1 year and 3 days!

 A very sunshiny day in the garden, which is beginning to fill up with our plants, lots grown from seed on the window sills. 

I missed getting a photograph when this white foxglove was in full flower, now it's like the leaning tower!

I love lupins and these have thrown up side shoots.

Lots of pots with plants that were overwintered in the garage here, and pots with gladiolas, which are grown just for Dh as he loves them,

We are delighted with the growth in our garden as there was only weedy grass here when we moved in exactly 12 months and 3 days ago! This was it, an empty plot!

We have had a lot done, wooden steps built outside the French doors, electrics with extra wall sockets, new TV aerial, new bathroom, new kitchen, decorated through out and carpet in the lounge, new French doors and new lounge window, outside lights and of course reducing the front hedge from 8ft to 4ft!

A new front door is planned and booked for next week.

It has taken a lot out of us. We're not at an age where lugging furniture around comes easy! The carpet was laid this week and apart from bringing the furniture back into the lounge we've not done anything else. We needed a rest!

So plan of action is this coming week:-

To do one thing and complete it; so its going to be the hall. We have our bookcase and a selection of pictures and the ceiling light fitting to sort.

Then the second bedroom.. which just needs a couple of boxes taken out and two pictures put up and a curtain rail. We bought the rail this week and we have the curtains.. We think these are the easiest things to do.

Tackling the end bedroom will be a big job and we'll have to do it in stages as all the extra kitchen stuff, books, pictures and lamps are stored in there.

But considering all that was needed here we think we've done really well. Getting tradesmen was the hardest! But we're very pleased with everything thats been done. Photos of the kitchen coming soon.

Chrisxx