Little blue cows and one little piglet

There is something about cow creamers that appeal so much to 

a lot of people.

One of those is a dear blogger, Shelia from Note Songs

I promised Shelia (also a collector of cow creamers)

that I would post my collection

Pop over to Note Songs and check out Shelia's pretty collection http://www.notesongs.com/

Although mine are all blue and white,I plan expanding to others when 

I can find them. 

This pretty one is from Japan and has a windmill scene on one side

like most of them do,and flowers on this side

This little miss is heavier and made by Delph,also with a windmill

I love this little fella on the left,he's so cute,but not a creamer

He's a salt pot,but hey I don't mind that one bit. He fits in nicely

in my little farm yard.

His mama, I think is a lid off a butter dish. One day I will find her bottom

She doesn't seem to mind because she sits all the time.

The little farm yard is growing slowly but they are hard to find on my budget

 This little duo, is a salt and pepper,but cute too

Little fat piglet joins the group,and a pepper pot too.

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I do wish the Summer heat would go away,I am so over Summer

Autumn will be very welcome

xx jeanetteann

My beautiful Granddaughter and escort off to the school formal

My beautiful Granddaughter Jessica with her handsome escort going to the School formal

My heart is pounding with pride. Where have the years gone?

Spinach and ricotta pie for lunch

I found this recipe on Pinterest

I think it's so pretty.

I forgot to take a photo after it was baked,so it looks a little pale here

It's an Italian recipe and I call it an Italian Sunburst 

The recipe is so easy 

Dough

500grms flour

200mls warm white wine (I found I needed more than this so just keep adding as needed)

90mls extra virgin olive oil(I also added a little more oil)

2 tspns salt

Bring it all together into a dough

Wrap in plastic wrap and put in the fridge for 30mins

Meanwhile  cook a large bunch spinach until tender

Drain and squeeze out most moisture, cool

Mix with 350grms ricotta cheese and 1 egg

then 100grms of tasty cheese grated pecorino or similar

Salt and pepper

breadcrumbs (optional)

Divide dough into 2 and roll each out into 30cm circles

Place 1st one on a baking paper sheet Sprinkle on some breadcrumbs

then add stuffing,as follows

A little mound in the centre and leaving a space around this,

place a circle of filling leaving a little space around the edge.

Wet around the edge with water.

Place the second piece of dough on top

Press an upside cup over the centre and press all around the cup with a fork to form a pattern

then remove the cup

Press the dough all around and over the second circle of filling

Trim the edges and decorate with a fork

Cut into slices all around as in picture,then twist each one over on its side.

as in picture

Brush with egg and transfer to a baking tray and bake

in a moderate oven until golden and base cooked well.

We had friends for lunch and teamed the pie with

a nice crisp salad and salmon mornay

I set the table with a pink,shabby chic look

Plain pink and pink with rosebuds napkins

and fresh rose buds in a little vase

I made the napkin rings out of white fabric creating  a rose on top

I am visiting some nice linky parties this week

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I hope you are having a nice week

xx jeanetteann

Garden changes.

We have made big changes in the back garden

We decided to plant some green manure in the cleared areas

to rejuvenate the soil ready for planting out.

As we will be putting roses in here it can grow and then rest until

the cooler weather.

These were the tree ferns which had suffered badly in the heat wave

and although they have come back quite nicely,we decided to take 

them out and put roses in here

We advertised the tree ferns on Gumtree and they sold

They are going to a good home in the hills where they 

will be cool and protected under trees. 

We are going to dig in blood and bone and lots of mulch

to get ready for the roses.

Beans growing nicely and this year covered in red flowers

Last year they were white

The capsicums are doing well

I left these plants in from last year

and they are still producing

The dwarf beans are coming up nicely too in the seed tray

These ones will be yellow

Herbs in pots doing well

I read on Pinterest that you can cut the root from a stick of celery

and plant it. This is the result when I tried it. Amazing

The apricot tree in a barrel,I grew from a stone

This is 3yrs old now. Should be fruiting next Christmas

Strawberries

Capsicums,tomatoes, silver beet and spinach

I think this is a pumpkin

It's come up from the dish water we throw on the garden

This palm ( I've forgotten the name) is in the way of where

the roses are going,so we've transplanted it into a pot

This rose "Clair Rose" 

will be transplanted into the new bed

It is getting too tall for its pot

Canna

Teasing Georgia

A new climber we planted in September last year

I'ts nearly to the top of the arch and so pretty

The old bay tree keeps on keeping on 

A bit of tidying to do here

This space at the side of the house is ideal for veggies

We've taken out old palms here to extend the veggie garden

Well that's the garden organized again

Can't wait to plant the roses. 

Have to wait for some cooler weather though.

I hope you're enjoying whatever you're doing this weekend

Join me for some lovely linky parties this week

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Oh and take a visit to the Hometalk site,it's so interesting 

xx jeanetteann

Release of my new book Jessica's Garden

                                                           Finally it has been released.
                                                   My new book called Jessica's Garden.
                                         Available here sbpra.com/JeanetteAnnODonnell/.

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Happy reading xx jeanetteann

Beautiful tags

I thought I would show you my new supply of gift tags I received today

Are they not the prettiest.

I always place one in the parcel

 when I send off one of my little baby dresses

to a client

I always get a comment about how pretty they are

Elizabeth from the Porcelain Rose

makes them

Thank you Elizabeth

as usual I am thrilled with them

Elizabeth sells them through her etsy shop link below

I will be visiting some nice linky parties this week 

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Happy Week

xx jeanetteann

Rain Rain beautiful Rain,the garden is smiling

These are our tree ferns after the heat wave

but do you see the green shoots

We have had 3 days solid of beautiful rain,torrential rain.

Another fern,another green shoot

My new David Austin Rose Teasing Georgia

Its smiling after the lovely rain

The veggie garden is smiling too

This once yellow capsicum turned bright red ,

so sweet 

The beans are so strange this year

They are climbing all over the arbours,but instead of beans

there are little red pea type flowers ?

This one has had some little sucking insects that I can't see 

sucking the life out of the leaves. The ones on the other arch have 

been left alone,but still no beans ?

Rocket springing up its little heads.

I've used my worm farm containers to plant seeds

as the worms all died in the heat :( even though I covered them and cooled them with water

One little carrot peeping through

can you see it?

Basil loved the heat and went mad everywhere

I made lots of Pesto

2 dwarf yellow beans showing through

Enjoy your weekend and hope you had a lovely Valentines Day

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xx jeanetteann