Wake up and smell the flowers...

The recent rains have been very refreshing, especially as I've seen very few of the previous month's days. Well, that's actually a bit dramatic as I was down at a City Farm in London (Wellgate Community Farm, Romford, Essex) a few weekends ago to move around a few tonnes of soil by wheelbarrow and take part in their Open Day (photos pending). I was also in London again last weekend to meet up with friends and watch Les Miserables at the Queen's Theatre. Wow! What a show! Utterly brilliant!

So it hasn't all been nose to the grindstone, but the rest of the time has been. However the teacher's working silly season has almost past, and now they are all ticking off the end-of-year jobs and tying up all of their loose odds and ends, as indeed I am doing.

So I visited the Garden again, just to check that all was ok and to have a good old chat with the Mini-Garden Hippo to catch up on all of the garden gossip. In fact, I go there most Thursday evenings with the after school Gardening Club, where we have been busy planting and weeding. Mrs A. has also been there too and is looking forward to taking over the Garden next year. The Runner Beans, Sweetcorn, Carrots and Cabbages are all planted, but have suffered from relentless slug and snail attack (and possibly the birds too?). However, the weeds are doing very well... The beans are just about in flower so they should produce lots of beans for the autumn.

There haven't been many photos recently, partly due to the fact that I am not sure where my camera is (my trusty friend, with over 8600 photos to its name and was still going strong!) If you see a camera in a black leather case, with rechargeable batteries in the pouch, do let me know. I have bought a new one (I needed an upgrade anyway) so the SonicMattC Media HQ is back in business, but I still hope to find the old one again.

In school we have been learning about World War II, and have had one visitor already to tell us about his experiences. Another person will be coming in soon to tell us more. In addition to this, we will soon be off to the Leicester Botanic Gardens to look at differents Habitats for science. It's a great place to visit - if you haven't been there, I recommend you go. It's free and such a peaceful place to walk around. I was there this evening to check it out in time for our visit. I could easily have stayed there, perhaps sleeping in one of the glasshouses...

As for now, I need a good sleep this weekend. I wish you one too.

Until very soon.