Beauty in the garden

Things are starting to get busy here – packing has begun.  It’s less than six weeks til we move, jeepers! (I do know people here in Scotland who say “jeepers”.  Also “Jings!”)  Yesterday I packed up the dolls’ house.  It was so touching to see the many hand-made things in it, things made by me in earlier days and by the Dafter as she grew.  Fimo-clay dishes, bananas and apples made by me to her specifications; packing-peanut furniture lovingly covered with fabric, matchbox chests-of-drawers, hand-woven and embroidered blankets and rugs, miniature posters, pipe-cleaner coat hangers, tiny books and much more, all made by her.  Sweet days!  (And they aren’t necessarily over yet.)

I won’t bother to show you photographs of the growing chaos inside the house, but look at what’s happening in the garden!  Beauty and order (sort of) reigns there:

Ranunculus, my back garden, Aberdeen, 19 June 2013.

Strawberries coming on, my back garden, Aberdeen, 19 June 2013.

In the midst of house-moving preparations and caring for the Dafter, I spent an unforgettable morning with my lovely neighbour Betty last week, which I will tell you about in two posts, as I get a chance.

Happy start to your week, everyone!