Managed to squeeze in a last minute visit to Brightling with S, P, little S and Billy – we wandered amongst the sheep and the gravestones in the fading sunlight before heading back to Stonegate…. all in all a fabulous 3 days!
Travel
Sarah Raven volunteering; fruit garden
So – last day at the magic garden… We were in the Fruit Garden today, hoeing the gravel beds between the gooseberries and strawberries. Also planted up these pink tulips in the giant pots either side of the path. It was a little like excavating a dig in these pots as they were full of [...]
pals
Locked out the b&b for a while so walk through St Bartholomew’s church yard to the field overlooking the valley and sit in the sunshine reading the paper. P, S and her son come along and we walk down to feed P’s horse some carrots… sit under oak trees and chat and then back to [...]
Sarah Raven; birch twig flower supports
Today I have mostly been making these… Silver birch twigs twisted into rustic (very ‘rustic’ in my case) supports for tall flowers liable to get blown over.. This one is for the delphiniums. I also hoed some gravel paths and planted some seedlings. I love it; could easily do this every day. Had a Secret [...]
Volunteering at the Sarah Raven garden in Sussex
This is the kind of volunteer gardening I like: wandering about with some yellow scissors and a pink trug, deadheading flowers that are looking a bit peaky… Not a double dig to be dug… B lovely, and offered free seeds and a lift to Bateman’s where Rudyard Kipling used to live… Spent the afternoon eating [...]
Origami Dinosaur
Looking forward to a quiet evening and long sleep, I took my book down to the bar to get a drink and a bit of supper… A few ciders later I’d made friends with S & P and his dog Billy, and we were heading off to see a band in Tunbridge Wells! O.D a [...]
Sussex + Spring = Bluebells!
I’d forgotten how pretty the masses of blue on the road verges and in the woods of Sussex were… And the smell! A good start to my brief visit, even if I have wrenched my neck and so had to leave my trusty red bike at home.. It meant I got to walk the 4 [...]
Happy St David’s Day!
Not that I’m Welsh or anything but M is, so I made him a Leek and Goat’s Cheese Tart (without the bacon!) to celebrate… :) In other news, am doing a swap with this lady; making her a felt ring in return for one of her beaded ones and in April am volunteering for a [...]
Goodbye NYC… sniff
WednesdayRainy wanderings around SoHo, visit the Housing Works bookshop then head home to pack.. goodbye drinks at the place with no name.. :(
Chinatown bus to Philadelphia
Monday / Tuesday – PhiladelphiaTake the Chinatown but to Phila. to visit M & S in their house in Queen Village…. walk lots, then dinner (and chat) at Gnocchi’s and drinks (and chat) at a bar nearby… Walk along the Delaware river (cold and bleak) then head up along South Street for coffee and a [...]
Ho-bo-ken or Hobo-ken?
SundayMeet M and J and their new baby O at Coffee Shop on Union Sq.. take the train to Hoboken in NJ to visit the girls at the craft fair and check out Patricia’s Yarns (super friendly lady).Meet D uptown for the most amazing Korean vegetarian food at Hangawi…yum!
under the BQE
SaturdayBack to Williamsburg to the Read Cafe for breakfast and newspapers… check out the Bust Holiday Craftacular on Driggs Ave. The venue (The Warsaw) is amazing, as is the craft fair; but so so so busy we had to leave w/out really seeing too much in detail..Meet J and all his records on the L [...]