lamp swapping

Jon's parents gave us this lamp a while ago and we've never been quite sure where to put it, and we haven't had a lampshade for it. We bought a lampshade the other day, but it didn't fit. So we just decided to swap the base for one we already had with a shade. So we've not really solved the problem, we still have a lamp without a shade, but we have moved it and therefore put it out of sight and mind for a while at least.

Doesn't it look smart next to a paper lantern of Jeremy Bentham's head.

Even smaller greenhouses

It was snowing on Thursday when Mum Guthrie came down for a special spring seed planting visit, but I decided my tomatoes couldn't wait any longer. Even with our new mini greenhouse, I didn't think they'd survive outside so we made some really tiny greenhouses to go on the window ledge above the radiator in the sitting room.