several signs of spring

The weather is warming up although the wind still has a bit of a nip to it. We have one teeny little snowdrop ( I planted loads).


The crocuses that began to flower really early are now fully out


The ones that kept getting trampled by heavy footed pigeons have done better than I thought they would.


The garlic is sprouting


And there is one anenome


The potatoes have began to chit

















I have had ye olde chocolate shoppe waiting to be finished for ages. So I decided it was time to choose the fabric and get on with it.









Tia has been investigating

and sitting









Thank you for the comments didn't realise I knew so many Angelas!

It's a bit warmer...

... a whole ten degrees today and some sunshine which is lovely. Last Firday we had a little snow



However it was the ice that caused most problems last week.
Yesterday was Valentine's day. I made made this for John


I found the pattern in a 2008 copy of Popular Patchwork. I had been sorting through magazines for the recycling bin. All the fabric was from my stash and I was pleased with the result.

At the moment I am making a cross stitch piece into a wall hanging. It has been in the to do pile long enough.

I need to find along term project. I have some work next half term only a couple of hours a day but if I am not strict it will take over. Not paid enough for that!

The days are getting longer and hopefully some warmer weather is on the way. I think I have had enough of the cold now.

Thanks for reading and special thanks for the comments

Snow

At the weekend we had some snow. Of course it has not been as dreadful as the snow they had in London because they have a far superior kind that causes so much more inconvenience!
The Met had been predicting snow for days but drivers still managed to get stuck on motor ways. I thought in this technological age they would all have an app to warn of them of inclement weather.
Any way ours has not lasted long and is nearly gone now.

The birds all needed extra food and the ice broken on their water dish.





Even mousie braved the cold to stock up. At one stage he was sharing the cage with some sparrows and a blackbird.



The thrush came into the garden for a crust dropped by a pigeon.

Today I did some felting by mistake


one of the first pair of fingerless gloves I made was hidden in the washing. That will teach me to check before I load. Any ideas what I could make with it would be appreciated.

I have secret sewing but I have been practising stitching in the ditch. It is a bit wobbly but not too bad for a first go.


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