dottyspots

……. the cheek of some people! One of my neighbouring allotmenteers is giving up his allotment and wants £75 (!) for the fence or he’s taking it with him to sell for scrap. Unsurprisingly I said no (as I can’t see him getting anywhere near £75 for it as scrap) but it’s still bloody annoying as it means my allotment (all the allotments on the plot are fenced) will be open to anyone to come on until someone new takes over and puts a fence on the front, so I’ve had to move my tools and hope nothing gets vandalised.

Hmph!

More potatoes and shedloads of beetroot today, so will definetely be pickling beetroot tomorrow and MUST make some pumpkin marmalade out of the squashes Kris brought round.

I bought some more books from the market - an encyclopedia of the British Countryside, an atlas of historical maps and some children’s books.

I’m still knitting a sock (eventually to be 2 socks, but I’ve got to finish the first one yet) using some lovely yarn from the Knitting Goddess (I’ll post a link when I’ve got a photo of the yarn). It’s a distraction from the pram blanket which was boring me a little and I *still* need to finish the rosette I’m making from the Rowan Yorkshire Tweed I felted.

I’ve sewn the front and back of some denim trousers for Ned, my first attempt at making some trousers ever. The machine stitching isn’t wonderfully straight, but doesn’t look too bad. I’ve cut out the pieces for a shirt (using cowboy fabric - again I’ll post the link when I get a photo) and when I’ve some red thread I’ll sew it up.

I’m feeling rather domestic and would be feeling even more so if the vacuum cleaner wasn’t packing up.

I’ve ordered the Romans Unit Study from Christopherus because even *if* R. does go to school (part-time) there’ll still need to be things we do together. I like Donna’s books because they’re no-nonsense and realistic about home-ed and reasonably priced too If you look on the Main Lesson inspiration pages (under Norse Myths) there is a picture that R. drew, currently the third one down on the left-hand margin - of the Eagle chasing Loki and Idunna (also transformed into birds). So I’m looking forward to receiving it and having a think.

Gilbert is still convinced that cornflakes and kiwi-fruit are normal cat fare and Fern has moved into the boys’ bedroom in protest.