.

My vegetables are growing nicely.

Here are few snaps...

I grew this from seed last year, , miracle grow is a marvel !

Lettuce seeds planted..honest !

There are definite signs of life with the lettuce seeds.. They have taken up residence in my new little greenhouse thingy. ..

And I have planted this evening some radishes some carrots some red spring onions spinach and swede seeds so we will see if they grow.

Also my capsicum plants have finally been potted up. .

It's all very exciting. . Plus have cut the grass twice now.....phew 

I have started to crochet some bunting from the lovely Lucy  over at attic 24.

she makes the most adorable patterns plus she is a Yorkshire gal yay !

3 down 9 to go !!

I got another little treat from Boots this week...came all cutely packaged too...

Can't wait to ty it..

Not sure if I posted  photo of these beautiful flowers I was bought but they are so pretty here they are...

Soo moving onto a little positive news I found This ...

go and have a read and feel better about some of your less enjoyable moods.

Please spread the love if you enjoy my blog and I will write more.

Sending magic and huggles around he world.

Love from Miss Sparkles xxx