Life lately

I've been MIA of late.  Life is busy, but life is good so I don't mind it being busy, here is a little of what I have been up to:

1. Hanging out with this muppet

2. Mewster's new trick is to stand on our shoulders as we walk about the house, parrot cat!

3. Mewster obsessed much?  If there is a box to explore she'll be there.

4. Robo feeder broke for our last weekend trip so we just had to pile Mew's bowl high and hope she didn't eat it all at once (she didn't, good cat).

5. So much growth happening at the allotment, so much to do before we go away to San Diego eeeeeep!

6. As you can see there is still ALOT of digging grass out to be done at the plot :/

7. Sometimes after a shitty day the only thing that will make it better is gin.

8. Disney cake made by friend Katrina for other friend Marte who left work to return to her native Norway

9. To send her off in style we wrapped her whole desk in tinfoil, including the contents of her desk, our boss was PISSED about it.  

Life lately

1. Buying daft robots that I would secretly like to own...
2. Happily this little chap loved the robot! We got to hang out with him on our friends allotment in Birmingham on a sunny, warm spring day - lush.
3. The new Birmingham Library exterior, pretty impressive.
4. Graffiti next to the Birmingham Art Gallery where we saw the AMAZING Grayson Perry exhibition of tapestries.
5. Monday saw me pegging it to London whilst MozzyMr drove home in the opposite direction.  Adventures abound in the capital, this one being the first creature I stumbled upon at the Natural History Museum.
6. A very pop art display on lobster mites... lovely.
7. DINOSAURS!!!  
8. Heuheuheuh whilst in London I took the opportunity to see The Drowned Man again (fifth visit).  I know I say this of every single visit but it really was the best performance I had seen so far I can't wait to go back at the end of the month.
9. I am loving netball at the moment.  I'm a bit too competitive and push myself too far, I've already had a twisted ankle, pulled a calf muscle and been called out for more penalties than I care to remember the most comedy one being where I pushed a player out of my way with my bum.  I was mocked with much twerking whilst I stood aside for the penalty.

Life lately

1. Things getting serious last Saturday...

2. My first (but by no means last) attempt at baked cheesecake, so nom

3. Fleeting visits to London and finding a completely empty tube station, never seen that before!

4. Mewster hiding amongst the towels in the airing cupboard

5. Mewster selfie using the Catsnaps app!

6. Mewster (again!) snuggling into a sleeping bag, forgetting her tongue is hanging out

7. Buying special trainer socks and being perturbed that they have 'L' and 'R' embroidered into them...

8. These have seen some hard graft recently, I will be beach ready, I will be beach ready!

9. Pulling a calf muscle badly enough I had to hobble about like a pirate for five days. Le Sigh.

Life lately

1. Perhaps a little too much time spent playing Zelda: Skyward Sword... ho hum it's raining out
2. Fruity sweets :)
3. Hello Kitty gifts to the office from a lovely colleague
4. Nom, "Best & Delicious" - yep!
5. Giiiin, so much lovely gin
6. Ok so the rain and the storms haven't been great but there have been a lot of awesome rainbows of late.
7. Students modelling for our next brochure.
8. Adventure Mewster!
9. Chillin' Mewster on her new wool cat mat.

Life lately

1. Getting to see Ghostbusters with live action the weekend before Christmas!
2. Christmas Day and Mewster enjoyed playing in the piles of wrapping paper
3. Embracing old lady hood and tuning into Radio 4 over the Christmas holidays
4. Mewster helping MozzyMr complete a jigsaw puzzle
5. A fab Christmas present from MozzyMr
6. Itching to start reading it but trying to be disciplined and finishing what I am currently reading first!
7. A classic tea towel to add to MozzyMr's collection
8. New boots!  Sadly my go to pair of El Naturalista boots finally broke over the holidays and I had to replace them with these beauties
9. Getting to spend lots of time with this classy beast over the holidays was great I miss her furry face when I'm at work 

 10, 11 and 12. Becoming obsessed with the American Splendor graphic novels

 13. Tiring of this never-ending rain

 14. Little Mewster hanging with the humans!

 15. Glow in the dark dinosaurs are the best!

 16. Noticing texture

 17. Planning the allotment and getting all our seeds in order :)

 18. Digging out and cleaning up treasures for the ETSY shop!

Life lately

1 and 2. This beast is such a sweetheart, little Mewster is such an awesome little cat to live with!

3. Digging out old treasures to sell on ETSY, I am a hoarder and I didn't know :/

4, 5 and 6. I am loving watching autumn roll in.

7. Sat on Falmouth Quay eating a pasty and drinking a ginger beer with this baby seagull as my chum.

8. Actually enjoying the heavy rain we've been having, is that weird?  I just think it's pretty.

9. Preparing for tomorrows strike action, more info here. 

10 and 11. Attending Ruthie's hen do, with Big Lebowski  dress up, bowling and a butler in the buff.

12. Celebrating my Birthday, hazaar!  My lovely colleague decorated my desk with balloons and confetti!

13. Birthday messages from little kids = awesome!

14. Birthday prize: a new pet portrait to add to the collection, this one is actually very good.

15. Birthday celebrations... raspberry gin, delicious, many shots were consumed, surprisingly no hangover!

16. Hanging out in London with this pair, MozzyMr and my brother.

17 and 18. Opposite the studio where we saw The Drowned Man and the mask worn during the production, little did I know when I took this that I was about to be come obsessed with that play and promptly book two more visits.

Life lately

Disneyland of course!! // the best souvenir from Paris, a fish stapler, awww yeah // whilst exploring Paris we spotted this little fella in his nest, "He's so fluffy!" // MozzyMr: photographer extraordinaire! // foliage that caught my eye // sunflowers from MoMa cheering the place up // French bee and bug hotel // tomato sauce production is now in full swing we should have supplies to see us through winter // Grrrrr (or yawn) 

Writing a blog, it seemed inevitable that I would have to take a selfie in a bathroom at some point it might as well be now*eye roll* // my lovely fern which is affectionately referred to as the muppet plant // we've been experiencing some amazing sunsets around these parts recently, of course photos never do them justice but I like to capture them anyway! // foraging! // blackberries for our bramble jelly // feed me feed me feed me says cat.  Vet says she's getting tubby and needs to go on the diet food // a lovely amber necklace that my father-in-law gave me recently, I've barely taken it off since, I love it! // a friendly and very tame racing pigeon has taken to hanging out on campus recently, he joins us for coffee and just sits nearby enjoying the sunshine // cat slippers and blankets have become my new Friday night favourite, wow life has changed recently!

MozzyMr's bike finally broke (the forks snapped off the main frame, thankfully Moz wasn't riding it at the time or he may have had a very mangled face.  We went to a bike superstore last weekend and came across this beauty, amazing neon colours and only £50 sadly I couldn't persuade Moz to buy it // nor could I persuade him to buy the bike labelled 'bit retro' // Monday's harvest of tomatoes // a new kitchen timer to add to our ever growing collection // the apples on our tree at the allotment look beautiful at the moment, sadly they aren't very sweet.  To make our apple crumbles palatable I have to add A LOT of golden syrup, mmm golden syrup // a parsnip top!  Last year I didn't realise parsnips took an age to germinate and dug over the ground I had planted them in, this year I didn't make the same mistake.  Only 11 have come up (I planted three rows) but 11 is better than none and next year I might perfect the technique further // Thursday's harvest of tomatoes!  MozzyMr has done a great job this year //  a stripy pumpkin, or at least we think it is a pumpkin, the plant label either got blown away or a sneaky bird stole it.  It's probably a squash but I am really hoping it's a pumpkin // more sunsets they're so beautiful but might be a sign that autumn is on it's way?

Life lately

• Working from home... in the garden... in the blazing heat... with my feet in a trug of water.
• Growing sunflowers, the seeds for this flower were taken from the seeds of the flowers at our wedding, we're hoping to keep the line going!
• Weirdness found in Sidford near the seaside town of Sidmouth.
• Buying cute things for a cute baby who has a cute mum and dad!
• Gin, ice, lemon, cucumber.  Back when the sun was shining and we were experiencing summer... oh how those days are missed.
• Watching the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games on the one year anniversary.  This was one of the many, many awesome moments and one of my favourites, in case you can't make it out from this tiny photo they are the pigeons!  Amazing, I cannot believe the games were a year ago.
• Mewster, this is the face she pulls every time I leave for work, little does she know that I don't want me to go to work either.
• Hot hot hot!  36 degree celsius!  I wonder if we'll get such fantastic weather again before autumn sets in?  
• Discovering some of MozzyMr's collections hidden away at the back of a drawer. 

• Eating homemade jam on homemade bread is a very happy thing!
• The first of the chillies are coming along, everything this year seems to be taking a lot longer to mature, which is a little odd as the weather has been so much warmer..?
• This idiot being too cute.
• Growing monster tomatoes!  This year we have been striping back the foliage on the tomatoes quite dramatically and the plants seem to be responding by making extra large fruit, thanks for the tip Monty.
• Buying ridiculous things at the car boot sale for Mewster.  Even if Mew doesn't like her disgruntled hamster water bowl we think it's amazing!
• Letting things go to seed just because they're pretty.
• Celebrating our two year wedding anniversary in style.  Both of us are absolutely shattered at the moment the thought of going out was too tiring so MozzyMr made a nice dinner and I made the drinks :)
• Growing lots of basil to feed my current homemade pesto obsession! 
• Texture on the gates to the allotment.  I hadn't noticed the patterns on the metal before but I notice them every time I pass them now.

Life lately

1. Taking inspiration from exhibits at the London Transport Museum.
2. Watching MozzyMr play with his nieces.
3. Hanging out with Missy Little whilst wearing rabbit ears.
4. Growing veg as ever!
5. Making the best jam I have ever tasted, seriously having to control the impulse to eat this with a spoon straight out of the jar.
6. Making elderflower cordial and champagne!
7. Making pesto, have become pesto obsessed but figure there are worse things to be obsessed with?
8. Doing a spot of travelling to France and enjoying some sunshine even if it was for a mere week!
9. Looking puffy and tired, like I am ready to curl up into a ball and sleep at a moments notice.

1. Buying MozzyMr prizes from my travels but actually wanting to keep them for myself...
2. Loving the jelly fish, the lights in their tank changed colour I liked them best when they were pink.
3. Suspicious penguin outside the London Aquarium is suspicious...
4. A remarkably cheery looking Easter Island head in a tank full of sharks.
5. Watching rays swim, seriously it's hypnotic I love it!
6. Being a tourist and going on the London Eye.
7. Hanging out with my brother.
8. BBQing like a pro.
9. Seriously my brother has special BBQ gauntlet glove thingys (!)

Life lately

1. Messing about on instagram; my wedding and engagement rings plus my Gran's wedding ring which I've taken to wearing recently.
2. Norway Day cupcakes, a whole load of nom but oh so sweet.
3. Eurovision party, and yes we were drinking grappa from a child's tea set.  It seemed like a good idea at the time!
4. Lovely pattern on a free notebook I received from Boden with a recent order I placed :)
5. Stickers for MozzyMr.
6. I didn't take this photo btw, but it is making me chuckle.
7. Broccoli!  In a raised bed!
8. Runner beans! In the ground!
9. Mewster looking thoroughly unimpressed with the cardboard fort I made her.  Hurumph.

1. More Mewster photos I'm afraid (sorry), (not sorry at all).
2. MozzyMr grabbling with weeds.
3. Our first pear!  Our first pear!
4. The view from the Costa at work, Marte and I regularly take an hour for lunch to sit in the sun and escape office politics!
5. My attempts at eating healthier and losing weight, cannelli bean salad with smoked tofu.
6 and 7. More Norway Day decorations.
8. Courgettes are go!  Cannot wait for the first crop, love courgette on pizza, in salad, in pitta with houmous.
9. So.. um yeah I accidentally put the runner bean picture in again.  Sorry about that, but hey it's a mighty fine runner bean so really I'm just giving you a second opportunity to gaze at it's beauty *cough*.