Getting ready for winter!

We're usually not this organised :)

Our Little Piece of Paradise......

Our Garden!!

Sunny weekends usually means time in our garden, although a lot of hard work it is also a place where we can sit and chill out in the sun by the river.

 We spent most of the morning and afternoon planting out more vegetables and doing a general tidy up!

We finished the day off with a well deserved BBQ :)

Flood

The morning after the night before - A big clean up is under way in both Hebden Bridge & Todmorden after yesterday evenings flood took everyone by surprise. We were fortunate not to have the house effected (despite the fact the the river runs across the back the building) but took the precaution of sandbagging the basement door and moving anything that could be water damaged. Both towns and neighbouring communities were quite badly hit, and our thoughts go out to the residents and businesses - hopefully this is the worst of it for this year!

The river burst it banks around 6.30pm - This was the view from our top floor. It's not our first flood, so we weren't initially concerned,  but it soon became clear that it was getting way beyond the typical weather we have in the area.

And this morning in the garden. Various sections of the wall bordering the canal were destroyed by sheer force of the water attempting to find an exit.

We've salvaged what we can from this seasons crop, but it's going to be a while until we're back on top of it all. As I said, we got off lightly - so hoping everyone in the community is able to get through the next few days of unpredictable weather without further problems.   

Shabby Shed

We've had a busy few weeks over Easter and spent quite a lot of time  working in the garden and starting a few internal renovations. The poor potting shed and surrounding flower bed has been a bit neglected over the last couple of years - leaking roof, and generally looking a bit depressed:

And now, just as if Gok Wan himself had given the old scrubber a high five and a 'You Go Girl!!!' 30 Min make over, she's brighter, bubblier and ready to date :)

Go on, give us a Twirl..

The ladder was lying around unused in another part of the garden - and given a splash of paint, adds a nice feature and ideal spot for growing plants and strawberries later in the season.