Post Comment Love 28 - 30 July

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This week we’ve spent some time unboxing things in the garage, which has meant that for the first time in a while I’ve been able to do some gardening. I hadn’t realised quite how much I’d missed just pottering about. I spent some time weeding and trimming some of the plants which had started to grow into each other, and somehow managed to half fill a wheelie bin. But it was good to get acquainted with my new garden, and I was amazed at how many butterflies the buddleia bush attracted. That was great to see.

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A rather nice wall

I know I haven’t shared pictures of our new house yet, and while I will we’re still getting ourselves straight and settling in. This week we spent some time tackling the boxes in the garage and trying to find the tools we needed in the house, and to pot on a nectarine plant which my dad has nurtured for me. We’re making progress there, but in the meantime I thought I’d share some pictures of one of the most striking features in our garden - the wall, and it is rather nice.

It’s an original feature on the small development where our house is, and acts as a boundary for a number of the properties. The section in our garden is full of character, and a few remnants of its previous life remain.

Old ironmongery - potentially a gate post - embedded in the wall
Two similar sized pieces of metal on the original farm wal
Old fixings for a gate in the old farm wall
An iron hook embedded into the mortar of the wall
Two bolts with the nuts and washers hanging out of the wall

Aren’t they fantastic? I’m sure the wall has seen plenty of history, and if only it could talk…

One section appears to have had a cross section removed:

A section of the wall which appears to have a section removed

And my favourite addition is the Nottinghamshire Police sign, which says ‘For a safer rural community’ and warns that it’s a ‘protected area’ - I think that might have expired!

A Nottinghamshire Police round faded metal sign on the wall which says ' for a safer rural community protected area'

There’s a heavily laden crab apple tree in one corner of the garden, which looks great with our cream garden furniture and the wall for company.

our cream lattice table and chairs in front of the wall
Tiny crab apples against the farm wall
the wall in all its glory, looking down the garden

See, it really is a rather nice wall!

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Post Comment Love 21 - 23 July

Hello there, and welcome back to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog post published in the last week, please remember this, posts which are older will be removed from the linky. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked and share some of that love. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’ve joined us.

I had some good news during the week when I learnt I’d won a competition on Instagram. The competition was a collaboration between Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe and Round Corner Brewery, both of which are based in Melton Mowbray - which is now just down the road. The prize - some pork pies and beer (yay!) - arrived earlier this week, and I couldn’t help but smile when I saw the pork pie parcel tape.

We’re looking forward to eating the pork pies, and trying the beer - I know it’s complete coincidence as I entered the competition before we moved, but what a welcome to the area!

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