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Sunday, 1 December 2013
Advent Calendar 2013
It's the first of December, and I'm joining in with Julie's (KC'sCourt) Advent Calendar for 2013. Here is my fist picture. It's an old one from the archives of 2011, my three wise men.
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Saturday, 5 October 2013
5 in 5 Challenge
Once again it's the 5th of the month, and time for Sandie's Challenge, which you can read about here.
My photos were all taken during a 5 minute period this morning, and more or less sum up Saturday mornings in our house.
A nice cuppa, a leisurely read of the paper, and fresh home-grown tomatoes with breakfast.
My photos were all taken during a 5 minute period this morning, and more or less sum up Saturday mornings in our house.
A nice cuppa, a leisurely read of the paper, and fresh home-grown tomatoes with breakfast.
Monday, 23 September 2013
Flopsy reunited
If you read my earlier post (here), I'm sure you will be pleased to have a Flopsy update.
When Flopsy left Warminster last Monday she was carried by Royal Mail to Suffolk, where she arrived on Wednesday and spent a few days with her Gran and cats, Benny and Tess.
On Saturday she flew, with her uncle Dan, to USA (business class, no less!), and spent the night in a hotel in Manhattan
and then on Sunday she was reunited with her little girl
A happy pair of bunnies!
When Flopsy left Warminster last Monday she was carried by Royal Mail to Suffolk, where she arrived on Wednesday and spent a few days with her Gran and cats, Benny and Tess.
On Saturday she flew, with her uncle Dan, to USA (business class, no less!), and spent the night in a hotel in Manhattan
and then on Sunday she was reunited with her little girl
A happy pair of bunnies!
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Flopsy's emergency treatment
Meet Flopsy. This photo was taken when she was just a few days old, and ready to be sent off to USA as a gift for my friend Kate's granddaughter.
Little did I know then that Flopsy would become one of the little girl's favourite things. It was only when Kate came to visit recently that she told me how fond her granddaughter was of Flopsy.
Fast forward just a couple of weeks, and I received a desperate email from Kate's D.I.L., saying that Flopsy had been involved in an accident involving a dog. I had a quick look through my yarn stash, discovered that I still had some of the original yarn both for Flopsy and her dress, so asked for her to be sent back to me. She arrived last Friday, looking rather sorry for herself,
but not beyond repair. Thankfully just her face and her dress had taken the worst of the damage, so straight away I set about knitting a new face.
Some extra stuffing was needed,
double stitching around the aperture to stop any further damage caused by running
then the new face was stitched into place, and compared to the original.
As she was such a well-loved and well-travelled rabbit, she was a bit grubby, so I gave her a bath
and while she dried out in the airing cupboard I set about knitting a replacement dress.
One fully repaired rabbit, now on the first leg of her return journey.
p.s. the parcel is finished using one of the dots and spots range of tapes, they are just fab, why not take a look?
Little did I know then that Flopsy would become one of the little girl's favourite things. It was only when Kate came to visit recently that she told me how fond her granddaughter was of Flopsy.
Fast forward just a couple of weeks, and I received a desperate email from Kate's D.I.L., saying that Flopsy had been involved in an accident involving a dog. I had a quick look through my yarn stash, discovered that I still had some of the original yarn both for Flopsy and her dress, so asked for her to be sent back to me. She arrived last Friday, looking rather sorry for herself,
but not beyond repair. Thankfully just her face and her dress had taken the worst of the damage, so straight away I set about knitting a new face.
Some extra stuffing was needed,
double stitching around the aperture to stop any further damage caused by running
then the new face was stitched into place, and compared to the original.
As she was such a well-loved and well-travelled rabbit, she was a bit grubby, so I gave her a bath
and while she dried out in the airing cupboard I set about knitting a replacement dress.
One fully repaired rabbit, now on the first leg of her return journey.
p.s. the parcel is finished using one of the dots and spots range of tapes, they are just fab, why not take a look?
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Ten on Ten for September 10th
I love joining in with Rebekah's (A bit of Sunshine) Ten on the tenth, when you spend the day finding the beauty around you over the course of ten hours.
Our day starts early, as GM is up soon after 5am, and I have a cup of tea in bed just before 6, so my first photo is taken at 6 am, I'm still in bed, and writing my "5 positive things" from yesterday.
By 7am we are up and dressed and ready for breakfast, this is one of my two meat-free days each week, my breakfast looks rather delicious, dont you think?
8am, and I'm wearing these slippers that I recently bought for myself, they are really, really comfortable.
9am. My third son, GO, and his girlfriend recently brought these flowers for me, after over a week they are still looking good.
10am, well almost, speaks for itself
11am. I am very excited to receive this parcel. If you follow my blog over the next few days, weeks, months, you'll find out why
12noon, a couple of raspberries that just need to ripen up on the windowsill for 24 hours, then they'll be perfect.
1pm, lunch time. Another tasty meat-free meal with home grown tomatoes.
2pm, and it's down through the park to the supermarket for some shopping
3pm. Back home again, through the park, to say hello to the ducks.
I hope you've enjoyed sharing these brief moments of my day. To see lots of others who also share their day with us, please click here.
Our day starts early, as GM is up soon after 5am, and I have a cup of tea in bed just before 6, so my first photo is taken at 6 am, I'm still in bed, and writing my "5 positive things" from yesterday.
By 7am we are up and dressed and ready for breakfast, this is one of my two meat-free days each week, my breakfast looks rather delicious, dont you think?
8am, and I'm wearing these slippers that I recently bought for myself, they are really, really comfortable.
9am. My third son, GO, and his girlfriend recently brought these flowers for me, after over a week they are still looking good.
10am, well almost, speaks for itself
11am. I am very excited to receive this parcel. If you follow my blog over the next few days, weeks, months, you'll find out why
12noon, a couple of raspberries that just need to ripen up on the windowsill for 24 hours, then they'll be perfect.
1pm, lunch time. Another tasty meat-free meal with home grown tomatoes.
2pm, and it's down through the park to the supermarket for some shopping
3pm. Back home again, through the park, to say hello to the ducks.
I hope you've enjoyed sharing these brief moments of my day. To see lots of others who also share their day with us, please click here.
Thursday, 5 September 2013
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Stourhead
Ever since we moved to Wiltshire five years ago, I've had a hankering to visit Stourhead, and now we live that bit closer, it's only a twenty minute drive from home. However, it's not somewhere that really appealed to the Green Man, so when my friend Kate came down to stay I had the ideal excuse to go there.
As the weather was dry and sunny, we opted to do the garden walk - the options were to see the house, or the garden, or both. There were two walks, a two mile one and a shorter one mile one, and as we weren't pushed for time we chose to do the two mile walk. I think "Garden Walk" is a bit of a misnomer, as the garden was really much more of a park, but never-the-less, it didn't disappoint. In fact, quite the opposite, it was lovely, really lovely. The main feature was a lake in a valley, surrounded by woodland and various follies. You can read the history of the house and gardens here.
As is usual on any outing, I took loads and loads of photos, I've made a selection of some of my favourites (you have been warned!).
At the end of our walk we had a lovely cream tea in The Spread Eagle, a proper pub actually inside the estate, and then had a browse in the National trust shop, where Kate bought me a lovely plant for my garden (which will appear in a blog of its own soon).
All in all, a lovely day out, well worth a visit if you are in the area. (Although with the caution that, lovely as it is, I wouldn't recommend that you go there with children, it's not particularly child unfriendly, but while I cant speak for the house, there is nothing particularly aimed at or for the entertainment or amusement of children in the gardens.)
As the weather was dry and sunny, we opted to do the garden walk - the options were to see the house, or the garden, or both. There were two walks, a two mile one and a shorter one mile one, and as we weren't pushed for time we chose to do the two mile walk. I think "Garden Walk" is a bit of a misnomer, as the garden was really much more of a park, but never-the-less, it didn't disappoint. In fact, quite the opposite, it was lovely, really lovely. The main feature was a lake in a valley, surrounded by woodland and various follies. You can read the history of the house and gardens here.
As is usual on any outing, I took loads and loads of photos, I've made a selection of some of my favourites (you have been warned!).
At the end of our walk we had a lovely cream tea in The Spread Eagle, a proper pub actually inside the estate, and then had a browse in the National trust shop, where Kate bought me a lovely plant for my garden (which will appear in a blog of its own soon).
All in all, a lovely day out, well worth a visit if you are in the area. (Although with the caution that, lovely as it is, I wouldn't recommend that you go there with children, it's not particularly child unfriendly, but while I cant speak for the house, there is nothing particularly aimed at or for the entertainment or amusement of children in the gardens.)
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Shear Water, from where I'm sitting.
It was such a lovely day we decided to take our lunch and folding chairs down to Shear Water, in Longleat Forest.
Here's what I could see from my chair
the lake
cool clear water
my drink
GM's drink
my lunch
his lunch
the occasional dog walker
now and again a car
my foot
the bench in front of us
some ducks
others enjoying the peace and quiet
a sign (which says "no swimming")
sparkly water
a couple of ladies enjoying the view.
A lovely way to spend a lunch hour. Bet you wish you'd been there?
Here's what I could see from my chair
the lake
cool clear water
my drink
GM's drink
my lunch
his lunch
the occasional dog walker
now and again a car
my foot
the bench in front of us
some ducks
others enjoying the peace and quiet
a sign (which says "no swimming")
sparkly water
a couple of ladies enjoying the view.
A lovely way to spend a lunch hour. Bet you wish you'd been there?