Yesterday evening I hit twenty five squares on the misty afghan (I have got a little ahead of the one-a-day schedule thanks to some wakeful nights with Toby who sleeps less well than usual in ...
Remember that batch of new yarn that I was trying so hard to resist dipping into? Well, I didn't last long before casting on a bunny in that lovely creamy Shilasdair (I have a will of butter whe...
I hadn't planned to make another crochet blanket, although recently I have been missing the pleasures of a little evening crochet time, but when I came across Minna's fabulous fleamarket fi...
I have finished the old mossy wall shawl. Although those lovely ripples make a beautiful pattern and I do love the mossy, woodland tones of the yarns, I don't feel quite right in it. Maybe I...
Typically for a British bank holiday weve spent the long weekend dodging rain showers. Luckily there have been some dry spells that were long enough for Toby to have some bouncy time and for m...
Well, after braving Sunday's weather on the 10k walk I'm not feeling at all guilty to be curling up with my knitting (and truth be told I was aching just a little bit at the beginning of th...
Earlier today Amy and I joined around 180 others for the 10K walk to raise funds for CHIPs (the childrens charity that runs clubs for special needs children that Toby attends). Wed been closely watch...
My goodness it's been a wet and windy week here. I had planned to get out in the garden and plant my broad bean and carrot seeds direct into the beds but I'm really not a wet weather person...
Its been an emotional weekend here and Ive been reduced to tears many times. But theyve been tears of the good sort, brought on by kind messages from people Ive never met and the hugely generous dona...
On April 29th Amy and I are going to take part in a 10k sponsored walk to help raise funds for CHIPs CHIPs (Childrens Integrated Playschemes). For a couple of years now Toby has been going to a regul...
We did have a good Easter break, I hope you did too. We saw family and friends, had days out, a posh lunch and a fiftieth wedding anniversary party. Toby really enjoyed his few days of respite over t...
Just popping in briefly to wish you all a very happy Easter and to say a big thank you for all of the kind, compassionate and wise words on the previous post. Sorry for recycling an old image, bu...
I do like this little space here. Writing things to share with you really helps me to focus on all that's good and positive in my life and I don't particularly like sharing the negative stu...
This week saw both H and I laid low by the same virulent little lurgy that kept Amy off from school last week and as a consequence I feel as weak as a kitten today. Luckily for me I have lots of ball...
I have a big smile on my face today. And what has prompted my big smile? Well, it's this lovely little package... It's always a delight to get a package in the mail, especially one that i...
It doesn't take much to keep him happy. Just an afternoon warm enough for a spot of after school bouncing. I wish I was still flexible enough to fling about like this - it must feel like f...
Last weekend was lovely here. The first proper days of spring arrived, bright and warm enough to tempt us outside for most of the day. Toby was in his element once again, tearing around the garden ...
It definitely feels like the start of spring here because now we have all the right ingredients. There is plum blossom... birdsong... and a big old bundle of bunnies! Im putting ...
Part of the Making Winter series started by Silverpebble and Thriftyhousehold. Actually it's difficult to think about winter because today feels decidedly spring-like. The sun is shining and the...
Last weeks half term break turned into a rather germy affair for us when poor Toby came down with a mystery virus and reacted with his usual high temperature fever of 103o - 104o. He looked really aw...
Overnight our garden turned white, as did much of southern Britain. I'm just so grateful that the snow didn't arrive 24 hours earlier because that would have meant missing one of the nice...
In some ways I'm a little sad to have fastened off the last stitch in the edging of this blanket. It has been a pleasure to make; rhythmic, undemanding and soothing. After a bit of a fal...
Part of the Making Winter series started by Silverpebble and Thriftyhousehold. This month the Making Winter theme is cosiness and comfort. For me these are two words which conjure up images of warm w...
We've had quite a few cold and frosty mornings of late. And since there is still a fair bit of yarn left over from my mitten knitting, I thought I'd put it to good use. So I now have a ...
...by knitting, more mittens (could be that there's a slight obsession going on here!) I even like how they look in-side-out and some bunnies in Orkney Angoras St magnus yarn, (50% angor...
It's very wet and windy outside today, but I don't much mind because here in my little corner of the world all is quiet and cosy and peaceful. Christmas this year was really tough goi...
Just popping in to wish everyone a happy new year. I've been dipping into memories of 2011 by making a month-by-month mosaic of some of the things that made me happy ... Mosaic making to start...
Yay, I've finished my Peerie Flooers and am looking forward to wearing them on my next wood walk with Toby, which will definitely bring me a smile - I do love them! No doubt there will be qu...
Like I said in the previous post, I think warm woolies are one of the very best things about winter and over the years I have built up quite a collection of mittens and scarves... I do like to keep...
Part of the Making Winter series started by Silverpebble and Thriftyhousehold. In my opinion one of the best things about winter is the woolies. I do like to be snuggly when it's cold and have a...
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