I admit I have been a teeny weeny bit cheeky as I have copied something I saw on Radka from "My stitching and other journeys" blog. Admittedly it hasn't turned out as nice as what I saw on Radka's blog but I think it looks cosy and colourful there out in my balcony garden.
I had this very practical wooden bench in the corridor which leads to the bedrooms and I always use it to store the bed linen in it but never for sitting on. After seeing Radka's post on her blog "My stitching and other journeys" I had a bit of a light bulb moment and thought why not! I measured it to see if it would fit on the balcony ... and it did! Hurrah! I took off the old deckchair orange lounger cushion that I had there and spread it across the bench and added a few more cushions.
You blog-friends do give me lots of inspiration!
I have a new friend living in my balcony garden as well,a rather weighty one, my new stone tortoise which I picked up at a pottery shop in Agost the pottery village we went to last Saturday. This reminded me of the tortoises that Linda at "Linda's Crafty Corner"has in her garden so I bought a little one to add character to my balcony garden as well. I chose the smallest one as he is quite heavy.
Although perhaps I shouldn't say so myself but my balcony garden is looking better and better and actually a place I like to sit and contemplate with a nice cuppa tea. I do have to start being careful to not go overboard and make it too fussy looking though! It seems Sr P has caught on as well and is paying some interest in the new balcony decor as he suggested we change the wall light to something more in keeping with the actual look.
CROCHET
I have only ever made one blanket for myself. I find it really tedious crocheting large makes my max is a baby blanket. Nevertheless I did manage to get one blanket done for myself or rather for my grand-daughter's bedroom. It usually lies on the bottom of her bed during the winter. It isn't used often and although I do wash some of our woollens in the washing machine I am very reluctant to wash this blanket there in case it goes all floppy and fuzzy so I just shake it out well and hang it out for a few days on the balcony. However this time when I got it out of the cupboard it had that unpleasant "cupboard stored for a long time" smell even though I had slipped a few bars of smelly soap in-between the folds as I usually do. I therefore thought it needed a good wash but it being so big so I thought I would risk it in the washing machine on a gentle cycle. I was very pleased to see it washed well and needed no blocking at all and it smells nice and just lightly of the little bit of softener I used.
Seaside
On Sunday after a drive along the coast we visited the coastal town of Santa Pola. It is named after Saint Paul and it is a small fishing town about 20 minutes car drive from Alicante City.
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It is a popular tourist resort and it seems that the tourist are flooding back to the popular resorts in this area as there were quite a few people about enjoying the sea and sun. We didn't stay for very long but we did get in a stroll along the sea front
How about that for a rubber tree plant! No pot required!
Last but not least.
At least someone likes my stew!
I had made a large crock of stew the other day and when we went over to see my daughter we took some over for her.
My grand-daughter's cat Thomas Ra can be very fussy food wise but my stew seems to have met his approval, gravy and all!
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Amanda :-)
