All rained out.

Before

After


Every one has their tale to tell about the floods and I am the last one to get tedious about the whole thing. Suffice to say, Tree and I had a four hour ordeal trying to get through from Ledbury to Worcester. We were lucky in being one of the last to get through the floods, but got stuck on the motorway. Most of the M50 was closed and the M5 was down to one lane in parts. Ledbury high street was described as "a river", on the radio. I was unable to get in to the shop until today and, apart from a few bits of rubbish lying about, you would never guess how bad it had been.
Anyway, I am chuffed with myself for getting the A-boards finished for the shop and I think they are a definite improvement.

BEFORE AND AFTER

Hoorah! The painting of the passageway is finished and we can all relax. The difference is amazing and, at risk of sounding like an old record, the photos don't do it justice.


On a lighter note, Tree and I had a hectic weekend followed by a drive to Uttoxeter to visit our gemstone wholesaler. When we got back we were knackered and just when I had had enough I saw this on Tree's dinner plate by the sink. It is over a year and a half ago, but the same thing happened before. In fact, I wrote a blog about it called there's always something to make you smile . A happy kitchen ours!!

Forget the hanging gardens of Babylon!

Before & after

Who needs the gardens of Babylon when you can have hanging baskets by Tree. The passageway is now being painted and we have hung the baskets, and what a difference. These photos don't do justice to the transformation at all. I shall post the photos of the main part of the "courtyard" when it is finished. Hopefully by next Tuesday!

Blissed out at Blissfields.

What a brilliant weekend! Tree and I took a long needed break for a few days and went down to Hampshire for the annual sojourn that is Blissfields festival. Before we went, Tree did another hair design for me. This time we did "Bliss" as that is both the name of the festie and the surname of the people who own the farm and created the festie. We usually trade there but, because we opened the shop this year, decided to go as punters for a change. Paul and Mel, who run the whole thing, invited us down early on Thursday so we could chill and catch up. Sadly, as they got short of stewards and helpers, tree and I ended up fixing the marquee and doing a bit of traffic directing. We had a laugh doing it though. The weather stayed dry and we couldn't complain. I met up with a couple of Hedge carpenters and was shown how to make a geodesic dome, my next project. We packed up on Sunday and headed home via Avebury and stopped to have lunch. Whilst there we paid our respects to Mike, whose ashes are cast in the circle somewhere. We then headed out to Tewkesbury to catch the end of the Medieval Fayre and found a couple of new wholesalers in the process. Monday was chilling time and we did absolutely nothing, which was great! Anyway, the photos tell it all...enjoy.

Rain, rain and more rain.

Will it ever stop raining? I got the train today, because the car and van aren't working, and tried to find cheer in my surroundings. Fat chance of that! As you can see, British Camp disappeared under a cloud and the hills at Malvern looked like they had been edited in photoshop. Oh well, at least I don't have to water the garden or cut the grass!