........ we now have the alien clematis. The buds appeared as normal
but then I think a little spaceship must have landed and fed the buds with a super strength growing compound, as they grew
and grew
and grew some more
before finally opening into this beautiful flower
last year the flowers were ordinary white ones, so I don't know why it has flowered like this. I also don't know if the outer layer is a leaf or a petal. Perhaps one of my lovely readers is a clematis expert who can enlighten me!
at patch'n'chat this afternoon, there were some new books for us to drool over, and this one came home with me
it's only two weeks until we get the keys to our holiday home, so I might even manage to make one of the delightful projects in the book before then
and to end, of course, we have the Friday cake. This week we had Annette's light-as-air chocolate sponge, topped with cream and strawberries ......... delicious!
I have lots of sewing planned for the weekend, and Malcolm will be working in the garden and watching the Test Match (cricket) ........ he may even watch some of the World Cup (football). I hope you have a good weekend, love Anne