What I Wore :: PYO

As if it's been nearly a year since I last shared an outfit... I don't have any excuses, maybe it's a self-conscious thing - I've become a bit chunkier than I'm comfortable with over the last year, or I've just been busy taking photographs of other things. Either way, I was pretty pleased with what I put together last Saturday and when given the chance to pose amongst the (delicious) strawberries, it just felt right, you know?

I even have bare legs, which is almost unheard of for me, particularly given that it was a mostly overcast day, what can I say, I'm just hella pleased with dat Portugal tan.


Top:: H&M
Skirt:: Vintage
Necklace:: H&M
Brooch:: Vintage
Belt:: ASOS
Sandals:: Office

This might be one of favourite most recent outfits and I feel like it's definitely going to be making an appearance a few more times before summer is out.






These sandals are my new favourites along with a pair of fake Birkenstocks I picked up at the same time. It's such a treat to get a pair of shoes that don't need any wearing in.




I know I've gushed about Cobbs a few times on here now but I just really like it, as a shop, as a restaurant, as a pick your own. Those were the best strawberries I've had in a while. I'm kind of sad that our homegrown strawberries are just as delicious but oh so tiny but we do have a much better crop than last year so I can at least be happy about that.

Cobbs

We had some visitors to stay with us over the weekend, so the next few posts are going to be about the sights we showed them and what we got up to. I was pretty impressed with how much fun we had despite feeling a little thrifty.

First up for our whirlwind showcase of country fun, was a trip to Cobbs Farm Shop just outside of Marlborough, around 15 minutes away from us. Tom and Matt are big on nice food, so I thought this would be the perfect place. I'd never eaten there before but thought the café (understatement, it's much fancier than that) seemed really nice, and given that the whole shop is filled with independent, local retailers, I figured that we couldn't go wrong.
That said, we did get ripped off with pudding, should you be likely to go, grab an ice cream from the shop rather than eating in, it's a whole £1 more - I guess for the use of cutlery that you don't even need given that the lids have spoons in them, can't even!






Pulled pork seems to be everywhere right now, I'm far from complaining, I'd definitely recommend Cobbs' take on the pulled pork roll with sour dough bread. The only other time I've had pulled pork was when I was in Florida at Christmas, it was from either Target or Walmart, and it wasn't that great...


Our visit happened to overlap with a showcase of birds of prey being held in the garden. It was pretty neat and after much bullying, I managed to get Moon to hold an eagle owl. The guy holding the event was so knowledgeable, pretty sure he may have said that all the birds actually belonged to him though and weren't part of a sanctuary as you might expect.



Dexter.






So chuffed!


This owl did not like her handler much at all.
Following snapping pictures of Moon holding an owl, we also discovered that Cobbs do 'pick your own' and couldn't resist. The rain held off and even though it was starting to get sticky, we spent a good half hour hunting for strawberries (and testing a few), they were so good, definitely recommend it as a summer activity, although the threat of a storm might be something to try and avoid when choosing when to do it!
Definitely hope to head back there soon for more things, there are beans, tayberries, gooseberries and much more!







Christmas trees (!!!)


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Stawberry disc, this definitely would have failed quality-control.








Once we headed home, after a dinner of indoor barbecue we put ourselves through the torture of Sharknado, and never in all my life... I don't know if I expected it to be good or funny or so bad it was good, but it's by far one of the worst things I've ever seen, I give up on SyFy, I really do.



'Show me what you think of Sharknado'.
I must admit that I do kind of like the country bumpkin accolade we've been assigned, despite the fact that where we live actually has a little more going for it than where we're from, I do love being around so much green.

Kitty Friends.

I came home from work the other day to see these dorks perched smug as anything in our neighbours garden. Doll is desperate to be buddies with them, but they, particularly the little lady on the left, aren't having any of it. They can climb on their roof and we don't even have one, they probably hunt things other than worms too.




Did anyone else see The Secret Life of the Cat on Horizon last week? I wonder if Dolly and these two share territories or have learnt to tolerate each other, they didn't seem all that amused to see her trot out after me when I came out into the garden. Basically what I'm trying to say is that I really need at least a cat camera...

In other news, we've suddenly sprouted a ton of tiny mushrooms on our lawn, I'm no mycologist so I've no idea if they're edible and actually I don't even know if I would want to eat them if they were, I just think they're kind of neat.


I sure wish this weather would cheer up soon, my zombie strawberry plant is actually making an attempt to give me some fruit this year and all we need is a couple of days of solid sun and I reckon at least one of them is going to turn red. I'm so excited!