Three generations

Three shifty looking characters at Finsbury Park this afternoon! ( Ha Ha - I took the photo seconds before the hand came up to make a sign over the green boy's head!)

A plastic bag.

It does what it says - degrades in your hand!
So it wont appear in my scrapbook!

Building is suspended.

Should the wall be taken to the level of the street on one side of it, or down another 5 feet to garden level? The builders say one thing, those paying the bill disagree.
Watch this space to see who wins!
When will the cost of the scaffolding pass the cost of building 12 feet of wall?

Down it comes!

The first blow

showed the wall to be tougher than expected . So they brought in a large electric drill to tackle it. I wonder where the photo of it has disappeared to?
The creeper had started growing up the scaffolding

which went up in the third week of April. It really does what its name says 'mile a minute'.

For the first time ever we can see the pavement. Its still surprisingly private in the garden. In case you had forgotten, the wall had developed massive cracks.

From the outside in

The wall demolition gives a nice view of my pink buddleia from the pavement.

Scrapbook Pages

These 2 I did for Lissa lou's birthday in February.
Heather always puts up a 'Happy Birthday' notice on the fridge/wall and the first one was meant to reflect that. However I thought it was messy so next day I decided to do another.
Her party was at the piece of land her grandfather farms but doesn't live on. Its called Pika - due to all the plants and insects which irritate you there.
Her Papa made a heart shaped chocolate cake, but not even he could get the candles to stay alight. It was a very windy day. Alyssa kindly pursed up her lips to blow and posed for the camera.
I love the baguette and the cabbage on the table - and three mangoes from the trees above.

Recent Scrapbook pages.

This is lissa lou's school photo from the school in Guadeloupe! Looks like something out of South Pacific.The green is a paper napkin - top layer only, glued onto the cardstock. I crocheted the white flower and tatted the yellow butterflies. The buttons and lace are from my grandmother's stash which I inherited.









This photo is 18 months old.












The balcony fence was a handy support for Jo Jo when he was learning to stand and walk.