Week 20 - 22 Years Have Flown By!

This picture sums up my week!  I took it early on and used it for several occasions: to say goodbye and finish of an online course, to send to some friends just to say 'ciao' and as a thank you to someone who had helped with my father's Italian pension.  

I like it because it makes me feel happy, the flowers are all grown from seed, and the posy was made by following the instructions from a book I have had for ages, but never really looked at 
 properly.

I created a 22nd wedding anniversary card by pressing one of the anemones growing in the garden and then using some of my craft bits.  K used a wedding photo which he embellished nicely with one of my craft diamantes for the earrings.

Below one of my favourite wedding day pictures of me 22 years ago with my 2 sisters.  I had made my own bouquet from fresh flowers just a few hours before walking down the aisle!  All the garments in the image below were made by hand by my mother!

Picking flowers played a big part in this week!  Some wild flowers added to one of the girls' 'Orlando' dog tins:

 The same posy as in the top picture:

This week my bedtime reading has been about weeds, as the garden is overrrun with them!

 Freddy having a quiet moment of reflection below:

Today (Sunday) the weather has been lovely so we have had a barbecue, with arrosticini, my favourite Abruzzo food. 

We opened a bottle of Montepulciano D'Abruzzo red wine.  The grand cost was approx 1,49 Euros! It is a lovely wine, and in England this would be very expensive indeed.

We were surounded by furkids who mostly behaved themselves very well...

 A chance to relax after our meal...

Next week the weather is set to be very nice, so hope to carry on with jobs in the garden.  I am keeping a very close eye on these potato plants below.  I am growing them in a grow-bag, as it is the very first time I have planted potatoes, so am very excited to see if they will grow ok......