my week in pictures
Working at home has its perks. Here my elevenses, a strong double espresso and a multi-seeded flat bread with peanut butter and banana slices. Almost as delicious as an Empire biscuit. The downside of working at home is a sore lower back because I don't have my gigantic bouncy ball seat to help me keep a good posture.
These fluffy sunflowers are in one of our neighbours front garden. I don't know why but the flowerhead reminds me of the Silkie breed of chicken, only these are white or black and mobile.
Fading beauty. I saw the roses on a dog walk and the hydrangea grows in my front garden. Both are past their best but still gorgeous (just like myself really).
Lovely contrast of colours. I wanted to take another photo of this very leaf with a cleaned camera lens but it had blown away already.
The cats doing what they love best - resting on Annie's bed. Lupin on the bottom pictures looks a bit put-out by being disturbed. What you can't see is the horrendous stench that follows her around.... she has an infection in here right ear canal (probably a scratch) and produces pus by the bucket-full. She has been given a slow release antibiotic injection and anti-inflammatories and should be better soon.
My growing quilt on our living room cow hide rug. I am just about to sew the next row on, something for the weekend.
I think we might need to give our skylights a wash. The professional window cleaner declares it unsafe to climb up on the roof and Richard does it instead. Not very often as you can see.
The street I live on.... it is not all derelict, honestly. There are quite a few such garages in the neighbourhood. Our own is pretty. We Richard painted it a dark glossy blue. Our is a solid brick structure rather than a wooden shed.
A pile of windfall apples. I check the windfall and throw the fruit already partially eaten by slugs on a pile. There are still so many apples on the tree, we can't keep up with eating them. The pears are nearly finished.
This is the second bloom of my really disappointing dahlia growing efforts. I have four plants, one has produced a single bloom earlier in the year, this one is just opening up. I grow them on the front steps in big pots, where there are few slugs but it is very exposed. This plant is actually without pot, it broke in a recent storm.
It is the September weekend here in Glasgow. Schools are off Friday and Monday. I am not officially off but now that my online courses are up and running, there is a lot of online discussions to moderate, which I do daily. It is quite astonishing how much time this takes and I feel not guilty at all for having the odd easy day during term to compensate for evening and weekend hours. We had planned a camping trip but the forecast was poor and we decided to stay at home. It is a shame really because this morning, the weather is glorious. Of course it is! There are five teenagers making waffles in the kitchen (music blasting through the house), three pre-teens playing upstairs and one dog begging for fried bacon, which is to go on the waffles. The cats are sleeping and Richard is out on the bike.
Have a lovely weekend!
Looks like a good week. At first glance I thought that was snow on your skylight window. Nothing would surprise me in Scotland :). Hope you have a lovely weekend and the weather stays kind. At least you have lots of beautiful colours in your neighbourhood to enjoy. B x
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame you had to cancel your camping trip, I think any tents here would be blown away today, it's so windy. Beautiful cats, I do hope that Lupin's ear gets better soon. It's been a very good year for apples, there's still lots left on our little tree too, I'm trying to think up different recipes to eat them all up.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos. Your elevenses look yummy! Poor Lupin with her poorly ear - I hope the antibiotics kick in soon. Shame about the camping - too windy here too. We've just been for a walk up Beacon Hill and were nearly blown off the top! Your quilt is coming along beautifully. Have a restful weekend. xx
ReplyDeleteA very colourful post, from what sounds like a great week. I am sorry you had to cancel the camping trip, tomorrow is supposed to be horrendous so maybe it was the right decision after all. I hope Lupin stops being so smelly soon.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is coming along so nicely. 😊
ReplyDeleteI’m also doing online discussions. Because this my first time teaching an online course, I find everything very time consuming. And I keep comparing my interactions with students in on campus classes and the online one, and wonder if do enough. 😊
Have a great weekend, Christina.
Hope you enjoy the weekend :)
ReplyDeleteYou sound like you are having a wonderful weekend. As you well deserve!
ReplyDeletePoor Lupin, I hope she is all better soon. I had to google Empire biscuits. They look VERY good indeed. And I just happen to have loads of jam. Hurray for working at home and unlimited snacks... A shame about the camping trip. I hope you have a lovely Sunday and Monday anyway. CJ xx
ReplyDeleteenjoy the weekend - I'm still knitting with your 4 ply left overs every day, on my scrappy blanket. School hols here, so plenty of time!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy your photos, and I do like that garage door. There is something photographically appealing about rust and deterioration, perhaps because it is random and unusual. Waffles with bacon interests me as waffles here about usually piled with cream and fruit.
ReplyDeleteYour elevenses look very tasty. Had no idea what an empire biscuit was but they sound delicious, too. Hope your poor kitty is back to being fighting fit soon. The quilt is coming on a treat.
ReplyDeleteSounds a perfect weekend (or will be if the cat improves and you managed to get some quilting done!) Shame you couldn't get away.
ReplyDeleteWe have the same problem with our skylights and no-one goes up to clean them!
I have something called a backjoy with was light weight, inexpensive and can be moved into any seat ( and no I'm not on commission!) might be worth looking into!
Go on I dare you put some blue polish on your toes!
Wren x
The quilt is coming together beautifully. Our schools have today (monday) and tomorrow off..
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot of apples.
My velux windows are as dirty. Difficult to get to, it's a job on the list. The quilt is looking really good. CN x
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of a September weekend and here the upcoming 3-day holiday weekend is for Columbus Day. Colorful quilt on the cowhide rug and do you leave it there while working on it or need to move it all the time? Five teenagers in the kitchen and 3 preteens certainty made for a lively group and breakfast sounded delicious. Derelict looking buildings are great photo subjects too.
ReplyDeletePoor puss I hope that ear is better soon.. sounds a busy happy house but isn't that how it should be with young people around.
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