by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 15, 2016 | My Diary
today On this day, last year, Mike and I got married after 38 years together. So today is our first anniversary – everybody go aaah And it also means that next year it will be 40 years together. We need to organise something special to celebrate that! Mike went to...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 21, 2015 | My Diary
The roses are just starting to look their best this week. This is a Jude the Obscure, beautiful fragrance, a real seasonal treat. I sprayed against black spot this year for the first time and they are really clean. They are usually riven with black spot and yellow...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 15, 2015 | My Diary
I fancied bran flakes for breakfast this morning. I had finished the packet I had been using, so got another one out of the cupboard. When I opened it, the flakes were horribly stale, and when I checked out the best before date, it wasn’t surprising – 1st July 2012!...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 14, 2015 | My Diary
What a glorious day today. We went down to Hailsham to speak with a photographer for the wedding, he had some lovely shots, as you would expect, and seems like a nice chap. He gave me the number of a friend who does flowers. I don’t need loads and loads, just a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 25, 2015 | My Diary
It was the WI garden group this afternoon. We were off to Sheffield Park to see the snowdrops. I anxiously looked at the sky all morning, it was overcast, drizzling a bit and generally not very nice. We met at the hall and car shared and as we were driving over, we...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 14, 2015 | My Diary
Happy Valentines! DP bought me a big bunch of lilies, my favourite flowers. They will be scenting the whole kitchen in a couple of days. We were going to have Avocado, Tomato and Orange Salad today, but when I went to Sainsbugs to get the avocados, they were like...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 9, 2015 | My Diary
How’s the garden? Mine is very wet with all the rain we have had here. But there are stirrings of life. The daphne will be flowering in a couple of weeks and has some lovely fat flower buds. The clematis is a bit confused and has had the odd flower or two on it for...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 22, 2014 | My Diary
In addition to the soup post today, I thought I would give a bit of an update on the kitchen, and other things. As you can see from the picture, there was some ‘dobbing’ and ‘dabbing’ going on today as DP and SIL to be lined the new part of the kitchen with...
by admin | Jul 22, 2014 | Cakes and Bakes, My Diary
Took a few pictures today of what is in flower in the garden right now. This day lily is a lovely match with the shrub next to it A lacecap hydrangea in its full glory As much as I can get in one shot of the front garden flowers The pot of lilies that are blooming...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 26, 2014 | My Diary
The last two days have consisted of prolonged periods of bottom sitting. Yesterday, we went to Mottisfont Abbey. It took three hours on the coach each way. My poor bottom was fed up with being sat on by the time we got back. The picture is of the cellarium. The cellar...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 17, 2014 | My Diary
This is one of the roses in the garden, called Jude the Obscure. It has the most glorious scent, deep and musky. And this one is the other one I have. It is called The Generous Gardener. I have it as a climber and it is very vigorous. Both roses are in their full...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 6, 2014 | My Diary
I had an interesting and rather nice day yesterday. First of all, I went up the road to Burwash. On our local Freecycle group, a chap had offered an old Nokia, the type that makes telephone calls and pretty much that’s it. Just the type of phone that my Mum wanted. So...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 1, 2014 | My Diary
Jen Gale over on MakeDoAndMend posted this intriguing list today on taking stock. So I thought I would join in and add my two pennorth. This is what I am currently doing, using Jens Taking Stock list Making : wedding invitations for DD2, a Year Book for a special WI...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 21, 2014 | My Diary
We are due to drive up to Kendall tomorrow, on our way to Scotland, so I have been wandering around the garden reviewing things. The radishes I planted in a large box in the greenhouse are coming along nicely, and will probably be at their best when we are away – a...
