NORTHYCOTE FARM AND COUNTRY PARK.

That looks like great entertainment! Well worth remembering a place like that with so much variety too!

Lovely place,Ba..glad you all had a good day..Aislinn is growing up into quite a young lady..and so pretty,as is your daughter Boo..so much to do and see there :o)

What a lovely blog! All so lovely! :)

Looks like you had a good day with good weather, BA. Does your daughter sing ? My daughter is a semi professional singer . You have a beautiful granddaughter. Glad you all had a lovely day.

lovely blog - so cheery. I too love hollyhocks due to reminds me of the cottage holidays we have. Such a sweet hedgehog. what a very pretty girl and I remember the humming cockroaches - held one at Twycross zoo as a kid

Gallavanting again I see, lovely blog, and your grandaughter is lovely

What a lovely place, lots of interest for everyone and Im with you on your love of Hollyhocks, I grew some from seed sent by Amy they never fail to amaze me. Lovely family you have too, both daughter and grandaughter are very pretty ;0)

Thanks Sticki, it's amazing the wonderful, quite local places I've never heard of lol:-)

Hi Bloomer, they're off to local town Willenhall Festival today. Chris's (son) band 'The Lock In' is playing there as well. OH not too good at the moment so I'm giving it a miss. It's another one Boo has organised for the charity Musicians For Life:-)

Thanks Pixi, you getting the good weather too?:-)

Lol Rose, we should organise a GOY gig! Yes she's a semi too. What sort of music does your daughter sing?:-)

Thanks Paul, I got up the courage to touch the back of one of the cockroaches ...very brave! Couldn't quite pluck up the courage to actually hold one though. I'd just been holding a very sweet little mouse who unfortunately left many deposits on my hand, fortunately his owner had lots of wipes lol:-)

Always gallivanting Yorkie .....and dreaming of Ralphies legs.... sigh:-))

Hi Carole, what do you do about rust? I've been googling hollyhocks and wonder if there's a way to keep it at bay without harming any creatures? I used to have lots of musk mallows, but they got the dreaded rust after being free of it for years. I've bought a lovely new burgundy lavatera from Walsall market the other day to help with my hollyhock craving ...but it's not the same lol. Awkward getting it on the bus too. Isn't it funny, the flowers I want for next year seem to be very similar ..verbascums...hollyhocks ...upright mallow types:-)

We had a few days sun but really windy! It has rained overnight and looking greay today again :(

Hi BA I must be very fortunate I havent experienced any rust on my Hollyhocksor on my Mallows, isnt it strange [not that I want any lol] you seem to have the same taste as me, I am really pleased with the Lavertera from seed this year , huge big plant in pink, white and cerise;0)

Poor you Pixi:-( still sunny here, not as hot as it has been and I think it's all due to end, nice while it lasted though:-)

I had no rust here either Carole until I bought a very tall magentary mallow from a yellow book garden about 8 years ago. I suppose it only takes one and it went through all my musk mallows although this year and last there are some free from it...possibly built up resistance, hope so. Lavateras have never had it touch wood, but don't know if they're susceptible or not anyway. I wonder about sidalcea? I'll google:-)

I've never had it on my Sidalceas,Ba..so they should be ok..hope so,anyway :o)

Lots of mallow type next year Bloomer:-)

They are nice,aren't they? funny how we suddenly see something we get a liking for..I wonder what I will have next year? ...I fancy a change,but no idea what yet..

I'm terrible for that...one winter I ordered loads of different varieties of ivy! This last winter I bought lots of crocosmia......most of it died, rotted in all the wet lol:-)

Ah well,we can but dream..plenty time to decide yet..oh dear,what a shame :o(

If everything I bought survived.....I'd have to move house:-)

Glad you all had a great day BA.
Hopefully no mishaps! Lol.

I've no idea what you mean Willi.... well Paul (s-i-l)had bought me a big cream scone which I was carrying very carefully in a small brown paper bag so as not to squash it ...it jumped onto the floor:-)

Thought there would be something. Did you pick it up un eat it :-)

Yes, it was still in the bag, just squashed:-)

Ha Ha.