the beast arrives

it has taken a lot ( and i mean a lot!) of digging, but the men arrived on time and worked like demons and had this up in about 2 hours - and now , years of fun for both Ed and kate are just starting.

kate has already had a pretend picnic under it and has used the slide as a bargining chip over bedtime like an old pro.
bring on the summer parties, bbq's and outdoor life. ( and spying on the neighbours from our Nazi control tower " Keep avay from the vire" " gee mack I was just getting my baseball" and all that.

leon

naked picnics

it's just a phase I'm sure

slow worms

So we seem to have some sort of magic over slow worms, and where ever we go, slow worms make their home. However we are in the middle of changing the garden around and I had to move 6 of these beautiful creatures fto new homes when we moved the boat .

Kate and Daisy

angels in our garden

Tiki monster

there is simply not enough love to give is there Tiki x

edwardo

the boy is growing fast

The conservatory

from conservatory ... to servatory (kates word for it)

Chilli plants growing up

Last year (if you look back on this blog) i tried to grow chilli plants... and i had nothing , nothing from 30 seeds. This year, i trippled the number of seeds, did nothing different, and now have 90 chilli plants taking over the house. So i have been giving them away like no tomorrow. But the 40 or so i have left are starting to fruit.... bring on the hot stuff. I feel like a proud dad once again... grow my children grow!

BBQ the story so far

so after having 22 BBQ's so far it has started to get a bit silly, i am trying to up the ante by producing the most serious dish out in the garden. i think I might try to do a chocolate fondant out there soon. L