We went over to the local fruit growers HQ to collect the last of our fruit order (they supplied raspberries, strawberries, rhubarb, etc in the autumn) This time it was no quite fruit - asparagus! This was the last item on our list. They supplied 5 plants for £2 - a real bargain but then we probably have spent over £100 on our list! My husband stripped yet more turf off the field to start to prepare the trench and tomorrow will build up the ground for the asparagus roots. I probably should have done more housework like washing - but why waste such a beautiful day. Even tea tonight was a simple pasta dish with chicken and pancetta in a cheese sauce with peas and carrots.
I posted off my entry to the BBC painting competition yesterday. Not as good as some on the gallery but I enjoyed taking up the challenge. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02kgkhg/p02kfzgb
What was shocking was the cost of sending this postcard - 63p!!
I really enjoyed the Painting challenge programme on TV, made me want to start painting again ( Last done for O level in 1971!)
ReplyDeleteSky arts are currently recording a "landscape Painter of the Year" for broadcast in the summer - so not long to wait for another inspiration!
DeleteI haven't painted since school but my friend joined a club and she does beautiful charcoal sketches. The price if a stamp is scandalous and you can't guarentee it is 1st class!
ReplyDeleteWe are 90% electronic correspondence in this house but the other 10% of using post always gives us more problems. Your right the time taken is sometimes not all promised!
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