A place where two people fell in love and began a life together under an old apricot tree. Spring, Sprang, Sprung. The Apricot Tree tells us that it is time for spring. Whether or not it can hold on through several frosts is to be seen. These just sprang off the knitting needles. Great pattern by Erika Knight out of her Simple Knitting book. Still a work in progress. There was an error in this gadget.

A blog about cats, dogs and all things vintage, especially fabrics and eiderdowns. Thursday, 4 July 2013. We Had The Night of Our Lives . Anyhow, what did we get up to on Saturday - Do you know where we were from the above photo? We were at Wembley Arena - not to watch a football game. Oh, no we were here to see Robbie Williams and his support act, Olly Murs. This photo was taken on Sunday morning as being so excited the day before I had forgotten! The Robbie face turned into a.

Seasonal living in a Scottish castle. A word for the year.

Just when I decide to begin blogging again and take part in a daily advent blog, our broadband goes down, grrrrr! Not sure when it will be up and running, we have been told it could take a few days, sigh! So bear with me and hopefully I will be back soon posting Chrissmasy related piccis soon. Hope you are warm where ever you are.

Saturday, May 7, 2011. A slightly different blog post today as The Book has arrived at last. And here is the original photo of Heather holding the lambs. Here is the photo that inspired the Jackdaw Jeans rug below. I think the jeans are especially good. Heather has the knack of removing extraneous detail to simplify the image.

About this, that and the other. Move it, move it. On the 1st of July I loaded a GPS running app onto my iPod and started what I hoped would be a new regime of regular exercise. At the beginning of the long summer holiday a friend asked if I wanted to try and lose a bit of excess baggage in an act of solidarity with her. Then got home and changed my mind. Why not? I went back out and bought a set of scales, the first Ive ever really owned.

Friday, 15 October 2010. A country mouse goes to York. Little R and I went off on a day trip to York to celebrate my 41st birthday. We know how to look after ourselves when we travel. I had used some .

Thursday, August 7, 2014. someone has shared their cold with me. Gotta love Pansies and Violas and their sweet, little faces.

Sun and Cloud, In and Out. Oh, you lot are so lovely! Thank you so much for your generous comments and for your votes. We continue to meander our way through the school holidays in a generally happy fashion. Do you remember them? For some reason they love to use it on the trampoline. I feared I might have built it up too muc.

On a completely random note, Grimwith House.