1. A picnic blanket – we have several nice ones. 2. Our picnic basket. We got it as a wedding present and it comes with glasses, plates, cutlery etc. 3. Jamie Oliver’s Rolled Picnic Bread without cheese for pao. 4. A bottle of Lorina Pink Lemonade 5. Strawberries and cherries. 6. A shawl to put [...]
Today’s blog entry is provided by Sirius with pao’s assistance – mainly due to Sirius sleeping on the job. Sirius decided that the wireless signal round the house was simply unacceptable as he was unable to get onto the net to check his email from the back backroom or the conservatory since I had relocated [...]
We had some bad news about our car and are currently carless for around a week. The main computer in the car was fried so has to be sent off to be replaced and re calibrated for our car. We are taking buses which although are very green are not very time friendly. We missed [...]
Oh my, this is a topic I could go on and on about. 1. I love knitting. LOVE LOVE LOVE! 2. I enjoy wearing the things I knit. 3. I love customizing patterns and adding and subtracting bits to make it special. 4. I like being warm so knitting is a natural activity for someone [...]
I quite often find them both asleep together which is quite sweet really. Tamyra is like his personal nurse particularly when pao is feeling quite ill like he did today.
I set up a studio in the garden yesterday so I could work outside whilst we had some good weather. Sirius, of course, did his best to help but the naughty little chap couldn’t help himself and hopped over the wall into the neighbour’s garden where I couldn’t see him. pao found him and coaxed [...]
I’ve been madly knitting away on this Textured Shawl (Ravelry link) as I figured it would be the nicest way to show off my handspun. As I knit, I realise how much of a beginner I am with spinning as there are some slubby bits and worse still some very overspun thin bits that have [...]
I am really hoping that we have some spring now despite the drop in 10 degrees centigrade this week. I had a lovely stroll yesterday and saw some beautiful blossom. Look at that blue sky! Tulips are usually quite often finished by now but this year they are only just coming out. I love the [...]
For some reason the temperature has dropped 10 degrees C overnight and it has been raining heavily. What is going on with this weather!? On Tuesday, it was so warm that I went to the beach in Whitstable for a little while.
Sirius has been busy supervising my activities for the day so he is a little tuckered out. We were quite worried on Monday as he was not doing his usual activities I.e. racing to get to the bathroom before I do in the morning, bugging me for wet food and generally trying to take part [...]