out and about

On Saturday we went to Keswick and looked around the pencil museum. I bought some crayon pencils and a book about drawing. ( I can't draw). We went on a very nice walk down to the lake Derwentwater,




saw evidence of autumn approaching

and went on a boat




On Monday we went to Preston to the Harris Museum
Then we went on to Lythham St Anne's

The weather was not great but we paddled in the sea


I ended up with numb fingers but this was put right by fish and chips in a local cafe.

On Tuesday we took a trip to Kirkby Stephen
From the station a mile and a half from the town we took a long walk through fields woods and by the river via Nateby and Ladthwaite Farm Hartley. Here Biddle and Gardener Bunny discovered an interesting box.


Inside there was a notebook where you could write comments about your impression of the scenery, you could leave a donation for the mountain rescue service and take a postcard. It looked a lovely place for a holiday and allow dogs too. Biddle wondered if he would be allowed to stay. (He now has sore paws from all the walking and is having a couple of days rest at home). Our walk finished in the town and after a well earned coffee and piece of carrot cake we walked the 1.5 miles back to the station

During this holiday period nothing has been created fabric-wise.

We have been away for a few days...

... in Scotland. The first year we stayed in Gatehouse of Fleet the rain was really heavy and we spent most of our main day trying to dodge the rain. Last year we thought we would make the best of it went out in our wet weather gear and although it did not rain too much we had to navigate to big puddles. However this year the sun shone and the only water our feet paddled through was the sea.


Biddle and Gardiner Bunny enjoyed playing on the rocks.

We did a slightly different walk this year to Carrick shore and on the way back called in at The Cream o' Galloway for well earned ice cream before the long walk back.

over the last few days we have seen plenty of these



and these



We have walked here





We climbed Vennie Hill




for a nice view

All in all a good little break away from the hustle and bustle

Thanks if you commented last blog. I didn't get time for individual replies

here is...

...our first portion of beans and you can just seen the thinned out radishes we added to our salad.



We are pleased with beans because they had been transplanted from the original allotment and we were not sure that they would grow.


As you can see there are more on the way and they are growing rapidly.

This is the frame work for the new compost heap it is going to live at the side of the shed out of the way but easily accessible.
In front of the shed are some old raspberry canes and one lonely raspberry

Biddle is still under the impression that visits to the allotment must include coffee and biscuits

and it is an incentive to complete the weeding and hedge cutting


Not much creativity this week although I have cut out a sprite doll to make. The sewing machine will be packed away for her annual holiday sometime over the weekend. It is the gadding about time, a day out here a day out there interspersed with visits to the allotment. Let's hope the weather is kind, not that we have anything to complain about compared with other parts of the world!
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The proof of the pudding...

... is in the eating. And the crumble was every bit as scrummy as I remember them being

and it must be catching because my daughter has been making them this week too. I am not a lover of baking. It is not that I cannot cook, more that I do not go in for mass cake and pie making. I am more the throw the left overs in a pan and create something delicious type. Nothing has turned out a disaster and I never create exactly the same thing twice. They were known as Mummy's mixtures when the children were small.

I am pleased with the snowman hanging





I now need to look around for some embellishments to finish it. I don't quite know what yet. it is a case of "When I see it I will know".

We finally had a day for drying curtains this week. Well we had two but I missed the first one and got crosser as the day progressed because I did not get my act together. So all the curtains and voiles are done and one chair throw. After I had moved various bears from the chair to get at the a fore mentioned throw I left the chaps on the floor so that I could put it all back later. However a certain puss beat me to it.





The chaps have taken up residence in other parts of the room, Grace is not happy because she was quite at home on the chair. But it does mean I have got my part of the couch back.

Today is my daughter's 33rd birthday I cannot believe she is that old where have the years gone. It seems no time at all since she made her appearance 6 weeks earlier that she should have done.


Happy Birthday Elizabeth-Anne

I must be busy in the coming week. John is on holiday for the following two weeks and we will be out and about.
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