February Days . . . . . . . . . .

Greetings lovely friends & readers  💗

I hope these February days find you well ??

 

I picked the last of the sweet peas this morning - all that are left are seed pods which I will let dry & save some.  With the heat & the drought that we are experiencing, many things are bolting to seed early.

Some of you have asked how my little hothouse is doing ... the tomatoes are now right up to the roof & trying to push through. I trimmed them after I took this photo as I would prefer they put their energy into producing lower down.  I pick as soon as they show some red & then put them on my deck railing where they quickly ripen in the sun.  

This is todays pickings, although the cucumbers are growing in the veggie garden, everything else is from the hothouse.

I tipped out my potted petunias last week as they'd gone leggy.  I scrubbed the table & gave it a nice new length of hessian from Spotlight.  I attempted a simple display with some butterfly Impatiens I had purchased & planted in my old urn.  A friend commented it looked "a bit Valentines-ish" though this wasn't my aim at all.

This concrete Lady Urn belonged to Mum.  I found it in my garden & the head had broken off, so I glued it back on using concrete glue where the blue arrow is.  I then gave it my usual Rust FX treatment & was delighted with how it came up - all rusty & antique looking.  The artificial vine is a thrifted find, I pulled it out of the polystyrene pot that it was in & poked it in the urn.  

I needed a coloured taper candle to put in the rusty candlestick that I revamped in * this post *..  I only had a white candle so I painted it with mod-podge & then carefully wrapped part of a paper serviette around it.  Once dry I sealed it again with mod-podge.  

Using up the remnants of French General fabrics after the cushions I made in my last post, I made a hexie hot-water bottle cover using a pattern by Sew Sweet Violet.  Although it feels like a very long time before I will be needing to use this, I was really happy with how it looks sitting on my bed on Mums pink Mohair throw.

Jooles (sew sweet violet) used linen on the back of hers but I decided to use up this gorgeous piece of raspberry coloured chenille that I found in my stash - so soft & cuddly.  The cover has a nice soft wadding inside & is also fully lined.  

Many of you commented in my last post "no cat on the bed??".    Well this is what I find most nights when I go to get into bed ... Little One top left.   And I thought I'd share this photo of Blackie's latest sleeping place.  He has taken up residence in the big old water pump that sits in my garden, planted with tiny viola's - but rather flattened ones (!!!) 

Dear friends - this is currently what my Lounge room looks like !!  Last week, in a total moment of madness, I decided to empty out my sewing room, wash the walls down, paint the ceiling & then hopefully only put three quarters of it all back again  😉

I am at that stage of seriously thinking I might be just a teeny bit insane !!!  I have washed the walls down & am slowly sorting through every single drawer & container, while I wait for The Mr to paint the ceiling ... we may be a while dear friends  😉  Wish me luck as I have a bit of a sinking feeling I am going to need it (!!)

Thank you as always dear friends, for your welcome visits here today,

Sending much love & friendship to you all,