Light up my life!

Col has just quickly spruced the yard up as we have just moved into this house, and we do love to have the outside space lovely, we do plan to sell this house & buy somewhere with a garden (well, thats the plan) My Mum is baby sitting all of my plants until we get settled in here so the yard is looking a little empty but a lot tidier that it did a couple of days ago.

I love these vintage *roof tile lanterns* so much I have decided to hang a couple of them in the yard, it really finishes it off nicely, they are available at Urban Eden Boutique & made from old French & spanish roof tiles, with a hand made glass storm cover.

The place doesn't feel quite like home yet but once I surround myself with plants again I'll feel at home, only got the olive tree with me so far, which I love all the more for surviving that cold winter!!

But at least for now we have somewhere to sit & enjoy our homemade Elderflower wine, which has worked a treat again, although it is rather lively when you open it!!

The Yellow Book put to good use!

It has been a busy old couple of months for us, moving house among other things, so it was really lovely to have Sunday morning off from the chores & head to one of the open garden days from 'The Yellow book' it was the village of  Cotherstone nestled in the Pennine Hills, a lot of the gardens open & some allotments too. The rain stayed away which was great & the sun even made a couple of appearances.

We stopped off in the 'naturalists garden' for tea with fruit cake & Cotherstone cheese, this was our favourite garden with so much wild life packed into a small space, we saw Robins, Tits, Wrens and many more even Siskins, and what we think could have been a Redpoll! They also have a love for all things vintage, with old riddles & tools dotted around as interesting features, also a great set of chicken legs!!

All of the other gardens were lovely too, a runner up on our favourites list was this lovely terraced garden, which was jam packed with plants & flowers, so lovely,  & again filled with birds.

There is something on every weekend now from The Yellow Book, and it is such a cheap and lovely day out, what a great idea, and a great effort by all of those who open their gardens.