I spent much of my weekend redecorating Elizabeth’s bedroom. Never, ever put children’s wallpaper up in a child’s bedroom because the child will grow up very quickly and want something else.
Five years ago we covered Elizabeth’s bedroom in flamingo wallpaper. It looked cool at the time but she’s 14 now and her interests have changed.
She’s switched from birds to insects and so the butterfly wallpaper went up.
It’s a really gorgeous pattern called Butterfly Studies by Designers Guild.
The room isn’t quite finished. My wallpapering is done but there’s still a bit of painting to do.
I also finished knitting a shrug. This was from a single skein of yarn I got in Falkland and I’m pleased I was able to make something other than a hat of scarf out of it.
Last Friday I spotted a sparrowhawk in the garden. It tried unsuccessfully to catch a small bird at the feeder but the small bird got away. Sparrowhawks were nearly wiped out in the UK during the 60s and 70s due to organochlorine pesticides. Their numbers have started to recover now but the prey on which they depend is under threat especially in the countryside and so these birds are doing better in urban areas where the small birds tend to do better, probably thanks to garden feeders like ours. It’s not a great photo as I zoomed in from a distance.
It’s the time of year for plums from our Victoria plum tree and they’re delicious.
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