Posted in inspiration, photos on Dec 31st, 2008
One of my resolutions for 2009 is to get outside every single day. Even if it’s freezing cold, like it is today, or tipping it down with rain, I want to try and get outdoors.
A good incentive is to take my camera with me, and look for tiny little things that I might not otherwise [...]
Posted in photos on Dec 25th, 2008
I walked around the lake this morning, and bumped into the pair of Eyptian Geese. They were sitting on the railings around the duck-feeding platform, so I sneaked up on them with the camera.
I managed to take about twenty pictures before Mr Egyptian Goose decided that I was very annoying, and honked to let me [...]
Posted in photos on Dec 14th, 2008
We have enough decorations for two trees, so we take it in turns. Last year we used Paul’s red and gold decorations, so this year it’s the turn of the pink and silver.
The pink baubles with the painted flowers used to belong to my Grandma.
These were both taken on my walk back from the local Post Office this morning.
I had my little camera (a Pentax Optio A30) on its maximum zoom capacity, so I was able to take both of these from a distance, while I was being eyed suspiciously from the top of a tree!
I’ve been using this [...]
I didn’t go foraging for hazelnuts or sloes this year. There didn’t seem to be any sloes growing at all (no sloe gin!), and by the time Sarah had gone to look for hazelnuts, the squirrels had eaten them all.
Except for this one, apparently, which I found on the edge of my lawn this morning.
One [...]
Posted in inspiration, nature, photos on Oct 29th, 2008
Snow! In October!
Usual for many parts of the world, I’m sure, but quite unusual in my little corner.
I spent an hour first thing this morning walking around with the camera, trying to catch the atmosphere of such a crisp, cold, icy morning in the middle of what ought to be Autumn.
I walked through the woods, [...]
These are the silk socks from Simply Knitting Issue 43. Yes, they’re still going!
The first sock, now completed, has two mistakes in it. Well, okay, three if you count the fact that it’s at least two inches longer than my foot.
The second sock… well. Let’s just say that this little heap of curly unravelled silk [...]
Here’s an action shot of the tartan jacket that I showed on the dress form the other day. There are a few more over at Flickr.
The inspiration came from a knitting pattern which was basically one enormous rectangle, with sleeves attached. I decided that I was far too lazy to knit a piece that large, [...]
As soon as Diane received her parcel, she couldn’t resist putting on her new skirt and pulling a catalogue pose for me! And look how happy she is, snuggled up in her new fleece.
Huge thanks to Diane for sending these in - there’s nothing I love more than people looking happy, wearing clothes that [...]
