Busy Busy Busy.

Well it's been a while since I posted anything but things have been very hectic. Since starting at the local produce market one day a week a couple of weeks ago, it has since increased to three days a week which means I now spend a fair old amount of time sewing like a maniac trying to replace the things that I sell over the 3 days I'm there. 

Here are some of the cards I have been making for the market.

Also, as the weather has recently dried up and my field is now more like a proper field again and less like a mud bath, I finally managed to get around to mending the fences that were obliterated by the floods we had in December last year. It took all morning and by the time the fence was finally fixed I was shattered. I replaced 15 posts in the fence, bashing them into the ground with a HUGE post basher which weighs a ton and I re-attached all the fencing wire so the llamas are now, once again, safe to graze in that side of the field. They are very happy llamas.

This is how the field looked last year during the flooding.

In addition to all this I have been converting a fabulous shelf unit, which I was given for free, into a sort-of mini greenhouse so I can get some of my seeds started. I have worked out that I can get 4 seed trays on each shelf and there are 5 shelves, as you can see, so I will be able to get loads of flower seeds planted for my car boot sales this summer and when the weather warms up a bit, I will be able to get some of my veg seeds planted so I can get my raised beds stocked again this year ..... and hopefully, not just as an all-you-can-eat salad bar for the local slugs this year!!

Here is the before picture of the rack and I will post the after photo when it's finished. 

Finally, I thought I would just share with you a conversation I had with my youngest daughter the other day. She's 19. 

Her:      Can you dislocate your jaw by yawning too hard?

Me:       Maybe, why do you ask?

Her:     Well, if I dislocate my jaw how will I be able to talk to you when I ring you to tell you I have  dislocated it?

Me:       You can text me you lunatic!

Her:     Maybe we should have some codes or protocols in place for just such emergencies, you know..... like the police in America have codes for everything.

Me:       Like what?

And this is what she came up with. I'm guessing that she has WAY too much time on her hands and that it's time her gap year came to an end :-)