Smell the roses

This evening is about taking time to centre, to dig, to plant, to smell the roses. Love that summer nights allow us this outdoor time at the end of a trying day.

These were a gift from a friend's garden and the smell is heavenly. Scents for the soul.

Treasures

Some nice finds at the car boot sale this morning. Apparently not as busy as usual because of the weather but it was worth the drips and drizzle, I think.

I came away with a blue dress, a pair of Hobbs shoes, new in the box and never worn, and they are red! A scented candle that looks like carved stone. A Wedgewood teapot (inside there are straining holes) and a lovely medicine bottle blue jar. We also bought a of bunch flowers each at nearly nothing because the florist was in a hurry to pack up.

My dear man is home and looks as if he needs a good night's sleep. Some nice food with friends tonight should help him relax. A raspberry cheesecake is baking now as I write.

Enjoy your Sunday.

Planting

Not something that I have done before, but I want to have hanging baskets and if not baskets, planters stacked full. Loads of flowers everywhere. Part of it is for the sheer joy of colour. Again a bugbear because I don't know the 'rules'...but there is nothing to loose by having a go! Part of it is to get more bees into the garden.

Picked up one of these today. The centre is the deepest violet. Gorgeous.
Also managed to pile in a few complimentary plants so if time permits tomorrow, there should be something to see.

In the morning my man gets home at about 7 am from Hong Kong and shortly after that I am off to one of the big boot fairs in the area with Betti. We are shopping for us and for ebay.

It's in the name

I love these flowers and at this time of year they are everywhere. They can be seen in the most hostile settings, think motorways and empty tracts of land. When we walk anywhere I bring a few home, they last for ages in water and recently I planted some that had come away with their roots. I asked a friend what they are called and she said 'moonpennies'. What a lovely name. It comes from the fact that in moonlight they shine like bright pennies.
I decided to name my blog after them. Miss Lizzy was always interim. Only a few people call me Lizzy now, it harks back a long way. Anyway, this blog is about things I love and this name and these flowers suit the blog.
I hope you agree.

Chahan

Fried rice. Tonight for those who eat at home there is going to be ebichahan...prawn fried rice. To make the thin strips of egg I used my lovely egg pan.

Something most Japanese households have and use to make tamagoyaki..a neat looking retangular egg roll. When I use the pan it feels as if the meal is a bit more authentic. One can do exactly the same thing in a fry pan, but I just had to bring one of these with me when I left Yokohama. There is no way the tamagoyaki that comes out of my kitchen looks like these beauties on the link but it might give you some ideas about how delicious an egg roll can be...

Donut done

This is a pattern I have not used before and the hole in the middle is a bit tight. But it still looks cute. All wrapped up in a cookie bag with teddies on it for tomorrow.

mini donut

This evening I spent some time at a friend's working on a mini donut for someone very dear who is leaving our office this week. She saw the little donut I made for our Norwegian exchange student on flickr and wanted one. Hers is smaller and still a WIP, but there is always tomorrow to finish it....pictures when it is done.