A very quick few lines to say that I'm having a hectic week (on top of a very busy weekend) and I just want to put a very quick post up before I get distracted. This little Aller Vale piece came home with me on Sunday from Malvern Fleamarket. I paid too much for it, but I love these early pieces (it's about 1895 or so) and I loved the fact that someone had made a boo-boo with the glaze on top of still-wet paint? Anyway, perhaps they were very much still learning, and that made it individual.
Below - my Love in a Mist has finally burst into flower. It was meant to be LIAM and Pot Marigolds, but only a couple of those have grown. To make up, two Borage plants have come through - the seed must have been in the soil already as I have a few around the veg plot. I will have plenty of seed for next year now!
The water situation here is still perilous and we hope we won't run out, but we are having to be SO careful, and buy all our drinking water (and use it for tea, cooking etc). We are managing but Next Door's outside supply has now dried up - which we were using for watering the garden (carefully). Apparently the Council is supplying water to households without any. Not sure if we count yet as we still have some coming out of the taps. We shall enquire . . .
Keep cool everyone.
