Goodbye 87b...

...Hello 64!

Mum taking a break on the new plot...

As of this morning I now have a plot approximately 20'x95' :D  It's next to the main path and water and even has its own parking space!

Thankfully this plot has been worked a lot more and only became vacant a week ago so apart from weeding and turning over the soil it's pretty much ready to start.

Theres a little mud patch where my mum is sitting in the photo that used to have a shed on it so it's the perfect spot for the little zip up greenhouse we have.

So today we didnt get much done.  We don't need to build a frame for the compost now because there is one made from pallets already on the new plot and two plastic compost bins.  We hadn't even realised we would be moving plots when we arrived but the chance to move was too good to pass up.

We did start to do a little bit of digging too, but most of the morning was taken up by working out exactly what we have now.

Raspberry canes and unidentified (as yet) fruit bushes

Strawberries!

The far end of the plot is full of fruit plants.  There are lots of raspberry canes and further back there are blackcurrants and a gooseberry bush (at least we think they are).  There are also two fruit trees (no idea what kind) so it will be interesting to find out exactly what they are!

Some of these strawberry plants are going to be taken by the plots previous owners to their new plot, but as you can see there are plenty to go around.  Apparently they give a really good crop so I can't wait!

See, we did dig too...

Things will certainly be moving a lot faster now... as long as the weather plays nicely.

I'll Make a Bunny of You Yet!

Well I decided to just start knitting and see what happens.  I did remember to write everything down so if it goes well I will have a little pattern at the end of it :D  It's all done in yellow wool that I had spare so I don't waste any while I work out a pattern.

The bunny so far..

And for those of you who wanted to see Dennis now he's done, here he is!

Busy, Busy, Busy...

Seeing as I've been absent for so long I thought I'd catch you up on what I've been up to!
Dennis the Dragon is now finished although he's rather wonky. Somehow I managed to get two slightly different wing shapes even though I followed the pattern. Don't ask me how I managed it, I have no idea! lol

I'm also knitting a hat, it has a bit of pattern to it, which is something I hadn't tried before. It's coming along although rather slowly. Those of you who know me know I have a rather short attention span. As well as the hat I'm trying to knit a bunny for a friend. The problem is that so far I haven't found a bunny pattern I like. Me being me, I decided to have a go at creating my own bunny. Now this can go one of two ways. I'll either get a beautiful, slightly wonky (based on past toy making experience) rabbit... or I'll end up with a complete disaster. Seeing as I've never knitted without a pattern before I'm thinking the second outcome is most likely. I'll share the results with you once it's finished though so you can see how I do :)

As for the allotment, I haven't been round there for a while now due to the snow. I'm hoping it'll be nice enough weather to get back round there soon as I now have the stakes to make the compost frame.

And finally, I managed to start writing again. I've really struggled to write anything since coming back home from university and was starting to panic about my dissertation. After having a nose about on the internet I managed to find a bunch of pictures to use as a basis for my setting and the snow was also a really good writing boost; you'll notice it's influence in the extract below :p

The following is the start of draft one of my dissertation, Swan Song:

Chapter One

Niamh pushed back her duvet and shivered.  It was too early and definitely too cold to think about getting up, but a sound from her brother’s room had woken her and now she couldn’t get back to sleep.  She shivered again and forced herself to get up and grab a pair of socks and a jumper from the open suitcase by the window.  

      Snow had fallen overnight; stealthily covering the world in a thick, crisp blanket.  Niamh pressed her head to the window and blew on the glass.  After a moment or two she stood up straight, drew a sad face and rubbed the cold from her forehead.  Her parents’ car had already gone, and from the smooth surface of the snow she guessed they had probably left before the snow had even started.

      Snow was meant to make places look beautiful, like on a postcard, but at Swan End the snow only succeeded in making the estate seem lonelier.

Still here... honest!

I've been a bit busy lately and not had a chance to post.  Just so you don't all think I've abandoned you I thought I'd post a poem I wrote a while ago.

The Descent

Plummeting to the earth below
unable to look away;
     the impact is inevitable.
My form is shattered.
A million fragments of myself
trickle onwards, lured
by the relentless draw of gravity.

Clinging together at the edge
of the final precipice;
     our fate is sealed.
We mingle until the pull
outweighs our resolve and
we relinquish our grip, a
watery comet across a sky of glass.