Friday 26 April 2013

The robot has landed.

They've bought a robot! I was very excited that he could be a new friend for me, but it turns out he lives underwater and eats leaves. I am not allowed in the water - something to do with rust so they tell me. The robot has been named Robbie (what it is with this naming of inanimate objects??!). Here's me with Robbie before he took the plunge:


The garden is looking lovely now despite the constant battle with the grass which you can almost see growing by the minute. I don't know who this chap is though - he just stands out there staring (at least he doesn't have a name .....yet.....).


The beans and spinach are starting to grow. Fingers crossed that the bloomin' dog doesn't eat them. He certainly eats everything else - shoes, Barbie dolls, gloves, door stops. The gnomes have had to be brought indoors for their own safety!



We also have one of these - no idea what it is, but I was very sick after having a go on it:


I think it might be some sort of toy for Ozzy, but he is a very lazy cat and spends most of his time asleep with his pet doggy:


He might as well relax while he can - he will be going to the vet soon to have some parts chopped off. I think they might be called tentacles - I don't know what they are but I hope I don't have any - sounds painful!!!

Indoors feels much more homely now. The bookshelves finally arrived, and all 42(!) boxes of books have now been unpacked. I think this may now be my new perch where I can compose my next instalment in peace.


Tuesday 2 April 2013

Scarborough Fair

So, another month has passed - time I updated you all on the goings on here at Le Domaine du Chasselas. In contrast to the dreadful UK weather, we have had some nice sunny days so there has been lots going on outside. The herb garden is looking good  and I have spent some pleasant afternoons foraging around whilst sheltered by the lovely new fence:














Here I am sitting in the parsley:

 

and the sage.........



.......can you guess what the other herbs might be? My more mature fans will simply refer to the title of this post for the answer - younger ones may have no idea what I am talking about as I don't believe that there has been a recent modern mangling of this particular song - if any of my readers feel strongly about modern manglings of classic songs,  I would refer you to the excellent Greg Davies DVD  "Firing cheeseballs at a dog" which has a wonderful rant about this subject.


Anyway, I digress.......Elsewhere in the garden, the mammoth task of cutting the grass has begun - as you can see, it was pretty high, but now it's starting to look like a proper garden:


The new games room was finished in time for the party, and I had a busy day trying out all the equipment:






The main thing I learnt was that you should never play poker with a cat - mostly because they are cats, and can't hold the cards in their paws.

After I had quality assured the games room, it was time to put my PR hat on and wait for the guests to arrive:


Happily, no-one was deterred by the thunder and lightning and a jolly evening was had by all. Lots of people brought gifts - many of which could be eaten or drunk - I was particularly impressed by this lovely chocolate lion (although I'm not sure where lions feature in the Easter story - you'd think they would just eat the rabbits?). There was also a giant chocolate egg, but that disappeared before I could get a picture of it - wonder where it could have gone?!

 The lion was a bit big for me to manage all by myself.......














.....so I had to enlist the help of some friends and we soon made short work of it:

Well, lunch-time approaches, so that's all for now, but I'll be back soon with tales of a busy Easter weekend........