Well it's half way through September and last week it was raining and it was cold, but Summer doesn't seem to want to leave us, she's holding on for grim death, because yesterday and today has been lovely and sunny. Apparently the hurricane from America has decided to come across the Atlantic and visit us but we'd rather it didn't. There isn't any wind to speak of at the moment, so hopefully it's moved away. We've seen the damage it's done over there so we certainly don't want that kind of destruction over here.

While Emily was outside picking some apples and the last of the blackberries, my neighbour, Anne, called in with a huge clump of flat leaved parsley and two large courgettes. How lovely of her, but I think it was because they're going away for a few days and they've got a glut of parsley. Well I gave the courgettes to Emily because I'm not a fan of that vegetable, but I started to cut and shred the parsley to put in a bag and then freeze.


That's two hours I'll never get back!!!!! I now know why my mum used to grow curly parsley - much easier to cut up into tiny bits for the parsley sauce!! Flat leaf isn't that easy, so that's why it took me so long to dice them up. Anyway it's done and I have a lovely big bag full of chopped parsley in the freezer.

Well Emily picked lots of apples for me, and that'll probably be another couple of hours spent peeling and chopping them - also for the freezer. I did a few large tubs full the day before yesterday, rather than them go rotten sitting on the kitchen table. You see, I don't eat apples normally - I like to have apple crumble, or apple pies, even a lovely bit of apple sauce for roast pork but not to eat as an apple (if you get what I mean). So maybe tomorrow I'll start peeling and slicing the apples to go in the freezer. I've now got pineapples, nectarines, apples, pears, raspberries, damsons, and bananas in the freezer, for either pies, crumbles or smoothies. I've found some great recipes for using up the fruit in different ways to the norm. As for the parsley - a lovely bit of parsley sauce to go with fish is gorgeous, especially fresh rather than dried.

Well while I was chopping, I was amazed at the gorgeous sunshine coming through the lounge window. The sun is much lower in the sky now, so it's hitting the plants in different ways. I do love the plants in the bay window like this. I'm going to re-pot a couple of palms which should look lovely in their new pots which I'm hoping to paint.











I have decided to repot a few of the plants - the ones which look as if they're struggling and are a tad pot bound. So Emily has found me a few large flower pots outside, she's cleaned them up so that I can paint them!! I've bought some primer and some spray-paint. I've chosen a dark blue to go with the dark blue pots I've already got here. I've not used a spray can before, so this should be fun. I'm doing it outside. I've already bought primer (also in a spray can), so I can practice using the spray on primer, and hopefully I'll be better at it, when it comes to the blue gloss!!!. So don't laugh if I have a problem with it, I'm not called Banksy you know!!!!!

Well I do hope you all are having a lovely weekend. It's only just gone 6pm and the sun is almost setting!!! When did it suddenly get darker earlier? Oh well I suppose I'll have to get my winter woolies out soon!!!! Take care folks, and have a great Sunday.