CK Inspired Blanket and A Day With My Love

Hello to you.

Hope I find you all well?

I enjoyed a quiet weekend visiting my parents and having some fresh air in the garden.

 

I'm joining the CAL with the lovely Chrissie and Marianne

I'm afraid its not blooming today but it is crochet! and I now am the proud owner of Cute and Easy Crochet with Flowers! So some more flowery posts on the way.

 

Well it's getting there. Nearly finished. I've been hooking away a few lines at a time, taking my time and enjoying the bright cheery colours as I go.

It's very cosy around the shoulders!

My partner and I enjoyed a rare treat...a Monday off and time to spend together.

Being members of the national trust, and my partner needing fresh air, we went along to Erddig, a beautiful house and garden.

Firstly I must show you the beautiful Dahlias they had, it's certainly Dahlia season there!

The yellow one in the last photo was bigger than my hand, stunning.

1, Erddig house.

2, A lawn roller/mower hiding under the walkway. 

3, Lots of Autumn colour in the walled garden.

4, Clock house.

1, My favourite part of the garden, a small walled garden within the larger one.

2, Red Rose.

3&4, Lots and lots of snap dragons! (Antirrhinum)

Bloom upon blooms and a cheeky ladybird.

The woodland play area.

1, Camp fire circle.

2, Tent canopy.

3&4, Beautifully carved wolves from tree trunks.

Cute little van and mirror carp in the pond.

Tortoiseshell Butterfly. So beautiful.

 Some Autumn blooms from our garden this week.

The snails have moved into our fennel, it's covered!

Getting outdoors always makes me feel more alive.

 Well, I hope that your week is going well and you have some time to breath in some fresh air.

Thank you so much for your comments on the last post, I really did enjoy making that hat.

xx

 

 

Bring Me Sunshine...

Hello to you.

Hope your well and wonderful?

I feel like the summer holidays are flying away in a blink of an eye.

Where is the time going?

I have been working on a granny blanket which I will show you in my next post, but for now just some garden photos from this week.

Red admiral butterfly and me admiring our huge sunflower, just to put it to scale I'm 5'11.

 

Beautiful butterfly.

Cabbage white.

Some courgettes from our garden.

Cinnabar moth caterpillar.

A flowery flower bed.

Artichoke flower. 

Wildflowers.

Nigella.

Purple cauliflower

Hollyhocks and peacock butterfly.

Pretty in pink late flowering rose.

 

Well I hope you've all had a lovely weekend.

Thank you so much for your lovely comments on the last post...hopefully I got back to all.

Hope you have a great week.

xx



Sunny Day x

Hello.

Thank you to everyone who has commented...I really enjoy reading your thoughts. It's lovely to get such positive feedback and advice.

It's been a lovely warm sunny day here in North Wales.

The sun certainly had his hat on.

Here are some photos from today....

I think this is a perennial corn flower if anyone knows different please tell

I thought it was quite spectacular.

Gazing up at the blue sky through the cow parsley.

My little girl's paddling pool before the splashing commenced!

The butterflies are finally out and about in force...

...and from another angle, sorry couldn't resist. Love butterflies!

Damselfly hanging out by the pond...

...and one more cow parsley photo because I love it! Lovely blue sky too.

I've missed the sunny weather amazing how it can lift your sprits.

We've had a lovely day just being outside, playing ball games and enjoying being together.

Hope whatever the weather and wherever you are, you've had a wonderful weekend.

xx



Spring Is Springing and The Latest Crochet Cushion

It's been a busy week so far with one thing and another. The week started with my partner having a surprise day off whoopee! So it was decided to spend some much needed time together.

So we jumped in the car and had a wander around a local market town sipped posh coffees and munched on one of the best carrot cakes I've tasted, it was a lovely day.

We took the scenic route home and spotted lots of beautiful houses that looked like they were straight from grand designs! and spring lambs jumping in the fields it was a perfect spring drive.

 

Unfortunately I was having so much fun I didn't take any photos! Here is one I found on the web credited to Eirian Evans copyrighted.

 

So on to the latest crochet cushion. In the evenings I've been hooking away this is what I've made this week so far......

Yes granny square again!

All 9 squares joined together

 

and here it is this morning in the garden all finished!

I enjoy making cushions this way, it doesn't take me too long so it pleases my impatient mind!

I used Glacier, purple, violet and magenta colour yarn all from the new fashion range I like using this particular brand because they have a huge range of colours and are really reasonably priced.

I thought the bright colours worked quite well together for a real colour pop!

 While I was photographing the cushion in the garden I thought I would take some photos of things that caught my eye.....

The beautiful crocuses that my auntie bought me for my birthday way back in October. Poor things had been covered in snow for weeks.

Pulmonaria with its speckled dotty leaves

Grape hyacinths just peeping through almost ready to flower.

My bargain from the Tesco reduced counter, winter flowering pansies 10p for a pack of six more than worth it!

Tete a tetes looking sunny.

skimmia  that hasn't had the chance to flower yet.

 

 

 

I saw my first one of these today I adore butterflies so I had a real smile on my face when I saw my first of the year in the garden (I have seen them in  the zoo) but you cant beat seeing them in the garden. I didn't take this photo by the way wish I had! The one in my garden was moving far to fast!

 

Hope everyone is having a lovely week so far...

xx

 

  



Animal spotting

Yesterday was lovely, a family trip to the zoo

I thought I'd share a couple of the zoo visit pictures.

A picture of a beautiful butterfly in the butterfly house.

Chester Zoo has lots of different animals 400 different species. What makes Chester Zoo different is they specialise in conservation and research into endangered species. 

This is a picture of a cute baby otter juggling with a pebble.

A cheeky tapir

My personal favourite there something extremely majestic about Sumatran tigers. They truly are beautiful creatures they are critically endangered I think the world would be a sad place without these stunning creatures.