Then 2 chilli pepper plants. No plans to grow any this year until Eldest Daughter was here and talking about wanting some chilli jelly/chutney. Spotted these for 50p each and thought as I had the pots and the compost, might as well have them. What I haven't got is room for them in the greenhouse! nevertheless I'll squeeze them in. I'll be able to make chilli jelly for the Christmas hampers too.
No plans to buy any books this month either- as I want to have a big splurge when the new Furrowed Middlebrow Collection are published in early August.
But then I spotted this. Often used on birthday cards etc, I like her paintings of old cottages, probably a bit 'twee' for modern tastes and probably a lot of artistic licence was used when they were painted. There's an original painting on ebay for over £3,000.
The book is a biography as well as details of her paintings at a better price of £2.
Sundays local car boot saw me coming home with............Nothing!
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Sue
Those are very healthy looking chilli plants - Christmas presents sounds great! xx
ReplyDeleteJust hope I'm not too late with the chilli plants to actually get chillis.
DeleteI had that book but have now passed it on to a charity shop. Good luck with the chillis - Eldest Daughter grew them on the windowsill before she got an allotment with a greenhouse.
ReplyDeleteWe seem to share lots of books in common!. This one I'll read and then pass on or sell as I'm trying not to keep so many non-fiction.
DeleteThe book looks very interesting, pleased you found a few bits. I think pegs are so useful. Well the weather looks good today. I hope to clear a little bit of land in the gravel and put some weed control fabric.down and put some new gravel down. There is always some thing to do in the garden which I enjoy.
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We had sun now we have cloud, do hope I can get the washing dry
DeleteI love chilli jam or jelly. I haven't grown chillies in a while but have grown them successfully out of doors.
ReplyDeleteIt's something I've never made so will be a new thing for the hampers
DeleteGreat looking plants, I have a couple each year that I harvest and use to make chilli oil. A simple but great addition for a hamper.
ReplyDeleteI've potted them up and hope they'll produce something
DeleteHelen Allinghams cottage paintings are lively aren't they, probably as you say very idealised, although I'm sure I've seen a couple of 'tumbledown', almost derelict images from her too.
ReplyDeleteAlan didn't spend a penny at the last car boot we went to as buyers, but I managed to get a lot of DVDs for 50p or even 20p each. You can't beat a stack of films to watch at that price.
I started reading it and found a bit that said some of her fellow artists thought her people in the paintings were dressed too well for the cottages they were living in!
DeleteI have always loved Helen Allinghams paintings but wonder if they were ‘reality’ in those days..... it certainly give you a wave of nostalgia.....I think most people would like a cottage with roses round the door but not the poverty....
ReplyDeleteYes I don't know how real they are but she certainly paints some lovely cottage gardens
DeleteI used to love boot sakes, we just don’t have them round here any longer. I used to have a real love of Helen Allingham paintings, artistic licence maybe, happens with most paintings surely. No chillis here but found a reduced pot of chives this morning, that will split into about 6 for the next plant stall. I have managed to sign up to Google, no more of those wretched proving I am not a robot.
ReplyDeleteWell done on the google, you still might have to prove you are not a robot on some blogs
DeleteThank you for the link to the book blog - not that I NEED any more books - but I have little will power when it comes to them so must have a peek.
ReplyDeleteThe Furrowed Middlebrow reprints by Dean Street Press are such a treat. The library have only bought the odd one so I'm saving up for a splurge!
DeleteI had completely forgotten Helen Allingham's illustrations - they are lovely aren't they?
ReplyDeleteLovely cottages and gardens and the biography bit of the book is interesting too
DeleteWonder what living in one of those cottages was really like? x
ReplyDeleteCold and gloomy I think!
DeleteIt's hilarious that someone was selling a box of pegs: but lucky you for finding them!
ReplyDeleteThe house clearance people just have huge crates of random stuff that they have cleared from houses, so a real mixture of junk
DeleteOh, I've been reading the Furrowed Middlebrow blog and my reading wishlist has grown out of all proportion! I did wonder from what corner of the internet I found the site, so it must have been here !
ReplyDeleteSo many books from the 1940s and 50s deserve to be reprinted but as you say it does rather add to the wish list
DeleteI adore the charming paintings by that author, I googled her and enjoyed seeing a whole gallery of her work. I actually have a pretty vintage framed cottage print that looks very much like her work.. I wonder if it is? ((hugs)), Teresa :-)
ReplyDeleteSome lovely paintings of cottages and gardens, do hope your print is one of hers
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