In the Garden

 There has been a lot of pottering in the garden and in the potting shed here this long weekend.....

 .................lots of flowers still to enjoy, especially mallow, geraniums, sweetpeas, daisies, lavender.....some late flowering roses, huge hydrangeas...........

 ...............and below.....a very exciting flower for us....our first water lily in the pond that we remade last year.......the water lily bloom had been in bud for a few days and then charlie discovered it fully opened and ran in to tell me the good news :).........

................the sweetpeas are still happily flowering and i want to enjoy them for as long as possible..

 ....................both in the garden and in the house too............i try to keep a nice balance between picking them and leaving some on the canes so the garden still looks pretty.............

 .............this year i have grown lots more geraniums.....i put some in a window box at this tiny window by the back door.....they have been flowering all summer, three different plants together making a nice display...............

 ..................lots of white daisies grow all over our garden but here are some pink ones for a change....

 ..............the mallow was so tall and the flowers so heavy with rain drops i had to cut some of the branches............i put them in a big glass sweetie jar in the potting shed............

 ................besides tending my garden flowers i have been crocheting lots of flowers too for my latest blanket.......here are some close ups of the border being worked this weekend..............

 ................a simple shell pattern that is quick to crochet..............i will show you more pictures of the finished flowery blanket very soon.............

 ................i loved making this blanket and am thinking of making another one with the same pattern but different colours..............

...............thank you for visiting me here dear readers, and for your sweet comments too, it is always a pleasure to hear from you...........i wish you a happy, sunny, flowery, crafty week ahead.........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoooooooooxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx