Holiday

Three guesses as to where we went on Holiday. We managed to get a late booking at a cottage on the Isle of Wight, so off we trundled with all our summer gear - swimming costumes, t-shirts, buckets and spades etc, but not to be caught out like I was in Devon two years ago, we also packed jumpers, and coats. Needless to say the weather was really poor and very windy we actually used the fire in our cottage it was that cold in the evenings, but as we are British we made the most of the time we had by eating our way through large amounts of fudge, fish and chips and ice cream, and by testing the local brew which was quite good.

Only two weeks left of the school holiday hooray! I don't know whose more bored me or the little-un, we desperately want to get down our beach hut but its just not possible, what a pain in the neck. Never mind there is always next summer!!!

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!

Well what a lovely day again - two in a row things are looking up! I am trying to find out when the carnival is but I am not having much luck at the moment, I know that Ramsgate is on the 27th July followed by a week of Napoleonic Reinactment events at Government Acre sounds like fun.

How Kitch!

We are having a new patio laid in the week and are looking for something interesting to put on it. We spotted this 10ft tall plastic palm tree in Brighton a few weeks ago. The leaves light up and stay static or flash! Wow how cool would that be! I don't know what the neighbours would say, but I think the local parrot population would approve.

It's jam time!

Too many strawberries not enough time. Therefore I decided to have a go at jam making! The result as you can see opposite - looks good, tastes good but is still quite runny. Therefore I decided to call it conserve and use it as a sauce for ice cream, yum!

Messing about in boats (alright a kayak)

We bought a kayak from Whitstable Marine on Friday for my eldest to use. We managed to take it out on Saturday afternoon, where my husband rekindled his youth paddling up and down, I just watched from the sidelines and made cups of tea. Unfortunately we have not been able to get out on it since because of the dreadful weather - good old British summer time!

What a mixed bag!

Well this weekend's weather has been a mixed bag. We were going to go out today as it was Open Farm Sunday but the weather was damp and not very conducive to walking around fields which was a shame. Never mind we went to Canterbury which was not too busy and raided Hotel Chocolate Yum! Hubbie actually bought some new clothes which I must say look really rather cool.

Its raining again!

Well another sunny May Day. I have been playing with hubbies camera this afternoon, got some quite nice shots of my youngest and the soggy garden. Maybe I will try and get some nice sunny shots at the weekend!

Clematis in the rain

Couldn't resist showing you this clematis flower from my garden. The plant was bought at a garden show last year for a £1.00 and was about 6" high after much neglect it has decided to flower today. It's beauty makes up for the rain don't you think?

God when is the weather going to cheer up! Didn't do anything yesterday afternoon as the weather looked a bit dodgy then all it did was blow hard again.

Went shopping at jolly old Tesco's this morning, spent far too much but had little un with me and they tend to want extra bits i.e gingerbread men, jelly, fruit shoots etc. Did notice that there were a lot more offers on then normal maybe they are getting a bit jittery about peoples spending I know I have been cutting back - only three bars of chocolate instead of four (he!he!)

Good morning

Well I have finally bitten the bullet and decided to start blogging after reading various local blogs for quite a while.

What a night! The lightning was quite spectacular but slightly scary as we were struck by it last year and we had to replace most of our electrical items. So their I am staring out of the window(you just have to don't you!) praying that we wont be hit again. Luckily it went over quite quickly and I have checked my vast estate and everything seems ok phew!

As the kids are off school this week I am trying to think of things to amuse them that doesn't cost much, so far we have watched Star wars 1, 2, 4 and 5 played a number of Star Wars games, built Star Wars lego figures (can you see a pattern). We might try and get out today either down the beach hut (wellies optional) or to the park (wellies compulsory).

As this is my first post I seem to be rambling but if you stick with me I just might come up with something exciting.