Hi everyone
We survived last night's wind and rain - everything in the garden remained where it should be. I had visions of getting up this morning to find the new pebble area have been 'moved' to the other side of the garden. It is still very windy, but the sun is shining and it is warm, so it's rather nice to be outside.
A friend and I went to Wisley yesterday for a wander around the Sculpture Trail and we saw some weird and wonderful pieces. We do pottery together and feel confident we can add our work next year - as if. One item that we both wanted to take home with us was not part of the Sculpture Trail - the gorgeous dandelion heads. Really beautiful work and if you live near to Wisley, you must make sure you see this sculpture (as well as all of the others):
As my life is full of cats and my friend is a fellow cat-lover, we were both pleased to find a statue of one:
In typical cat pose - asleep.
My new pebble area is going to be home to a range of small grasses and I bought some in the Wisley Plant shop yesterday and placed an order for some more when I got home. Arriving tomorrow, and I will leave them in their pots and put them in various places before I plant them to make sure the area looks how I want it to. Pics to follow when all the work has been completed.
It's back to work now and and plans for my Christmas shop are moving forward - I have two of my A Fair to Remember stallholders joining me and I am planning to ask another two. It's important that I have a variety of work in the shop and there is method in my madness, I will need cover for the times when two people are a must and/or I cannot be there. Exciting times, but a lot of work as I am approaching my autumn /winter events, making stock for them and my shop and organising everything the shop needs. Roll on January - sorry, didn't mean that really.
Have a great week everyone, enjoy what is left of summer and hope you haven;t suffered from the wind, rain and other weather horrors being thrown at the world at the moment.
Jill
We are very lucky to have Wisley in our back yard, and we enjoyed the sculpture trail too. The gardens are looking surprisingly good for September - and the coffee and cake was delicious :) Keep working hard x.
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