Barbara McLean

Purple deep buttoned parker knoll armchair with matching footstool.

Finished the footstool at class last night. Have reunited it with its chair. Photo doesn't do the fabric justice, lovely purpley blue herringbone tweed.

Red highland cow standing on grass with a moody grey sky.

Happy coosday!

Tri coloured dog sitting on a blue chair.

RIP Dog 💔

Highland bull with youngsters in a green field. Grey and moody sky making it a dark picture.

Duic back with his boys after 6 weeks of "work"

I've enjoyed most of the games I've watched. A different vibe to the men's game.

Making the quarter finals. Not quite a pool of death but given how tight games have been with Wales, not a given. Plus the lack of contracts, succession planning etc think the girls did well overall.

It was a hard watch! Although we've had worse scorelines. It was always going to be a difficult game but overall the girls did well to achieve their target.

Square footstool made with a wooden frame. First piece of purpley herringbone wool fabric in place.

Back to upholstery class last night and on with the footstool to match last term's parker knoll chair.

Table top covered in sweet peppers in different shapes, sizes and colours.

The sweet peppers just keep coming. Been a really good year for peppers.

4 cardboard punnets of raspberries. Top 2 have red berries, bottom 2 have yellow ones.

Trying to pick the ripe raspberries before the rain arrives.

2 large red pointed sweet peppers displayed next to a blue 30cm ruler. Peppers approximately 25cm/12 inches long

Quite pleased with the Corno de Torro Rosso peppers this year!

Large watermelon cut into various sized pieces.

Time to try the polytunnel grown watermelon.

6 round melons on a table. 2 green watermelons to the rear with 4 smaller yellowy green melons to the front.

Watermelon and melon harvest.

Thank you! The joys of growing in polytunnels!

Large green leaves sprawling over wire frame with a few green melons visible.

Removing some of the foliage so light can get to the melons. Found a couple of ripe ones hiding.

Out on the hill today with a volunteer recorder with Butterfly Conservation looking at Northern Brown Argus habitat. Rock Rose (pictured) is the food source for the larvae.

Seems to be a good year for peppers! Just picked 3.6kg. Should keep us going for a few days.

Cats have clawed already!

Cats have already clawed it!

Finally got round to finishing the sofa bed. Not to shabby for a sofa bought 38 years ago in habitat in aberdeen.

A series of raised garden beds filled with flowers in different colours. Planted in rows to make it easier for cutting flowers for the house.

Cutting beds coming along. Mainly zinnias with some straw flowers and lillies at the back.

A selection of different coloured and shaped sweet pepperd. Yellow bell shaped at top. Chocolate coloured on left and red coloured on the right.

Sweet pepper harvest under way. All the colours and shapes!

Probably not as he is a bit old to foster on. He might get a sneaky feed from time to time but no something to rely on.

Made a nursery area for wee Niven with a couple of his chums and their mums while we get him used to bottle/bucket feeding.

Sometimes farming sucks! Found our youngest breeding cow dead in the field this morning. Hoping her calf will take to hand rearing.

Mine were in raised beds outside and indicating it was time to lift them. Drying inside the greenhouse.

Wire racks with drying onions and shallots on each shelf.

Been a while since I've grown onions and shallots. Not a bad crop given how dry it has been.

White bowl containing blackcurrants and red bowl containing black jostaberries.

The fruit harvest continues. Blackcurrants and jostaberries today.

A blue bowl full of ripe cherries on a wooden table.

Another picking of cherries. Have now picked approx 3kg so the birds can have the rest.

Large tray of ripe cherries.

Battle for the cherries has begun! Trying to pick the ripe ones before the birds get them!