For Gattina - FLAT English garden in sunny February!

oh i do like this blog sheila, it has very pretty pictures, your garden looks lovely and then cooking too!! bit of everything ~ thank you!!

Your drive looks very pretty Sheila, with the snow picking out the brick patterns...
Garden looks chilly, but beautiful ...
Very cold today ... keep safe and warm :o) x

Thank you, Sheila! Was that really all for me? You don't know how lucky you are! I can't describe how depressing the build-up of snow is here. I do like your shady arbour, and the wood nymph sitting there, reading! I am off downstairs now to make a huge pot of potato, leek and turkey soup/stew, and it will stay on the stove-top for the next couple of days, driving us all deleriously mad with it's wafting scents of celery, carrot, meat and herbs (if I can dig any out of the snowdrifts).

Yes, Gattina, I DO know how lucky I am! I was inspired to write this to cheer you up after reading in this morning's paper that "this is the worst February freeze that Europe has faced in decades . . . some of the most ferocious weather has struck Italy . . . etc."

Thank you for your nice comments, and we're still enjoying our soup too. :))

Thanks Sticki and Terra!

Great pics Sheila, very pretty.
That soup sounds lovely, might give that ago.

Lovely blog and pictures Sheilabub. Now.. I like the sound of Curried Sweet Potato soup, I have all the ingredients, I am quite tempted! I have the same camera like yours, I would be lost without it. :)))

Thank you Willi and Michaella . . . do give the soup a go, it's very warming! Yes, it's a great little camera, isn't it M, and nice to have GoY friends to show pics to. :))

I forgot to say, Sheila, that I treated myself to the same camera a moth or two back, but it is sitting back in the UK, just waiting for me to come and fetch it home. Can't wait! I noticed that a few GoYers had the P. Lumix, and were producing some amazing pictures, so Hurrah for Amazon.uk!

We have started a 'Lumix' appreciation club then! lol. Lovely photos Sheila, but we still have no snow at all here, in fact not even a frost this morning. I've done a blog to cheer you all up...you could have almost believed it was spring this morning...but not quite...the lake was almost frozen right across!

Lovely pics. Sheila, your garden looks very peaceful and tidy!

Thanks Karen - will look at your blog now. :))

Thank you Gill - peaceful yes, lucky us, but not tidy when you're walking round having a closer look!

Just dont look too closely Sheila. Lol

It looks lovely Sheila, won`t be long before you are back under the arbour, the soup sounds tasty as well, very welcome at this time of year...

Beautiful!!

This is the Camera I use Sheila, it is fantastic. It doesn't do everything, but what it does, it does very well. I can't wait to see what Gattina does with it...No pressure G.

Thank you Lincs, Paul (and Pimms, I think)!

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I don't even notice when I put my foot in it anymore Sheila..That was a good prompt. I would now say good pic's......a bit late though as usual. I did click like and I put it in Fav's...That was for the recipe though. Tell me when the hole is big enough.

Lol Pimms . . . nice one :)))

Lovely photos Sheila...can tell you have mastered your new camera..:o)

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That's very kind Joanella . . . I don't feel I have yet, but (like so many things, lol) I enjoy trying!

Lovely pics Sheila and your recipe is making my mouth water....going to make some lunch, unfortunately don't have any sweet potatoes:-)

Thanks Ba. :))

A lovely set of pictures, pleased to hear you have a new camera, it certainly makes a difference.I just love your garden just the right size, and the feeling your living in the heart of the country.

Oooh, not quite Dotty(!) but yes, having the field there is great: thank you for your comment. :))