Garden bench...

Here's the bench that I bought 10 years ago from B and Q for thirty quid all decked out in it's new colour of seagrass, a kind of blue-green that looks like the colour of some sage plants. I bought it to replace the bistro set some scallies stole one summer morning just before dawn.

The bench is made from teak and even after ten years in the rain and sun there wasn't a bit of rot, despite my neglecting to oil it. It sanded well and the paint was a dream, going on evenly and drying quickly. In all it look less that a day to transform from tired mossy brown to crisp clean seagrass. I'm as pleased as punch with it.

Now all I need are some warmer spring evenings and the beer can come out, or wine depending on my whim. I love to sit on this bench at the front of our house and watch the world go by, even if the world does mainly consist of cars on our road. After all, there's always the sky and the clouds to look at, all I need do is lift my head.