Skip The Budgie

It's amazing really. Considering how wet and miserable it's been so far this 'winter' and the fact that the bottlebrush took two years to flower in the first place, the little bugger is trying to push out more brushes!

A few of the wonderful colours in our garden...

Yes, first time out surfing was awesome. Been sick ever since though - recovering now... Anyway, here's me being awesome on a small wave!

Had a great afternoon at Westonbirt Arboretum at the weekend, checking out the colours and indulging my obsession with Acers... We were a bit early so are going to go back in a couple of weeks when Autmun is in full swing!

I'm sorry it's all been so quiet lately. But don't think Dash has been resting on his laurels! I have embarked upon a very exciting new writing project, which will be published on Skip the Budgie soon - in a few weeks hopefully.

Also, we have managed to transform our bedroom from this:

To this (any hints on light fittings gratefully received!):

For those of you DIY inclined folks, there is a sequence showing the transformation on my flickr - just click on one of the above pictures. Doors HAVE been added, we just haven't finished 'em yet!

Three pics from the last holiday...

Yup, that big house in the distance is where we stayed...

Ah, the days of steam!

Tree slate fence...