A new use for vampires

I dropped over to my brother's flat - it was a warm evening and he had his study window open, propped over as ever by Interview With The Vampire. He says it's nice to have some use for it.

Cast-iron clouds

I can't think of a comment for this pic, interesting or otherwise!

And now we're Truly Suburban

Today we went to B&Q to get some some plastic hooks and a bit of metal rod my Beloved needed for some bike-related thing or other.

Naturally enough we returned with an 8ft trampoline, because, philosophically speaking, what is a suburban* child-infested garden when it lacks a trampoline? Besides it'll wear the little b*ggers out! And was on a special offer.

The picture above shows my Beloved and his father (who'd dropped by for a bit, not knowing what he was letting himself in for) putting the trampoline together ably hindered by the Boy and his friend.

And today's second picture shows the Boy in action, some time later!

Actually it took a surprisingly short time to put together. And was suitably enjoyed by the offspring and their friends :-).

* To make matters even more suburban and middle-class we stopped at the farmers' market on the way home. But letting the side down rather we didn't buy anything and our next port of call was Lidl :-D.

Colours

I went into Glasgow today to mooch around a bit (I had John Lewis vouchers to spend, hurrah! Thank you, ex-colleagues *mwah*).

As well as hanging around the John Lewis photography and yarn departments for absolutely ages, I took a wander up to Mandors and got a few fat quarters to have a play around with patchwork. The display of craft fabrics looked amazing, so I asked if it was okay if I took a couple of photos - they were lovely and said 'Yes, of course!'. I'm not the first to ask apparently :-).

Sprouting green things

Sweet peas as I recall. I dug out various old seed packets recently and planted all the leftovers, even the things which should have been planted last year. It was a little late in this year really, but they starting sprouting straight away, so I might even get some flowers by the autumn :-D.

Rest and Be Thankful

My mother-in-law, the kids and I headed over to Loch Fyne today. On the way we stopped for a break at the Rest and Be Thankful, one of the most sublimely beautiful places I've ever been. Half an hour after we drove on an RAF Tornado crashed very near the Rest and Be Thankful, killing the two crew. It seems impossible, doesn't it? Though why I imagine that bad things shouldn't happen in nice places I don't know..

Almost ripe?

Mmmm, yummy.


So, it's July - nearly a year since starting this blog, though I'm a way off achieving the actual 365 days.
A quick sum: 147 + 131 puts me at, um, 278, which isn't bad as I want it to be an interesting habit, rather than a chore.