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 [...]
1. Ma Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie. I totally loved that show when I was little and loved the fact that Ma and Pa were so kind but firm and didn’t really gossip about anyone. 2. Violet Crawley, The Dowager Countess of Grantham. Downtown Abbey’s doyenne. I love how direct she is. 3. [...]
1. Two Bank Holidays. Hopefully weather will be nice and we can go for a picnic or two if pao is well. 2. Spinning group. Locker hooking this month (whatever that is?) 3. Planting seeds for the summer garden. 4. Visiting the beach when the sun is shining. 5. Getting the car in the garage [...]
1. The simple Ladies Cardigan (Ravelry link) Top favourite of all time but mainly because I customised it with a border down the centre and figured out how to knit it all in one. 2. February Lady is another high on my favourites list. I knit it twice – once in a dusky rose colour [...]
1. I read that Firefly would relaunch and got very excited! 2. Backpacking gear for kittens 3. Last year’s Kodak kittens were fun 4. Google’s treasure maps! … I can’t think of ten! But those are my favourites. These are my favourite April fools!
Now this would be fun. I don’t know what the Powerball Jackpot sum would be but I guess it is like the lottery here. 1. I’d give some away. I’d love to be able to enable people I care about do interesting things with their lives. 2. I’d pay for pao to have really good [...]
1. Sirius’s beautiful green eyes. It is difficult to tell him off when he looks at you so beautifully. 2. Green shoots in the garden. They speak to me of new life. 3. My jade green shawl. I spent hours knitting and unknitting it but it is a firm favourite. 4. My apple green shoes [...]
1. Daylight Savings Time will be over – yippee! Days will be longer and the weather will be getting better. 2. It will be Easter at the end of the month. 3. I can probably start seeds for vegetable growing. 4. A new series of Dr Who is back on TV again With a new [...]
1. I’m itching to get into the garden to do some tidying up and planting. I am staring longingly at seed packets and my messy garden. 2. I’ll stop wishing that I’d have finished my blanket so I can use it. 3. I’m keen to get back outside into the sunshine again. 4. The days [...]
1. Innocence. Things were always so much simpler when you were a child and your parents always made sure that you were protected from the rigours of every day life. 2. Swimming every day. We lived overseas when I was younger and we had a pool in our compound. I was there every day and [...]