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september already

by greenrabbitdesigns September 4, 2016

written by greenrabbitdesigns

I truly find it hard to believe that it’s September already, maybe its because I’m still waiting for the rest of summer to arrive!!

August in this part of the UK was still quite damp but the flowers did keep blooming, all except the sweetpeas that is and I’m happy to report my tomatoes are now ripening.

A little quiet spot to sit when the sun did shine.

And a little home grown posy.

Trips out over the past couple of weeks included a day to the seaside for my Hb’s birthday….it looked almost Meditteranean (almost)!

And a visit to the beautiful Ballyrobert Cottage Garden.

This is how I would love my garden to look.

We also paid a visit to the fantastic Ulster Folk & Transport Museum.

So much lovely vintage there.

All in all not a bad end to August despite the rain…you’d think we’d be used to it by now!!

So here we are in September (still summer according to the GRD calendar), the month when I become another year older and we celebrate 35 years of marriage!!

Helia Collage

I’ll just you leave with the next batch of animals!

This is Helia, her name means ‘of the sun’ and she certainly brings her own sunshine with her.

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Next is Anthea and her name means ‘flowery’.

Zinnia Collage

Zinnia is a celebration of those beautiful flowers that I cannot get to grow in my garden as the slugs and snails eat them all.

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And finally this little mouse in her mossy green outfit is of course…. Moss.

All these girls will be listed in my Etsy shop on Tuesday 6th September at 9pm (BST).

More information about my animals can be found here.

And finally, finally, just before I go I would like to thank the lovely Micheline for nominating me for the ‘One Lovely Blog Award’, thank you so much Micheline, you’re very kind.

Have a great September folks!

September 4, 2016 12 comments

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summer days

by greenrabbitdesigns August 14, 2016

written by greenrabbitdesigns

It is extremely hard to believe that we are half way through August, I am convinced that a week is much shorter now than it used to be!!

It is also extremely hard to believe that despite the title of this post that it is actually summer, certainly up here in the northern parts of the UK there has been a distinct lack of sunshine.

The garden has suffered as a result of the poor weather, my tomatoes are plentiful but still green and the rain has only encouraged more slugs and snails who have helped themselves to quite a lot of things including all my courgettes!

This is my first sweet pea and it only bloomed last week and I’m still waiting on my pink cosmos!!

Despite the weather we have still tried to get out and about and we enjoyed a lovely trip to the seaside to watch an air display.

Making so far this month has included a crocheted blanket for a new baby girl…..

…..and the beginnings of a new cardi for my little princess.

Bay Collage

My animals this month include Bay the little blue bear, who is a seaside, sailing sort of girl.

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A little red and white check girl called Gingham.

Eglantina Collage

Eglantina whose name means ‘wild rose’.

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And finally Thistle!

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All four of these girls will be listed in my Etsy shop on Monday 15th August at 9pm (BST).

More information about them can be found here.

Apologies to those of you who have signed up to my newsletter and have received and read all this information already.

A big thank you to those of you who do receive my newsletter, MailChimp who manages my newsletter keep me well informed of who you are and when you receive it, open it and read it, I know that all sounds a bit like ‘big brother’ but if you are considering a newsletter they are very efficient.

Thanks as always for dropping by and for taking the time to read and comment, it is much appreciated!

Wishing you all a good week, fingers crossed for some sunshine to ripen those tomatoes. 🙂

August 14, 2016 14 comments

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july days

by greenrabbitdesigns July 20, 2015

written by greenrabbitdesigns

As mentioned in my last post during July my Hb and I have had some lovely days out visiting gardens, parks, castles and the seaside.

The weather didn’t always behave itself but in this country if you waited for the sun to always shine, well quite frankly you wouldn’t get very far.

So these are just a few photos of some of our days out.

The above photo is the lovely lavender lined paths in the gardens at Clotworthy House at Antrim Castle Gardens.

Antrim Castle gardens are always well worth a visit.

Another place well worth the visit is the walled garden at Bangor Castle, it is particularly well cared for with many flowers, shrubs, vegetables and herbs.

These amazing sunflowers (my favourite flowers) were at the entrance to Ward Park, Banger, Co Down, for a moment I actually could have believed I was back in France, the sun was even shining that day!!

Somewhere else we always love to visit at this time of year is Sir Thomas & Lady Dixon Park in Belfast for ‘Rose Week’.

The roses are stunning!!

Just a shame I can’t share the scent.

Of course no summer would be complete without a visit to the seaside (cue the not-so-sunny skies again).

The seaside photos were all taken at Groomsport, Co Down.

It wasn’t a day for playing in the sand and making sand castles but we did enjoy a lovely walk!

Speaking of sand, I’d like you to meet my new little bunny….her name is Sandy and she’s a beachy kind of girl!

Thank you to those of you who took the time to comment on my last post.

Just as I was about to publish it I realised it was my 500th post, so I had a little secret giveaway of all you lovelies who left a comment on that post and the number chosen was 13, who was Helen, so a little pack of goodies are on their way to you Helen.

Again thank you to all of you who so faithfully visit and leave me a comment, I really do appreciate them all.

Wishing you all a happy new week! 🙂

July 20, 2015 13 comments

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