Saturday 23 June 2018

Photo diary: week 25, project 365

The week has passed by in a twilight zone, as our Sash doesn't sleep well. He can easily survive on just a few hours of sleep per night and still be super energetic, but I don't function well, and my brain is all mushy.

The red currants are starting to ripen this week, and I pick some every evening for Eddie's dinner. He loves them. Unfortunately, so do the feathery bastards thieves. They manage to pick the berries even through the netting.


Linden or lime blossom is one of my top favourite scents. I was waiting for the Polish deli to open on Monday morning, and looking up at the blossom. It takes me back to my school years. We had several linden trees in the backyard of the school, and I used to climb on them.


On Tuesday morning my husband and I had a quick coffee at the UE Roasters cafe, before he caught a bus to Oxford. He was travelling to Italy later that day and told me he would be away for 3 nights. Guess what? He's still there, and not back until Monday. Insert a long stream of expletives here, and feel free to add your own.


These silly birds made a nest on one of the chimneys on the roof. Lucky for them, we don't use the fireplace, and never had, but they cannot know that. I'd say, this is an irresponsible parenting.



On Thursday our Sash was staying overnight at his residential place, so Eddie and I didn't have to hurry home after school. We popped into The Shake Shop. Eddie loved his strawberry milkshake and the vintage jukebox, where you insert a coin and choose a song.
We picked up Baccara's Sorry, I'm a lady. Eddie found it utterly hilarious. Does anyone remember that catchy tune? I was just a little bit older than Eddie now, when it first appeared. Oh goodness, I so wanted to look like the dark-haired beauty.
I just told this to Eddie and showed him the video, and he said: "Well, you don't look like her". Thank you, son, say it as it is.


Yesterday the Moon was very clear in the evening sky.


Staying home today, so here are more berries from our garden. These are tayberries, a cross between raspberries and blackberries. They are still very green at the moment.


20 comments:

  1. Oh no! I am the same as you when I don't get enough sleep. I hope you manage to catch up soon.
    Gorgeous photos!
    Ugh! That is frustrating about your hubby being away still. I think I would have been saying all the expletives too!
    The shake shop looks fantastic fun! x

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    1. Thank you, Kim! The shake shop is great fun, we were checking it out as a possible venue for Eddie's birthday in July.

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  2. The moon and the aerial shot is so cool! I also love red currents and would eat them all the time in Germany but they are so expensive here
    Maybe I should grow some too!

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    1. Thank you, Fee, the red currants are easy to grow, though you will need to fight the birds who can destroy the crop in one go.

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  3. Oh dear, 'out of the mouths of babes' eh? Eddie is a brave boy lol. I have a husband that announces a day of two in advance and casually slips it in the conversation 'you know I'm away tomorrow for xx nights'

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    1. Thank you, Suzanne! My commiserations on our husbands' gallivanting around the world at a short notice. :)

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  4. Redcurrants always remind me of my nan's garden when I was little - she had huge bushes and I'd spend all summer eating them and picking them to put on little plates at teddy tea parties ! :)

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    1. I'd love to see you playing with your teddies and doing tea parties for them. :)

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  5. Must be tough being on your own for so long. I have blackcurrants in my garden, but the birds haven't shown much interest yet.

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    1. Thank you, Erica! We also have blackcurrants, but for some reasons the red ones are a greater attraction for birds.

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  6. Sorry to hear that you haven't been sleeping well and that your husband has gone away for so long. I've never heard of tayberries, but I absolutely love raspberries!

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    1. Sarah, tayberries taste a bit like more sour raspberries, and the bonus is that it's a thornless berry plant.

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  7. Hope you manage to get some sleep this week. Love the look of those pastries! #365

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    1. Thank you, Naomi! We slept better today, that does perk me up a lot.

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  8. love that moon shot and Eddie smiling as always. Men! don't even get me started on that topic x #365

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    1. I know, I know, men are a separate topic, aren't they? :)

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  9. never heard of tayberries, they sound nice.
    How authentic - a moon on your tv aerial...lol
    Ooopppss at hubby being away longer than he initial thought, but glad you got one evening of respite and got out with Eddie.

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    1. Thank you, Elaine! Tayberries are tasty, though now it's the battle as to who gets there first, birds or me.

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  10. We are enjoying the fruit harvest in our garden (will the blueberries ever turn blue???) I LOVE pics of the moon! #project365

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    1. Thank you, I've never grown blueberries, but it's something I'd love to plant, maybe in a pot.

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