I went
shopping the other day and as well as coming home with two new plants – a
cactus and a succulent - (I’m dangerous when I go shopping; you never know what
I’ll come back with!), I bought some lovely new fabric.
Here are the plants,
if you’d like to see them:
(I re-potted
them in some bigger pots.)
These are the
fabrics I’m planning to use in a few new project ideas I have whirling around
my head. (I’ve also written them down so I don’t forget!)
I hadn’t
planned to buy so many, but when in a fabric shop, I can’t help myself; they’re
all so gorgeous and spark beautiful new ideas. It’s the same in a book shop – I
have a stack of books waiting to be read – and in art shops and I also have a
bit of a weakness for shiny things like beads and jewellery findings. This is
why I shouldn’t go to animal shelters: I’d end up bringing the whole lot home.
I wouldn’t be able to move for little furry creatures. There’s enough to do
looking after one.
I’ve got some
feathery creatures in the garden though. A couple of weeks ago, my mother
noticed a wren flying back and fore to the ivy around the cherry tree and when
I listened a few days later, I heard a riot of tweeting coming from there, like
there were chicks competing for food when the adult came back with a beak full.
I didn’t want to disturb them at the time, but this week I had a look and found
the nest.
It was empty,
so the chicks have fledged and I’ve seen three flitting around. They’re tiny! I
tried to take a photo of the mother as she left the nest, but ended up with a
photo fail, getting just her leg and tail because she hopped off the branch as
my finger pressed the button.
I did manage
to get this one though:
A female
chaffinch on the bowl of water I put out for them. She almost looks like she’s
smiling to me. Then there was another one perching on a branch:
And a
woodpigeon on a tree:
It wouldn’t
be my usual blog post without some flowers, so, if you haven’t had enough, I’ll
leave you with some poppies, an aquilegia and droplets on grass and an aquilegia
leaf:
