It's always a nice day when there's a bear
My mum has been coming over once a week, usually on Nicky's day off, so they spend the afternoon gardening or crafting together whilst I work, and then we have dinner all together. It's awesome - they've pruned back everything that was overgrown, and have planted lettuces, spring onions, radishes, spinach, bay trees, mint and garlic. We also went blackberry picking by the canal after work last week and managed to fill a whole ice cream tub of blackberries which are now waiting in the freezer to become jam, pie or crumble. Yesterday they pulled up a rogue young horse chestnut tree, and then spent a happy few hours knitting - Mum's been teaching Nicky how to follow a knitting pattern and she's doing great!
It was Nicky's birthday last Friday, and her mum came to stay with us. I got Nicky a surprise birthday cake (with the help of my mum who helped me to sneak it into the house!) but her mum also brought one, so she ended up with two!
I haven't done anything project-related for ages, as all my time has been spent either packing up and moving, or unpacking and nesting, however last Thursday I made a peg bag at Nicky's request. I say "made", but really it was more "re-purposing", as I used the bag one of our pillowcases came in, and a wire hanger. I think it still looks pretty cool and it does the job!
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