tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68793155975668641152024-03-05T11:52:22.459+00:00Lovely Lady (aka Threads Through My Life)This blog allows me to take part in Hawthorn's Photo Scavenger competitionsThreads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-28540423280301192002022-01-01T08:54:00.001+00:002022-01-01T08:54:23.181+00:00Photo Hunt 31 December 2021 - Celebrate<p>The end of another year but there is so much to celebrate. Beloved and I do not celebrate birthdays, holidays, etc etc so I'm having to think outside the box for this one.</p><p>So what's to celebrate?</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Being alive and reasonably well.</li><li>Having avoided Covid.</li><li>The wildlife that visits my garden and adjoining fields.</li><li>Having the ability to craft lots of wonderful things, eg, quilts (about 16 for Project Linus), crochet (blankets, hats, Christmas trees, etc) and any other craft that I dabble in, eg, cardmaking, free machine embroidery.</li><li>Happy to stay at home.</li><li>Happy not to have a holiday (last one was in about 1990).</li><li>Being able to shop online!</li><li>Looking forward to the daylight increasing daily.</li><li>Looking forward to new challenges in 2022, as I'm sure there will be some as our lives are never 'normal'.</li></ul><p></p><p>Here are just a few photos that are classed as celebrations.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinGWi6-ADhBJm0nOIsca3FOGO0-rRX3cA4wiicwbWRxmCF7m0FLjmjnfMGl5X1Tou8v4NZfZ60ll3wnFaoqM97Ge5Qd8r72hfXLlIzndAs3Z5B1Amjfa9hWOEwU76G_x_7GKOSbIhh00sOKqTB9Ppyx2KUO3zCVysAHjl4z911MfkkOYNCYcoEXb5iCw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="640" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinGWi6-ADhBJm0nOIsca3FOGO0-rRX3cA4wiicwbWRxmCF7m0FLjmjnfMGl5X1Tou8v4NZfZ60ll3wnFaoqM97Ge5Qd8r72hfXLlIzndAs3Z5B1Amjfa9hWOEwU76G_x_7GKOSbIhh00sOKqTB9Ppyx2KUO3zCVysAHjl4z911MfkkOYNCYcoEXb5iCw=w640-h410" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Going to Ribblehead on Christmas Day for a picnic in the car.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwf7YYgiRw2-z1HEbvXamIeYACGhGfc3iTcAKO2iFaARB3wy4ZdXuV0nuONqzFP4rTNHmKrR7KW6MLdAsYXK25sAzJUOGS4XOZNx6BEo6STAiL8DclLaM-fiiT1WY66ho1qCLnjdm5Zx7MgYt2Dy-o_HgUjw46dPsHcsoe3pGkpzfnedJY3SxDxlM4ZA=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="640" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwf7YYgiRw2-z1HEbvXamIeYACGhGfc3iTcAKO2iFaARB3wy4ZdXuV0nuONqzFP4rTNHmKrR7KW6MLdAsYXK25sAzJUOGS4XOZNx6BEo6STAiL8DclLaM-fiiT1WY66ho1qCLnjdm5Zx7MgYt2Dy-o_HgUjw46dPsHcsoe3pGkpzfnedJY3SxDxlM4ZA=w640-h420" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A card I made recently for a dear friend, who introduced me to quilting, papermaking</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and so much more in my crafting activities.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA9a4s5t7ItAHgJiRh58E31HMZgimqos74FqCJ5nx6vJ9ypCnxXxVNSgVWVrXeAryjsVWSvR0grQohuRC4l4lVMPYsMjc0n1m916clWaetdfA8sOPX0AjYOWtfjUEDC6GGEJW3qHX2WvlkzgU8tvmwj64aYpp6v16jgBBGwDcPFcZ4GThVLyKAPEh5Xw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="640" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA9a4s5t7ItAHgJiRh58E31HMZgimqos74FqCJ5nx6vJ9ypCnxXxVNSgVWVrXeAryjsVWSvR0grQohuRC4l4lVMPYsMjc0n1m916clWaetdfA8sOPX0AjYOWtfjUEDC6GGEJW3qHX2WvlkzgU8tvmwj64aYpp6v16jgBBGwDcPFcZ4GThVLyKAPEh5Xw=w640-h446" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made a bigger version for myself and will practice my techniques.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhP8qVasx2uPU4NFsUTUe8PSM60G3ZkHObyaCKlxjS_KjGXZX6pWoCX442A657zNH0QYWoxDoiDRK7UIUC4QGyvWDBECyiEBN_6vvk0-tNV8ScOyYvAeHTZRSwqiwKYIfHU5nsZchSggAT83y_xIl-foVAsKdIAESqsO3RSRlxShici7vvqw2gFRZB7ZQ=s466" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="379" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhP8qVasx2uPU4NFsUTUe8PSM60G3ZkHObyaCKlxjS_KjGXZX6pWoCX442A657zNH0QYWoxDoiDRK7UIUC4QGyvWDBECyiEBN_6vvk0-tNV8ScOyYvAeHTZRSwqiwKYIfHU5nsZchSggAT83y_xIl-foVAsKdIAESqsO3RSRlxShici7vvqw2gFRZB7ZQ=w325-h400" width="325" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember this? Well I made one for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXtbjV3mQUTUS1c1JTGc4JDgPUAMmCyFUtNVK-_uSBFrIrTWNlnrNigB7S3yMr9a01ALavpG8QH9vvqUGUnqgA4cvRfZVr2E5-ifLn6lea4i9T6yD7jlv5dTiTB1caaWLX4O6C-5Teq0C-Dj1q-fidnTie_Jy89XdYvO8O2RXP7e4ifGSwZO5vC66h0g=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="470" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXtbjV3mQUTUS1c1JTGc4JDgPUAMmCyFUtNVK-_uSBFrIrTWNlnrNigB7S3yMr9a01ALavpG8QH9vvqUGUnqgA4cvRfZVr2E5-ifLn6lea4i9T6yD7jlv5dTiTB1caaWLX4O6C-5Teq0C-Dj1q-fidnTie_Jy89XdYvO8O2RXP7e4ifGSwZO5vC66h0g=w470-h640" width="470" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May I proudly present Claude....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijaHmWaDYiA4DbhCsnAFhsaSqR8YhNAi-kk4F5AfUe0oNK8nlyjBtA406s_5TtJGo0budg8UZCp05Aw3czSv03eVFQQY1rHOK3DrmnevbJGTdZjZgxSaZ_MHkoP9J8xdtUYk99qxV2f97tgmxJ07eXeFyBvI5SNEOLvU30iyaW0OwVtGkz7dFef7Ms0A=s617" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijaHmWaDYiA4DbhCsnAFhsaSqR8YhNAi-kk4F5AfUe0oNK8nlyjBtA406s_5TtJGo0budg8UZCp05Aw3czSv03eVFQQY1rHOK3DrmnevbJGTdZjZgxSaZ_MHkoP9J8xdtUYk99qxV2f97tgmxJ07eXeFyBvI5SNEOLvU30iyaW0OwVtGkz7dFef7Ms0A=w498-h640" width="498" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were some minor hitches during his construction</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but I like a challenge and won!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3m_Y7GxpCZiCtceI75ctOThhzZUdDDZkn27qkE4V5-7lNME-NDQxBdLwIrtUHOAr09TPaXB8F13R1koCXAvhHHqbzUj0jtTk2D8EP-Q6HHBbPRBa2TARCGklZB9-71RsKV0mlTlEkdgs4q708nv3sBH1SHSG209IEYu_esgm-3t1sa88QtQ_t3TGDyQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="374" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3m_Y7GxpCZiCtceI75ctOThhzZUdDDZkn27qkE4V5-7lNME-NDQxBdLwIrtUHOAr09TPaXB8F13R1koCXAvhHHqbzUj0jtTk2D8EP-Q6HHBbPRBa2TARCGklZB9-71RsKV0mlTlEkdgs4q708nv3sBH1SHSG209IEYu_esgm-3t1sa88QtQ_t3TGDyQ=w374-h640" width="374" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's about 24" (61 cm) tall. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiirBBmbqRM1bCaWrAwyQHLAXc4WB34aHBaup5NuA-Cl1U4zgVt-QmMJ-0MZjkiNHaNzcNXClCUljPfTHCf8OTfTLs_48NOieP3jtaGOI1AgVRR729feKG5z_mm0nPuxvYvJf0KTjXOQI-gSgT1cZl6CileO1QnLL3Sq0kR3Ed_gALnCyDw_J1z_whsCg=s517" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiirBBmbqRM1bCaWrAwyQHLAXc4WB34aHBaup5NuA-Cl1U4zgVt-QmMJ-0MZjkiNHaNzcNXClCUljPfTHCf8OTfTLs_48NOieP3jtaGOI1AgVRR729feKG5z_mm0nPuxvYvJf0KTjXOQI-gSgT1cZl6CileO1QnLL3Sq0kR3Ed_gALnCyDw_J1z_whsCg=w371-h400" width="371" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm pleased with him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWhdJoiqi-P27TJLQE8b7zNkXVNlgNvBAErih-4i6g90_OaiQF4Ycwn91JwwO8_AfFXCQF1dDk-HxXnIGuPtuTw9IE8CXBQdmNh6wY_COrzsUnlIhyK2ZnU90jgPl-84ulFQ328wViDu8oVcDKZ9JVjbF4lmyFB_stCJINKm2P3SBGVhjTjlk3hm7HRg=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="640" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWhdJoiqi-P27TJLQE8b7zNkXVNlgNvBAErih-4i6g90_OaiQF4Ycwn91JwwO8_AfFXCQF1dDk-HxXnIGuPtuTw9IE8CXBQdmNh6wY_COrzsUnlIhyK2ZnU90jgPl-84ulFQ328wViDu8oVcDKZ9JVjbF4lmyFB_stCJINKm2P3SBGVhjTjlk3hm7HRg=w640-h368" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll continue to celebrate each day with a bit of chocolate!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks Astrid to hosting the Photo Hunt. It has been fun but sadly I've decided that I no longer have the time to join in. I have enjoyed glimpses into other people's lives, so different to mine. Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/12/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party_31.html">here </a>to return to Astrid's link up page.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bye and happy hunting!</div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-43769167545185931322021-12-24T08:10:00.001+00:002021-12-24T08:10:56.406+00:00Photo Hunt 24 December 2021 - Stocking<p>And another week has disappeared....</p><p>Well this was a hard one for me as I don't wear fancy stockings nor have I ever had a Christmas stocking.... so what do I write about?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPp46s-xC9rjBySgJpq4uFW8xAGx0dL10yJAX2WIiRM1L3Tkx00P2VdgjFrt-buppj3is9XY9xZoHMAeVsVHPnFkHgVjINjuXGUktTtof8EyRhqHhd5Oz-l-V2-1Ybr9t925Z6lXqlFBicZxlZwYhkrZmHZAxvOcAexy8KtczuTia92QKFeDbxq2I5gQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="347" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPp46s-xC9rjBySgJpq4uFW8xAGx0dL10yJAX2WIiRM1L3Tkx00P2VdgjFrt-buppj3is9XY9xZoHMAeVsVHPnFkHgVjINjuXGUktTtof8EyRhqHhd5Oz-l-V2-1Ybr9t925Z6lXqlFBicZxlZwYhkrZmHZAxvOcAexy8KtczuTia92QKFeDbxq2I5gQ=w217-h400" width="217" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I worked (and always wore</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">trousers) I'd wear these.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_ayANhGaCQNQ0zbRYBA1K_DeiMhM8zJDjNEiy_2dURDRLvAokvkmew6rKzyIP5l2M6FX0SEim9UKGk-C2tlh03KcpnHUQ7ZqWCUKi8ePtV554JMvqQXuRFZL9_7QphobQmVPF6X-IOWJRSUOfoWDboQTQUoO5NTOlUITzu595vnRnFR1tsOdqZEO7lA=s402" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="333" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_ayANhGaCQNQ0zbRYBA1K_DeiMhM8zJDjNEiy_2dURDRLvAokvkmew6rKzyIP5l2M6FX0SEim9UKGk-C2tlh03KcpnHUQ7ZqWCUKi8ePtV554JMvqQXuRFZL9_7QphobQmVPF6X-IOWJRSUOfoWDboQTQUoO5NTOlUITzu595vnRnFR1tsOdqZEO7lA=w331-h400" width="331" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not stockings as such but crochet leg warmers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made a few years ago.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH4PAxDU4xJJdYey-wS43fkeiZDmWkstYSHoofzaJFJ0rCSejS7ffFVwWVkWY1uOwLq6zvC3BA0ys2gTW6sQBMH30KtK2_8qpAAoHZx9gTXYeljkiZqMccJPn5_JyK2YmOOef9XFWfP71X79iIx7UYWT7PlCBorSU88EXK6TZD_Fmxo_8MUsuzPduj6w=s482" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH4PAxDU4xJJdYey-wS43fkeiZDmWkstYSHoofzaJFJ0rCSejS7ffFVwWVkWY1uOwLq6zvC3BA0ys2gTW6sQBMH30KtK2_8qpAAoHZx9gTXYeljkiZqMccJPn5_JyK2YmOOef9XFWfP71X79iIx7UYWT7PlCBorSU88EXK6TZD_Fmxo_8MUsuzPduj6w=w399-h400" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are so good, that I made another pair last year.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I must apologise for a thin (and boring) post. I did not feel it was appropriate for me to take photos of the stockinged legs of school girls on their way home the other day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wishing you all the best over the holiday period and I do plan to be back for the last word of this year. Thanks again to Astrid and click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/12/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party_23.html">here </a>to return to her link-up page.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bye!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-62697105156256171622021-12-17T10:30:00.001+00:002021-12-17T10:30:53.850+00:00Photo Hunt 17 December 2021 - Homemade<p>Once more it's time to interpret this week's word, Homemade, which (according to Google) is made at home rather than in a factory. This was easy for me. So I'll show you some recent homemade items.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1Smq1IYxiBNTJEqMBi_Ey7gB8--JDlE-7VgJ7dWL4aAxqEzVyzSKhPfuurp67Xor53uE0BSwngX-2fWRpJwJSxFLRg5UcdFnvuDIuUNVFwICDKf1vc2H5urk2W0zWtsGS93JRDC1M_huPf_iD1W77mXZGqZrEtvS7g85MzDbkzNY4GXdbzV2Q-5ExrQ=s553" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1Smq1IYxiBNTJEqMBi_Ey7gB8--JDlE-7VgJ7dWL4aAxqEzVyzSKhPfuurp67Xor53uE0BSwngX-2fWRpJwJSxFLRg5UcdFnvuDIuUNVFwICDKf1vc2H5urk2W0zWtsGS93JRDC1M_huPf_iD1W77mXZGqZrEtvS7g85MzDbkzNY4GXdbzV2Q-5ExrQ=w556-h640" width="556" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is my Advent Calendar I made from a pre-printed panel. As you can see,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it has been yielding its daily treats! I have spare treats just in case someone</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">turns up so I can re-fill the pocket for them(and me!).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5-d-_E_99FMPVN7LUuZj40Xh1N-h5VhBhenRohyNZg2oG69vPpUA3K_rR6vZsIwaDOdFgJIUqXD3XhmcjaBcjStqsqJMkJC3cIjOQeNyK1oysAU3sQlVhkxsdUOemmhdOEF2XPvr017bqPo9omhNkhcWSqbeGHfzwkB2PvyqzqxaSqzhjU0CCOytR3Q=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="640" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5-d-_E_99FMPVN7LUuZj40Xh1N-h5VhBhenRohyNZg2oG69vPpUA3K_rR6vZsIwaDOdFgJIUqXD3XhmcjaBcjStqsqJMkJC3cIjOQeNyK1oysAU3sQlVhkxsdUOemmhdOEF2XPvr017bqPo9omhNkhcWSqbeGHfzwkB2PvyqzqxaSqzhjU0CCOytR3Q=w400-h159" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A better photo (I hope) of the filled pockets!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbKjQupFjf7Yg8ri_DZOhP22eSgyTwUzcP3XnJGHWcAtT1WgCy8ut1FXD2NO11lhqxzfMsehAxI9doWL3xFiAPuq--VV0YUcVZn1loC8j5BvVbJPuVB90PO2m-xVaooKhuqGgWxejvHEgestqtANWv4FLwKKAD5BRgnrDCDVYMeq7z266LI24JDANxaA=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="640" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbKjQupFjf7Yg8ri_DZOhP22eSgyTwUzcP3XnJGHWcAtT1WgCy8ut1FXD2NO11lhqxzfMsehAxI9doWL3xFiAPuq--VV0YUcVZn1loC8j5BvVbJPuVB90PO2m-xVaooKhuqGgWxejvHEgestqtANWv4FLwKKAD5BRgnrDCDVYMeq7z266LI24JDANxaA=w640-h340" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A tri-fold organiser I made recently; a Lynette Anderson kit. A bit of a challenge for me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as I have little experience of putting zips in and the instructions were not always</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">clear but I did it and am very pleased with it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiB_G78a1Q9EeTHSYu9Y6EsyKYBZbPYrHca5tdWpQPYZztgpjYH3nsCIfRD7tIgOyV_zzn9V7d-djJLEmcg4UoBFoqE-xwnzT75YkaXhES2MN6gB4A7UqFgf_iFm4yUGrwWC3r2hq3Y7b-2je-JGGVe6t5I91BW2YU2zPmXCivIhsdAzye6VUg1Mba0kA=s534" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiB_G78a1Q9EeTHSYu9Y6EsyKYBZbPYrHca5tdWpQPYZztgpjYH3nsCIfRD7tIgOyV_zzn9V7d-djJLEmcg4UoBFoqE-xwnzT75YkaXhES2MN6gB4A7UqFgf_iFm4yUGrwWC3r2hq3Y7b-2je-JGGVe6t5I91BW2YU2zPmXCivIhsdAzye6VUg1Mba0kA=w576-h640" width="576" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The front of the tri-fold organiser had a panel which I had</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to stitch; again not something I do much of so a bit of </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a challenge but I'm pleased with it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmBPkAO6wiaHpMuVq0g_ZyeWc6igjANbM9M3QUwxKx5f-9PAyET0qhlkY0fukGP6OWAB6rllSNTaLPOO8TpyMatRwFtkAw73wP3W8Y-8TX6QmSNIabMXyQKOqSl4ZlCaWknDl7wt_GYh9xmFX218g3grN5CL1PrOISYiRql5X96WWYeGPoBPFV3VSabw=s519" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="519" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmBPkAO6wiaHpMuVq0g_ZyeWc6igjANbM9M3QUwxKx5f-9PAyET0qhlkY0fukGP6OWAB6rllSNTaLPOO8TpyMatRwFtkAw73wP3W8Y-8TX6QmSNIabMXyQKOqSl4ZlCaWknDl7wt_GYh9xmFX218g3grN5CL1PrOISYiRql5X96WWYeGPoBPFV3VSabw=w400-h370" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A friend gifted me some yarn months ago and I recently</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">made myself a new hat; it is crochet using the crocodile</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stitch. I wear hats all the time other than on the very</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hot days. It took 3 goes to get it the right size but</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I do like a challenge. I've yarn left over so I plan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> to make some matching mitts using the crocodile stitch....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhluukBOV4d2C6GGG57HFR_rrs-rGsi8J2nIs0zLIcq968UbI1iRiAY2D1cPMQqQHTZKtFq7upwF1z7dxXy7dyKaGZ0O0MkWXLzHxBleXnX5Vv7LImzmZGTyuVCCPX7nuskofaCfIyXftYmD2AwAYBJLFLEuaHbd8xO8grKh6I_BuLDxHPxOXdtf5J_ng=s566" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="566" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhluukBOV4d2C6GGG57HFR_rrs-rGsi8J2nIs0zLIcq968UbI1iRiAY2D1cPMQqQHTZKtFq7upwF1z7dxXy7dyKaGZ0O0MkWXLzHxBleXnX5Vv7LImzmZGTyuVCCPX7nuskofaCfIyXftYmD2AwAYBJLFLEuaHbd8xO8grKh6I_BuLDxHPxOXdtf5J_ng=w400-h339" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have an obsession with Christmas trees.... the ornament</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on the left I bought many years ago but the other one</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made recently after Hawthorn sent me a photo of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">one she'd seen on Instagram. She likes to feed </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my Christmas tree obsession.... thanks!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAir3ukkNVSvSFTrj4XbeU3OHUUNC6iQlvTRHx9aSSn76inargyRGfy1yRJcOAmySb8yjE1VgMUwsqrnpEIH_XT_ONKL74j_BqP34sqVEeyrJfw4S9HQQ_9eDJ6hu_0MDRUbNTph7ZIwkUpMp5dgVYwJZ3m5sAzXVWH8n17Dy-4U3X2mn0-PN8cdUXFw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="476" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAir3ukkNVSvSFTrj4XbeU3OHUUNC6iQlvTRHx9aSSn76inargyRGfy1yRJcOAmySb8yjE1VgMUwsqrnpEIH_XT_ONKL74j_BqP34sqVEeyrJfw4S9HQQ_9eDJ6hu_0MDRUbNTph7ZIwkUpMp5dgVYwJZ3m5sAzXVWH8n17Dy-4U3X2mn0-PN8cdUXFw=w298-h400" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've recently returned to card making and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">am having fun. The outer circle is made from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">little fabric triangles sewn onto the pale grey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">card. The little Christmas tree is made</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by sewing it on to a plastic film and then</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">putting it in cold water to dissolve</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the film.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmiIJSbe0VfDDNDhYU8f_hoQjh0Ip9UHkzTofNZqKgie_8KjHuZe_qlC2WOdrXPLA4v59hx6H4wr14RRKEwHhu-d2x9GAZm459gP07MoYcGL1_y2arEOQ6JWc0XxmWTBaYn32G-SeCq98ttBTT9MqC_ryfoMXYBRHtTq-c85LDUFW9Fz0OwrYuFJfPVw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="359" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmiIJSbe0VfDDNDhYU8f_hoQjh0Ip9UHkzTofNZqKgie_8KjHuZe_qlC2WOdrXPLA4v59hx6H4wr14RRKEwHhu-d2x9GAZm459gP07MoYcGL1_y2arEOQ6JWc0XxmWTBaYn32G-SeCq98ttBTT9MqC_ryfoMXYBRHtTq-c85LDUFW9Fz0OwrYuFJfPVw=w225-h400" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been practising a lot!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Christmas baubles as well as trees!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcuFazkq18TOTJgbEwPndrfoKE4j8RLkVDEyUtY7YyeocgS2IDGhKS4lKJUv3T-CWPKZH6Wtw6TzjvOYquBUb5vZVzfXv1JA51XyQS9hHwvU-vkkTPHrKOh-PRHSsbH8v5o0f7Mh39WQT-y5Z2lZ3gz8MhoBi4nj4nSC7tXftGaGuRjo_tEjOEhgpRPg=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="436" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcuFazkq18TOTJgbEwPndrfoKE4j8RLkVDEyUtY7YyeocgS2IDGhKS4lKJUv3T-CWPKZH6Wtw6TzjvOYquBUb5vZVzfXv1JA51XyQS9hHwvU-vkkTPHrKOh-PRHSsbH8v5o0f7Mh39WQT-y5Z2lZ3gz8MhoBi4nj4nSC7tXftGaGuRjo_tEjOEhgpRPg=w273-h400" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bought a strip of the Paisley style</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">embellishments and have used them</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to make cards.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNgLDZZNtFkmOw4OKpCAK8YgritQowPcG9-8y8vADQ6GzcZOGwD1vd9dsGwfL2VLfSPDJBY4N5ypFMOStHgUDXPbuH9AD6ZR5mr8NQVhWk0262TCkpmxO5arFyWvhIicQzR05L8H_Pob4cu50qEhe1xSHKJURSpQ0LY2QIiPOj-siuc-W2djFFrAJy5Q=s636" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNgLDZZNtFkmOw4OKpCAK8YgritQowPcG9-8y8vADQ6GzcZOGwD1vd9dsGwfL2VLfSPDJBY4N5ypFMOStHgUDXPbuH9AD6ZR5mr8NQVhWk0262TCkpmxO5arFyWvhIicQzR05L8H_Pob4cu50qEhe1xSHKJURSpQ0LY2QIiPOj-siuc-W2djFFrAJy5Q=w303-h400" width="303" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh dear, it's another Christmas tree.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwEVkgeYpE1GlVifdxBK4T2zYtfH8XTasBbA4SpFBgGMtvAe7P2quqZ4JrMv0uAqKYBNwjNV6rhN7ixoeiU3iz4qfGrDsl6ke0fs-0qHN70vTvzXOAFYKTZjam1sJkTEh5a1qJ-t7RhvlFPQe3kpWsRPsejhYMibGKX4Co1aXrS9bHWwiEgT8gJVPgzw=s481" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwEVkgeYpE1GlVifdxBK4T2zYtfH8XTasBbA4SpFBgGMtvAe7P2quqZ4JrMv0uAqKYBNwjNV6rhN7ixoeiU3iz4qfGrDsl6ke0fs-0qHN70vTvzXOAFYKTZjam1sJkTEh5a1qJ-t7RhvlFPQe3kpWsRPsejhYMibGKX4Co1aXrS9bHWwiEgT8gJVPgzw=w399-h400" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And another; I've been determined to use up my bought</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">embellishments....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYtCTOVHbd6TE-6xON1-PaS_xniN1MZSJMc-821SY5-7OrLJORbQizZ4GD9GcvMu1jrR4uEI4XDoip2xP1vk0A3BRO8tRGF1VoMWr-dMaJuxjCxzTz4lNiAcnWPvrmNwvymthSqyf6EAnRKyijySFe_Z9JWxFBowxtJyNcQArvYzdXPnTZAsv8xpMbdQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="338" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYtCTOVHbd6TE-6xON1-PaS_xniN1MZSJMc-821SY5-7OrLJORbQizZ4GD9GcvMu1jrR4uEI4XDoip2xP1vk0A3BRO8tRGF1VoMWr-dMaJuxjCxzTz4lNiAcnWPvrmNwvymthSqyf6EAnRKyijySFe_Z9JWxFBowxtJyNcQArvYzdXPnTZAsv8xpMbdQ=w211-h400" width="211" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hearts bought but I made the card.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not a Christmas tree in sight either.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgE3OsIPEDvMWYJ_5MXsUmvzqoPek1-B6jqXUmAGXeMSEVyNaDmzluVd-hDW2ejZGX1W_s1usFHD7zy2HCN_7Ci9wg77oXPT3weSiNesgkveU1idx3qldJJa7KT5YQrEfPNJjfM9HK5eEt94BpExpkRv1eoLGOnr9632fQA7WBAcc2kbfmQesYf4R_0Ng=s557" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgE3OsIPEDvMWYJ_5MXsUmvzqoPek1-B6jqXUmAGXeMSEVyNaDmzluVd-hDW2ejZGX1W_s1usFHD7zy2HCN_7Ci9wg77oXPT3weSiNesgkveU1idx3qldJJa7KT5YQrEfPNJjfM9HK5eEt94BpExpkRv1eoLGOnr9632fQA7WBAcc2kbfmQesYf4R_0Ng=w345-h400" width="345" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Malcolm modelling a bag I made a few years ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVG5nZ0SBlgIFuOtR1V0LMldxelIO88Sed0dtQkzfF47h-lCkD7kjcnpItaLuvitsIDnCMlRcEqRAaePATmNV1u5w5kM1Eb1rzOU6UN0hTWYJnYvsNrVxAO_13aJl5fRLGdyK-I-Lm5o-LIcgBbyfSI8fAnCwKcXXSJMVDI50kNwR-C8d82bCqVehhQQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="640" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVG5nZ0SBlgIFuOtR1V0LMldxelIO88Sed0dtQkzfF47h-lCkD7kjcnpItaLuvitsIDnCMlRcEqRAaePATmNV1u5w5kM1Eb1rzOU6UN0hTWYJnYvsNrVxAO_13aJl5fRLGdyK-I-Lm5o-LIcgBbyfSI8fAnCwKcXXSJMVDI50kNwR-C8d82bCqVehhQQ=w400-h241" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is now know as the Lava cake. I made one last week </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and it rose and cascaded down the sides of the tin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cascaded bits looked like lava and they did taste good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I had another go this week, using a larger tin</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and all is well! It's a ginger and black treacle cake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well that's all for this week. As usual click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/12/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party_16.html">here </a>to return to Astid's link-up page and I can't wait to see what you have for homemade.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bye!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-84537105626568728322021-12-10T08:17:00.001+00:002021-12-10T08:17:51.497+00:00Photo Hunt 10 December 2021 - Mug<p> Phew, I just remembered in time to prepare this post; the last week has galloped by.....</p><p>I like mugs! I gaze at them when I come across them out shopping. I am tempted to buy one (or two or more) but I already have so many!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3O6jqokhHDNFQJBEGy3l6kM5pmMe06l5_L8W7MB8T4b6oY1t2Pzw1yWRq1fDIVFTbxJhLhyrc3dqkdOvIArQyH9k3PswBMxQ-kqHT1QLZyDXTpUSM2aqWlIzyMbNskcDVB-IcBfJRrJIn8nOhK73lBU7SK8qk_WnTqyg0EeOLQJqbPrbfj48_h4fgOA=s485" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="485" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3O6jqokhHDNFQJBEGy3l6kM5pmMe06l5_L8W7MB8T4b6oY1t2Pzw1yWRq1fDIVFTbxJhLhyrc3dqkdOvIArQyH9k3PswBMxQ-kqHT1QLZyDXTpUSM2aqWlIzyMbNskcDVB-IcBfJRrJIn8nOhK73lBU7SK8qk_WnTqyg0EeOLQJqbPrbfj48_h4fgOA=w400-h396" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Usually this cupboard is full to bursting but quite a lot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of mugs are in the dishwasher...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaJxIfuco7kFYGgC7lOr-AGp8O5ES5fqTvyrObK371ez_PPYceeJfyvsP4Uo8GJpaiyE6NbqsiE0D5kY7swvdsk2knYB--73jfka6wjQWX4-jhDoQH9D8LyxJfgyv0zLVxyPvsTWPmZZNY9isYMiqyEPoNoTHh_GbkmGaBaq2Eyy1LAdS9Tk_bfzxEmw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="640" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaJxIfuco7kFYGgC7lOr-AGp8O5ES5fqTvyrObK371ez_PPYceeJfyvsP4Uo8GJpaiyE6NbqsiE0D5kY7swvdsk2knYB--73jfka6wjQWX4-jhDoQH9D8LyxJfgyv0zLVxyPvsTWPmZZNY9isYMiqyEPoNoTHh_GbkmGaBaq2Eyy1LAdS9Tk_bfzxEmw=w400-h299" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some extra (rarely used) mugs live in another cupboard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a hard choice to select just a few favourites to share with you!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9nHlcN73V2qQ-Taa_M7EuaLEAH8XkHkbGOOfp_CzWwG0mM5sripshIsrkZRv0TUK7bGJO0B3Dbsw9A4vZUIYSmNKWCIlYon0YofShOC00eq1aHrFy1pbXCwVKMxoXzAAJYWUF92aHcR6cmRRMEH_yY1U6TAN7yboMhgzKXwjXyWm1f3tv6r0kHNLxnw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="640" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9nHlcN73V2qQ-Taa_M7EuaLEAH8XkHkbGOOfp_CzWwG0mM5sripshIsrkZRv0TUK7bGJO0B3Dbsw9A4vZUIYSmNKWCIlYon0YofShOC00eq1aHrFy1pbXCwVKMxoXzAAJYWUF92aHcR6cmRRMEH_yY1U6TAN7yboMhgzKXwjXyWm1f3tv6r0kHNLxnw=w400-h230" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the left is a mug that I've had for over 25 (if not more) years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the right is a Christmas present from my dear quilting</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">friend; I use it every day; even the metal tin it came</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in is used regularly in my craft room! She said I was</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like a small child, playing more with the packaging</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">than the 'toy' inside!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEXfInV39Dg6waCbvLPT9W9nY9zGZftGA4tRtv_zFxwqjyLovfcPrTDtwR_s-5HR4qK4c5HoAatQQUMpU4xpPb_EU0_PLGTsR_eKG_A6tBEGsXyWnqsmmBzh4WneO-ELQmqmffcWGsO2C70qsiLWFj0Jv1d7ISNug24H6jmsAWA3l5a6KmTgOUj4no6w=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="640" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEXfInV39Dg6waCbvLPT9W9nY9zGZftGA4tRtv_zFxwqjyLovfcPrTDtwR_s-5HR4qK4c5HoAatQQUMpU4xpPb_EU0_PLGTsR_eKG_A6tBEGsXyWnqsmmBzh4WneO-ELQmqmffcWGsO2C70qsiLWFj0Jv1d7ISNug24H6jmsAWA3l5a6KmTgOUj4no6w=w400-h229" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beloved likes Land Rovers and Tractors and china mugs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So these two are perfect. They are quite big and not used</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">much; a bit too precious to break!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2YMhqyiApfJV05xd1BM0gOY4zq9WSnKfpJ27AIU2tgyJNc8gGctUEW1bS_0cu23s9PMWPML-OqdNcxb_QMSeDxnMcB31uNEF4NXf4HcH8pt8Lmp7ApHZ6zs8HtpOS3YhOg_NGJ_hxF6-IkPSGgfYhK-fRWmFEAfDR3OGpxtmRr4lrBICPbjaLbMc45g=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="640" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2YMhqyiApfJV05xd1BM0gOY4zq9WSnKfpJ27AIU2tgyJNc8gGctUEW1bS_0cu23s9PMWPML-OqdNcxb_QMSeDxnMcB31uNEF4NXf4HcH8pt8Lmp7ApHZ6zs8HtpOS3YhOg_NGJ_hxF6-IkPSGgfYhK-fRWmFEAfDR3OGpxtmRr4lrBICPbjaLbMc45g=w400-h208" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally, 2 other mugs currently in use. They are china but</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">chunky china. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What do I have in our mugs? Nothing exciting; tea for Beloved and hot water for me with a single coffee each day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Apologies for a bit of a boring post!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm looking forward to next week's word as I think I can do better!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As usual thanks to Astrid and please click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/12/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party-mug.html">here </a>to return to her link-up page. I like to think the other posts will be more interesting than mine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bye!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-46742047459190074612021-12-03T08:43:00.001+00:002021-12-03T15:35:07.070+00:00Photo Hunt 3 December 2021 - Ornament<p>I think this word will be easy. I found the following definitions for ornament:</p><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14px;">a thing used or serving to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose, especially a small object such as a figurine</span></li><li><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14px;">make (something) look more attractive by adding decorative items.</span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not sure I agree with the phrase 'usually having no practical purpose' as they make me smile/happy! </p><p>Well I do have a lot of ornaments! Not as many as I used to have as prior to the move here I did go through them ruthlessly. However I do seem to be acquiring more, either made by myself, by friends, purchases made by myself or gifts from friends.</p><p>I will share just a few with you.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGH6T8HE9aQH3YY6TYmqCOZ29rw9IYexU7ligdY8vOctX6PVta3UoFTYNMCs593XOdFNxGh_MkLu0PKuQczOsLdvzov9ucwdQLy0RxEi4kjbgCBUEYmWpjnFjt2VvKhxLz6nwxlvOI-CW/s640/P1090098.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="640" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGH6T8HE9aQH3YY6TYmqCOZ29rw9IYexU7ligdY8vOctX6PVta3UoFTYNMCs593XOdFNxGh_MkLu0PKuQczOsLdvzov9ucwdQLy0RxEi4kjbgCBUEYmWpjnFjt2VvKhxLz6nwxlvOI-CW/w400-h220/P1090098.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Made for the first greenhouse; might make one for the second one.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXoKAHmx5PHMKCEPcYGzABDLMXfA0zrXLsFxO85stjQPmICvcJNxmmUoHFI89mlkw7qyo9RoIxL1S6hswhAB254r6C3dIwj3NGqieQju67m8UQuER686x6jatyHtsIYhGMmQMtci3LkgSz/s640/P1090099.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="640" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXoKAHmx5PHMKCEPcYGzABDLMXfA0zrXLsFxO85stjQPmICvcJNxmmUoHFI89mlkw7qyo9RoIxL1S6hswhAB254r6C3dIwj3NGqieQju67m8UQuER686x6jatyHtsIYhGMmQMtci3LkgSz/w400-h293/P1090099.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you can see the bead embellishments.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVjzPI3I4eSYTJ6NfBl7Qte80x7XpUf8Qamv6sY2y_bPsxdL9zr9lDYspppYmhcWvEPHecqR2fopWPlduH5F23p2zh1G-V15D4NED5Elh9acsDsjtST6p25l-YXDzU_mH0jVo_0fqLLP6/s640/P1090695.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="340" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVjzPI3I4eSYTJ6NfBl7Qte80x7XpUf8Qamv6sY2y_bPsxdL9zr9lDYspppYmhcWvEPHecqR2fopWPlduH5F23p2zh1G-V15D4NED5Elh9acsDsjtST6p25l-YXDzU_mH0jVo_0fqLLP6/w213-h400/P1090695.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A recent gift from a friend.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZanQxbCijuLnlfmUVxS7jtiVAcCeqLIZpdp0QnE2d-qnAJV5mcoPo_BsZUPR8G8CJiAFNt9lVeq7foEKU2UDJA3ZcjzeHEOhS6YFBuz6OrsWWfkzN7uAhdmBFH12ZNOq4XHBI87swsr9q/s574/P1090696.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="574" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZanQxbCijuLnlfmUVxS7jtiVAcCeqLIZpdp0QnE2d-qnAJV5mcoPo_BsZUPR8G8CJiAFNt9lVeq7foEKU2UDJA3ZcjzeHEOhS6YFBuz6OrsWWfkzN7uAhdmBFH12ZNOq4XHBI87swsr9q/w400-h335/P1090696.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Out with a friend in Settle and I could not resist this snail.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZbTqleit1ca-iWxqiijT4lqJe6aJR5ghBEgHLdL3u1fMBoJcHlFF0dsSftzILM8ttqsRBweOA9rzEnnkzTe0BS5gZ-wOYdTLPerZW9iGEhA78NsH3bd-hv029LuBZiNtaJUxxC14db8I/s517/P1100500.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="517" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZbTqleit1ca-iWxqiijT4lqJe6aJR5ghBEgHLdL3u1fMBoJcHlFF0dsSftzILM8ttqsRBweOA9rzEnnkzTe0BS5gZ-wOYdTLPerZW9iGEhA78NsH3bd-hv029LuBZiNtaJUxxC14db8I/w400-h371/P1100500.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought the blank felt horse shape and embellished it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's meant to be galloping through the waves and foam</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at the seashore whilst kicking up cockles and razor shells .....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48EBeZIxxCVp_Ha_KG51Z70Az3UNOvm0vQKywWtNQm0IpSUIPTCs8MMAmZz7olEhDRmx9qfNSVBOFFVXj5NWO3j4fxUPznrqfNAyNpU70nFfUiNMelyghLlJifDCyWKiH8oNPPNNKHimY/s518/P1100501.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="518" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48EBeZIxxCVp_Ha_KG51Z70Az3UNOvm0vQKywWtNQm0IpSUIPTCs8MMAmZz7olEhDRmx9qfNSVBOFFVXj5NWO3j4fxUPznrqfNAyNpU70nFfUiNMelyghLlJifDCyWKiH8oNPPNNKHimY/w400-h371/P1100501.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other one!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIm2blFA_R4qpLFPPi_bIbhqlQ9h-NX0Cwzk1M65z64siYpO3MamgtSSpundwcnDoxqkGfZHZWpOfSNoPV6cnJUeo-9gvYDHxGYVaHvHRmdVOev2GpqZHov_WZhSAJJCOV5OkXOXodAW93/s628/P1270630.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIm2blFA_R4qpLFPPi_bIbhqlQ9h-NX0Cwzk1M65z64siYpO3MamgtSSpundwcnDoxqkGfZHZWpOfSNoPV6cnJUeo-9gvYDHxGYVaHvHRmdVOev2GpqZHov_WZhSAJJCOV5OkXOXodAW93/w306-h400/P1270630.JPG" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few years ago I attended a funeral and we were</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">asked to wear bright clothes; I wore these in my</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hair and yes I had made them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlP55tFEmwfXS6YKx6yuH1Y4NswfVxvjeL1B_eScutM2i8Lpe6ApP_ATN8Ngx7BwqehmP-u83BVldT6dANJZ53KYriWP85srndYKmejdVTFrGGyudKjXw_5ZU7RjCQLmcmxR81K3avPe9/s586/P1270734.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlP55tFEmwfXS6YKx6yuH1Y4NswfVxvjeL1B_eScutM2i8Lpe6ApP_ATN8Ngx7BwqehmP-u83BVldT6dANJZ53KYriWP85srndYKmejdVTFrGGyudKjXw_5ZU7RjCQLmcmxR81K3avPe9/w328-h400/P1270734.JPG" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At a quilt show years ago and saw this. They only</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">accepted cash and I did not have enough with me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but I knew one of the stall holders so was able to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">borrow the money! Well, if you don't ask....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzD_MFco4RZJCbs0eNFe-A1zL6S9KGYTYAiDTRXKFSVjW_v9QTiW1-JH0QcL34JETD73Av2FfpvRAkHyQ4CQ8uQCaOKH0ek_wuN-W5G0Ir5JfErvJ2b9jPaE8FF5MrfX5nokixnYlVO-cM/s640/P1280109.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="390" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzD_MFco4RZJCbs0eNFe-A1zL6S9KGYTYAiDTRXKFSVjW_v9QTiW1-JH0QcL34JETD73Av2FfpvRAkHyQ4CQ8uQCaOKH0ek_wuN-W5G0Ir5JfErvJ2b9jPaE8FF5MrfX5nokixnYlVO-cM/w244-h400/P1280109.JPG" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I saw this on Attic24's blog (2018) and, rather </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">than buy the kit, I made my own mushroom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I made a little scene (and mouse)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to display it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With it being December, I suppose one's thoughts turn to Christmas so I started to get my decorations out on 30 November and finished on 1 December. I know I keep saying 'I don't do Christmas' but I just select the bits I like and ignore the rest!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZu_U8FHQbUyLWCzL0IWwxU71QaX_l28SRNCw_9nMoN4o5iAPmeQekUpATGHQaES_WJllqcoh3r7ELhUVxrEnelhd8k2cBnS_nn8zZKeR73UgW3Sd3Nz7xnc5bc3xWOEe_xYeGShKjzl_f/s640/P1100455.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="393" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZu_U8FHQbUyLWCzL0IWwxU71QaX_l28SRNCw_9nMoN4o5iAPmeQekUpATGHQaES_WJllqcoh3r7ELhUVxrEnelhd8k2cBnS_nn8zZKeR73UgW3Sd3Nz7xnc5bc3xWOEe_xYeGShKjzl_f/w246-h400/P1100455.JPG" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bought this recently at a Craft Show.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHCnmQGJgCyKwm2v1ZyU0rd5kdfT4zuFQNwVlCWZEJGGgmS-Oi1HVhNsYjIUAR3Z1YPje2Ehyphenhyphen3LtHx-ytpyBBRAuPP_Hbll4CvPOXXY5866QSK2nIXhwG9yi3tY9XvKpqRtwg9zrVwyv6/s521/P1280056.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHCnmQGJgCyKwm2v1ZyU0rd5kdfT4zuFQNwVlCWZEJGGgmS-Oi1HVhNsYjIUAR3Z1YPje2Ehyphenhyphen3LtHx-ytpyBBRAuPP_Hbll4CvPOXXY5866QSK2nIXhwG9yi3tY9XvKpqRtwg9zrVwyv6/w369-h400/P1280056.JPG" width="369" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I saw this at a Craft show in 2018 and thought I could make</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my own. It was fun to make and I do have some non-Christmas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">papers to make another one, which I will do 'one day'!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwgLX9EPs_JZyGVZufZJWISxJgCiFulZZj43g4aLbZ_tvMVG8PO7sZMHdtMhNrzCFgpByxM4OVU3BdiWLS2DcOhYYB48rQrzo-Lqqk5-XNSY6zab5lsVU57X13AER1qpzqLmxSalICyRv/s640/P1100109.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="465" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwgLX9EPs_JZyGVZufZJWISxJgCiFulZZj43g4aLbZ_tvMVG8PO7sZMHdtMhNrzCFgpByxM4OVU3BdiWLS2DcOhYYB48rQrzo-Lqqk5-XNSY6zab5lsVU57X13AER1qpzqLmxSalICyRv/w291-h400/P1100109.JPG" width="291" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This fell into my shopping basket recently.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyFpCLsWbpqEdFc_Dmz-YgWT6Y3qosLA3Fv6odmbxebdTGNok31I6Eg58Cl-_8nqlWrOUA8lk6bPlyXd2DxcDzRgrLyYq8vcl2r6H0tPlHE4aESj4NgHbd9HHLrAVh5LS_n5YTa13r83I/s869/chistmas+tree+03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyFpCLsWbpqEdFc_Dmz-YgWT6Y3qosLA3Fv6odmbxebdTGNok31I6Eg58Cl-_8nqlWrOUA8lk6bPlyXd2DxcDzRgrLyYq8vcl2r6H0tPlHE4aESj4NgHbd9HHLrAVh5LS_n5YTa13r83I/w230-h400/chistmas+tree+03.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I saw this picture back in December</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2017 and finally I made some recently.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbI5WtNX8cs3SCXG63oMSAJYgs_AQWyF5doHkCUu69HUCssxNk_sFrg1Bxp55LMnEiDNHA78k8GM_kNv7W5DR_2gmsTwo9iIpfz5p-zTzh1h7kFhROX1UbCoF6zmJ7ENPBUuxgs37JMRik/s640/P1100351.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="292" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbI5WtNX8cs3SCXG63oMSAJYgs_AQWyF5doHkCUu69HUCssxNk_sFrg1Bxp55LMnEiDNHA78k8GM_kNv7W5DR_2gmsTwo9iIpfz5p-zTzh1h7kFhROX1UbCoF6zmJ7ENPBUuxgs37JMRik/w183-h400/P1100351.JPG" width="183" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did make 3 in the end;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">one was gifted and I have</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the other 2.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJ0mZ_0cHWwil2R7LeO_O2LtGsADfAWrYAzo4dXtjVEV6h_uZ8-_nZMM4-vLNTfav0kSbsvmw-96Rf7IEUQ2TR0qk7e4B2eekpA5g5IeDUfYxCpHu3guV2NgnXy1Z-HknDsDSpJewGZ4a/s577/P1100352.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJ0mZ_0cHWwil2R7LeO_O2LtGsADfAWrYAzo4dXtjVEV6h_uZ8-_nZMM4-vLNTfav0kSbsvmw-96Rf7IEUQ2TR0qk7e4B2eekpA5g5IeDUfYxCpHu3guV2NgnXy1Z-HknDsDSpJewGZ4a/w333-h400/P1100352.JPG" width="333" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rather than sew the 'bauble' to the top I managed to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">thread red beads onto some wire to support the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">bauble. It wobbles if touched! Bonkers, I know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQq1wauBr6L6ua0wbKGMHedkY3HuPHC4NzvSoT7eSIPS7GieRPiT9Y_mcqYyTC2i_LlDPQ0NX76PGB4p8x9TjGrO9LE1DIq8whHBpUlTK1293Z8pC4grT_sCICdvJdxC04bP6scB6frRw/s640/P1100452.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="385" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQq1wauBr6L6ua0wbKGMHedkY3HuPHC4NzvSoT7eSIPS7GieRPiT9Y_mcqYyTC2i_LlDPQ0NX76PGB4p8x9TjGrO9LE1DIq8whHBpUlTK1293Z8pC4grT_sCICdvJdxC04bP6scB6frRw/w241-h400/P1100452.JPG" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A friend was selling these so I felt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had to support her!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLd57g0MGfWPDuAUB6zvV8ZzR6eg2UgRPOweOOargIye2VJbF4lA0BNSXbH7va9TCUM82TBUjOFDfo6uOgAjkbxJkydNve1RYlj29-NaJC8XVeb8ZGRlDppwT0LrRNquxVAcyKZMQnydp/s640/P1100597.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="640" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLd57g0MGfWPDuAUB6zvV8ZzR6eg2UgRPOweOOargIye2VJbF4lA0BNSXbH7va9TCUM82TBUjOFDfo6uOgAjkbxJkydNve1RYlj29-NaJC8XVeb8ZGRlDppwT0LrRNquxVAcyKZMQnydp/w400-h272/P1100597.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I have to admit I have an obsession about Christmas trees.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are most of them...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptW_SMvd8q4q8tXqPBshUCO02JUQcsa9facLDK790-yB2A_AP4IpuDmk4Fh3aKq7vq2uD2X1xwb7PwoO-hG8gNlu033K7KWkDxX3m3NeXjjREw2lM4kFyN9gg33ESnn62Rfg23ULVAhca/s640/P1100598.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="640" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptW_SMvd8q4q8tXqPBshUCO02JUQcsa9facLDK790-yB2A_AP4IpuDmk4Fh3aKq7vq2uD2X1xwb7PwoO-hG8gNlu033K7KWkDxX3m3NeXjjREw2lM4kFyN9gg33ESnn62Rfg23ULVAhca/w640-h418/P1100598.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All lit up with wire lights.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think I had better stop now. Where I am sitting now I can see at least 50 ornaments.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can't wait to see your ornaments and the stories behind them. Thanks Astrid, I enjoyed this word. Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/12/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party.html">here </a>to return to her link-up page.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bye!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-31835568072659937042021-11-26T08:00:00.001+00:002021-11-26T08:00:37.920+00:00Photo Hunt 26 November 2021 - Tradition<p>A bit of a struggle this week as we do very little that can be classed as Tradition. I had a quick look to see that the word meant and found the following:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #202124;">the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">Hmmm, that was not very helpful so I'll be thinking outside the box on this one. So what do Beloved and myself do that has become our own set of traditions?</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">Looking back to my childhood/early adulthood there was very little done of a tradition nature. The only event I can recall is helping Mother prepare Christmas dinner for which the preparations were spread over weeks and in the few days beforehand, it was non-stop. There were my parents. my two younger sisters and myself. All that fuss for a meal...... so now, by non-tradition, I do not cook on Christmas Day! I will happily re-roast a duck or goose but not a full blown cooking session. That leaves us free to go out or whatever. Besides, now we have our own tradition for Christmas Day - we pack up a picnic and drive to Ribblehead viaduct. Cue photos!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2a1cDbzDBv8SYOdswJZqizrDuMv0JyvbypwiQWCjhDGbBSp3Kx_H5UOCBvhbyuNsEqbtGk5IywTfkpXxxttd4rc2JcG_WNKxIAYB42MZYWiTm0EKIGQ_gjsbNvtRorE_sIIOZERZBxk2W/s640/26Nov2021+%25283%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="640" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2a1cDbzDBv8SYOdswJZqizrDuMv0JyvbypwiQWCjhDGbBSp3Kx_H5UOCBvhbyuNsEqbtGk5IywTfkpXxxttd4rc2JcG_WNKxIAYB42MZYWiTm0EKIGQ_gjsbNvtRorE_sIIOZERZBxk2W/w640-h405/26Nov2021+%25283%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Somewhat suitable photo for this time of the year. There was even a train going over it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyEWqMfb8_73q1yb4tIiJQCB8Xc3-Vu6qudOoA7LKYO9aYAcBmAo-IRSi4TMYi-D6BbJMdLn03YH8MrlSCg_9_FirBG3uWVaS7pVvO37pnkkQhK7iW78uuRn31ShA-RX9Jy7Psi2i9UbV/s640/26Nov2021+%25284%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="640" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyEWqMfb8_73q1yb4tIiJQCB8Xc3-Vu6qudOoA7LKYO9aYAcBmAo-IRSi4TMYi-D6BbJMdLn03YH8MrlSCg_9_FirBG3uWVaS7pVvO37pnkkQhK7iW78uuRn31ShA-RX9Jy7Psi2i9UbV/w640-h436/26Nov2021+%25284%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We visit several times each year; a lovely, scenic drive and we park on the Ingleton Road</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">not at the bottom where most other people park.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NvI6psGMhut0Cj-bebWRLU37U4JqTIhdiCE9QEp_Nuif7gOV-mua-KXSO2IQDrfFa76ByNiQDUmOL4dub5tgMyrmHCTArrzhlv4MlHRpsA9kkaqQFdwGiF7NL2d7m4Ssm0r_EiMP4Ha0/s526/26Nov2021+%25285%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="526" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NvI6psGMhut0Cj-bebWRLU37U4JqTIhdiCE9QEp_Nuif7gOV-mua-KXSO2IQDrfFa76ByNiQDUmOL4dub5tgMyrmHCTArrzhlv4MlHRpsA9kkaqQFdwGiF7NL2d7m4Ssm0r_EiMP4Ha0/w400-h365/26Nov2021+%25285%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Part of the tradition of going to Ribblehead is calling in at</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seasons Bakery and buying some goodies!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSIrdwrF8YQv9BSgCFw1bi8tjIkjW6PEEIrpdG_wUElbqMySUBI0CiWVBM8jzKrEAI6yiypGUmDYq5kYF3WWPCBsZar0dRxgeZq6K8-RgKaEVgAQESNdT6VqdAp8X4bmhwYqtvExcK-OAB/s494/26Nov2021+%25286%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSIrdwrF8YQv9BSgCFw1bi8tjIkjW6PEEIrpdG_wUElbqMySUBI0CiWVBM8jzKrEAI6yiypGUmDYq5kYF3WWPCBsZar0dRxgeZq6K8-RgKaEVgAQESNdT6VqdAp8X4bmhwYqtvExcK-OAB/w622-h640/26Nov2021+%25286%2529.JPG" width="622" /></a>My dear quilting friend gifted me this card in November 2020 and of course we</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">had to take it to Ribblehead!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpftSnsq0DtlGtbuOLXWW0kz3f5mcYtbfl06IgT3N6nNJV27Q8ML06lg-VfWMlnbGwTYrctkozTkC8kF_DldtxOSuolXUACRqum124ukQzNHQq9mLAeSjilDXilJ7RU2M59zqw0Kog4PIZ/s621/26Nov2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="621" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpftSnsq0DtlGtbuOLXWW0kz3f5mcYtbfl06IgT3N6nNJV27Q8ML06lg-VfWMlnbGwTYrctkozTkC8kF_DldtxOSuolXUACRqum124ukQzNHQq9mLAeSjilDXilJ7RU2M59zqw0Kog4PIZ/w400-h309/26Nov2021.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Years ago when we seemed to be always working up at the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fields, we would go up there on 1 January and have a small</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">snip of port to welcome in the forthcoming year's work</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">up there. Until we got the shed finished we'd sit out</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here. We even had a table and chairs.</div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPBH2h0wLCLal4sZ1tG7P6UtNA2QoRnPOWIQ2LhCvgl_LaV5qMDNCsqQlsgf-YzKdy1l_lpi3xkkCuBsvi9ai4MKVv-78dTgGyPv4siEL-bm-6Wn9sIiKh6nK2Cof2Pkz8K0v011acJmJ/s640/26Nov2021+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="640" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPBH2h0wLCLal4sZ1tG7P6UtNA2QoRnPOWIQ2LhCvgl_LaV5qMDNCsqQlsgf-YzKdy1l_lpi3xkkCuBsvi9ai4MKVv-78dTgGyPv4siEL-bm-6Wn9sIiKh6nK2Cof2Pkz8K0v011acJmJ/w400-h285/26Nov2021+%25281%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I make cheese and Marmite palmiers every year. I made</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">some a few weeks ago and they freeze well. Yipee!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6c0pHB0uJjMU36TYVfoTX8Xkt3U6aeHEtW2jfzYx897ha7ZMTFTkEjajWmpCuNoW-L5c1XUHmzQmt8V8EfOV6gIdB9gyJ-pvFiSiThUYZUiT-H8lW8E52JDi8hSCcITRlbVPC-QjvKgbO/s570/26Nov2021+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="570" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6c0pHB0uJjMU36TYVfoTX8Xkt3U6aeHEtW2jfzYx897ha7ZMTFTkEjajWmpCuNoW-L5c1XUHmzQmt8V8EfOV6gIdB9gyJ-pvFiSiThUYZUiT-H8lW8E52JDi8hSCcITRlbVPC-QjvKgbO/w400-h336/26Nov2021+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Home-made mincemeat made into mince pies with </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">home-made pastry. Now I think about it I used to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">help Mother make mincemeat and that is a tradition</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I carry on. It's so simple to make and I store it in a plastic</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">tub in the fridge. It lasts for weeks and weeks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another memory from childhood is Mother and the Christmas tree. She insisted</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on having a live one and dressed it herself. Yes it look pretty but it was</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a lot of work and then there were all the falling needles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also wherever I have lived since leaving home, there has been no where for a tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Roll on the years and I have an idea from all the yarn-bombing that was happening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2zUewVzlOCVVT_uGpLOgSrG3RyTKyQzmxzeZN8ZrTJhpUQ5xxlhE_b9_3dw2Axs-AOwwr1eJD2Du-0p6SrPCxHWkVPAF1M86yqicqW3XS9CwGaF50pxg6PsUMDuZlwAcwg1utZM-xEfR/s640/P1060322.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="355" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2zUewVzlOCVVT_uGpLOgSrG3RyTKyQzmxzeZN8ZrTJhpUQ5xxlhE_b9_3dw2Axs-AOwwr1eJD2Du-0p6SrPCxHWkVPAF1M86yqicqW3XS9CwGaF50pxg6PsUMDuZlwAcwg1utZM-xEfR/w223-h400/P1060322.JPG" width="223" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Without Beloved being aware I cut</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a suitable ash tree branch and yarn-bombed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTufUvBRiBJxzPQf1fkMHZ3_5R51TRIm_XBwHoj7nW_0QXAGyqGR6o2XZ_3JtWWr2mMMtfXbMtXO7h2Tf5d7vDIwjCYG7yy156q8B8RmRX8pDZoFW6hsvn7pSw_BRVC-kaOd0pOaaxboBT/s640/P1220756.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="409" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTufUvBRiBJxzPQf1fkMHZ3_5R51TRIm_XBwHoj7nW_0QXAGyqGR6o2XZ_3JtWWr2mMMtfXbMtXO7h2Tf5d7vDIwjCYG7yy156q8B8RmRX8pDZoFW6hsvn7pSw_BRVC-kaOd0pOaaxboBT/w256-h400/P1220756.JPG" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It even has red lights. It stands between the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2 long windows in the upstairs lounge and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is there all year. Come December I remove</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the non-Christmas dangly ornaments and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">replace them with the Christmas ones, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">including chocolate Santas etc etc.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Well everyone, I'll be returning to Astrid's link-up page (click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/11/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party_021039963.html">here</a>) to see what traditions you have; I suspect they might be more traditional than mine! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope the next set of words will be a bit easier on my brain!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bye!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><br /></span></p>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-49025482553186293932021-11-19T10:49:00.001+00:002021-11-19T10:49:36.097+00:00Photo Hunt 19 November 2021 - Something you see every day<p>Once again, it's time to scratch my head and think. My problem is I see so many things every day so I've been strict with myself and will only show you a few photos.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRCBh8E7DYdfL-KgZnyT-OcYUCgPcNd_KNsNKtT-mW45ov_iWwqdwYmwO6immPNLCzxqH9o_uYMiy7MO2MWnEKo53kYSuXAtPE0JICLUWpr1rperCfMRMGGp-cmwsVhxH556u4tiqLIJm/s606/P1100405.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJRCBh8E7DYdfL-KgZnyT-OcYUCgPcNd_KNsNKtT-mW45ov_iWwqdwYmwO6immPNLCzxqH9o_uYMiy7MO2MWnEKo53kYSuXAtPE0JICLUWpr1rperCfMRMGGp-cmwsVhxH556u4tiqLIJm/w316-h400/P1100405.JPG" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wake up and see this wall hanging I made in </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">March 2011; I joined a workshop to try this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">technique and happened to take some blue</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fabrics with me. When I finished the block</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was advised to make more! I did as I was told.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEK-I-D17Kg9pYFv05FNArFKmV9AgcsqCzDUPGVgy3_XvR4rLiwqJv0r_ZC-MatxrJhhDWpeCdUg77e-gi7hGGY_ZvhIWa5KogINvSVJWSB4eL10cL3s82SxTuoBGRSfiPWPNx1DYlitTV/s633/P1100406.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEK-I-D17Kg9pYFv05FNArFKmV9AgcsqCzDUPGVgy3_XvR4rLiwqJv0r_ZC-MatxrJhhDWpeCdUg77e-gi7hGGY_ZvhIWa5KogINvSVJWSB4eL10cL3s82SxTuoBGRSfiPWPNx1DYlitTV/w304-h400/P1100406.JPG" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again I see this when I wake up. I made it at</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">another day workshop in about December</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2010.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuYRzSJWoGs75hNqhE0Qxf7Xsrz18E6BP3aNk3ytGjZDcwCkmdWVZyJ-x_9OoiSD0OYpFOiShC4hfwrFpGKYOh4IPuPVPXg9FAyF_M5p5ZQyMB_SIzWIwSRPiMXPepxK_pXhHotKfLjfa/s546/P1100407.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="546" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuYRzSJWoGs75hNqhE0Qxf7Xsrz18E6BP3aNk3ytGjZDcwCkmdWVZyJ-x_9OoiSD0OYpFOiShC4hfwrFpGKYOh4IPuPVPXg9FAyF_M5p5ZQyMB_SIzWIwSRPiMXPepxK_pXhHotKfLjfa/w400-h351/P1100407.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On a quilting course I was attending, a lady was making a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">colour-graded quilt. This reminded me about a framed postcard</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd had hanging on my since 1990. I took the postcard out of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the frame and was dismayed to see no details about this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">quilt. Liking a challenge, I set to and made my own version.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finished size is about 73"square. It hangs near my computer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I use my computer every day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It took me from March to July 2010 to make it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I even used a spreadsheet to help me plan it</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as I don't have any quilt design software.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCtJDnvoJvBFyKWS8GeURJ29nEsY-xUvPb5o_lcr9PgQJMS0oTlE12Yv74kfWd6Hbdl8R5q-RhYviEu9SqLcNtGWsHTgSo2r37GqzkmXVMM89E-SXrDlNmgwuwG1amfgQvl5w6Fk3Tnrc/s640/P1100408.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="640" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCtJDnvoJvBFyKWS8GeURJ29nEsY-xUvPb5o_lcr9PgQJMS0oTlE12Yv74kfWd6Hbdl8R5q-RhYviEu9SqLcNtGWsHTgSo2r37GqzkmXVMM89E-SXrDlNmgwuwG1amfgQvl5w6Fk3Tnrc/w400-h294/P1100408.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div>The upstairs lounge where I 'play'. I'm in there everyday<br />and love to see my quilts and crocheted blankets etc etc.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdP9pQk3NE2g0-4dvwBhDXO6dqLl8tCssJRA1QQK_S4_6c16xS8H_x1s7pEsPLvND7w3q8kSm15uNk1JKiO8GO7M05qQ3n1tEO-gS-Dj2MfdmHfL8uPRyEZtFvZjzACeFQ9iYJ3g_31LuX/s640/P1100409.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="640" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdP9pQk3NE2g0-4dvwBhDXO6dqLl8tCssJRA1QQK_S4_6c16xS8H_x1s7pEsPLvND7w3q8kSm15uNk1JKiO8GO7M05qQ3n1tEO-gS-Dj2MfdmHfL8uPRyEZtFvZjzACeFQ9iYJ3g_31LuX/w400-h293/P1100409.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div>The view from one of the tall windows in the upstairs lounge.<br />I look out of these windows many times a day, counting the<br />sheep or looking for rabbits or whatever.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPQ6qRa7PzW9MRwmeLYrYLcUYvA7rccB_Y5kLChexTmgpU8Jwnr0WP7-1gmt2Dr3qTDbQfrS613LAOVvx4W4jtlwjqAwrQTOlRst7JSddS2Shw4j6xa3d9EeguIfv0k0MnlC1yFZcf2OY/s640/P1100410.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="640" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPQ6qRa7PzW9MRwmeLYrYLcUYvA7rccB_Y5kLChexTmgpU8Jwnr0WP7-1gmt2Dr3qTDbQfrS613LAOVvx4W4jtlwjqAwrQTOlRst7JSddS2Shw4j6xa3d9EeguIfv0k0MnlC1yFZcf2OY/w400-h294/P1100410.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div>The view of the garden, especially my 2 new greenhouses.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Apologies if the above is a bit boring but it's been a busier week than usual! Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/11/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party_0208022376.html">here </a>to return to Astrid's page. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Bye!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></div><br /><p><br /></p>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-68449913381310594212021-11-12T09:10:00.001+00:002021-11-12T09:10:39.334+00:00Photo Hunt 12 November 2021 - Apple<p>In the past I have made toffee apples but that was before I had a digital camera - I think my first digital camera was in early 2004! I've also no pictures of anyone bobbing for apples.... so I'm going to be plain and simple today!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-icowtCslMxdGQw_zTik92YLx_vQv0DJ7B3GFKJPGi4EM_nkF0XliLBxf5FIqRYz4vSiIZWIxfEyLeAytfs_mLf5WTCYtUSCzSE_xHK_xxnuE4A_fZB6NKeZRp-3Vra9KSjE8O4VHo2P/s640/P1080253.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="640" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-icowtCslMxdGQw_zTik92YLx_vQv0DJ7B3GFKJPGi4EM_nkF0XliLBxf5FIqRYz4vSiIZWIxfEyLeAytfs_mLf5WTCYtUSCzSE_xHK_xxnuE4A_fZB6NKeZRp-3Vra9KSjE8O4VHo2P/w400-h194/P1080253.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are 2 apple trees in the garden. The blossom</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is a lovely sight in spring.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7V5dB4uc2qTazKU4eS3PtXMsKJjKy3-H3xVkkEx5H_fzefI2Xzqejw7B2Zx7nCNtZ3LPcgN5vWmliNX_kBNuking7J9cCnLVnR5i5oIOLBUVOCkICCO7CzMf6fCezDkpkOIW1auVrn9p/s640/P1080352.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="640" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7V5dB4uc2qTazKU4eS3PtXMsKJjKy3-H3xVkkEx5H_fzefI2Xzqejw7B2Zx7nCNtZ3LPcgN5vWmliNX_kBNuking7J9cCnLVnR5i5oIOLBUVOCkICCO7CzMf6fCezDkpkOIW1auVrn9p/w400-h290/P1080352.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year the tree furthest away from the house did not</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">have a single apple on it. To be honest the apples were</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">not very good so once it has lost its leaves, it will</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">go. A friend has expressed an interest in digging it up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and taking it back to join his 'orchard'.....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKnXZE5Jt8JbovjEfzM5_nikSSaXRSGFVUpbu0sIIM-VFs_eSk4JUgIDgN7ArILtNtR9REy7drDC4j3ZtWWtV1olRi_G82OQDb-njlaasfF5qfKAkC2Gn8T0XVybrCIEnheHtCw-XBklTE/s596/P1100238.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="596" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKnXZE5Jt8JbovjEfzM5_nikSSaXRSGFVUpbu0sIIM-VFs_eSk4JUgIDgN7ArILtNtR9REy7drDC4j3ZtWWtV1olRi_G82OQDb-njlaasfF5qfKAkC2Gn8T0XVybrCIEnheHtCw-XBklTE/w400-h323/P1100238.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the other apple tree, near the house. There are</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">still a few apples on it as I write. I did harvest some.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBccWGM5sUAgMt_RzYsQDTEW4B8f52Ei11X4U5Gd5dJalCJlUGQpKsSZ_CB8AZepgLyyCnE80eVN6vD3ioA4UAFGYX60gA9_J_KQ3mJVACL-GpJ12XPtFlrk1hc0kAegI6WPwGSrCnPXt6/s640/P1100331.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="640" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBccWGM5sUAgMt_RzYsQDTEW4B8f52Ei11X4U5Gd5dJalCJlUGQpKsSZ_CB8AZepgLyyCnE80eVN6vD3ioA4UAFGYX60gA9_J_KQ3mJVACL-GpJ12XPtFlrk1hc0kAegI6WPwGSrCnPXt6/w400-h183/P1100331.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've still a few apples left. They are quite nice. I've no idea</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">what variety they are but I will keep the tree. At least</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the insects like the blossom in spring and if I get any</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">apples, well that is a bonus.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-688wlv-vcyt9IZQ9w38d1h9IDrb1xes3viP6BBpMXnEmaCg-Ox7afehbD3eh7IbqVW9C-_joIDRL0itek82HDOwM16cQAfrQlWCJhIo2T4-Q1SYDKN4raDrJMexuAZjxV3iM9fjxabU/s496/P1100332.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="496" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-688wlv-vcyt9IZQ9w38d1h9IDrb1xes3viP6BBpMXnEmaCg-Ox7afehbD3eh7IbqVW9C-_joIDRL0itek82HDOwM16cQAfrQlWCJhIo2T4-Q1SYDKN4raDrJMexuAZjxV3iM9fjxabU/s320/P1100332.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The apples are not very big but they are a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">useful addition to my lunch!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oMUk6j4r5FSm3cC5D8siD8fs7C9D4lUVRowkbx4CTqV0CJB8iYLUUKSka9lHIbZNd3SVSA5VMgov9QJctrn-eQ90FrP8z5cTH7Oop8t_Xq15O1uZy2dCMtB0moPWRFHWWpxxpLZZ1U-A/s640/P1090720.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="640" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oMUk6j4r5FSm3cC5D8siD8fs7C9D4lUVRowkbx4CTqV0CJB8iYLUUKSka9lHIbZNd3SVSA5VMgov9QJctrn-eQ90FrP8z5cTH7Oop8t_Xq15O1uZy2dCMtB0moPWRFHWWpxxpLZZ1U-A/w400-h205/P1090720.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Apple and blackberry crumble, oh so yummy with a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">generous amount of single cream....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I do have apple green yarn and fabrics.... the saying 'the apple of my eye' has been buzzing around my brain for a few days now but I can't find a suitable photo to go with it; I have too many.... but here is a topical one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokCHHlCCffrhv6hy8yhdisDdjnzqaZNzaTo2He_cgIyDW7Yxk04IA-EMtz2TcL9hICfDcya8wqWUYt_9JEPiB78Ry61wPqn_nDB5Q63V6DSxrdyJQZMBLDCro3uG3cdXuBQni-TW76EYP/s627/P1100255.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="627" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokCHHlCCffrhv6hy8yhdisDdjnzqaZNzaTo2He_cgIyDW7Yxk04IA-EMtz2TcL9hICfDcya8wqWUYt_9JEPiB78Ry61wPqn_nDB5Q63V6DSxrdyJQZMBLDCro3uG3cdXuBQni-TW76EYP/w400-h306/P1100255.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lately a Nuthatch has been visiting the seed feeder on the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">veranda next to where I sit and have my brew.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Such a joy to see and I feel very lucky to have such</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a visitor. So, for now, it is the apple of my eye.</div><div><br /></div>Once again I can rest my brain for a few days before I take on next week's word challenge. Thanks Astrid for keeping my brain fit. Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/11/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party-apple.html">here </a>to return to her link-up page.<div><br /></div><div>Bye!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-6464047746121013242021-11-05T09:16:00.001+00:002021-11-05T09:16:44.231+00:00Photo Hunt 5 November 2021 - Bonfire<p>Aah, this was easy. We like bonfires and have one several times a year (up at our fields) to burn personal papers etc and other stuff we can't recycle or that we don't wish to sent to landfill. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquHByiVUvDBfcWOXqkYr-wY5cktpPUmulECCU5wZA-GqR45lkjSgtcKSWDmF8ZDaga7wX2hNzm11hA0pUSET9aSd8VI8iETILgJ2SXhoVBD27P8_iShFnKnri7OEDQBV_N85ZbsgLjaRH/s640/P1070547.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="465" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquHByiVUvDBfcWOXqkYr-wY5cktpPUmulECCU5wZA-GqR45lkjSgtcKSWDmF8ZDaga7wX2hNzm11hA0pUSET9aSd8VI8iETILgJ2SXhoVBD27P8_iShFnKnri7OEDQBV_N85ZbsgLjaRH/w291-h400/P1070547.JPG" width="291" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sometimes we use an old oil drum.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hTT5WuE9eh2-JPZsvb6jqjh7618ARXEIl-YjmY3u7CaGVNkHgdnxAN7qT8JlZi1KPMUSdAxdCIF24StoInSlmWfVgndZ10JEx6PcZqB552Nu8Uox5H4DBupV88DJ1IDfAS-0fkSaJEun/s550/P1070808.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="550" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hTT5WuE9eh2-JPZsvb6jqjh7618ARXEIl-YjmY3u7CaGVNkHgdnxAN7qT8JlZi1KPMUSdAxdCIF24StoInSlmWfVgndZ10JEx6PcZqB552Nu8Uox5H4DBupV88DJ1IDfAS-0fkSaJEun/w400-h349/P1070808.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we have big ones! A lot of tree trimmings and an old</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">wooden trough.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkh6ZU4N5mm9it1dRlFZgGhRlJ2tKfVcyLoZdJWVcKZ0brJCiJ-fW3-oHQobwucnWcicZMttPv8xkGaYKgq8HcyfbeD7QRl-PWw4YUoSqkBLrCEJPSxu95Wn-iyV66F3cru4Hbcha8CHk6/s628/P1070813.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="628" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkh6ZU4N5mm9it1dRlFZgGhRlJ2tKfVcyLoZdJWVcKZ0brJCiJ-fW3-oHQobwucnWcicZMttPv8xkGaYKgq8HcyfbeD7QRl-PWw4YUoSqkBLrCEJPSxu95Wn-iyV66F3cru4Hbcha8CHk6/w400-h306/P1070813.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It never ceases to amaze me how much heat is generated.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCtQhgKVzueSkyYPBt02l7HwSX8QvoUj3mAUZ9GOWxf8UDrZCFcCgY9E61Z4XbD4pDhv7rbtWQGNFmBzu6uoOod4GmTLnIMtbtHy1Fk6jIeMXuOI1q98uJx4ZB8Z3ve_zjt_BkVG9aqKH/s545/P1070819.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCtQhgKVzueSkyYPBt02l7HwSX8QvoUj3mAUZ9GOWxf8UDrZCFcCgY9E61Z4XbD4pDhv7rbtWQGNFmBzu6uoOod4GmTLnIMtbtHy1Fk6jIeMXuOI1q98uJx4ZB8Z3ve_zjt_BkVG9aqKH/w353-h400/P1070819.JPG" width="353" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hmmm - once I inadvertently included an aerosol can.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did hear a hissing noise and then there was a small</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">explosion and something flew past me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beloved soon appeared demanding to know</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">what I'd done; I took a photo of the naughty can.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RF654M70DDXrcnxBy6EvmqkhkEhDIQx_Hqip0i9SqW_IC_64TPwSOjErIXOR_8pAFxq67X0buyD_D4ewPmatGZcmSgw_JJ8Pr_Ammrsg_WRpukEX03nEShssRPHnsfv1U3Ic6oRrXT3C/s640/P1070837.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="640" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RF654M70DDXrcnxBy6EvmqkhkEhDIQx_Hqip0i9SqW_IC_64TPwSOjErIXOR_8pAFxq67X0buyD_D4ewPmatGZcmSgw_JJ8Pr_Ammrsg_WRpukEX03nEShssRPHnsfv1U3Ic6oRrXT3C/w400-h195/P1070837.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the bonfire now; you can see how large an area it was</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">originally.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvQRrXVODiRkZPceSuIyBp9055vsysfIT7gAalUs-R9kHiLpr0Y6lKlwTMLF13h-o2o9dyAgrE-5-TQJH7prcfqzOIrbJYdE1YQXF9YhBZvG96qmw1bhtLTJo1JX1RWsP7N5hIql0j8aJ/s640/P1200762.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="640" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvQRrXVODiRkZPceSuIyBp9055vsysfIT7gAalUs-R9kHiLpr0Y6lKlwTMLF13h-o2o9dyAgrE-5-TQJH7prcfqzOIrbJYdE1YQXF9YhBZvG96qmw1bhtLTJo1JX1RWsP7N5hIql0j8aJ/w400-h251/P1200762.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is all that is left of the 400 Roses lady's 2 hard drives</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that she wanted destroying safely. It almost</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">qualifies as a Henry Moore sculpture don't you think?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFqRSKsz2SXYLdOL_ICA2o1k751-e1mJEM0LZuLSysm3CSP_SrA2lw-JvRycpA_XOBZvu8BfiZKQ3Vrl88Isf2iyKz5yLaldNegSE7M8SoOEfkdPXKKf6_JCCWLNjxu7CULwZwvkzjNXd/s640/P1040650.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="640" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFqRSKsz2SXYLdOL_ICA2o1k751-e1mJEM0LZuLSysm3CSP_SrA2lw-JvRycpA_XOBZvu8BfiZKQ3Vrl88Isf2iyKz5yLaldNegSE7M8SoOEfkdPXKKf6_JCCWLNjxu7CULwZwvkzjNXd/w400-h289/P1040650.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beloved's aged aunt died and we had to clear the house;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">nothing had really been thrown away since the house</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was bought (about 1936). We put what we could in the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">bins, took loads to the tip and then anything that was broken, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">full of woodworm etc, we put on the bonfire. The above was </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">orginally 2 separate bonfires but become one as there</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was so much stuff. We even had to build a third one. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was one, long nightmare of a job.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcGRPLeuhVfGvoF_AXtd2xVvPlGnu7V5LYv24VOryTI_TJDNaZuD-MwrNAMCzErSr_sZrhlFODzv1aBm5eJBmIogCtuz9fbKsrrI_7d10jidNXyJyLm5vksBYLTtkwOgph7j-WxRmnT6q/s640/P1040660.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="640" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcGRPLeuhVfGvoF_AXtd2xVvPlGnu7V5LYv24VOryTI_TJDNaZuD-MwrNAMCzErSr_sZrhlFODzv1aBm5eJBmIogCtuz9fbKsrrI_7d10jidNXyJyLm5vksBYLTtkwOgph7j-WxRmnT6q/w400-h269/P1040660.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally the day was right and we burnt all three.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We don't have traditional 5 November bonfires but I know that we did attend an organised event in about 1982, prior to digital cameras. Also a friend had a bonfire event to which we were invited but again prior to digital cameras.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HCYtJxgaf-bPhZngjXZ9D3rHd9fQoDIf_e48giz8LBywUjC-KY00cHhCeqJCuDVbZUWDC9BMxCUAMe9iubjb7Am9PF7aCnXDysm8lQH5DDq5kgmDdWJdV1flDlJf4tfUgozx3y3v6Sqy/s1079/IMG_3109.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="971" data-original-width="1079" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HCYtJxgaf-bPhZngjXZ9D3rHd9fQoDIf_e48giz8LBywUjC-KY00cHhCeqJCuDVbZUWDC9BMxCUAMe9iubjb7Am9PF7aCnXDysm8lQH5DDq5kgmDdWJdV1flDlJf4tfUgozx3y3v6Sqy/w400-h360/IMG_3109.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back in November 2007, we happened to have a huge pile</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of stuff to burn. So we had a small gathering, just 6 of us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was food to hand too, nothing fancy but I can't</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">remember the details. The fire is well alight now.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3OH0WEdjBe0no0pRKGmmUqv4YSezqyTmvyZ3Z6x5qs4cRYm1fzReN9YKA-DU86rt-80NkHOvogO6LJoYjL6yRQJ2ei1pcTNc5xdyKPbed5Z_fEMlIKumxk3yM4KMxL15UkH6K5N8zZxIw/s592/IMG_3111.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="592" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3OH0WEdjBe0no0pRKGmmUqv4YSezqyTmvyZ3Z6x5qs4cRYm1fzReN9YKA-DU86rt-80NkHOvogO6LJoYjL6yRQJ2ei1pcTNc5xdyKPbed5Z_fEMlIKumxk3yM4KMxL15UkH6K5N8zZxIw/w400-h324/IMG_3111.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was a lot of heat so we had to sit well back!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd forgotten about this until I started to look through</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my archives.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So another week has gone by! Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/11/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party.html">here </a>to return to Astrid's link-up page to see who else has joined in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">See you next week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bye!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-1981663125283352112021-10-29T07:40:00.001+01:002021-10-29T07:40:51.742+01:00Photo Hunt 29 October 2021 - Own Choice<p>I've never been one to 'celebrate' Christmas, Easter, Halloween etc etc so I don't have any Halloween photos to share with you. I did think I might take a photo of some shop displays but I've not seen any while I've been walking around. So let's see what I have found.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaDXQSN0eePFsq834-nuaqMe8LqtbaWrIOz7x9-2rQ8i9IPdiIavVMgSHdPULGK1AnTq-g-4R8__eRjTDRgdBeO6etqtxX6Eu8nM_PjpdPIt3uoh0d6-TsByNCnY0-ow5ISgPyR7CwlKq/s538/P1020677.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="538" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaDXQSN0eePFsq834-nuaqMe8LqtbaWrIOz7x9-2rQ8i9IPdiIavVMgSHdPULGK1AnTq-g-4R8__eRjTDRgdBeO6etqtxX6Eu8nM_PjpdPIt3uoh0d6-TsByNCnY0-ow5ISgPyR7CwlKq/w400-h358/P1020677.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back in March 2013 I was part of the Yarnival event in our</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">village. I made the big spider, Beloved made the frame,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made the web and bought lots of plastic spiders</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to finish the display.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4W2Kd6NgVGQI_x24JnnPXAHB7xWwI2u1aogpxrVmoi82-ySjDRgd7sSu5EEbamrJ6ZvELn0VH02A0rOcS0qdsQJCfJG7-AOfPza1b05NmgKeKq8gBY4kRfisjNHG6MpDzN3IhXYKlFyX5/s591/29Oct2021+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4W2Kd6NgVGQI_x24JnnPXAHB7xWwI2u1aogpxrVmoi82-ySjDRgd7sSu5EEbamrJ6ZvELn0VH02A0rOcS0qdsQJCfJG7-AOfPza1b05NmgKeKq8gBY4kRfisjNHG6MpDzN3IhXYKlFyX5/w325-h400/29Oct2021+%25281%2529.JPG" width="325" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other week I felt the need to crochet a pumpkin!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As usual, I had to embellish it with beads; it is</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sitting in front of a reflective surface.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TY6v_utXBAiuv4KvN1EZs5GNnzgbgNTwFO_pQM_BHVNPkOtAtdFsuxl_cAaBDTfsxbiVaUAEKdbhYUqfW4nRtUaT-TTb7TVX9o8dal2WpsAMYRawcEHs_gFtEJrPxvvCMtpFW3OUZRo2/s640/P1100006.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5TY6v_utXBAiuv4KvN1EZs5GNnzgbgNTwFO_pQM_BHVNPkOtAtdFsuxl_cAaBDTfsxbiVaUAEKdbhYUqfW4nRtUaT-TTb7TVX9o8dal2WpsAMYRawcEHs_gFtEJrPxvvCMtpFW3OUZRo2/w400-h300/P1100006.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I made another two. I prefer the two on the left and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">not the design on the right.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxEMsKyHgjkim5p3IlUl-XyZhbXyeIwTClmxxAsgCFMkaiYAadodt7dLS3rp-yb2f_bsDjHKFHyvhMkmXI06nxARJuhjDO3WLVAuKmss1BXm6Pd4n51Oo99OeM2xnzrr419QeYuC9_4Ek/s524/P1100079.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxEMsKyHgjkim5p3IlUl-XyZhbXyeIwTClmxxAsgCFMkaiYAadodt7dLS3rp-yb2f_bsDjHKFHyvhMkmXI06nxARJuhjDO3WLVAuKmss1BXm6Pd4n51Oo99OeM2xnzrr419QeYuC9_4Ek/w366-h400/P1100079.JPG" width="366" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Purple is one of my favourite colours as well as</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">featuring in Halloween. The above is an unfinished</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">piece of work from many years ago. Currently</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm on a mission to finish lots of projects.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fabric squares are sewn with a zig-zag</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stitch between each one. They are sewn onto a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stiffish Vylene to which the fabrics have been ironed on.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSqFfRZsZWuuHdQfrKVzPHMWj4-ElOSy0R9jH9Htnjg0J_pML1HhtMakWOg7SfMcvWABMVuXZq3WKVdX3SQR7KMFgx0cAk3Z8v_BowwSM_3E1vnMwmCPMJpb1Iunq32TvUXXBUCfbbEiA/s537/P1100082.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="537" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSqFfRZsZWuuHdQfrKVzPHMWj4-ElOSy0R9jH9Htnjg0J_pML1HhtMakWOg7SfMcvWABMVuXZq3WKVdX3SQR7KMFgx0cAk3Z8v_BowwSM_3E1vnMwmCPMJpb1Iunq32TvUXXBUCfbbEiA/w400-h358/P1100082.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Use a rotary cutter to make slices of varying widths.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Move them around and re-sew with zig-zag stitches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Repeat and repeat until you are happy with the effect.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrcxE9S1uHVNbAavDmkrafTtAt0q_8ur4xe5urGlGCJ4kIkhDt9u8d28S9s2cFvrTg3atl56WCTfEeZpBnJp3dVjuZixeSw-h3oPBTbID19y_yzwCJAqUSyBZCkC55Z602m4UgmDF5JB2/s520/P1100085.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrcxE9S1uHVNbAavDmkrafTtAt0q_8ur4xe5urGlGCJ4kIkhDt9u8d28S9s2cFvrTg3atl56WCTfEeZpBnJp3dVjuZixeSw-h3oPBTbID19y_yzwCJAqUSyBZCkC55Z602m4UgmDF5JB2/w369-h400/P1100085.JPG" width="369" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here it is finished. So what to do with it?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_FmIJoErALKWwaMAz57vITkn2sZus1qklczd1g_M-MRgZGtwAect-yjzDhqTsFanFBgOla-J3EjzFfHPhTrskB3GXdtpWESlBLXGTsj3VBr7ae1RZEL-ZSqZnjlmw4OcbqiEFNOABHS66/s640/P1100168.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_FmIJoErALKWwaMAz57vITkn2sZus1qklczd1g_M-MRgZGtwAect-yjzDhqTsFanFBgOla-J3EjzFfHPhTrskB3GXdtpWESlBLXGTsj3VBr7ae1RZEL-ZSqZnjlmw4OcbqiEFNOABHS66/w300-h400/P1100168.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cut into suitable sizes, bind the raw edge with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">contrasting ribbon and glue to the front of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a blank notebook. Gift to someone who</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">will appreciate it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekA2VDvCwae-LSZyau59etWBp8Ck9NcjLLExjtJYrZoDgpmSyNhRct954_gmwT3oHE12SrFGQypP0o9awAUhDYsqtTo6gB6cZGP3bd647Ih96ZLorRgvOk53Ia3IalFNJBGE9wJFrHyLj/s496/P1100166.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekA2VDvCwae-LSZyau59etWBp8Ck9NcjLLExjtJYrZoDgpmSyNhRct954_gmwT3oHE12SrFGQypP0o9awAUhDYsqtTo6gB6cZGP3bd647Ih96ZLorRgvOk53Ia3IalFNJBGE9wJFrHyLj/w388-h400/P1100166.JPG" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were some scraps left over so I sewed them together and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">had enough to put into a blank coaster.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfNz0tyaxcGetK7lGfN65cApVS1-sJVemsUvCJOH3BLZtXsZUFW4_QBoEzqtEMmTRjo3k2X10CqI9HJM9GCJFN2dhVgV_VL-aC3A352NdUbBIqfiSmf0mt2XiiYE6LcQ9ANtQTU4ETxMH/s640/P1100172.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfNz0tyaxcGetK7lGfN65cApVS1-sJVemsUvCJOH3BLZtXsZUFW4_QBoEzqtEMmTRjo3k2X10CqI9HJM9GCJFN2dhVgV_VL-aC3A352NdUbBIqfiSmf0mt2XiiYE6LcQ9ANtQTU4ETxMH/w250-h400/P1100172.JPG" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back to purple, well mostly purple.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My latest crochet blanket, folded in half. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is nearly long enough, at about 2 metres...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcq4XuFR-cQAdgnSI-wiT3D9f9dIBLH3y2nihmOWf-EaPiUcjBohH69a0NeYS4AcW7S1oFyaz3fugr5uqLqkkXmhoGlL41CWiczX9eewvbaPjBcoIxfFpCtmEFIncRyClgMRWSEy3qeHVT/s640/P1100175.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcq4XuFR-cQAdgnSI-wiT3D9f9dIBLH3y2nihmOWf-EaPiUcjBohH69a0NeYS4AcW7S1oFyaz3fugr5uqLqkkXmhoGlL41CWiczX9eewvbaPjBcoIxfFpCtmEFIncRyClgMRWSEy3qeHVT/w400-h300/P1100175.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here, I've opened it out. I will add a border later. I only</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">work on it when I've no other hand work to do at night.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As well as being another Friday, it is now almost the end of October. Where has October gone to? Never mind, it is another month nearer Spring! Thanks Astrid for keeping my brain ticking over. Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/10/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party_29.html">here </a>to return to her link-up page to see what the others have done with Halloween.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bye!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-81916677258232256372021-10-22T09:12:00.001+01:002021-10-22T09:12:53.258+01:00Photo Hunt 22 October 2021 - Costume<p>Somehow I've lost a day this week.... so it was a bit of a rush to finish this off. Just as well I'd made a start on it!</p><p>I've had to think outside the box for this one as we don't have children nor are we given to attending 'costume' parties!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvR8NWvDKOgyOr4qdyvst-XlUDsJYTsd4XWBnyeNa3lTt8QuuBoCw5A-G2CNJfLuRitX18nLeBHbjrg_7fd7uWtMC4UFpwQrLl8b-CIlzO4zP8-vthn2A5NiNen0xmlovd9iEooFi9mpE-/s615/22Oct2021+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvR8NWvDKOgyOr4qdyvst-XlUDsJYTsd4XWBnyeNa3lTt8QuuBoCw5A-G2CNJfLuRitX18nLeBHbjrg_7fd7uWtMC4UFpwQrLl8b-CIlzO4zP8-vthn2A5NiNen0xmlovd9iEooFi9mpE-/w313-h400/22Oct2021+%25282%2529.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My friend dances with the 400 Roses group</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(tribal fusion belly dancers).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Their costumes are all 'home-made'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The lady on the right with roses on her</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">waistcoat is something I embellished</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for her. I did not make the waistcoat!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHoa2FRnZ470vCF1kNVmaAPuBUZzXAivLr1SOminHYs9VFCbYf9yr5VghnFIWtvC2aukJsmT7-CvclLIbB4fXRab3y6sh8jcGXwZgs05C7BGxSK_hOvnAmVXu5xtv3Cf1HmbWTdkDDVbZU/s960/22Oct2021+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="960" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHoa2FRnZ470vCF1kNVmaAPuBUZzXAivLr1SOminHYs9VFCbYf9yr5VghnFIWtvC2aukJsmT7-CvclLIbB4fXRab3y6sh8jcGXwZgs05C7BGxSK_hOvnAmVXu5xtv3Cf1HmbWTdkDDVbZU/w400-h339/22Oct2021+%25283%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've never been to see them dance but you can see</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">them on YouTube and the like.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEBL3mzN9ow">here </a>to see them at Haworth.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV8a-mncnAzeORP577NcOoO8YLYfeN5g3mzchyAQM7Hb_hD0QzIhujYKRUVZl6KXnYlySLbSN-lFXmqnHZVM590kE1Ol_UWKZ3ut6wqyHXUSlbwPEF5MYIUy7VXtXXx4WNKI7xg8a7B69i/s493/22Oct2021+%25284%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV8a-mncnAzeORP577NcOoO8YLYfeN5g3mzchyAQM7Hb_hD0QzIhujYKRUVZl6KXnYlySLbSN-lFXmqnHZVM590kE1Ol_UWKZ3ut6wqyHXUSlbwPEF5MYIUy7VXtXXx4WNKI7xg8a7B69i/w390-h400/22Oct2021+%25284%2529.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My friend is in the centre with waistcoat number 2 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">newly embellished by myself.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWzff6iOktQyBVPtIp30j2Iv7jvYr_dlryNKhLHimppt1ReiozoBLIS7x1dBVfrKGCZ3oP92e8nlTt_TjZ5a94xN3GC23d_QSkOdcB6pj-sUnPbBXwt-pMsgf0NYOgHU-gEIOGU4ja_tU/s871/22Oct2021+%25285%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="871" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWzff6iOktQyBVPtIp30j2Iv7jvYr_dlryNKhLHimppt1ReiozoBLIS7x1dBVfrKGCZ3oP92e8nlTt_TjZ5a94xN3GC23d_QSkOdcB6pj-sUnPbBXwt-pMsgf0NYOgHU-gEIOGU4ja_tU/w400-h261/22Oct2021+%25285%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Such lovely colours but then red, black and white do appeal to me!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWaSpCFU6X2n5iN-QByKa7xkIHFlxIvr-k0Na98epzDMUDkCshAt0RTg61xwljMU4sY2HMtC-xD4HdK1ZLiSY_YBLjFGt52_lDoPjFVcFvzcTvBTmCbiNJC5KJt1zPdmL6oB6GQkjSUqFa/s481/22Oct2021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="481" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWaSpCFU6X2n5iN-QByKa7xkIHFlxIvr-k0Na98epzDMUDkCshAt0RTg61xwljMU4sY2HMtC-xD4HdK1ZLiSY_YBLjFGt52_lDoPjFVcFvzcTvBTmCbiNJC5KJt1zPdmL6oB6GQkjSUqFa/w400-h399/22Oct2021.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A close up of one of the waistcoats. She gave me no</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hints so I had to use my imagination - no</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">pressure then!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-aEGPuG6tDkPk2iAmy74yRt78PIJ5pi-XyV0bbl4a6K-O7g_r9w4oJuJb9704oFfLH6sRxuWBrvLcnH2fVEmx_5L40NaFAFT3dibeqJ-K2f6lZVXKlIN_GSAS_vS5jHec-dBCd9tmLOW0/s640/P1100086.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="305" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-aEGPuG6tDkPk2iAmy74yRt78PIJ5pi-XyV0bbl4a6K-O7g_r9w4oJuJb9704oFfLH6sRxuWBrvLcnH2fVEmx_5L40NaFAFT3dibeqJ-K2f6lZVXKlIN_GSAS_vS5jHec-dBCd9tmLOW0/w191-h400/P1100086.JPG" width="191" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beloved made me a wire tree and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I gave it a costume of burgundy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">yarn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWP1qbbxrT7Rs68G5hUt5iDiZs3bNltjdQ6eM4Ugmola-Ac2z83C74toSTbD2yGLtnybYDSRghWNiX3I9Qviy7bRCaXHMK-6a5nLteD0FykVUDxnhqzDccVhNm5eby-fhkWb4rGIputVm/s640/P1100088.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="640" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWP1qbbxrT7Rs68G5hUt5iDiZs3bNltjdQ6eM4Ugmola-Ac2z83C74toSTbD2yGLtnybYDSRghWNiX3I9Qviy7bRCaXHMK-6a5nLteD0FykVUDxnhqzDccVhNm5eby-fhkWb4rGIputVm/w400-h274/P1100088.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I even managed to crochet bobbles for the sharp ends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76e3pbBa4S2BDxLJvr5WQ7prN9sEAHfnQUl_wx4BdNZ6iZu0s6ulZaFdHCci3z-IByOfR6reFwWw-jTgoDBULqFWrOSxT5PjcpjBM0z670cN6r7a73kVsh_LjIJVbt1JztPdwN-Rdujpi/s596/P1100087.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="596" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76e3pbBa4S2BDxLJvr5WQ7prN9sEAHfnQUl_wx4BdNZ6iZu0s6ulZaFdHCci3z-IByOfR6reFwWw-jTgoDBULqFWrOSxT5PjcpjBM0z670cN6r7a73kVsh_LjIJVbt1JztPdwN-Rdujpi/w400-h323/P1100087.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The wire tree was inserted into a piece of wood but I needed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to stop it toppling over. So I made crochet jackets for</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stones! I liked selecting colourful yarn for their costumes.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwcnD6idWZzu-fMnqK2XdmBx4qOvwIiBxtcZdFg6p5CjM9mkblArkJG85_67nZBbz2G7jJfK4ak0na-Qx5IcNI74qXBvg3DgF0lZnOqzgsVGDVqnR4Ni3DhLsVyl0VCaxs1bU3Mrs_JS3/s567/22Oct2021+%25287%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="567" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwcnD6idWZzu-fMnqK2XdmBx4qOvwIiBxtcZdFg6p5CjM9mkblArkJG85_67nZBbz2G7jJfK4ak0na-Qx5IcNI74qXBvg3DgF0lZnOqzgsVGDVqnR4Ni3DhLsVyl0VCaxs1bU3Mrs_JS3/w400-h339/22Oct2021+%25287%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A close-up of one stone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6k4qvnOWaSakvN0VuvokrZ9e_jWoKW_TCwNe7gj_3DTcYaSdN-19W2ZvFS5Dsmb50MNta3lt-m4lvZw80Y23HpaMw5s9NMeUaohUdEF1u2oDs5y4tQMCX3QJSqIEMqoHiViEelwNfbnF/s640/22Oct2021+%25288%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="640" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6k4qvnOWaSakvN0VuvokrZ9e_jWoKW_TCwNe7gj_3DTcYaSdN-19W2ZvFS5Dsmb50MNta3lt-m4lvZw80Y23HpaMw5s9NMeUaohUdEF1u2oDs5y4tQMCX3QJSqIEMqoHiViEelwNfbnF/w400-h278/22Oct2021+%25288%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And another one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMM_h8foVXJKX6xVTW-xscOzdpNe2CrRKb4S91pwnhgz8wxNJMhGbF2Vt6exVrM4gkM1wNn0NBR4JJeS7ACYcpjA9nRVV9TP6N_zxx1CnZd0KTbMHIt1wu6zETJhV57cLrKbNwr1hnHgXz/s640/P1100089.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="640" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMM_h8foVXJKX6xVTW-xscOzdpNe2CrRKb4S91pwnhgz8wxNJMhGbF2Vt6exVrM4gkM1wNn0NBR4JJeS7ACYcpjA9nRVV9TP6N_zxx1CnZd0KTbMHIt1wu6zETJhV57cLrKbNwr1hnHgXz/w400-h251/P1100089.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A branch from an ash tree that is also wearing a costume</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of various yarns.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6IPL_4PzHiZeYrcZkeFMnExBirbIBWtnU3c-UkeAOZUPiIdQwq_feYT-wX3JlpNUhjWSIQMl6vhn_lvtTrOgcihAyjmfO-re-Nj_1ljtSf4p2_p1g_fO9nBjIxrMLGXLLT6hLVc-quKb/s502/P1100090.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="502" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6IPL_4PzHiZeYrcZkeFMnExBirbIBWtnU3c-UkeAOZUPiIdQwq_feYT-wX3JlpNUhjWSIQMl6vhn_lvtTrOgcihAyjmfO-re-Nj_1ljtSf4p2_p1g_fO9nBjIxrMLGXLLT6hLVc-quKb/w400-h383/P1100090.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An another ash branch, happily wearing its costume.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqackC3r-TvOBhFaI5FW4xlw3WbMN5xB9iQVBZx4rdludPNtfwoiMKRVtICXW3kS3hxvlizWb9FycdiDtoQpwTpjOrpGtcNRgcqoJMVTiCJ3EwWEt3dpxg7zh7IU8DyYhGOjzfEX4orak/s640/22Oct2021+%25286%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="453" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqackC3r-TvOBhFaI5FW4xlw3WbMN5xB9iQVBZx4rdludPNtfwoiMKRVtICXW3kS3hxvlizWb9FycdiDtoQpwTpjOrpGtcNRgcqoJMVTiCJ3EwWEt3dpxg7zh7IU8DyYhGOjzfEX4orak/w284-h400/22Oct2021+%25286%2529.JPG" width="284" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beloved wearing costume prototype number 1.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not effective so I modified them and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">all is well now!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN2sNTjR8koRvRvO84vQXtalI9HK6H37Teo78PeTMQ_2TuWO_23WYNcfALh_EehBhT8o29kOhNWWgcpgOk2EkGrceEPcIpGKSSK8qEQRsvfkCjiRyPMmpIJUMqSnuDDT8qIqoD7GVOqKz/s560/P1100039.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="560" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN2sNTjR8koRvRvO84vQXtalI9HK6H37Teo78PeTMQ_2TuWO_23WYNcfALh_EehBhT8o29kOhNWWgcpgOk2EkGrceEPcIpGKSSK8qEQRsvfkCjiRyPMmpIJUMqSnuDDT8qIqoD7GVOqKz/w400-h343/P1100039.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now when he cuts the lawn there is minimal grass stuck </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to his legs!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLnwIHrcZSXbvAugd1uuV8sNG_nTQPUxtds1R0IVNjibnVJfN8UXbmjhmu8fe6GKBqyAM4XY_EKB69hvqTcSaVvft59M4iaxNgVkOm_lsz_JnOXjaYbdIcx0VwrK-JDYRedEm2lhoG4VE/s1600/DSCN3386.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLnwIHrcZSXbvAugd1uuV8sNG_nTQPUxtds1R0IVNjibnVJfN8UXbmjhmu8fe6GKBqyAM4XY_EKB69hvqTcSaVvft59M4iaxNgVkOm_lsz_JnOXjaYbdIcx0VwrK-JDYRedEm2lhoG4VE/w400-h300/DSCN3386.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wearing my costume for working up at the fields;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">nice wellies! It's a huge molehill with a nest under it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_Hc6sPu0eYF_KcDoWzYKnaHomH9rQPg-zJGlEcxnVAR2M1H7TzOYjGFcml-FxweE4j1upkJkaKoGQprEUA0mrqTjC6-Z6mysZrPpZs5yXwtp5s3IN_kanFd0z_pAulcLlI8WyUPm7dAt/s620/P1090888.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ_Hc6sPu0eYF_KcDoWzYKnaHomH9rQPg-zJGlEcxnVAR2M1H7TzOYjGFcml-FxweE4j1upkJkaKoGQprEUA0mrqTjC6-Z6mysZrPpZs5yXwtp5s3IN_kanFd0z_pAulcLlI8WyUPm7dAt/w310-h400/P1090888.JPG" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally, my beloved teddy wearing a jumper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made when I had a knitting machine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So it is his costume.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's all from me this week; click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/10/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party_0853991533.html">here </a>to return to Astrid's Link Up page.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bye!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-29886514663004084472021-10-15T07:55:00.001+01:002021-10-15T07:55:42.490+01:0015 October 2021 Photo Hunt - Purple<p> Thanks Astrid for this word as it was an easy one for me. I like purple!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifU0V1UbKfkMIdBJy0x2DbZVETNhZa1yZGMd2WmxxUfIPM1n52wp0Nmn5yb6ufv7fbUnuku99vDRVwK2BncgoJSiQXtTrrJaoQdC93j7jkTz0-yqxRnShBbIt11pnGyFRldGvg8yNSlxjp/s481/15Oct2021+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifU0V1UbKfkMIdBJy0x2DbZVETNhZa1yZGMd2WmxxUfIPM1n52wp0Nmn5yb6ufv7fbUnuku99vDRVwK2BncgoJSiQXtTrrJaoQdC93j7jkTz0-yqxRnShBbIt11pnGyFRldGvg8yNSlxjp/w399-h400/15Oct2021+%25281%2529.JPG" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Teasel with bee! I had one in my previous garden and found</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it was generous with its seed. The following year I had</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">lots of extra weeding to do. I do like them but</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not planning to grow any more!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7s-RXa20q6PgrPdUhY83cnWJaNdP-2nrmeDyAta0vruN_mIIqzcBj0QdOgCSpb01pUjwLFM9-qdT800QEbQLvAFnsFuVv7QGY-ZCH8JrtXqnJwFcHzlA54K07TmwHp6iz5CLmxG2qDvQn/s494/P1070216.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="494" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7s-RXa20q6PgrPdUhY83cnWJaNdP-2nrmeDyAta0vruN_mIIqzcBj0QdOgCSpb01pUjwLFM9-qdT800QEbQLvAFnsFuVv7QGY-ZCH8JrtXqnJwFcHzlA54K07TmwHp6iz5CLmxG2qDvQn/w400-h389/P1070216.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My purple hellebore.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjugjX4TuDbEXsgl3KLia9iMyIHZUyWkuYwseJlwM_3DxsSAU4GimpDnZzIQ11GQ_4Cr_WKKPnR5R452D_Dufg1ALZ21y3-AHxpmaiUTTs1JomvatLKKyQQwQkyH_vSJb20ff1eInXW5L/s482/P1070726.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjugjX4TuDbEXsgl3KLia9iMyIHZUyWkuYwseJlwM_3DxsSAU4GimpDnZzIQ11GQ_4Cr_WKKPnR5R452D_Dufg1ALZ21y3-AHxpmaiUTTs1JomvatLKKyQQwQkyH_vSJb20ff1eInXW5L/w399-h400/P1070726.JPG" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another purple hellebore.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaczZUm27phZ0ScaiirqRRHGbHGEI8uIspoT6-RkJkt0_P9qzmJN3YWkbThXjEHmqTRp3K1bTtY02ELc6c9PwPh8qolY3atBF5jHPCUy_yszhRXF60VmXBE0sA562qYqHFOVaxcFCxDkc1/s542/P1080384.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="542" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaczZUm27phZ0ScaiirqRRHGbHGEI8uIspoT6-RkJkt0_P9qzmJN3YWkbThXjEHmqTRp3K1bTtY02ELc6c9PwPh8qolY3atBF5jHPCUy_yszhRXF60VmXBE0sA562qYqHFOVaxcFCxDkc1/w400-h354/P1080384.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have a lot of purple hardy geraniums in the garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Geranium phaeum.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpX-rbY55vvqFxpQc8p_tojIIFGOdhyphenhyphenOcS-6eqmT37T17VcMinJeQ5BrrXcdCveLoZ3u_c0X_gbjv19OiyJ3RKdjwey0-JcC_MGeIaCDGVS_2FbVBiRpEor6Sz1ZdmVMcMEQPd29oLlt4/s640/P1080458.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="640" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpX-rbY55vvqFxpQc8p_tojIIFGOdhyphenhyphenOcS-6eqmT37T17VcMinJeQ5BrrXcdCveLoZ3u_c0X_gbjv19OiyJ3RKdjwey0-JcC_MGeIaCDGVS_2FbVBiRpEor6Sz1ZdmVMcMEQPd29oLlt4/w400-h295/P1080458.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Geranium palmatum (more purple than pink!).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVp2pnlkBbfKxsk1Si7b4KCTUxC9y89QeJ7oPzZ2CtwnxO5TeclufVSUWOFY86igZXGy-xBxj_oljlacCcccN7S1c58Jc0ib-d8Syg4M9UF4mETOW12H7nr5PU3UvoSQ82lI6wVSabjB6v/s640/P1080686.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="389" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVp2pnlkBbfKxsk1Si7b4KCTUxC9y89QeJ7oPzZ2CtwnxO5TeclufVSUWOFY86igZXGy-xBxj_oljlacCcccN7S1c58Jc0ib-d8Syg4M9UF4mETOW12H7nr5PU3UvoSQ82lI6wVSabjB6v/w244-h400/P1080686.JPG" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Common Spotted Orchid in our fields.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcZRvFp7sPqg6ulqNKUu9zTBSBBTufg81josaYZp40-JDz2Cuflb61pMPeD-W4GBJGDjFdEFkDXTmKJ-YxgKXnCXHrNDfvCwZ1V9XnShbhX_29F6tfuJ1O09mgOGcryzFyknUei7ySYLA/s631/P1080753.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcZRvFp7sPqg6ulqNKUu9zTBSBBTufg81josaYZp40-JDz2Cuflb61pMPeD-W4GBJGDjFdEFkDXTmKJ-YxgKXnCXHrNDfvCwZ1V9XnShbhX_29F6tfuJ1O09mgOGcryzFyknUei7ySYLA/w304-h400/P1080753.JPG" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love foxgloves.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklpCvxwkkZo6UXJeELk58EFXxGyb19M76m5nsm3zCub7vbuZn27c-QkcDZvf4eDmTy2uERRuf0RbVjOke6NBbKihM-FNDR-cISqBILTBL4TeZMSSpEuNBaPIH9bs1MbD7uTiFZHpJT7Gk/s563/P1080839.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="563" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklpCvxwkkZo6UXJeELk58EFXxGyb19M76m5nsm3zCub7vbuZn27c-QkcDZvf4eDmTy2uERRuf0RbVjOke6NBbKihM-FNDR-cISqBILTBL4TeZMSSpEuNBaPIH9bs1MbD7uTiFZHpJT7Gk/w400-h341/P1080839.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thistle (and friend) at our fields.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-b9G9A7Z5buIFlmDcThlCAishcDNIydhDsuCJvKPRV6DwI7AaTkbhm4tfkm7N3ebhQEZrER5sniwidt8ra74Tt6e10qMYEgHOA5q21dpy8YBaLm3XqNdNsx8gzWdEZCXdSuty3LjxEalL/s611/P1090147.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="611" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-b9G9A7Z5buIFlmDcThlCAishcDNIydhDsuCJvKPRV6DwI7AaTkbhm4tfkm7N3ebhQEZrER5sniwidt8ra74Tt6e10qMYEgHOA5q21dpy8YBaLm3XqNdNsx8gzWdEZCXdSuty3LjxEalL/w400-h314/P1090147.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This clematis did very well this year.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQ2v2gaVue5DMBXZ-VqVejMj0UgWansVxMulcr-XgxVthC5I1zCO3-sD85SdjZ8Ze2SxwZoE8xjGbVRzBnB8hf3ETCwP9oTWHzxufTlny-BoEndr9tnaU7pp-FtKI7_jSCp5UaVoCPnGK/s557/P1090307.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQ2v2gaVue5DMBXZ-VqVejMj0UgWansVxMulcr-XgxVthC5I1zCO3-sD85SdjZ8Ze2SxwZoE8xjGbVRzBnB8hf3ETCwP9oTWHzxufTlny-BoEndr9tnaU7pp-FtKI7_jSCp5UaVoCPnGK/w345-h400/P1090307.JPG" width="345" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Purple plums on our new plum tree. I hope</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it does well next year but .....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-vjJ82V4gSK4Iu7Hwv6aFnvQWB0_nD0g7iYC8cIBiST-sdIo536JfJ09hZWRcgHkFvEsxJVJvmo0z93aKGR8iLanIDWkGqr9nhd-SUc_8o6URbsxnS516yPnT1uoE9p-U5FJtS3oDzcR/s506/P1090360.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-vjJ82V4gSK4Iu7Hwv6aFnvQWB0_nD0g7iYC8cIBiST-sdIo536JfJ09hZWRcgHkFvEsxJVJvmo0z93aKGR8iLanIDWkGqr9nhd-SUc_8o6URbsxnS516yPnT1uoE9p-U5FJtS3oDzcR/w380-h400/P1090360.JPG" width="380" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lovely colour; a type of Malva. A friend kindly</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">gave me some seed; I hope it returns next year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2ihhUVdgz3nf-j17lQAaK6W_Jhz9aw7a9CXsprO7dPcaEkBIAbiNKeftfKR1rch9atRuRgvztGMn2i7vYp2Q5psIvWZC0XjbJ45d3gqAOAGUhnPYGNqE5QBKrICkzAVBIi6yT6WKf8Ag/s466/giraffe.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="379" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2ihhUVdgz3nf-j17lQAaK6W_Jhz9aw7a9CXsprO7dPcaEkBIAbiNKeftfKR1rch9atRuRgvztGMn2i7vYp2Q5psIvWZC0XjbJ45d3gqAOAGUhnPYGNqE5QBKrICkzAVBIi6yT6WKf8Ag/w325-h400/giraffe.JPG" width="325" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On my to-do list, soon I hope! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKtkxjJ9VzC-qQ-7vdlf9qpnGf_tMYR9jybU386cok8cmsfx8NX9JAwiEDQ0jrGySr9rz7_UXy2-u6bxwJqyGsfrdY3GUkW-FWlykDEn8J-k49WhGhNvW9az-NPZB_eB4srMDhInn7ZNw/s640/P1070500.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="640" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKtkxjJ9VzC-qQ-7vdlf9qpnGf_tMYR9jybU386cok8cmsfx8NX9JAwiEDQ0jrGySr9rz7_UXy2-u6bxwJqyGsfrdY3GUkW-FWlykDEn8J-k49WhGhNvW9az-NPZB_eB4srMDhInn7ZNw/w400-h259/P1070500.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A purple theme small blanket for the cat rescue.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUW2EthEZkcwKCzMFkmpms61Nsya5LJDbmj9Jy1oT6eI9mdV7PKWisyOJSUuAsBklnpeT1pl2Gc7Fu4RIjIbl6HvhxtDjsHf8hl78zFDWl8O9IPFFUO7WderwtAfYgpPp-4Ww9uACaErh/s640/P1070670.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUW2EthEZkcwKCzMFkmpms61Nsya5LJDbmj9Jy1oT6eI9mdV7PKWisyOJSUuAsBklnpeT1pl2Gc7Fu4RIjIbl6HvhxtDjsHf8hl78zFDWl8O9IPFFUO7WderwtAfYgpPp-4Ww9uACaErh/w400-h300/P1070670.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What to do with these lovely purple batik charm squares?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHIDg9RjWLKN6Vjiqaf5vWMjOVElfCFUi3d1FOA9PhCXt76oxZgOMDjHBiV9J_v4swWXjqfMzls_W14M4KZkfLP-6_9oiZJKgNthhsXE8jl7k4kTDoDA7F1corzgBMx3bxFdvF0ejMgOp/s640/P1090098.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="640" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHIDg9RjWLKN6Vjiqaf5vWMjOVElfCFUi3d1FOA9PhCXt76oxZgOMDjHBiV9J_v4swWXjqfMzls_W14M4KZkfLP-6_9oiZJKgNthhsXE8jl7k4kTDoDA7F1corzgBMx3bxFdvF0ejMgOp/w400-h220/P1090098.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sign I made for my new greenhouse, know as GCHQ!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Purple fabric and beads, of course.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMsjgcI2gNHrFrTP5kHsFWSkwmhG16WDiUs6KbHIdKZTKBfmy7-3gJbHcmWVLu2wjXhq52RCfzD1gZblquWXM0WmqBmrRZlzGVmxmZxmAaonlPtCZSVXqRh3azG88dSv0S8t3_5G6SbWp/s640/P1090720.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="640" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMsjgcI2gNHrFrTP5kHsFWSkwmhG16WDiUs6KbHIdKZTKBfmy7-3gJbHcmWVLu2wjXhq52RCfzD1gZblquWXM0WmqBmrRZlzGVmxmZxmAaonlPtCZSVXqRh3azG88dSv0S8t3_5G6SbWp/w400-h205/P1090720.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blackberry and apple crumble.....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhWzxFIW9irnn_bxH70eC5Zt1AEuqeVd1E9i6pJnutoy7O-z7IjSMyau1RWjujZWMBmZw5dK9lr5xTtgMuIancvu_qe4UHE0Yx0WmEf2trYZTrcJMOB44ttf83STi3f537DN_4ZIPlJkK/s490/P1070435.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhWzxFIW9irnn_bxH70eC5Zt1AEuqeVd1E9i6pJnutoy7O-z7IjSMyau1RWjujZWMBmZw5dK9lr5xTtgMuIancvu_qe4UHE0Yx0WmEf2trYZTrcJMOB44ttf83STi3f537DN_4ZIPlJkK/w391-h400/P1070435.JPG" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me in my purple gardening coat in my new greenhouse</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">just as the workmen left.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43NvcrHBdezSmMQEaQdYBFlUIzwD-OyLFnpMAB4UwHeVpBG9m-9HeveAE56NTjlWZtICsL05y9gylXsR-TGgSIG8fif-SctbwfnadcugLyV7n2kuWWsfT-A2nCVdgXW7sXCZRxKnmqEz5/s541/15Oct2021+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="541" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43NvcrHBdezSmMQEaQdYBFlUIzwD-OyLFnpMAB4UwHeVpBG9m-9HeveAE56NTjlWZtICsL05y9gylXsR-TGgSIG8fif-SctbwfnadcugLyV7n2kuWWsfT-A2nCVdgXW7sXCZRxKnmqEz5/w400-h355/15Oct2021+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A purple themed small crochet blanket. I think I donated it</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to a cat rescue place. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQaYOdmiVOeqkn87Dq0j1I41djdSoPBTv11dcoL5_tB2bui_egpY7bU-4bmw0GhHaQDPORlJLv_E0LyjKU0wQ0nKQtzKMtmmSLGekz0Arn66RkOz4uZ6DKhsSyN4uECoUtr2VKFnGQAR6I/s640/15Oct2021+%25283%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="429" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQaYOdmiVOeqkn87Dq0j1I41djdSoPBTv11dcoL5_tB2bui_egpY7bU-4bmw0GhHaQDPORlJLv_E0LyjKU0wQ0nKQtzKMtmmSLGekz0Arn66RkOz4uZ6DKhsSyN4uECoUtr2VKFnGQAR6I/w269-h400/15Oct2021+%25283%2529.JPG" width="269" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was made for Project Linus but</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when my quilting friend saw it she</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">said I had to keep it! I saw a picture</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on the web and worked out how to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">make it; I like challenges like this.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadlN1UCKsIMUsuHTLsM4MX0oVEQB920CBzMS3qgyzbmis6KxjvbxZP-Erc9z1Gil1XgAr0tGTKf3IgKW_widLdzXuzLD7QtGt76-Z_4OwiX-nsFOzCmj_4F8uy_Pu18s6KI9JWBvZ8VK9/s630/15Oct2021+%25284%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="630" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadlN1UCKsIMUsuHTLsM4MX0oVEQB920CBzMS3qgyzbmis6KxjvbxZP-Erc9z1Gil1XgAr0tGTKf3IgKW_widLdzXuzLD7QtGt76-Z_4OwiX-nsFOzCmj_4F8uy_Pu18s6KI9JWBvZ8VK9/w400-h305/15Oct2021+%25284%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The purple border fabric is crushed, plush velvet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was naughty to work with but I won.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRfUTTBJk6R41xI3PRKYN1na5kbd0K1NGn9pXw8-p7XgRdyRP03Xsk2aaKgWCWwQEjo2xNWzkCBhHCB3POzTJxGF4jfu0bWBHaUqkgzFMObXj_NN1rD4OliH5horGZRUuT9kCqfZ2WIl9/s485/15Oct2021+%25285%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRfUTTBJk6R41xI3PRKYN1na5kbd0K1NGn9pXw8-p7XgRdyRP03Xsk2aaKgWCWwQEjo2xNWzkCBhHCB3POzTJxGF4jfu0bWBHaUqkgzFMObXj_NN1rD4OliH5horGZRUuT9kCqfZ2WIl9/w396-h400/15Oct2021+%25285%2529.JPG" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A brooch I made years ago. I should wear it but </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't. It's nice to look at though!</div><br /><p>Well, I'm keeping it short this week. I could have gone on a lot longer. Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/10/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party_14.html">here </a>to return to Astrid's link up page.</p><p>Bye!</p><p><br /></p>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-8311320932142170262021-10-08T10:27:00.001+01:002021-10-08T10:27:55.461+01:00Photo Hunt 8 October 2021 - Candy<p>Oooh, candy, or sweets/confectionary in the UK. I have to admit to having a sweet tooth! So this should be an easy word for me! It will be a short and sweet post.....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhvSHdVAMJW9wRWef9_irbEl6_l5UZQA2Xnsu3zgmDe7KZZW9ZkboPFP3vFR2sZAkLnp_Ya6yAMtphol1XvY1UJhG6cYfDVISvnonHvmFtepEGV3i39lyJbmfFxigRP2JORUJfwAgPq65/s498/08Oct2021+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhvSHdVAMJW9wRWef9_irbEl6_l5UZQA2Xnsu3zgmDe7KZZW9ZkboPFP3vFR2sZAkLnp_Ya6yAMtphol1XvY1UJhG6cYfDVISvnonHvmFtepEGV3i39lyJbmfFxigRP2JORUJfwAgPq65/w385-h400/08Oct2021+%25281%2529.JPG" width="385" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On my alternative Christmas tree (a yarn wrapped Ash</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">branch) I hang Christmas choccies!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdCkuLyW1emOQ4Cn-FV4GQbAB43UiyDCg2mKEnQS_6C5RMnj_o3fMNfr1VhFBcpGiwiBs9PsU5WIXbym7eEb0Q1HFMqDj1ij-BwpBAVm4m8MvlgDtdnPKw0qEBNvDpu04Q6bnyuvKRk-q/s482/08Oct2021+%25284%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdCkuLyW1emOQ4Cn-FV4GQbAB43UiyDCg2mKEnQS_6C5RMnj_o3fMNfr1VhFBcpGiwiBs9PsU5WIXbym7eEb0Q1HFMqDj1ij-BwpBAVm4m8MvlgDtdnPKw0qEBNvDpu04Q6bnyuvKRk-q/w399-h400/08Oct2021+%25284%2529.JPG" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also hang a bag of Christmas choccy coins.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2tIrOMctVP25gOcSDaLWucDoYspN2tsT0xe0ujpEoEiKGHrQKSA1ZO9Sy38DSVmjPf-ZHMqZug_gLlEcQ2wPOMIEpfxvevP1yxX9IPJ9Phjfo9hKamYSllBAGAD_tyU4-2AeKWB16glq/s587/08Oct2021+%25285%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2tIrOMctVP25gOcSDaLWucDoYspN2tsT0xe0ujpEoEiKGHrQKSA1ZO9Sy38DSVmjPf-ZHMqZug_gLlEcQ2wPOMIEpfxvevP1yxX9IPJ9Phjfo9hKamYSllBAGAD_tyU4-2AeKWB16glq/w328-h400/08Oct2021+%25285%2529.JPG" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I stumbled across this the other day, just</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">right for today!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These sweets are now in a glass cut dish</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I limit myself to one a day.....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RlLqHpDBzNq_4XYYaL7Ez07Snw5iT7tXvJ7kw2Qe53fzE55Kqz0GZKFcmGZotlRiZgkLhTXp1_s1JRgT81fEb8kRRx_zmb79j-kXsU3wcrsnqYixueLdNjLPzCNzpYv-aY9uXiGorH1l/s640/08Oct2021+%25286%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="640" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RlLqHpDBzNq_4XYYaL7Ez07Snw5iT7tXvJ7kw2Qe53fzE55Kqz0GZKFcmGZotlRiZgkLhTXp1_s1JRgT81fEb8kRRx_zmb79j-kXsU3wcrsnqYixueLdNjLPzCNzpYv-aY9uXiGorH1l/w400-h239/08Oct2021+%25286%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought these recently for a craft project which I'll</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">talk about another time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmljvWczo72OY5Rlws7Zd3aPq8GPM3rWdahbmygu5i25etWXbv4iYzwT8AomfMPOZ_WnpOFJ_oS7WHL5NCDr1jrPYXwmo-t_Nxcvg5pIioQmHmuHASWsDyR_JTk8fQdvjjJBUmyY3MzGnT/s640/P1070376.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="371" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmljvWczo72OY5Rlws7Zd3aPq8GPM3rWdahbmygu5i25etWXbv4iYzwT8AomfMPOZ_WnpOFJ_oS7WHL5NCDr1jrPYXwmo-t_Nxcvg5pIioQmHmuHASWsDyR_JTk8fQdvjjJBUmyY3MzGnT/w233-h400/P1070376.JPG" width="233" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm having a long overdue sort</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">out and came across this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fabric covered box I made</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">earlier this year.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPM93TUpW9UyVLmrLmU-uZjtm6w_ROHVh11S1iIVfn6EjvEAZDeOOgzXW1IrOCWenN7z-NIftr4PkyCotS1-Y5Pja-QB55WgMMwzGHPS_SP4UOWUasNuS7ivJHgWKGmoUG4L13KjrXhhn/s571/P1070378.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="571" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPM93TUpW9UyVLmrLmU-uZjtm6w_ROHVh11S1iIVfn6EjvEAZDeOOgzXW1IrOCWenN7z-NIftr4PkyCotS1-Y5Pja-QB55WgMMwzGHPS_SP4UOWUasNuS7ivJHgWKGmoUG4L13KjrXhhn/w400-h336/P1070378.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When you remove the top, it opens up to reveal a secret</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">compartment! I will fill it with chocolates when I</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">put it out on display with my other Christmas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">decorations, probably in early December.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I've an excuse to buy more candy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrdXCyiDKBrEuVVIdcHPYNvuTBUVSkawYtZWSw_GGq9u5oN6CqmniYt-yN1cQiVAE3eRxNAoiO80-5ax3OsQjNB3JziVzA9-keJw2aG5F6aqS1aoGzRNcYvMOKkRvTaLYVKC2z2sgVBZm/s640/08Oct2021+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="640" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrdXCyiDKBrEuVVIdcHPYNvuTBUVSkawYtZWSw_GGq9u5oN6CqmniYt-yN1cQiVAE3eRxNAoiO80-5ax3OsQjNB3JziVzA9-keJw2aG5F6aqS1aoGzRNcYvMOKkRvTaLYVKC2z2sgVBZm/w400-h260/08Oct2021+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Candytuft, Iberis candytuft!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyGteUAXxmAe02QgnqWqUGy3FGHEw-fWcf8QVZbwwF4GZI6a4hMBUhfJ8mcxjVjBSLm0SwKKjc4bpcxe6M9SN20jWfMQ8FQz-6WqT5333p4H-BW0xjvAFGAO9G-CwE0DnnFy9XSIw4zHa/s481/08Oct2021+%25283%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="481" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyGteUAXxmAe02QgnqWqUGy3FGHEw-fWcf8QVZbwwF4GZI6a4hMBUhfJ8mcxjVjBSLm0SwKKjc4bpcxe6M9SN20jWfMQ8FQz-6WqT5333p4H-BW0xjvAFGAO9G-CwE0DnnFy9XSIw4zHa/w400-h399/08Oct2021+%25283%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Such a happy flower to see in spring!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I cannot think of my favourite candy/sweet as I like most of them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks Astrid for hosting this again. Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/10/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party-candy.html">here </a>to return to her link page.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bye!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-15062253383452833492021-10-01T16:48:00.001+01:002021-10-01T16:48:24.771+01:00Photo Hunt 1 October 2021 - Pumpkin<p>I've never been one for traditional activities, never did this as a child and it has just stuck with me. Beloved is not bothered either so that makes life easier! I do however take elements of the traditional activities that I like and make them but when it suits me and not necessarily at the 'correct' time of the year! But I have dealt with pumpkins in the past!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmpxL71SdNrP5pvX5eHW_BjNapAv-a8D50UI_-X_BpAgTTRZiNA-jh1X1voFjXpfy8SKwvRaTecTqQfTvXMCtR01fxR6b-o4-sndgCoJL8GAufjuCSPxPtuIgmkuPNbVj4Yo8zs8uLbis/s567/marta+pumpkin1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="567" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmpxL71SdNrP5pvX5eHW_BjNapAv-a8D50UI_-X_BpAgTTRZiNA-jh1X1voFjXpfy8SKwvRaTecTqQfTvXMCtR01fxR6b-o4-sndgCoJL8GAufjuCSPxPtuIgmkuPNbVj4Yo8zs8uLbis/w400-h374/marta+pumpkin1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's my effort from 2009. I remember it was hard to cut</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the design and scoop out the flesh.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I did not bother until 2019, 10 years later as I'd seen a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">technique on Pinterest that I wanted to try out.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjllp5NLL-PqTH2arjjasSPyuHnxZpMXiOHxhCjMBsXUxy4Zzsx9fBu-KBcE6QCYCjsxR03wCvfWG7zKdA-W8Pn16AZJGjZeuM3OTWB8pDy60G7iJ4Hu7VJJ-fHJ53Dvk88EwS6XGGn-t/s538/P1010785.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="538" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjllp5NLL-PqTH2arjjasSPyuHnxZpMXiOHxhCjMBsXUxy4Zzsx9fBu-KBcE6QCYCjsxR03wCvfWG7zKdA-W8Pn16AZJGjZeuM3OTWB8pDy60G7iJ4Hu7VJJ-fHJ53Dvk88EwS6XGGn-t/w400-h358/P1010785.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take a pumpkin and do not scoop the flesh out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take a metal biscuit/cookie cutter of a suitable design.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_StrYxCNloncABOSEdLH39fhLdQeaX_Xed6XMZRZHEkCoCWrdEPuYJpFyBpAFo0KwvNhyphenhyphen5ytUIzFXrkjb9WnNHSSEs9fDumseX5mzsnouaiJnuVmd7BwSdb1V3yU0pnDTJfz8Y8qV35l/s500/P1010786.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_StrYxCNloncABOSEdLH39fhLdQeaX_Xed6XMZRZHEkCoCWrdEPuYJpFyBpAFo0KwvNhyphenhyphen5ytUIzFXrkjb9WnNHSSEs9fDumseX5mzsnouaiJnuVmd7BwSdb1V3yU0pnDTJfz8Y8qV35l/w384-h400/P1010786.JPG" width="384" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Use a piece of wood (wrapped in paper towel) to protect</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the cutter while you hit it with a hammer to drive it</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">though the tough skin. Easy to do!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpb56TcgxrfltOcezidtIY1phZREYLeIvI5Y5-rV2dlLrVvpiOKSH7d2rzW-U7UGm7eXPjOTU1TBS_h29zIWeMMUros-DMtMkFTbYu2y0fLDmwtn1PMjNkdUHQm0C6YvCw3ZiY4thuPpR/s640/P1010787.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="640" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpb56TcgxrfltOcezidtIY1phZREYLeIvI5Y5-rV2dlLrVvpiOKSH7d2rzW-U7UGm7eXPjOTU1TBS_h29zIWeMMUros-DMtMkFTbYu2y0fLDmwtn1PMjNkdUHQm0C6YvCw3ZiY4thuPpR/w400-h291/P1010787.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Repeat with other cutter designs and then remove the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">flesh/seeds and cutter-shaped pieces.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJ0ikt3LBiSIDgO_TuSqfCd7gEhDTS4adrrjwh-NkwLfHF4qCwiZUsqs9mLBuCKMWehyplJ6XqCepL9Z1PN0kmZe0DU7HI-vmWETPI0kExZwtHnrQfo_DJD0idLqFIjsx0U2PrkgnLOxM/s488/P1010788.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="488" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJ0ikt3LBiSIDgO_TuSqfCd7gEhDTS4adrrjwh-NkwLfHF4qCwiZUsqs9mLBuCKMWehyplJ6XqCepL9Z1PN0kmZe0DU7HI-vmWETPI0kExZwtHnrQfo_DJD0idLqFIjsx0U2PrkgnLOxM/w400-h394/P1010788.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Add a light and enjoy! Our house is up a private road so</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">no-one gets to see the pumpkin but I enjoy it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CYBQ1FMH-AtZrKNx22Gk4X419wabsIbKq-QQWsx9f5PxkzW9bMDFB0apsRqIysOpUL-oQSSKzK37TuZ9o3yLfeoUNweWcLfiPPMCx0vnLJMQtMgqoiuQ6dpLd6ps0g7VWYOHWbGhdmo3/s501/P1010807.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="501" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CYBQ1FMH-AtZrKNx22Gk4X419wabsIbKq-QQWsx9f5PxkzW9bMDFB0apsRqIysOpUL-oQSSKzK37TuZ9o3yLfeoUNweWcLfiPPMCx0vnLJMQtMgqoiuQ6dpLd6ps0g7VWYOHWbGhdmo3/w400-h384/P1010807.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo taken at night and I think I used a battery-powered</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">night light inside, safer than a flame!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I must admit I do like to see other people's pumpkins in their windows! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I suppose I could crochet a pumpkin but ...... then I remembered I went on a quilt day at our </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">local quilt shop (sadly long closed) to learn how to make the Pumpkin Patch quilt block; this </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">was in January 2010. It was finished at home in about March 2010.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkecA5KrL6iHsLbLhInJMgD-hQyP5hvpOEKLug5URHTo6CJ1d7VdW5mMvmTk9Ydz2hMwaZcmupBvwfh_mrPOfZEE3mqtcA8PjEw1EWf-Bx0lyYLN809U_8eCNTJ3qo7NUYuFzoL-tuIX3s/s640/01Oct2021+%25288%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="640" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkecA5KrL6iHsLbLhInJMgD-hQyP5hvpOEKLug5URHTo6CJ1d7VdW5mMvmTk9Ydz2hMwaZcmupBvwfh_mrPOfZEE3mqtcA8PjEw1EWf-Bx0lyYLN809U_8eCNTJ3qo7NUYuFzoL-tuIX3s/w400-h193/01Oct2021+%25288%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Laying it out on the floor; I used a cheerful green fleece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for the backing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1-yIfnZyeeVLwrda6BmXVtaaZVLzmqzqVAP_Sizs5dU1s3Aj271BfbCPb4zZjHa59h9A3252COJLluO1IwJF3E-jn5Z1qbXeBRZKoKgj1d3cWG57YUeuq7Me1e9PXQlnsyq5Vh_CLbkf/s506/01Oct2021+%252810%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="506" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1-yIfnZyeeVLwrda6BmXVtaaZVLzmqzqVAP_Sizs5dU1s3Aj271BfbCPb4zZjHa59h9A3252COJLluO1IwJF3E-jn5Z1qbXeBRZKoKgj1d3cWG57YUeuq7Me1e9PXQlnsyq5Vh_CLbkf/w400-h380/01Oct2021+%252810%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I realised I did not have a photo of the finished quilt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so Beloved held it up for me the other day.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHm690IE9uNB_MeddDuYHyZT9xW4gSMVSh8t0fBr4Q8PxRsiOfFZ7GAt5AxO385f3BSMyAaudF2FSyXxGDpqbqluZekyEtkb9-Heo1kbU1ibCxZEG2oqr_KNB1cYE6Th29zUyf_She5GU/s512/01Oct2021+%25287%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="512" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHm690IE9uNB_MeddDuYHyZT9xW4gSMVSh8t0fBr4Q8PxRsiOfFZ7GAt5AxO385f3BSMyAaudF2FSyXxGDpqbqluZekyEtkb9-Heo1kbU1ibCxZEG2oqr_KNB1cYE6Th29zUyf_She5GU/w400-h375/01Oct2021+%25287%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pumpkin with leaves and stem in each corner.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO69gfLYy13ipxXvhfwPmT890sLp3uH6oQ1QIqLyH6ns0fqY0hnqQLz6uJmuXJGLtEPBQH5H_apHlSGGzLHSSfv038m2qd9uoCLSPvf86LeSqEHYVJ8NZ4G8XXONHrd9SpkFb7GGI6Ex2g/s514/01Oct2021+%25289%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="514" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO69gfLYy13ipxXvhfwPmT890sLp3uH6oQ1QIqLyH6ns0fqY0hnqQLz6uJmuXJGLtEPBQH5H_apHlSGGzLHSSfv038m2qd9uoCLSPvf86LeSqEHYVJ8NZ4G8XXONHrd9SpkFb7GGI6Ex2g/w400-h374/01Oct2021+%25289%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I do like this type of pumpkin!</div><p>Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/10/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party.html">here </a>to return to Astrid's page where no doubt you'll find better pumpkins than mine by people who like traditional activities!</p><p>Bye!</p><p><br /></p>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-72175082212826372852021-09-24T10:04:00.001+01:002021-09-24T10:04:10.583+01:00Photo Hunt 24 September 2021 - Ball<p>And it's Friday again! No idea where the past few days have gone and I'm writing this 'just in time'!!</p><p>Initially I thought this would be a hard word for me as I do play any sports, have no children nor pets. So on with my thinking cap and this is what I came up with.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQxhLF0n5C-qE7jaqJT-4d0HuUy2u6794x9nJYpsgwRxt7peqMoWyhnydMcOpqGL28QuNAGK3MhDvWES3xhWDWueuvRDT316DqddrEVFBo8KWnwtKxn3ZNcOVI7lIQmClDBGwLeBhMPiQ/s640/P1060157.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="640" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQxhLF0n5C-qE7jaqJT-4d0HuUy2u6794x9nJYpsgwRxt7peqMoWyhnydMcOpqGL28QuNAGK3MhDvWES3xhWDWueuvRDT316DqddrEVFBo8KWnwtKxn3ZNcOVI7lIQmClDBGwLeBhMPiQ/w400-h217/P1060157.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take on Christmas ball (ie bauble) and crochet a jacket for </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it, in 2 pieces.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymAjjVIwieIgxSHh9H2oGhyphenhyphenygH89P19IVEZPPdPu9d3YCQTSRCKBAE7s__z8saiy3LU_RfVYFoESKAy20ft9NnZaB10ItKg9c7vPwZZdV650vMUJ4y1Df5D6JTQCzbFBtOT43v8hEZwH8/s557/P1060158.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymAjjVIwieIgxSHh9H2oGhyphenhyphenygH89P19IVEZPPdPu9d3YCQTSRCKBAE7s__z8saiy3LU_RfVYFoESKAy20ft9NnZaB10ItKg9c7vPwZZdV650vMUJ4y1Df5D6JTQCzbFBtOT43v8hEZwH8/w345-h400/P1060158.JPG" width="345" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Insert ball and sew halves together.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ygEhCujrMgoKayruh4PJZI4Z3PxmbB3PzHkQBUWSrbH7tK72iOk5X0MGsAqWLayWVh1KMCcvHKLSKEhW2wftpLSwTOxoFFxq_X0RIdK6AN8Xb7AOy_XJs9TNe4i9yhlaWSyk0D3fOurC/s640/P1060159.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="367" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ygEhCujrMgoKayruh4PJZI4Z3PxmbB3PzHkQBUWSrbH7tK72iOk5X0MGsAqWLayWVh1KMCcvHKLSKEhW2wftpLSwTOxoFFxq_X0RIdK6AN8Xb7AOy_XJs9TNe4i9yhlaWSyk0D3fOurC/w230-h400/P1060159.JPG" width="230" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Voila!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1j-GclqajudcDDeqXbYGbsIYuYuctUCHYnruTUG0V1LGmdo55_SsWj9qpflbGPP2_WjxkpfTCFpbxDkSEb-Q2aACiomQ2W3BaPxFZ2RDh-sfK8rgvN2gSNeYtaFdBNwVisGqk_1gJCLb7/s640/P1060160.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="391" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1j-GclqajudcDDeqXbYGbsIYuYuctUCHYnruTUG0V1LGmdo55_SsWj9qpflbGPP2_WjxkpfTCFpbxDkSEb-Q2aACiomQ2W3BaPxFZ2RDh-sfK8rgvN2gSNeYtaFdBNwVisGqk_1gJCLb7/w245-h400/P1060160.JPG" width="245" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hang on the tree and make</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">some more!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Nearby (quarter of a mile away?) is our local nature reserve, Ball Grove Park. I often walk there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVY0MPcyyd3zBQSXQxmy2lwfolYlCdzx5rQFIUi7NSvbC3HAsJnYw9shT-Qnm4pO37mgRBtYZqA-Xm2KpUrlqdIzDoeErsMnV9XW_JNeJ8h8N4g6gQo2dFAxtfI4rqvcKKoGfuFag_Rsr/s640/P1000330.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="640" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVY0MPcyyd3zBQSXQxmy2lwfolYlCdzx5rQFIUi7NSvbC3HAsJnYw9shT-Qnm4pO37mgRBtYZqA-Xm2KpUrlqdIzDoeErsMnV9XW_JNeJ8h8N4g6gQo2dFAxtfI4rqvcKKoGfuFag_Rsr/w400-h299/P1000330.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Incoming!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcZGH2sklZOxbd_XJjZdm1e9I6C_8tuOx4cJ6A4SvqDXsQj3oQd9V5mjQg-YYLEWrIggwYryoEIyTMMDXpgA0LyWIZ67YBc54dfHeCG7o4geg42xqWR6KqLVy2VKc3pRo8YL-tWSqBmSe/s640/P1060423.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcZGH2sklZOxbd_XJjZdm1e9I6C_8tuOx4cJ6A4SvqDXsQj3oQd9V5mjQg-YYLEWrIggwYryoEIyTMMDXpgA0LyWIZ67YBc54dfHeCG7o4geg42xqWR6KqLVy2VKc3pRo8YL-tWSqBmSe/w400-h300/P1060423.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nearly fell over this heron.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3k2XuB_ZjDS9s3ZJwK0x617RRzhVTgTsR44VNk4fvPGXELihJP1tpMRT7fxOCsXkjQTrKTmtjLvHJQdkRi8kXIiJ3-8MKyqePp1xoCqpaTKinkwHB0jbvfscc3FLVF3VNfV2O29Goq6VP/s640/P1060424.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="640" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3k2XuB_ZjDS9s3ZJwK0x617RRzhVTgTsR44VNk4fvPGXELihJP1tpMRT7fxOCsXkjQTrKTmtjLvHJQdkRi8kXIiJ3-8MKyqePp1xoCqpaTKinkwHB0jbvfscc3FLVF3VNfV2O29Goq6VP/w400-h264/P1060424.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mist of the water thundering over the rocks.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKl85pwk_OVXn_pAqlFKrTZ-xV0Xy6mtJ7NiQL2FI9x5kN2RpybZjnhrUfCf_H5z8MPzVuxtCWjLqsA0A4QsMAIGu7ao3SokOPzwfB5Ys5owUIst6ccnAT53lGPu8xvgFcSP9vxIan0knM/s640/P1070917.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="640" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKl85pwk_OVXn_pAqlFKrTZ-xV0Xy6mtJ7NiQL2FI9x5kN2RpybZjnhrUfCf_H5z8MPzVuxtCWjLqsA0A4QsMAIGu7ao3SokOPzwfB5Ys5owUIst6ccnAT53lGPu8xvgFcSP9vxIan0knM/w400-h216/P1070917.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Earlier this year ducklings!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqhMdL1rtciIn3llYmz0rNmhQjBIeCd9GW5syaGfOTPzyYuwCnj4O0YxTCh5slcsrCzN5Aa4oEzzvSFfmA2Dm0Yikmhe1aK4SbVPwgb7ybngfZuhiXLPu4X2OCz7c0RX1xqCvfm3oXXk2/s608/P1070918.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="608" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqhMdL1rtciIn3llYmz0rNmhQjBIeCd9GW5syaGfOTPzyYuwCnj4O0YxTCh5slcsrCzN5Aa4oEzzvSFfmA2Dm0Yikmhe1aK4SbVPwgb7ybngfZuhiXLPu4X2OCz7c0RX1xqCvfm3oXXk2/w400-h316/P1070918.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Snuggling under mum.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddvwR_MSFWFUD-ps9q1SqfP-MGeNGX7qiGrmbrPlcsfEsy0d5lq9g1B4kWzI8_lYMNpW6kot0aerf01VaGYBSt8qSQaFMkqCiybNth-7eKhxyIXgj3iZasauyQ1XTAIgOO1nhX_vsPWSs/s537/P1070920.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="537" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddvwR_MSFWFUD-ps9q1SqfP-MGeNGX7qiGrmbrPlcsfEsy0d5lq9g1B4kWzI8_lYMNpW6kot0aerf01VaGYBSt8qSQaFMkqCiybNth-7eKhxyIXgj3iZasauyQ1XTAIgOO1nhX_vsPWSs/w400-h358/P1070920.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Perhaps it's warm enough.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1hCPd4otTfBI4DJ0mjE1dT1wlloTmNCFw7659QUF1zCF-qgyGH9t6cCoEjnthGGnbwpFu9YXGgO2REMuKl5VB1_m60NuqXWkZonmcWb3DGAM-MAYWQNeX1TaJCf-jS9UafBnDEtxYk49/s640/P1070923.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="640" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1hCPd4otTfBI4DJ0mjE1dT1wlloTmNCFw7659QUF1zCF-qgyGH9t6cCoEjnthGGnbwpFu9YXGgO2REMuKl5VB1_m60NuqXWkZonmcWb3DGAM-MAYWQNeX1TaJCf-jS9UafBnDEtxYk49/w400-h223/P1070923.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are lots of other birds there apart from Mallard ducks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQgGfmufw_WT5-0K43vnYe3BLSh2YF56L9nDadRKA3UOtrDralX6W7JUhGyHYrbLEK8ZeDkhMD9DBs4T4EVF-IB-NAUSS6zpVUKhptRdzDIadPcDNq8Q7skwpcWio2ltGEbzf3EnVb3b6/s640/P7010034.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQgGfmufw_WT5-0K43vnYe3BLSh2YF56L9nDadRKA3UOtrDralX6W7JUhGyHYrbLEK8ZeDkhMD9DBs4T4EVF-IB-NAUSS6zpVUKhptRdzDIadPcDNq8Q7skwpcWio2ltGEbzf3EnVb3b6/w400-h300/P7010034.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like to feed the ducks...... and goose!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I always have a ball when I walk there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-00FML9pFeSz9LBFhjK4DfFDkaksQh-nqnESwar6Hx2F3DATSTg8QIcJLaX9_p5P7-7okJOjZnwoFSlPgBg6s9mf1U1wpsmxy_73Ju788AKGHNrXw5JnO7UrAiD-OYiaezXy8prtT2NZn/s584/P1090213.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="584" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-00FML9pFeSz9LBFhjK4DfFDkaksQh-nqnESwar6Hx2F3DATSTg8QIcJLaX9_p5P7-7okJOjZnwoFSlPgBg6s9mf1U1wpsmxy_73Ju788AKGHNrXw5JnO7UrAiD-OYiaezXy8prtT2NZn/w400-h329/P1090213.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Used an old tennis ball to make the top of the metal stake</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a bit easier on my hand as I use it to pull myself up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the slope (dodgy knee!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippJk85n55RN-RE6zq3IQC_O0-5xQ_0KNwdL4dBB55YP_RpJiR7hjIQP7uDsaBM5M92dmVVL22V7wNALws_g2CWN3OcBG0uP9QPQj96-0kS9DpQMPltGz4_wKa49-iGqBw8n7QTHbK0N_c/s495/P1090815.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="495" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippJk85n55RN-RE6zq3IQC_O0-5xQ_0KNwdL4dBB55YP_RpJiR7hjIQP7uDsaBM5M92dmVVL22V7wNALws_g2CWN3OcBG0uP9QPQj96-0kS9DpQMPltGz4_wKa49-iGqBw8n7QTHbK0N_c/w400-h388/P1090815.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A ball bearing.....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIl2cred6NPl-ZoS9pWWRtqfYH6jI59LjeGejKFRPTH76ZBiFA4SEeUK8db2Hfk-IHD3pPhQmDEILicKEI5X-Df2ks4z2SQDaTQbfHzmD9jFF1E3b04oRvJ-CyHVSCddzrn954CCRL5ec/s640/P1090816.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="640" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIl2cred6NPl-ZoS9pWWRtqfYH6jI59LjeGejKFRPTH76ZBiFA4SEeUK8db2Hfk-IHD3pPhQmDEILicKEI5X-Df2ks4z2SQDaTQbfHzmD9jFF1E3b04oRvJ-CyHVSCddzrn954CCRL5ec/w400-h134/P1090816.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Box to prove it is a bearing!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fmXHGQIaYMA5qtOWrZozffDwc9SK0TnpBZZ5y5To-WOhozloxxbzkHWsvjBCYe4xZVsT3CpVwEw8ij2S6rPEkCNHkSIfrvCYKX-ek8nZNbap9iYRfwDnMEBYuhS9tzcgnyjjVh6xqYIz/s640/P1090817.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="640" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fmXHGQIaYMA5qtOWrZozffDwc9SK0TnpBZZ5y5To-WOhozloxxbzkHWsvjBCYe4xZVsT3CpVwEw8ij2S6rPEkCNHkSIfrvCYKX-ek8nZNbap9iYRfwDnMEBYuhS9tzcgnyjjVh6xqYIz/w400-h195/P1090817.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A ball valve.....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHN2fAvafi8tlnFvTsAB_7K1K80fj2O9lVL9MJSrMgEqK2uSupQoyhwkqi1rzHZcvtRm5jrQfPMyvXexQgnwY3wnq1djdNV_YWY0NA2eUwhGLMGGvs_ZC-vejbSWOYtLYzZvG_YUZcQRZH/s519/P1090818.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHN2fAvafi8tlnFvTsAB_7K1K80fj2O9lVL9MJSrMgEqK2uSupQoyhwkqi1rzHZcvtRm5jrQfPMyvXexQgnwY3wnq1djdNV_YWY0NA2eUwhGLMGGvs_ZC-vejbSWOYtLYzZvG_YUZcQRZH/w370-h400/P1090818.JPG" width="370" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Open position, the ball is moved so the fluid can</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">pass through the valve.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJat3w60HgRbQmsubG9oruxdt-KPmUlp8lzCw8GCmQ7lzEUPfPkDp281yz-yojP3pzaOjJSm0U1wR3MeIfXO-4NH9YfT-MUn8m7WcrhyEnQzrUAZN4Sz-aLFLGAeNOp0oOIGG7a_lokcl/s677/P1090820.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="677" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJat3w60HgRbQmsubG9oruxdt-KPmUlp8lzCw8GCmQ7lzEUPfPkDp281yz-yojP3pzaOjJSm0U1wR3MeIfXO-4NH9YfT-MUn8m7WcrhyEnQzrUAZN4Sz-aLFLGAeNOp0oOIGG7a_lokcl/w400-h394/P1090820.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Closed position; the ball stops any fluid passing through.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The benefits (??!!) of being married to an engineer....</div><div><br /></div>Right, that's all from me this week. I did have other ideas for Ball but ran out of time to take the photos. I walked past someone's garden then week and I could see a well chewed football there but I was polite and did not take a photo!<div><br /></div><div>This is the last word for September from Astrid. Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/09/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party-ball.html">here </a>to return to her page. I wonder what delightful words she'll give us for October.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bye!</div><div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-81888863128903920592021-09-17T10:07:00.001+01:002021-09-17T10:07:11.530+01:00Photo Hunt 17 September 2021 - Fall<p>I had a momentary struggle with this word and then I had a few ideas. In the end I had to stop gathering photos as there were so many possibilities for this word. So here goes!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNk17NgUZWVAzd9A9qPjRP3wdQpfhcMvmvyWpjY-CD_-JWgOJJ-uR1n3rnql5PIaPiT67twnTFu_AI9ga5eviwWf3aj82jua2fGj-bt6ldFR73ry8lPaait_FFD1emAnQSl6Y_kvu3oGvF/s640/P1070559.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="640" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNk17NgUZWVAzd9A9qPjRP3wdQpfhcMvmvyWpjY-CD_-JWgOJJ-uR1n3rnql5PIaPiT67twnTFu_AI9ga5eviwWf3aj82jua2fGj-bt6ldFR73ry8lPaait_FFD1emAnQSl6Y_kvu3oGvF/w400-h256/P1070559.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nearly 3 years ago I was walking away from the shed and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">suddenly found myself flat on my back looking at the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sky. The word HERE is where I slipped and had a fall; </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this photo was taken a few months ago for another reason.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaOYO_oMp6kvHr9DNAfBrV0AgIftvDcc1U1HakN4M9ymfYMM0FG1f0c0FsZf6G2B4e1yPyNbfCnCkG4-kEBRPB7n5rCnrMZiQ56H9ssmAW_73WVThnreYmnTpAdZRRC6gKcXJ7MmTs2ql/s606/P1270937.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="606" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaOYO_oMp6kvHr9DNAfBrV0AgIftvDcc1U1HakN4M9ymfYMM0FG1f0c0FsZf6G2B4e1yPyNbfCnCkG4-kEBRPB7n5rCnrMZiQ56H9ssmAW_73WVThnreYmnTpAdZRRC6gKcXJ7MmTs2ql/w400-h316/P1270937.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, this is me. I am right handed too so I had to adapt quickly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sadly I could not manage to crochet or quilt but I made a do</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as they say round here. Plaster on for about 6 weeks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even now my wrist is not back to how it was but I </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">can crochet and quilt and have fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffeGEoeO2Vsgeak4bIObcWZVGE0LDJEZ9XV7Ob1bSiEA3p9QGHu_mEVpWiffs9E_4-9cit7Rhwa-RxA09FFOn3fNWgy170rzQfabZSQ8mfzc5tIIRRhAPS2vuypWU-0yKQa9uocbQA7GS/s640/P1080514.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="640" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffeGEoeO2Vsgeak4bIObcWZVGE0LDJEZ9XV7Ob1bSiEA3p9QGHu_mEVpWiffs9E_4-9cit7Rhwa-RxA09FFOn3fNWgy170rzQfabZSQ8mfzc5tIIRRhAPS2vuypWU-0yKQa9uocbQA7GS/w400-h284/P1080514.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Same area but I've just put down so paving flags that were</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">redundant so at least I don't have to walk in the mud any</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">more! They are not bedded on cement, just laid on </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the surface. One day we will decide what to do with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the area at the back of the house.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBAIJmytwfQKbG5JTRDDEZurC7x_u4EHUI5m4-wN847xCV2P_ZKtmeRZ15BoKwIEbfPjGYny54Si7TckdjeDcXxdHq4cfB_-idtuc1_k-vIL6tmbaPFLWqFH085nQEH9yvecScQWrKNj_D/s640/P1090718.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBAIJmytwfQKbG5JTRDDEZurC7x_u4EHUI5m4-wN847xCV2P_ZKtmeRZ15BoKwIEbfPjGYny54Si7TckdjeDcXxdHq4cfB_-idtuc1_k-vIL6tmbaPFLWqFH085nQEH9yvecScQWrKNj_D/w281-h400/P1090718.JPG" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was 'feared' that our porch would fall down.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvmW_XMWbqtkwd836Lr6jek0J6QzmaoExNYC3c8sRx4TSAR5NALsh2iQLYgSgoaTKgbSHALO5jQkhz7Hlb5YlOTI1fOiz_aJAFQEUUq128PMyjfX2Q8vsonjl7JmZ05sN2r5pxWd1dLAV/s619/P1090722.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvmW_XMWbqtkwd836Lr6jek0J6QzmaoExNYC3c8sRx4TSAR5NALsh2iQLYgSgoaTKgbSHALO5jQkhz7Hlb5YlOTI1fOiz_aJAFQEUUq128PMyjfX2Q8vsonjl7JmZ05sN2r5pxWd1dLAV/w310-h400/P1090722.JPG" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our builder came and the cause of the problem was</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">identified; an iron drain cover inside the porch</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">rusting away had started to dislodge some of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the porch. Thankfully the whole porch</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">did not have to come down! All that</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">needed removing is shown above.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEiLtG0B3t01u7WaMEVslDtU1LrFMpTPo4F-UeUDSRKKtOP5oGeG8-sav3yY3Rq0VGmfhBXRh7zzgq5stks1NniXDtSLg4ldMKSCRw40yWxMsLH2VBGiS2Bp3VJ8QdeRY1hUqQw_2T5bsq/s588/P1090726.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEiLtG0B3t01u7WaMEVslDtU1LrFMpTPo4F-UeUDSRKKtOP5oGeG8-sav3yY3Rq0VGmfhBXRh7zzgq5stks1NniXDtSLg4ldMKSCRw40yWxMsLH2VBGiS2Bp3VJ8QdeRY1hUqQw_2T5bsq/w326-h400/P1090726.JPG" width="326" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Later that same day, the rebuilding work started.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC3sBljl_t7F4rpEPgkTG19EP55j3qRE_5P2VLBva825P8ESztWTFJLEAporXJUf6bBW6oIPM2xdV4pGZancY6BkcyxNCppdl8rZD8Y86o_eUkMDOEdhMtRHWLYjgwwC30GdOQTopxS-0/s582/P1090733.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC3sBljl_t7F4rpEPgkTG19EP55j3qRE_5P2VLBva825P8ESztWTFJLEAporXJUf6bBW6oIPM2xdV4pGZancY6BkcyxNCppdl8rZD8Y86o_eUkMDOEdhMtRHWLYjgwwC30GdOQTopxS-0/w330-h400/P1090733.JPG" width="330" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The following day it was all done. A new drain cover</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(PLASTIC) has been sourced and installed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUbJcDjUN0hIys4OmHC3rEDNrCdScO3h8_pxledSAv9uNgX1Fn2SEf-tmmPGrjqNfnBr1n_sI9JyxSFdzGJ6XlcDOn3QWvIdjVGZn6vM8X79ypaHEmmkrKM1CGElAytqeQ45KZnALoeun/s640/P1040833.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="414" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUbJcDjUN0hIys4OmHC3rEDNrCdScO3h8_pxledSAv9uNgX1Fn2SEf-tmmPGrjqNfnBr1n_sI9JyxSFdzGJ6XlcDOn3QWvIdjVGZn6vM8X79ypaHEmmkrKM1CGElAytqeQ45KZnALoeun/w259-h400/P1040833.JPG" width="259" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shaggy Inkcap - a definite sign of autumn</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(fall) in the UK.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAJ8OVmhz2Q7Oh9khIFTnbswKtAZkgyPRv6LC0f3qhtXCdv4HThK8e4W7d6FHk4iZa2rcp0DXF6LBhdoTfVWPqfAWKdLJZtJ4GmvfOrZMadP1lgNqpIwiW3m5wdwL_pDpTVPIiPJP9o3w/s490/P1050830.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="490" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAJ8OVmhz2Q7Oh9khIFTnbswKtAZkgyPRv6LC0f3qhtXCdv4HThK8e4W7d6FHk4iZa2rcp0DXF6LBhdoTfVWPqfAWKdLJZtJ4GmvfOrZMadP1lgNqpIwiW3m5wdwL_pDpTVPIiPJP9o3w/w400-h391/P1050830.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More fall fungi.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WEf3eOiBAlufW55tHAshbxc9a3YRDYRRxLSyzgoH0ehPkUSpFqDTqpIsUBLuHew5wvatHC-x0GS3C0mCjtRWslltYo5k53I5KakD9aYfpBBdW_2Jdkx83LMtJKhn4d_F3RBwKSgSQMBN/s508/P1060220.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WEf3eOiBAlufW55tHAshbxc9a3YRDYRRxLSyzgoH0ehPkUSpFqDTqpIsUBLuHew5wvatHC-x0GS3C0mCjtRWslltYo5k53I5KakD9aYfpBBdW_2Jdkx83LMtJKhn4d_F3RBwKSgSQMBN/w378-h400/P1060220.JPG" width="378" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Taken last year but I'll soon be raking leaves up and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">adding them to the above leaf pile which is now only</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">about a tenth of the height. Love the golden leaves.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ctUvCTh5rs1ZsTwQ99a_F3dYjRqGyk2LyDhCHBX8Bda9Zu-IFk4cl9HsoVyi-KueW9SX7apfyzYsruisOqCtw8rP4NoUAQucxX8-QHY8k8f-ega-1ZEPoXm7OlHtkZ1-QvMW5n4h7Ag_/s522/P1090459.JPG"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="522" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ctUvCTh5rs1ZsTwQ99a_F3dYjRqGyk2LyDhCHBX8Bda9Zu-IFk4cl9HsoVyi-KueW9SX7apfyzYsruisOqCtw8rP4NoUAQucxX8-QHY8k8f-ega-1ZEPoXm7OlHtkZ1-QvMW5n4h7Ag_/w400-h368/P1090459.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Massive rose hips, Rosa rogusa I think.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7aFwhLQv_PW3ks7nYyDiwOufRxc5qwW1w1brxiKN702ktWTeqlqZ4W8jDcuYeePvKssKyTYo-LANxmN5ckGzhuhUYutZ5dHG5k5hgvAK876d-iflYd0f3WFjFK_VIAdfXNlnTyzHE92q/s614/P1090588.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7aFwhLQv_PW3ks7nYyDiwOufRxc5qwW1w1brxiKN702ktWTeqlqZ4W8jDcuYeePvKssKyTYo-LANxmN5ckGzhuhUYutZ5dHG5k5hgvAK876d-iflYd0f3WFjFK_VIAdfXNlnTyzHE92q/w313-h400/P1090588.JPG" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A definite fall activity in our household, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">picking blackberries; we get a bit OCD about this!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ4Ot4sO9VbwDhI95eOKohHomL-dy1J_9dA6ltYgdg1X6Q2eVL1hYQyHX5pgeD70iXvha0XSOkLHbHxydg6YyKp6y-afEvFPIoBmhUHFBEGhkIeZWMP0ZzD55JAk9b-n3k2_FwceuwFpO/s598/P1090516.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="598" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ4Ot4sO9VbwDhI95eOKohHomL-dy1J_9dA6ltYgdg1X6Q2eVL1hYQyHX5pgeD70iXvha0XSOkLHbHxydg6YyKp6y-afEvFPIoBmhUHFBEGhkIeZWMP0ZzD55JAk9b-n3k2_FwceuwFpO/w400-h321/P1090516.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cooked blackberries being strained to provide juice which </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I make into jelly for my Beloved. A simple process but</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there is a lot of work involved.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1-rkd_pDOgr-hvG0jIuwZdLf9TFMV9pqjzlxtrXsZgbSiR_qlLCq0GardFW1DoLRfTJ0vLuigEQAnyQ3C6zl1k3V2EDZR1PcJZ9vvbwZ996xcumcEXEqCio5gdldxpuoEyfBiDGFWxAt/s513/P1090549.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1-rkd_pDOgr-hvG0jIuwZdLf9TFMV9pqjzlxtrXsZgbSiR_qlLCq0GardFW1DoLRfTJ0vLuigEQAnyQ3C6zl1k3V2EDZR1PcJZ9vvbwZ996xcumcEXEqCio5gdldxpuoEyfBiDGFWxAt/w374-h400/P1090549.JPG" width="374" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is very precious so I can only gift a small jar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZJs5lJITs9gwstFLXMG471Tw8-JtGEJRYyXZumXqjy72Z6DactFCetEdppGVPDi2pQt45fnS37_kdSs9sOcnezb-cvI2hQpKQg3ojEw5897JT3QhAHUZsKOos6LVzrkXjSYfuWE3hN8p/s640/P1220082.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="438" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZJs5lJITs9gwstFLXMG471Tw8-JtGEJRYyXZumXqjy72Z6DactFCetEdppGVPDi2pQt45fnS37_kdSs9sOcnezb-cvI2hQpKQg3ojEw5897JT3QhAHUZsKOos6LVzrkXjSYfuWE3hN8p/w274-h400/P1220082.JPG" width="274" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Striking fall colour of the Virginea Creeper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which is no longer in the garden as it had to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">make way for the new greenhouse!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvSkhMkYMTXCErBVFoId2mypTdgCg6PgHoHu7pcE_gvF59slvus_-4bcAKSlvlgLxpp7qg-hHvwNE6J3qZaoM0joblVrKaATwikJabdB7veY5HyZhcF7wewXcvazqpFa8snvGcvojhCAy/s640/P1270819.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="459" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvSkhMkYMTXCErBVFoId2mypTdgCg6PgHoHu7pcE_gvF59slvus_-4bcAKSlvlgLxpp7qg-hHvwNE6J3qZaoM0joblVrKaATwikJabdB7veY5HyZhcF7wewXcvazqpFa8snvGcvojhCAy/w288-h400/P1270819.JPG" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ants enjoying a fall feast on some of the pears</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which are still on the tree! One year I noticed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a female pheasant in the pear tree pecking</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at the pears.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4809Mytc_NEO96mb_CShE6IiukKSDbOQ3r2q0sc77w1xkjTXtsI37uo9b67OcvkOydzvSc_GQN4js8IYZh-KJJZXXG5rv-Yz7SbXcXT59FlthVzGdOFT7cJ_0uqkKt95Ej0Vy8dsviaq5/s630/P1270820.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="630" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4809Mytc_NEO96mb_CShE6IiukKSDbOQ3r2q0sc77w1xkjTXtsI37uo9b67OcvkOydzvSc_GQN4js8IYZh-KJJZXXG5rv-Yz7SbXcXT59FlthVzGdOFT7cJ_0uqkKt95Ej0Vy8dsviaq5/w400-h305/P1270820.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are red ants with a nasty nip!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjnKkFmpEzM2d9BzYyzQJlsf1UlUuneIbzDEpfRU5t3s56jENW2JVQ4cIz7X1i_hNn970IUFZ_3gnSd7tBJVT9fV99_o4SSJVX9xq_3FXVaVDUXiHcWMW-WxpW-gXcOm1grRTXF2GHjJo/s640/P1090705.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="640" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjnKkFmpEzM2d9BzYyzQJlsf1UlUuneIbzDEpfRU5t3s56jENW2JVQ4cIz7X1i_hNn970IUFZ_3gnSd7tBJVT9fV99_o4SSJVX9xq_3FXVaVDUXiHcWMW-WxpW-gXcOm1grRTXF2GHjJo/w400-h244/P1090705.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've noticed the Rowan trees are full of berries.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1kkG6WG-jHf5g3FYkDEtXUBFTmQvEpaF_o4jvkvP-w1DrOyv702dAyNi1QtmmDRCiNq9bjapzKfKM2fzGBeDCP5pS723ZFo6wW6ccBAqJbxRxClGmpCntQnuADV53TiSH5oljXwCrgty/s517/P1090710.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1kkG6WG-jHf5g3FYkDEtXUBFTmQvEpaF_o4jvkvP-w1DrOyv702dAyNi1QtmmDRCiNq9bjapzKfKM2fzGBeDCP5pS723ZFo6wW6ccBAqJbxRxClGmpCntQnuADV53TiSH5oljXwCrgty/w371-h400/P1090710.JPG" width="371" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sadly I could not get the right photo to convey the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">colour and quantity of berries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2o_tkgptMjI9AOyIbfze60CIR6quwoP_y6E9wEVcVR32pDk1q_L57mt4dwhHZ1E_nvCEH96sLw8N5v6xhiYdG0_5viMXkX9T_q8oBRe5oaEoANoi9E8jhB2na4QRGUfJB3Kpor2vz9I_I/s508/P1090712.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="508" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2o_tkgptMjI9AOyIbfze60CIR6quwoP_y6E9wEVcVR32pDk1q_L57mt4dwhHZ1E_nvCEH96sLw8N5v6xhiYdG0_5viMXkX9T_q8oBRe5oaEoANoi9E8jhB2na4QRGUfJB3Kpor2vz9I_I/w400-h378/P1090712.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even the close-up lacks colour!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXGUmM48EY8WHsvzZmspy1aJ-jxcj0kOtH1SUW-vSzDvhbqemS1Dx0wah0aFIxLYZ_l87bZylUHmsEqfcs-KSE_Ki1aPUNPqDSE6eE1u4unTXE0d48NwoxE4zHVcjewFWdUh8lq4fN2f7/s224/nicola+pumpkin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="224" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXGUmM48EY8WHsvzZmspy1aJ-jxcj0kOtH1SUW-vSzDvhbqemS1Dx0wah0aFIxLYZ_l87bZylUHmsEqfcs-KSE_Ki1aPUNPqDSE6eE1u4unTXE0d48NwoxE4zHVcjewFWdUh8lq4fN2f7/s0/nicola+pumpkin.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally a pumpkin I carved</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">any years ago!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Well thanks once more Astrid. As usual, click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/09/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party-fall.html">here </a>to return to her page to see who else has joined it.<div><br /></div><div>Bye!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-26709610550817383132021-09-10T17:23:00.001+01:002021-09-10T17:23:21.410+01:00Photo Hunt 10 September 2021 - Pizza<p>Well, thanks Astrid as this was an easy one for me. We regularly make our own pizzas.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVDOaONihC-ITHzG0ZhofME_iai4k2JpjtPn-xTXL-EHs6PaOQ6ky7U0jhxlAnoX1b_O__bLjLCDMDVubX393Jo1CIxKSjm_hDD0Rm0rp9Wz6q7hy_997QxHsve8eQZ64Bpm6xYPFefQ6/s628/P1090518.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="628" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVDOaONihC-ITHzG0ZhofME_iai4k2JpjtPn-xTXL-EHs6PaOQ6ky7U0jhxlAnoX1b_O__bLjLCDMDVubX393Jo1CIxKSjm_hDD0Rm0rp9Wz6q7hy_997QxHsve8eQZ64Bpm6xYPFefQ6/w400-h306/P1090518.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take one ready-made base, cover it with tomato puree and add</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">slices of chorizo and smoked ham. Beloved does most</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of the work and I just prepare and clear up.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdZe5lmxC632622Fam8TFPXW1rLh3lj33nXM-4NFccC5CjvpFRbIa3wULlAYcyr142rDE30-b0SE4kIbEIf9_AjAgQ8iuhkW2MZ-2S7i1V_Ir7xcZZP46UXW2zEeGUnI5VMrp6hOAs9TD/s586/P1090519.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="586" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdZe5lmxC632622Fam8TFPXW1rLh3lj33nXM-4NFccC5CjvpFRbIa3wULlAYcyr142rDE30-b0SE4kIbEIf9_AjAgQ8iuhkW2MZ-2S7i1V_Ir7xcZZP46UXW2zEeGUnI5VMrp6hOAs9TD/w400-h328/P1090519.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ready for the oven. I meant to take a few more pictures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">before the final one but we were so busy that I forgot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spring onions (scallions?), pepper (bell pepper),</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">mushrooms and sliced tomatoes were added before</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the final topping of grated mozzarella cheese.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3ON7aZzrDFUq6Jau90w9XW72btGb1HjW31CwxHV59bKd8aCBASnV7EOmWYSvjxLsb6Wc-ttfrhqr6HMLxlcowwY7D9hth-t62XiFXika_jY6ifMEBw1Znv0HOWMlJRkGW63zjytS5x-6/s640/P1090520.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="640" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3ON7aZzrDFUq6Jau90w9XW72btGb1HjW31CwxHV59bKd8aCBASnV7EOmWYSvjxLsb6Wc-ttfrhqr6HMLxlcowwY7D9hth-t62XiFXika_jY6ifMEBw1Znv0HOWMlJRkGW63zjytS5x-6/w400-h190/P1090520.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The toppings are piled high! About 5 cm at the highest point.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATrTC_neCGdxox5hxCsF1mB0XdgPQBmfKxY1ni6B3Xxu9K3aQi0xOCoJJslG3VvbCxQWNbeLp2DWKoKb_-wpGNf3zJNUtkCvgKE3CEMu1w6kc-BOsjaJS32lHC78rtwgKGBU5U8s0RDif/s603/P1090521.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="603" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATrTC_neCGdxox5hxCsF1mB0XdgPQBmfKxY1ni6B3Xxu9K3aQi0xOCoJJslG3VvbCxQWNbeLp2DWKoKb_-wpGNf3zJNUtkCvgKE3CEMu1w6kc-BOsjaJS32lHC78rtwgKGBU5U8s0RDif/w400-h319/P1090521.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After about 25-30 minutes in the oven it is ready.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yum, Yum.</div><div><br /></div>We have had a shop bought pizza recently and we both agreed it was not a patch on ours. It was mostly base with a hint of toppings!<div><br /></div><div>Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/09/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party-pizza.html">here </a>to return to Astrid's link-up page. Can't wait to see your offerings on pizza!</div><div><br /></div><div>Bye!</div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-44874015156752460782021-09-03T11:06:00.000+01:002021-09-03T11:06:05.644+01:00Photo Hunt 2 September 2021 - School<p>Well this will be short and sweet as I've no photos of me at school. Even if I had, I'd not share them as I've never liked having my photo taken! I also don't have any children so have no photos of their school events or related school topics.</p><p>To me School means learning. You could be one who imparts information or on the receiving end of new information. I like learning, be it quilting skills or laying a road up at our fields! Even adapting one's behaviour to a situation is learning.</p><p>At home (we moved to our current home in March 2015) we've always had pheasants visit the garden. They have 'learnt' to come to the kitchen patio doors for wheat. So in a way I have learnt to go and feed them. Sometimes when I'm in the garden a current female will let me know she is there so I have to stop what I am doing so I can go and give her some wheat. That was the same when ducks came to visit us.</p><p>A few months ago she turned up with a couple of little ones but now there is only one. At first the little one would rush off into the vegetation if there was movement by the kitchen door or if it opened. Gradually it learnt to follow mum's reaction to my presence in the kitchen. Mum runs to the kitchen door when I am spotted there and now the little one copies her. It's hilarious to see. Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ea7knuz60jik9lv/Pheasant%20run.avi?dl=0">here </a>to see a short video of this.</p><p>Outside the kitchen window is a wooden storage unit. Look what happens if I am tardy getting the wheat out!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRahDS_Qai86Jd5j-OZq9ooX8sxTXC9dywZKD7vmilucePJh_f4In9kD7qTedETL7IPLBZQVsloox6TWoZTZn-K27yCeuyNsp1Hpq31KiPckqWTq7IdaXH9vXUAr563lc6Hr8BETa_DNsH/s570/P1090513.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRahDS_Qai86Jd5j-OZq9ooX8sxTXC9dywZKD7vmilucePJh_f4In9kD7qTedETL7IPLBZQVsloox6TWoZTZn-K27yCeuyNsp1Hpq31KiPckqWTq7IdaXH9vXUAr563lc6Hr8BETa_DNsH/w336-h400/P1090513.JPG" width="336" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mrs P (aka Mum) jumps up on to it and stares</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at me through the window!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKkbvW0AFveDxQxQ527qNwo7YI4YtcYFdpkWmb8lNgb_MQfzDeaKoRH0qj8ExdZ3Bm-HbvBNeUwWN8FrSGRFmOQhZCEEbGWci_tj7sIKDQuMhZpivClhk751gXfJFfgEFyGl4CqKGFR7-/s612/P1090514.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKkbvW0AFveDxQxQ527qNwo7YI4YtcYFdpkWmb8lNgb_MQfzDeaKoRH0qj8ExdZ3Bm-HbvBNeUwWN8FrSGRFmOQhZCEEbGWci_tj7sIKDQuMhZpivClhk751gXfJFfgEFyGl4CqKGFR7-/w314-h400/P1090514.JPG" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here she is; I took just these 2 photos as I did</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">not want to keep her waiting and asked </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beloved to feed her and the little one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She has even taking to flying up to the veranda to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stare at me while I have my coffee.....</div><p>I apologise for such a short post but I was struggling with this one! It will be interesting to see how you have interpreted this word! Thanks Astrid. Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/09/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party.html">here </a>to return to her link up page.</p><p>Bye!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-35458023161542758242021-08-27T08:20:00.001+01:002021-08-27T09:24:15.676+01:0027 August 2021 Photo Hunt - Bucket<p>Well, this word was fun. As I was looking through my archives I slowly realised how much bucket has featured in my life since about 1985 though the photos shown here date from 2004 onwards. You will see my interpretation of the word bucket is a loose one! Bucket is a container, sometimes cylindricalish shape with handles; so, once again, I've been thinking outside the box!</p><p>So here's a trip down memory lane for me! </p><p>Back in 2004 Beloved bought 3 fields near where we live; he organised someone to dig out a road and put up a shed. It was left to us to finish the road and the shed..... what fun and interesting challenges for us and I learnt lots of new skills!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfruw-uz7GDokdr9FhQGp-zXgNvC6WW8FIHuVt8zlZbA_ylbsHS47bUWhGRFc3mCHEIs1-gsLL4Gnff_yM80KShcDugCzM-LfoF5kpdKcnc9RUMJ9e_APL2oqtXJWlwLxLUet0472UZ91/s618/27Aug2021+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="618" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfruw-uz7GDokdr9FhQGp-zXgNvC6WW8FIHuVt8zlZbA_ylbsHS47bUWhGRFc3mCHEIs1-gsLL4Gnff_yM80KShcDugCzM-LfoF5kpdKcnc9RUMJ9e_APL2oqtXJWlwLxLUet0472UZ91/w400-h311/27Aug2021+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beloved borrowed a friend's tractor with the Foster digger</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on the back; here Beloved is using the 'Bucket' to dig</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">up the 'soil' that was piled to one side when the road was dug.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgxkx1T82m5mqTS9BPtGuk61uUty9vhx2BWIeUyum2zWfynm4lutlqqnz21oeYj13lj9O3EErCzFMGHWf0gDSonPH4a0jadMsGCyJmGG_c3aSG-phCO8pudl9MJOw9CTXEcTqC8uY-Csq5/s1534/27Aug2021+%25283%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1534" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgxkx1T82m5mqTS9BPtGuk61uUty9vhx2BWIeUyum2zWfynm4lutlqqnz21oeYj13lj9O3EErCzFMGHWf0gDSonPH4a0jadMsGCyJmGG_c3aSG-phCO8pudl9MJOw9CTXEcTqC8uY-Csq5/w400-h240/27Aug2021+%25283%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Later Beloved bought a blue Leyland tractor which had a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">front loader/Bucket with it. My shoe is for scale (I have</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">small feet!).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAfgg74h62G8K9I_HW8974kx92dXsVWvj8Nj8rV-IF7l2CNRrAljmrWIkyaIEWX9sLt8wWWjG6TicwHoGAcpqnxX2sCWEAL2T0Aa3jfSzuLsC4wanrBtSqDd5A4R8ckz5NpT6AoJE0Rsi/s1254/27Aug2021+%25284%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1254" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAfgg74h62G8K9I_HW8974kx92dXsVWvj8Nj8rV-IF7l2CNRrAljmrWIkyaIEWX9sLt8wWWjG6TicwHoGAcpqnxX2sCWEAL2T0Aa3jfSzuLsC4wanrBtSqDd5A4R8ckz5NpT6AoJE0Rsi/w400-h290/27Aug2021+%25284%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next on the left you can see the small trenching Bucket on </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the blue Leyland and it is emptying the 'soil' into the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">big 'Bucket' of the dumper.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvDcEMWCbQBeTrJy7t1z7_4Ms8jbUcGYtHFo2nIJ3WNO_ELKuNwXSnJkZW6F8gbHRKqa2_lmeDpiQYpA9cGvQ_PaAlttt1gNHwymEEC-99Lwk-jqJ-A3hf0QRug3ksigDbx-flhTdDX7B/s640/27Aug2021+%25285%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="640" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvDcEMWCbQBeTrJy7t1z7_4Ms8jbUcGYtHFo2nIJ3WNO_ELKuNwXSnJkZW6F8gbHRKqa2_lmeDpiQYpA9cGvQ_PaAlttt1gNHwymEEC-99Lwk-jqJ-A3hf0QRug3ksigDbx-flhTdDX7B/w400-h274/27Aug2021+%25285%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dumper's 'Bucket' which I am filling with stone by hand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beloved is busy elsewhere doing stuff I can't do.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8hi7x178nOz7AmcpaCk5hTj63rmbeQrL1368DXqrUds8W0-Vj0Zf07C9PhgY2PlDiM6-MP8NCmFJIWQcFlt0kYi7qXlaYUnfskx7XUBZz0785Der8zOcOWh6YooSgEd8pjBL150g4fLY/s557/27Aug2021+%25286%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="557" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8hi7x178nOz7AmcpaCk5hTj63rmbeQrL1368DXqrUds8W0-Vj0Zf07C9PhgY2PlDiM6-MP8NCmFJIWQcFlt0kYi7qXlaYUnfskx7XUBZz0785Der8zOcOWh6YooSgEd8pjBL150g4fLY/w400-h345/27Aug2021+%25286%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enter Beloved, driving and emptying the dumper's Bucket</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">next to where I am working, ie, building the next section</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of road so that we have vehicular access to our shed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19wEiI48LwXkekaFEVMIqOmO_rsl5u66jxCtGXsSK2mTHRTWvnhoYIUk9wiwkvazekLgv-vurC2nWZdLOMzjEyyiG3Aqn2uOQgzfIrvNa4At0GPJe3_8lcvx2b67h8asgP8Vu7piClXdc/s640/27Aug2021+%25287%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19wEiI48LwXkekaFEVMIqOmO_rsl5u66jxCtGXsSK2mTHRTWvnhoYIUk9wiwkvazekLgv-vurC2nWZdLOMzjEyyiG3Aqn2uOQgzfIrvNa4At0GPJe3_8lcvx2b67h8asgP8Vu7piClXdc/w400-h300/27Aug2021+%25287%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Off he goes, while I start to lay out the stones. You can see</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">how much more of the road has yet to be done. Just as </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">well I like jigsaw puzzles.....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimivKxHWK8YkggWrrX0ZqIhf3YntxMIKz50YG7SFrOQA7mC6_oB8CJl0z1ohfrsMRw-Nxjw7m0PWczijiEOx_Ol3NBtZ2HVNffKQHoftuVCA0rY3nWsN3n-i-1owyz_nqNlWUSe-5lo31T/s1235/27Aug2021+%25288%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="1235" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimivKxHWK8YkggWrrX0ZqIhf3YntxMIKz50YG7SFrOQA7mC6_oB8CJl0z1ohfrsMRw-Nxjw7m0PWczijiEOx_Ol3NBtZ2HVNffKQHoftuVCA0rY3nWsN3n-i-1owyz_nqNlWUSe-5lo31T/w400-h318/27Aug2021+%25288%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An even bigger 'Bucket'! Our friend was doing building work</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on his house so we left our blue trailer there and Beloved</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">brought it back when it was full. Once emptied guess whose</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">job it was to sort through it all as our friend did not really</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">understand the term 'clean stone'? So I was removing nails,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">bits of wood, broken slate, etc etc.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswDmbzzsoItg9SRFAYS5zuXqxDDeYrq2jsgiV7Kmdllj58d7RHqrKZN4RblWn2Q4kgK-uvfvZMsUeiDMPx4VkeNz_SZUAoWxe81-1TtxOt0KS1yCaSopAmDqEQhGJbV7B4I2rpJdNTjLq/s823/27Aug2021+%25289%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="775" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswDmbzzsoItg9SRFAYS5zuXqxDDeYrq2jsgiV7Kmdllj58d7RHqrKZN4RblWn2Q4kgK-uvfvZMsUeiDMPx4VkeNz_SZUAoWxe81-1TtxOt0KS1yCaSopAmDqEQhGJbV7B4I2rpJdNTjLq/w376-h400/27Aug2021+%25289%2529.JPG" width="376" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What a tiny Bucket! Beloved dumping fines onto the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">crazy stone work. I suspect I riddled this lot from the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">above trailer load. Well it certainly would not have</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">been anyone else!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnB-YJd65rkSi1gZB09QzXK-ZCSyFEr1ohHk3TSE2YIob8a3bITO2PTnUTng3psB25rHRHsvrH94m0QOPbc5-LnUKJ-jI7V6sI8s5UeELA8IAwooENhlP8A45LXEJmEOSKuTir66VerSTo/s640/27Aug2021+%252810%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="640" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnB-YJd65rkSi1gZB09QzXK-ZCSyFEr1ohHk3TSE2YIob8a3bITO2PTnUTng3psB25rHRHsvrH94m0QOPbc5-LnUKJ-jI7V6sI8s5UeELA8IAwooENhlP8A45LXEJmEOSKuTir66VerSTo/w400-h258/27Aug2021+%252810%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh what fun! Beloved arranged for over 100 tonnes of </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">motorway plannings to be delivered to the field so we could</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">spread it over the top of the crazy stones and then drive on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Note the big Bucket on the left of the next tractor he bought!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gosh, we filled this Bucket many times, thankfully using</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the Bucket on the blue Leyland and not by my hand!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOf6gUlEOagv0-U87e528aj1rn6eBaxYvzFYv7QWFO2mjXPkejWnew5DmVyKX_SlvKdqYxGAtO7oz66GmjakWPdyef6bkjI5FZMvPUuCiifft7AMtreeOOFUelRdYVwRFM2d9C94F0v2gm/s524/27Aug2021+%252811%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="524" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOf6gUlEOagv0-U87e528aj1rn6eBaxYvzFYv7QWFO2mjXPkejWnew5DmVyKX_SlvKdqYxGAtO7oz66GmjakWPdyef6bkjI5FZMvPUuCiifft7AMtreeOOFUelRdYVwRFM2d9C94F0v2gm/w400-h366/27Aug2021+%252811%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here comes a load of tarmac plannings! Once tipped it was</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">spread out, probably by me but not always. While I spread</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he filled the Bucket again.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgwEm6D5Qfybt7d1E5rdFgt0nklC5fL873EuRmsxi-w5jMwrEgjCR4IAQ1t2C0STiZ_7U7iws-tZRWhdWQ9LY3IbLQqA2hwZUnLRMsakSrSWukQArobPvLrrVC0IE0vwwu1nHKn8TSu_J/s640/27Aug2021+%252812%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="640" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCgwEm6D5Qfybt7d1E5rdFgt0nklC5fL873EuRmsxi-w5jMwrEgjCR4IAQ1t2C0STiZ_7U7iws-tZRWhdWQ9LY3IbLQqA2hwZUnLRMsakSrSWukQArobPvLrrVC0IE0vwwu1nHKn8TSu_J/w400-h233/27Aug2021+%252812%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I often filled the Bucket on the big tractor with stone as the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">road making progressed as it was easier to get the stone</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to where it was needed rather than use the dumper.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOBpP-7t3uNIsrBu5h7rqsvMBICICumPf3WkXXACivHLGUq8b7YJC3I4S0DnSoN6DSUIRC3AnJMq6hQ1miuAtfC1l5s1P9IKjrJho0bpIjiQU_LuSubv3PDZDmBZCPsA4xv6W77e5s8b6/s1174/27Aug2021+%252813%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="1174" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOBpP-7t3uNIsrBu5h7rqsvMBICICumPf3WkXXACivHLGUq8b7YJC3I4S0DnSoN6DSUIRC3AnJMq6hQ1miuAtfC1l5s1P9IKjrJho0bpIjiQU_LuSubv3PDZDmBZCPsA4xv6W77e5s8b6/w400-h278/27Aug2021+%252813%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A big Bucket can be used to lift things, here some industrial</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">racking and heavy angle iron girders.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-oTbH3mN6i2WMANQtoqiAMhS9_Ly-_WxOapoafxC8wks-mqvd2nHHOigZfusLR1BO-JaJnRLfZlMHnvHo69PcI-NjQ5QRRYsOIU7_ZKN4mtu1HrmVVE-6yLdqYckY0xl-Ci34tvR8Qjuu/s640/27Aug2021+%252814%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="640" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-oTbH3mN6i2WMANQtoqiAMhS9_Ly-_WxOapoafxC8wks-mqvd2nHHOigZfusLR1BO-JaJnRLfZlMHnvHo69PcI-NjQ5QRRYsOIU7_ZKN4mtu1HrmVVE-6yLdqYckY0xl-Ci34tvR8Qjuu/w400-h220/27Aug2021+%252814%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would fill lots of Buckets (from the supermarket's flower</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">display) with small stones and fine stuff to add to the road.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeSOUAwHdxrQhuovWXGld9aydJcUJRD4IdrkEWxHi2gYguV7TJCq4cWBMdL6Nzb4pM083DzMAu6-OP21j3cwhQ-xYeEgbGLN9Vc4YCICOkQj8VpBN9osrpDs-myK3hmc7Ad2y4TiSXbAb/s640/27Aug2021+%252815%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="640" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeSOUAwHdxrQhuovWXGld9aydJcUJRD4IdrkEWxHi2gYguV7TJCq4cWBMdL6Nzb4pM083DzMAu6-OP21j3cwhQ-xYeEgbGLN9Vc4YCICOkQj8VpBN9osrpDs-myK3hmc7Ad2y4TiSXbAb/w400-h199/27Aug2021+%252815%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Big Bucket moving a set of stairs.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvhXy69P2mx0W9WSc9AawGAtenRmm5EcuDxzl3bWtUSw6xtFWhC_vxeS65cIf0G1LkL1Sr3aLYo9kYSblEiQT9yqvNWgRluih1ZSFJzjwzubm0zwKKzmKJ0W2G5-d31UlKdvyH1DohKwp/s491/27Aug2021+%252816%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvhXy69P2mx0W9WSc9AawGAtenRmm5EcuDxzl3bWtUSw6xtFWhC_vxeS65cIf0G1LkL1Sr3aLYo9kYSblEiQT9yqvNWgRluih1ZSFJzjwzubm0zwKKzmKJ0W2G5-d31UlKdvyH1DohKwp/w391-h400/27Aug2021+%252816%2529.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Big Bucket used when knocking fence posts in; our friend</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was guiding Beloved.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFe-6m2ekO5PTIQruZGP-wcbfQfTLpFTyqlni0KxkmJ6WUirAAUH-A-KeF2VWmXukch31vQ-PRffvrIDJDcCLcjkQyybw8XcFba9aq_entSujxyn4VMfBvDAuEgu6nZcqkBP7Rhnzfbsa/s584/27Aug2021+%252817%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="584" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFe-6m2ekO5PTIQruZGP-wcbfQfTLpFTyqlni0KxkmJ6WUirAAUH-A-KeF2VWmXukch31vQ-PRffvrIDJDcCLcjkQyybw8XcFba9aq_entSujxyn4VMfBvDAuEgu6nZcqkBP7Rhnzfbsa/w400-h329/27Aug2021+%252817%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The load of three quarters down had been in the dumper's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bucket for some time and would not come out. So</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beloved hit it with a big striking iron until it came out</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in one big whosh!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aFOfw67BjhKJtL9gjUw6iZHwHEfGvHzvNdbEAneqEMiWbVjxOI5DVq0PZUlA3ym9GlDx7nllWthlcZz_LjYfjm4MfCX09BZv7K7Ar8Dvu3A77e-6FYl-lCOq_KgWd5ephIshLPGNmCRq/s640/27Aug2021+%252818%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="640" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aFOfw67BjhKJtL9gjUw6iZHwHEfGvHzvNdbEAneqEMiWbVjxOI5DVq0PZUlA3ym9GlDx7nllWthlcZz_LjYfjm4MfCX09BZv7K7Ar8Dvu3A77e-6FYl-lCOq_KgWd5ephIshLPGNmCRq/w400-h159/27Aug2021+%252818%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At home now! On the right you can see a black water tank </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and various Buckets I use to collect water in so I can water</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the garden and not use tap water. You can also see I've</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">used some guttering to help me fill the pond for the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ducks; a bit easier than carrying lots of watering cans!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL143_RLTeGZPem6U3uObZaVO8q7h7WXBpauxNFkD_oTkZT7I0oyUDRxO0_GfLDBfAcJR2lXgqBOAwGaUwtvQLDrAyPLv8mbrs4BJLMbdq2UM001tV0BlH_IJ-Q93PjNObptBeQQ1NdzIg/s609/27Aug2021+%252819%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="609" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL143_RLTeGZPem6U3uObZaVO8q7h7WXBpauxNFkD_oTkZT7I0oyUDRxO0_GfLDBfAcJR2lXgqBOAwGaUwtvQLDrAyPLv8mbrs4BJLMbdq2UM001tV0BlH_IJ-Q93PjNObptBeQQ1NdzIg/w400-h315/27Aug2021+%252819%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I weed, I take a Bucket with me. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizU8DY_IMWO_5eI7CM9I4yYFko1itRAQH6IJJCsSc-_gZjXTHmszZYpCOAYaZfUIDq09cc_AmZY82zQuaA-BOe6fLysQSzHYbD4DaQ6pkTCYqcqO2MMQ3wA3d3si5lxYxn-9ptPqJLk9X3/s595/27Aug2021+%252820%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="595" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizU8DY_IMWO_5eI7CM9I4yYFko1itRAQH6IJJCsSc-_gZjXTHmszZYpCOAYaZfUIDq09cc_AmZY82zQuaA-BOe6fLysQSzHYbD4DaQ6pkTCYqcqO2MMQ3wA3d3si5lxYxn-9ptPqJLk9X3/w400-h323/27Aug2021+%252820%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amazing what one finds in the bottom of a Bucket.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpp21MPlet6Nip85F6zAdlXkketO-DqYDydi4hE9i1igq47tuR96xmE2gG0fY_u7-2STIOtOIz3TdquEjsIzPT59ZtG3PThO6oCZ_1X_OCqwLlwhZvofWgSarcSe8-oQ0Oj3DtMZnby-6x/s528/27Aug2021+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="528" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpp21MPlet6Nip85F6zAdlXkketO-DqYDydi4hE9i1igq47tuR96xmE2gG0fY_u7-2STIOtOIz3TdquEjsIzPT59ZtG3PThO6oCZ_1X_OCqwLlwhZvofWgSarcSe8-oQ0Oj3DtMZnby-6x/w400-h364/27Aug2021+%25281%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Using Buckets to collect seeds! The tall sides stop the seeds</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from being thrown out, well most of it!</div><div><br /></div><div>Just the other day, the big Bucket was in use again! A bit like Time Team, we uncovered the A-frame that had been resting up at our fields for many years! Click <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-frame">here </a>to read about A-frames.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkz7ngrHvYoAVBr7YMs532S8lI3wbUsXSSeZmozx7wedwTHuQdtTBcgjrkbDuYKn8Tu0K6LBiU74atijwRvL9Rw7h42KxAq_qmNhRG0SmflbTnm6m7beXYF1pl4FHzHnCBxj4dP5BJ1WIm/s640/27Aug2021+%252822%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="640" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkz7ngrHvYoAVBr7YMs532S8lI3wbUsXSSeZmozx7wedwTHuQdtTBcgjrkbDuYKn8Tu0K6LBiU74atijwRvL9Rw7h42KxAq_qmNhRG0SmflbTnm6m7beXYF1pl4FHzHnCBxj4dP5BJ1WIm/w400-h270/27Aug2021+%252822%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A hole was dug under the metal bar so that a chain with hook</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">could be threaded through it and then hooked onto the Bucket's </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edge. I retreated to a safe distance with my camera!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPrhYN26OUAIWOQwYE-wr3VZIUNardtohlkUfMsvgrNBGJoIisfyAldUZZd7SMb9L0-JctzQBmvBC5ropz84esv9xi-THyrxmQOlTL7VSHBvxgX8EKtO0VN0eG1YOpEh_satxmXmgshM_/s640/27Aug2021+%252821%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="640" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPrhYN26OUAIWOQwYE-wr3VZIUNardtohlkUfMsvgrNBGJoIisfyAldUZZd7SMb9L0-JctzQBmvBC5ropz84esv9xi-THyrxmQOlTL7VSHBvxgX8EKtO0VN0eG1YOpEh_satxmXmgshM_/w400-h221/27Aug2021+%252821%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few minutes later, one of the two pieces of the A-frame had</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">been pulled out and then held with ratchet straps onto the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bucket's edge so that it could be moved.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How to people manage without a tractor etc etc?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, if you've made it to the end, have a gold star. Thanks Astrid for hosting the photo hunt. I enjoy finding the photos and being able to think outside the box! Click here to see how others have interpreted this week's word.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bye!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-7445058958259923712021-08-20T18:27:00.001+01:002021-08-20T19:28:38.421+01:00Photo Hunt 20 August 2021 - Dog<p>I've never had a pet dog so this was not an easy word for me. I did not like to take random photos of other people's dogs so I had to use my initiative, again!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsjz1fVvFeECDk-iXOENz4SKhX-oLdTxNYtzQP9CBHtj8tH0Yg4UmxKvVW-COV8Cnw_a7Na1nPLk9V6NTTxFs5Mz1jcZQx88NnQnPATKPvIvCrnr1DiHxSuxAcAIYwan_N0HywBPqBIl3/s640/P1030137.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="640" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsjz1fVvFeECDk-iXOENz4SKhX-oLdTxNYtzQP9CBHtj8tH0Yg4UmxKvVW-COV8Cnw_a7Na1nPLk9V6NTTxFs5Mz1jcZQx88NnQnPATKPvIvCrnr1DiHxSuxAcAIYwan_N0HywBPqBIl3/w400-h286/P1030137.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Out on a local walk and we met a neighbour and his dog.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Fqi0XiZ9_KxiNyz0FDYZdtKlfL6prM-loP1Eh9h5tPWpvit15pKZAe0h9yw8DqLfgPZJdeFGTSGvASuPPSitaxarbfqSL-KmZp6B3MxiDAQEJha3LBbRq2bgqHdTu0h6VvfRbvi75qJy/s534/P1030139.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="534" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Fqi0XiZ9_KxiNyz0FDYZdtKlfL6prM-loP1Eh9h5tPWpvit15pKZAe0h9yw8DqLfgPZJdeFGTSGvASuPPSitaxarbfqSL-KmZp6B3MxiDAQEJha3LBbRq2bgqHdTu0h6VvfRbvi75qJy/w400-h360/P1030139.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was most insistent that Beloved throw a stick for her!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxBF3is8JteUGEyilV4aWth0Jmt38xU1aydscCsvK5EQxMfxD4tPI0vZEECPcRtL_YgPWykLKnRnkYDu0JulsO3kM8FTgbqi3Y1-ksmSRzqb1h3RnbgQTwyGiIgM57SAKGpqRceZWLkiE/s510/P1220796.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="510" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxBF3is8JteUGEyilV4aWth0Jmt38xU1aydscCsvK5EQxMfxD4tPI0vZEECPcRtL_YgPWykLKnRnkYDu0JulsO3kM8FTgbqi3Y1-ksmSRzqb1h3RnbgQTwyGiIgM57SAKGpqRceZWLkiE/w400-h376/P1220796.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A dog found in our fields; luckily its owner was nearby</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">looking for it and we were able to unite them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now this is where I used my 'thinking outside the box' brain; I thought the above photos were a bit sparse.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95IQCnYuqBVHQX4-3WNWU7v0g3ISGgG86r4xW3Vt0rP93fE3pZD8QrmkgJfPlVaj1lt99ZkRmOKsqSfdzbL_96fKlr_D2RYq9nUnR3IX0u2mj4F-j3qKEsUJ5HmYaEp3B3zhvDu7IJbtq/s587/DSCN4576.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="587" height="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95IQCnYuqBVHQX4-3WNWU7v0g3ISGgG86r4xW3Vt0rP93fE3pZD8QrmkgJfPlVaj1lt99ZkRmOKsqSfdzbL_96fKlr_D2RYq9nUnR3IX0u2mj4F-j3qKEsUJ5HmYaEp3B3zhvDu7IJbtq/w640-h525/DSCN4576.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From one of the quilt shows I've visited over the years.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYu_OWYmf7fYUyA7CjnM484yKotMRZyqsHNNpV5VG2IO2MdKG2tbvzLsw-6zEWp-Xf3xJ5lprd2nkNTsvSyC_zmcg2wSVHjBWaHX4aYDswJ_F74UlVu95bJaInfJ1XmuyIwbtoVJm2YRnD/s595/IMG_7245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYu_OWYmf7fYUyA7CjnM484yKotMRZyqsHNNpV5VG2IO2MdKG2tbvzLsw-6zEWp-Xf3xJ5lprd2nkNTsvSyC_zmcg2wSVHjBWaHX4aYDswJ_F74UlVu95bJaInfJ1XmuyIwbtoVJm2YRnD/w323-h400/IMG_7245.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Erythonium pagoda Dog's Tooth Violet</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from my previous garden.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueBlnqu1LaWvzzc4w6U5HhAL_osw9yQCf7WPqRH-qc6SL8lCpPvu2BW31uJPP5KqzIIj8N5qs5o9lK4zu4GAwESgKViXzZKl6WYFNhRcmJg4uvAkUoEbocv4Utz2rjBOK5FOwAWjlr9ps/s495/P1050815.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="495" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueBlnqu1LaWvzzc4w6U5HhAL_osw9yQCf7WPqRH-qc6SL8lCpPvu2BW31uJPP5KqzIIj8N5qs5o9lK4zu4GAwESgKViXzZKl6WYFNhRcmJg4uvAkUoEbocv4Utz2rjBOK5FOwAWjlr9ps/w400-h388/P1050815.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A llama, often used as guard dogs.....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yLfI7yHiYtXiy7bH_pTJdMdbeBpRia-hqRSJp7PlobCcTEGHFK-4NgNryJt5KltaFfZeTURFowaCTMo_XdhNfDx_gD7n_5lHZhmUanxx1sZfI5uXY5vCUq4WHxpI9P0MwroM3hrRrvQh/s640/P1090285.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="640" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yLfI7yHiYtXiy7bH_pTJdMdbeBpRia-hqRSJp7PlobCcTEGHFK-4NgNryJt5KltaFfZeTURFowaCTMo_XdhNfDx_gD7n_5lHZhmUanxx1sZfI5uXY5vCUq4WHxpI9P0MwroM3hrRrvQh/w400-h281/P1090285.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cornus elegantissima variegata aka Dogwood (with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">clematis friend!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2S9uLnxx_gHgGOwE2tKFyqG2l51-gHnYd59m0BOFCWYvUugljm64KqEJIbOgx1yPIqHsN0QFUvpeGyabT4A2zRt0UfpTqEBj2zAEOl08VuJfRyb_4akYGYTP_L3IosNo7styel7bP17Mj/s526/P1090286.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2S9uLnxx_gHgGOwE2tKFyqG2l51-gHnYd59m0BOFCWYvUugljm64KqEJIbOgx1yPIqHsN0QFUvpeGyabT4A2zRt0UfpTqEBj2zAEOl08VuJfRyb_4akYGYTP_L3IosNo7styel7bP17Mj/w365-h400/P1090286.JPG" width="365" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">Self-explanatory!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Well, these are my offerings for this week. I did see another dog but I was not able to take a photo as we were driving. A couple were cycling and were about to stop at a cafe; I noticed the man had a dog in a basket at the front of his bike. Both Beloved and I thought it looked like a Labrador or Golden Retriever. Not a small breed of dog. Pity we did not see the dog get out! Also years ago we saw a Dog fish but that was pre-digital and possibly pre-film cameras but I did see one!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Thanks again to Astrid for hosting. Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/08/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party-dog.html">here </a>to see who else had joined in.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Bye!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-69518028031625042772021-08-13T15:22:00.001+01:002021-08-13T15:22:14.793+01:0013 August 2021 Photo Hunt - Begins with S<p>Well this was so hard. I have so many things beginning with S that it was hard to include a sensible number....</p><p>So here goes!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22LNC6wIWMCs2cYiV7vwz7kB-wwwkUcef5cHKRez9eGrAIGdWtuePcWvdfXUa3udjOVUhhwg_CcUKy-R26A4l4mKRjCl3VXxdeYIOOid_gagpZApoWr5cw_O9r9pSXdrAkqJ2R1fTqhEt/s640/S+animals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="640" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22LNC6wIWMCs2cYiV7vwz7kB-wwwkUcef5cHKRez9eGrAIGdWtuePcWvdfXUa3udjOVUhhwg_CcUKy-R26A4l4mKRjCl3VXxdeYIOOid_gagpZApoWr5cw_O9r9pSXdrAkqJ2R1fTqhEt/w400-h284/S+animals.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Squirrel and Sparrowhawk in the garden. Swallows on Beloved's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">roof rack when parked up at the fields.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWP1245ZguLcD3q6CBLgHO6eF8MPcD2gSBWpbmjhp8nYzPmgCxtwwXwb-oi-w0WgSNt7OpMgyN-GE6HebqttC8Z1ZSIbwtPPmChT4oSqmBfn4Bi4jyKnMbM-QYMnffQ_zDg-xn4qi9AOft/s609/Seeds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="609" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWP1245ZguLcD3q6CBLgHO6eF8MPcD2gSBWpbmjhp8nYzPmgCxtwwXwb-oi-w0WgSNt7OpMgyN-GE6HebqttC8Z1ZSIbwtPPmChT4oSqmBfn4Bi4jyKnMbM-QYMnffQ_zDg-xn4qi9AOft/w400-h315/Seeds.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Collecting Seeds for a gardening friend!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgST_6XVeLWPi834-3Oh9N3UlYc-xRjcUm056pXazyETTdMByWZKUZ6xoG22Dj9L_UZOCWZt58NV-OnHOE7IpLY28Pcge2xVItGYU0sPrCHvCoOESmORf-m-V2h8htbJ2TtZFu3kWWA5-9m/s640/shallots.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="640" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgST_6XVeLWPi834-3Oh9N3UlYc-xRjcUm056pXazyETTdMByWZKUZ6xoG22Dj9L_UZOCWZt58NV-OnHOE7IpLY28Pcge2xVItGYU0sPrCHvCoOESmORf-m-V2h8htbJ2TtZFu3kWWA5-9m/w400-h246/shallots.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Growing Shallots and drying allium Seed heads.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bbhCmxPEqflFeczlGWPwCjMfupS0VbRrbJRqJW8lcaPiZkAs6sphKP23B__334tnZZWDxJ8i9ZfpKKhp9BNE09HdUA6D6mHFykNVNpr_Rf1BqVfx95tpjIhyphenhyphenZjvMZYeGs-ut3z8iQdYS/s508/stone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="508" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bbhCmxPEqflFeczlGWPwCjMfupS0VbRrbJRqJW8lcaPiZkAs6sphKP23B__334tnZZWDxJ8i9ZfpKKhp9BNE09HdUA6D6mHFykNVNpr_Rf1BqVfx95tpjIhyphenhyphenZjvMZYeGs-ut3z8iQdYS/w640-h604/stone.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Building Stone walls in my previous garden; top (before the wall) and bottom (the finished job).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZP3DHammn-XT8IwBE6FdNrbqqqJKEkfjMN5jBMiV1JUw2Zoquk2RUJeXtDJCcrglUOO6aOYoA-aQuNkmfjzV_baCne4jpmdFkGCLlEPzChrDMQ0nwsD9DEph8SWuXhVV8CeM7r1ZaJCm7/s640/P1030702.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="281" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZP3DHammn-XT8IwBE6FdNrbqqqJKEkfjMN5jBMiV1JUw2Zoquk2RUJeXtDJCcrglUOO6aOYoA-aQuNkmfjzV_baCne4jpmdFkGCLlEPzChrDMQ0nwsD9DEph8SWuXhVV8CeM7r1ZaJCm7/w176-h400/P1030702.JPG" width="176" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A tall Sunflower that needed </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">supporting but how to reach it????</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4o8Cy68m6PGhlcKGolwuDKH3J8drkaiGM8gxJEYwN7iOuLtBVRKBKWhkty_NrwyRw2EzipdvYO6-ojECrmQxLeWgty0fpiSPVHh5_gsREDMqF324S6ir5IEI3LBvXUCPROuT3fc4girEN/s640/sunflower.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="640" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4o8Cy68m6PGhlcKGolwuDKH3J8drkaiGM8gxJEYwN7iOuLtBVRKBKWhkty_NrwyRw2EzipdvYO6-ojECrmQxLeWgty0fpiSPVHh5_gsREDMqF324S6ir5IEI3LBvXUCPROuT3fc4girEN/w640-h322/sunflower.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Open the bathroom window, use a Wolf Multitool handle with a hook on it to bring the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunflower Stem towards me; tie the Stem to the window opening catch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgg9nCl0sc2MkF9yNzUri4OtyaOW_1_E5IxlZ4nEmAJqDciPUJVKFq7FPBOqSNWUtbwTjaC8pPHBGjdsxz8lrXChhx3B7FchmEQIPxNiGrqXvF126_DZsOkJCvFoFMeRAQVg_gP_sFmeo/s640/P1030947.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="248" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgg9nCl0sc2MkF9yNzUri4OtyaOW_1_E5IxlZ4nEmAJqDciPUJVKFq7FPBOqSNWUtbwTjaC8pPHBGjdsxz8lrXChhx3B7FchmEQIPxNiGrqXvF126_DZsOkJCvFoFMeRAQVg_gP_sFmeo/w155-h400/P1030947.JPG" width="155" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Safely secured now!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9Oauuc4GaBPeJRua4dsCuqgch-bCE3HQhSjHYdICBIjb7sjvDVXF8c8MfZQuqphzHVImgb-u0v1d-EVPNQWU-lPysouY1L6zXjrTQazbNlhZmwNjkX1nlHs2vPP3gNB_yvCtWcsceLh_/s640/P1030948.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Snowdrop!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtQEzjh1Nj2_PZdUC-yxvU-d4bGcwKQoObN2S0Tyx1VRLKW3F6LCBTvMDuryKL5t60YR4mNmgSfxuKpIpZJriYeQm9x3ginZCMVzd1IdK-tk7QUo6BRO7V-m5C8XE0flXtjQXZU4E27RU/s640/P1210777.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="640" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtQEzjh1Nj2_PZdUC-yxvU-d4bGcwKQoObN2S0Tyx1VRLKW3F6LCBTvMDuryKL5t60YR4mNmgSfxuKpIpZJriYeQm9x3ginZCMVzd1IdK-tk7QUo6BRO7V-m5C8XE0flXtjQXZU4E27RU/w400-h281/P1210777.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Drove past these Steps with cascading water.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcvdgluD9NNah-jAaQHyWAYyKN6dloh4gL3FLj14AyzOn3h7E92Q-rFi04rhqjILuemzDErnjvqH7NX4SdJL6NyS0AhT-oDiuca6AJyi2egXwNW_A6MdDRpuVHZNVL9pajYI8WFKi5USA/s640/P1260430.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="640" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcvdgluD9NNah-jAaQHyWAYyKN6dloh4gL3FLj14AyzOn3h7E92Q-rFi04rhqjILuemzDErnjvqH7NX4SdJL6NyS0AhT-oDiuca6AJyi2egXwNW_A6MdDRpuVHZNVL9pajYI8WFKi5USA/w400-h201/P1260430.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Drove past these Sheep sheltering under a trampoline.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did hope I might see one using the trampoline but.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSmfVYcH7WmV6dxNgS2pHF3sszDM5JultYbjLcVr3A-x2-nAVoyJqtCUGB4W_AfnsdiYZ97bDTiSok5eLEbU2CPCRmFWZhxmAOTN0PkPw4m4oXmyfDbOqwGActFJkE93xNpWjaHMd6w6q/s574/Steam.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSmfVYcH7WmV6dxNgS2pHF3sszDM5JultYbjLcVr3A-x2-nAVoyJqtCUGB4W_AfnsdiYZ97bDTiSok5eLEbU2CPCRmFWZhxmAOTN0PkPw4m4oXmyfDbOqwGActFJkE93xNpWjaHMd6w6q/w536-h640/Steam.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I remember travelling on them as a child.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Top a train near Long Preston where the road is very close to the tracks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bottom at Oakworth Vintage Railway looking the The Flying Scotsman</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that had just arrived from Haworth.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlSs624Y2x2G0bpVargrJoyMoX30Y_5M9H5pnYYtmohr_5RudpgiBbsHQ5wmJQRiTeWNbJheCQPZfiEsm5pvh2pPcH6Kueyo9msumvhB_Vg_jifIatqDJWdh6EcbjYelnKLQgQ7ucxKcq/s640/P1050149.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="640" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlSs624Y2x2G0bpVargrJoyMoX30Y_5M9H5pnYYtmohr_5RudpgiBbsHQ5wmJQRiTeWNbJheCQPZfiEsm5pvh2pPcH6Kueyo9msumvhB_Vg_jifIatqDJWdh6EcbjYelnKLQgQ7ucxKcq/w400-h283/P1050149.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Walking along a footpath with lots of 'Ships', of varying </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sizes; so many seemed to be broken dreams.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07OEMUcFmBVuIZVDffqOORXNSlxQe8_8cQPF3zgmaXPB_Aih8OAIOwRSMySRB8PrwWKyou10WU6-fVk6Bqc4zS8bKF1zdnZ4WVwEkcyzIQstYtc5QYJ5DpBRvC5Rq0sicocNGuPmyiDpq/s513/P1070839.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="513" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07OEMUcFmBVuIZVDffqOORXNSlxQe8_8cQPF3zgmaXPB_Aih8OAIOwRSMySRB8PrwWKyou10WU6-fVk6Bqc4zS8bKF1zdnZ4WVwEkcyzIQstYtc5QYJ5DpBRvC5Rq0sicocNGuPmyiDpq/w400-h374/P1070839.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We call the trees shown above the Slug, well it looks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like a huge slug on the hill opposite our fields.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYlI94seF6GvudTv8mcQd68zDu-NOxyY7F8PP-IA0vxcLegBQtb1ZGbSmxfVMUAHeYYe4WpVRlaUMnCewYnYQ3pg-fuhPKU3yH6bsGDwfloQ4e7xs9InGk5OBONogHRZanEnZplg12pbp/s640/P1070854.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="244" data-original-width="640" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYlI94seF6GvudTv8mcQd68zDu-NOxyY7F8PP-IA0vxcLegBQtb1ZGbSmxfVMUAHeYYe4WpVRlaUMnCewYnYQ3pg-fuhPKU3yH6bsGDwfloQ4e7xs9InGk5OBONogHRZanEnZplg12pbp/w400-h153/P1070854.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One day we walked to it; a lovely walk but all uphill!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9-aTPkfpXVM_CI0OyLiRc36d7MCVx9flMPYtK8Fvjru9qXdUE9yx_gFVVA2PZJXFqIyIiFIasZ0zdWwRptkaQOWpp5rdHQNEXXPQpIVYKRDJHkLTZ0sM6HlAeIIZ15zH4hNbe58sOoWv/s2048/IMG_5534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="2048" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9-aTPkfpXVM_CI0OyLiRc36d7MCVx9flMPYtK8Fvjru9qXdUE9yx_gFVVA2PZJXFqIyIiFIasZ0zdWwRptkaQOWpp5rdHQNEXXPQpIVYKRDJHkLTZ0sM6HlAeIIZ15zH4hNbe58sOoWv/w400-h281/IMG_5534.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Snow and weak Sunshine at our fields.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGmJvTI7RW0k1cyts8cXFsYOzr3RRbVRK7bpbRMTQXdiJq7EG-VpCMad2-Nh-wVkG4EyXHZMFBKC6Iwk6ODFr1A6IfQTwGqLIwYAEZayo8-BWdbWbNmTvSMEtSgJMk3-ZF8Z4hiJ3NsKr/s640/P1050017.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGmJvTI7RW0k1cyts8cXFsYOzr3RRbVRK7bpbRMTQXdiJq7EG-VpCMad2-Nh-wVkG4EyXHZMFBKC6Iwk6ODFr1A6IfQTwGqLIwYAEZayo8-BWdbWbNmTvSMEtSgJMk3-ZF8Z4hiJ3NsKr/w400-h300/P1050017.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stunning Sunset.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMAnMlJbR7uIFaE-gcME3yHoF9CdsZpIfBMdy25uhjPADLRXgoRSEBN3BS1D4kbLOu8kVshCLPLk1i1NLP_pjepNAgwCrA_467gW1qSn1442wxosOVhhyphenhyphenMcuo7R8riAbjd_wrE0s4e-qV/s640/P1080614.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="640" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMAnMlJbR7uIFaE-gcME3yHoF9CdsZpIfBMdy25uhjPADLRXgoRSEBN3BS1D4kbLOu8kVshCLPLk1i1NLP_pjepNAgwCrA_467gW1qSn1442wxosOVhhyphenhyphenMcuo7R8riAbjd_wrE0s4e-qV/w400-h220/P1080614.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunbathing bunny in our garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShZ85YbISKUcLCJ9qRG4a-neXNXOuQyIrtIHJjRuGq9xaVP7G9HasYQ91Mf-2l2iWFuf5Z4VCJB_OlmoVBwOwsuTUEWHx-m1kAXLpLB3xfdVlx_OghiV63oUUGZ2hotlfAWVdOaxnztg8/s640/P1070607.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="640" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShZ85YbISKUcLCJ9qRG4a-neXNXOuQyIrtIHJjRuGq9xaVP7G9HasYQ91Mf-2l2iWFuf5Z4VCJB_OlmoVBwOwsuTUEWHx-m1kAXLpLB3xfdVlx_OghiV63oUUGZ2hotlfAWVdOaxnztg8/w640-h216/P1070607.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sewing Strips of fabric to make a piano key border for a quilt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemO8R0wilkQcZ_J0b6D-EXa4jgXFNIKLsAatOSsQ2sugBa3HFK-IpWknHNH-jpTCiUsDBfQRd_a4Fw4pQIdLmBD1cjTfgskVwqz0zFlabMcEpvVcmDg3QyIDK29WpzGEKh1_FWXKCE-IQ/s596/P1070899.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemO8R0wilkQcZ_J0b6D-EXa4jgXFNIKLsAatOSsQ2sugBa3HFK-IpWknHNH-jpTCiUsDBfQRd_a4Fw4pQIdLmBD1cjTfgskVwqz0zFlabMcEpvVcmDg3QyIDK29WpzGEKh1_FWXKCE-IQ/w323-h400/P1070899.JPG" width="323" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the border on the finished quilt.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbycxnPvThgFxruJxzFASvcPGcvTF4yidqMoA3jsV9eL7KirrIAsb6p5eYguqyawwBmWGphgy1Yu_pM2ZKIUiZT7OeURVRMUN_wkrZeITfE3o4Nr_SrTlXlSbuupATWnkDnp_pt7PfdQUY/s640/P1090245.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="640" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbycxnPvThgFxruJxzFASvcPGcvTF4yidqMoA3jsV9eL7KirrIAsb6p5eYguqyawwBmWGphgy1Yu_pM2ZKIUiZT7OeURVRMUN_wkrZeITfE3o4Nr_SrTlXlSbuupATWnkDnp_pt7PfdQUY/w400-h188/P1090245.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Final picture! Layering up my latest Project Linus quilt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with yellow Stars.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I could have gone on forever. Apologies if you are bored......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks again to Astrid for hosting the photo hunt. Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/08/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party_13.html">here </a>to see who else has joined in. I wonder how many will have include just one or two photos?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bye!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-26869579759174502782021-08-06T08:00:00.000+01:002021-08-06T08:00:31.114+01:006 August 2021 Photo Hunt - Friends<p>Gosh it's almost Friday so I'd better get ready.</p><p>Whilst I've taken photos for many years I rarely take any with people's faces in them. I dislike having my photo taken. So I've no photos of my human friends so I've decided to use animal friends. I could have shared many but I've been kind to you and only selected a few. They were taken on a film camera before 2000 but I can't be sure exactly when. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOx16cXqzyeB4E_YLYQvS8PSvlCcG14TZBh44Jl8KqD5qVjjDwGc-RldiMaeqyyN60nXuLF48kVvPLriqFhkO8iVgADqF_xwE1yiorBZHCSN6z7ytejw8WS55iQMR6Lh7Yl_mVfoPg82kf/s1668/cat001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="1668" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOx16cXqzyeB4E_YLYQvS8PSvlCcG14TZBh44Jl8KqD5qVjjDwGc-RldiMaeqyyN60nXuLF48kVvPLriqFhkO8iVgADqF_xwE1yiorBZHCSN6z7ytejw8WS55iQMR6Lh7Yl_mVfoPg82kf/w400-h280/cat001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mickey is on the left and Croc on the right. He and Croc lived</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in the local garage until it was re-developed so he found a </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">new 'home' at the house next to the garage. That was when</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mickey 'adopted' us and was a regular visitor. Late we </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">found he found many other houses to visit and be fed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx17qUC36K5WwgzqFls2rAJgJMmzoEIyQlQJh0sZe29ix76_JIYp-VImb0j5-aBRsNfdh9tRdmH0L_IJmEOZVP-5N4JixpKXUL-Th32lO4ddUQBTuj0WTplv6yaSkbya-Yq41AX2keveM9/s400/dried.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="400" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx17qUC36K5WwgzqFls2rAJgJMmzoEIyQlQJh0sZe29ix76_JIYp-VImb0j5-aBRsNfdh9tRdmH0L_IJmEOZVP-5N4JixpKXUL-Th32lO4ddUQBTuj0WTplv6yaSkbya-Yq41AX2keveM9/w400-h308/dried.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If Mickey came in wet, he insisted on being dried....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OtnWriJuctraiz6w9GfUq-ypp59zm-M4Vjh5hjdDFu0S892CODaVHagdfzJD6phja8NRf6BGQbIE1bKeZD2b2EXGznY9hNqTaZwPtRYU6NWtf-Jmmo4TyjxCWP0aXYyKMokbdRT0RFF1/s1241/DSCN0799.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1241" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OtnWriJuctraiz6w9GfUq-ypp59zm-M4Vjh5hjdDFu0S892CODaVHagdfzJD6phja8NRf6BGQbIE1bKeZD2b2EXGznY9hNqTaZwPtRYU6NWtf-Jmmo4TyjxCWP0aXYyKMokbdRT0RFF1/w400-h225/DSCN0799.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mickey spent a lot of him time on Beloved's legs. So it was</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">always me that had to get up and make a brew or answer </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the phone as Mickey could not be disturbed....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WKVV9_nIlAv48E_8MQYoJ-JxpvyfiCo1Cfz4ixBh2SHoy8kcmPqMsQ4MdXc4P6FiTKjMXtiTAX9kskmo_tXVHguc2R5wsmEkb4ELrvFtMhTTZql3mDKyZYabKCg2R8TA832Tz4QSYdTH/s1421/DSCN0810.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="1421" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WKVV9_nIlAv48E_8MQYoJ-JxpvyfiCo1Cfz4ixBh2SHoy8kcmPqMsQ4MdXc4P6FiTKjMXtiTAX9kskmo_tXVHguc2R5wsmEkb4ELrvFtMhTTZql3mDKyZYabKCg2R8TA832Tz4QSYdTH/w400-h155/DSCN0810.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the time I did not have a digital camera! Pity as I would</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">have taken many more photos. He was so comfy laid like this.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6GHrTg2UMPeNy0X4FeFpgC-6bcesMD-vhuDwdpKdtz-YWwS_VXJNt7TmOkAOgSZ6I0pskudXTrdundfTYP5q12gPMaoy1CmtGitn0JEIGJzF-2dWD0ZWSfBe1mo6oBz9RyuTePuAOcp7/s1586/screen01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1586" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6GHrTg2UMPeNy0X4FeFpgC-6bcesMD-vhuDwdpKdtz-YWwS_VXJNt7TmOkAOgSZ6I0pskudXTrdundfTYP5q12gPMaoy1CmtGitn0JEIGJzF-2dWD0ZWSfBe1mo6oBz9RyuTePuAOcp7/w400-h225/screen01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You could stroke him for hours and he'd lay there and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">enjoy the attention.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQYllJWbMoQvzHTLeypcSXTIF8sioE-6cDz6CmgHVz3Qtl3i8RgRGg3aVIzUep0cyi0pvtguZDTm8BzZf1WdogmUVGvCOo8SsN5vOz2egkywsQ2DejFHBH2pEv4ueGiyYg_WtaiGBjeQn/s807/97.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="807" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQYllJWbMoQvzHTLeypcSXTIF8sioE-6cDz6CmgHVz3Qtl3i8RgRGg3aVIzUep0cyi0pvtguZDTm8BzZf1WdogmUVGvCOo8SsN5vOz2egkywsQ2DejFHBH2pEv4ueGiyYg_WtaiGBjeQn/w400-h223/97.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At one stage I had to make a special rug for him to lie on</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when he wanted to lie on Beloved's legs.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5-UTRDAF25fDw78J-QyBHlMEPh4tY-6gWKqFxItIWStFdsTPYXNi4CuuegZXz-xq6_BcDslIfLoA79cqxkVpTwyArb-BykWk-UV_rlM-YUQFS4HxOpy3ujtR0ocnR10G2s6_oS0zxDiO/s726/99.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="726" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5-UTRDAF25fDw78J-QyBHlMEPh4tY-6gWKqFxItIWStFdsTPYXNi4CuuegZXz-xq6_BcDslIfLoA79cqxkVpTwyArb-BykWk-UV_rlM-YUQFS4HxOpy3ujtR0ocnR10G2s6_oS0zxDiO/w400-h256/99.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One evening I was so tired that I dozed off on the sofa with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mickey relaxing with me. Someone took a photo.....</div><br /><div>Such happy memories of a special tabby cat. The occupants of one of the houses he visited were moving away and asked if they could take Mickey. He was not our cat really. We said yes as we knew he would be well cared for and paying for vet's bills would not be a problem. Later we found out that when they went on holiday, someone come in to see to Mickey and had to feed him M&S prawns out of the freezer..... one spoilt cat. I still miss him but I have a lot of birds in the garden so a cat is not an option!</div><div><br /></div><div>Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/08/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party.html">here </a>to return to Astrid's page. I'm interested to see how you have interpreted the word Friends. Hope there are some cute, furry ones!</div><div><br /></div><div>Bye!</div><div><br /></div>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-83045029888229141272021-07-30T09:17:00.002+01:002021-07-30T09:18:03.438+01:0030 July 2021 Photo Hunt - Bike<p>Can't you tell it's Friday again? I recall as a child I had a Tri-ang tricycle, similar to the following (if my memory is correct but it was a long time ago!):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_9nRBrSiDHm12TuuRKyx-gRBpkbE1hgLFX1kN4svjS9Sf2lk7U4y2-9ZFzs7Lv3NCDQbsyAnFeZu8DImhnYipb9Oq6oBqGAI3mSRnQKorsoV8NSWjft-Lteor2yZZPR1l_RqhL_qc4Ez/s299/triang.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="299" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_9nRBrSiDHm12TuuRKyx-gRBpkbE1hgLFX1kN4svjS9Sf2lk7U4y2-9ZFzs7Lv3NCDQbsyAnFeZu8DImhnYipb9Oq6oBqGAI3mSRnQKorsoV8NSWjft-Lteor2yZZPR1l_RqhL_qc4Ez/w400-h305/triang.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The only other time I had a bicycle was at University but that was short-lived. I have used a bike soon after we moved to Lancashire in last 1983 but only the once. I've no desire to get a bike as the roads are not safe for cyclists. <div><br /></div><div>So what could I share with you? Light bulb moment! Back in 2014 the first stage of the Tour de France started in Yorkshire. A tribute to this was the bike structure at The Coldstones Cut.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFxWMfvoLnEeYqagP4bUfEznB8qtiuZCbA6YTye6lil9GT3Gb86nvVD5NF-jOD8zgJ3iTb6zqQElztuYF62EdbgT2HuQBaW0nnP5QLN721B7Xw-21SG-iBR3XH-VCyn0GHGEBK58oTN-G/s640/P1150083.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="640" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFxWMfvoLnEeYqagP4bUfEznB8qtiuZCbA6YTye6lil9GT3Gb86nvVD5NF-jOD8zgJ3iTb6zqQElztuYF62EdbgT2HuQBaW0nnP5QLN721B7Xw-21SG-iBR3XH-VCyn0GHGEBK58oTN-G/w400-h293/P1150083.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tires are from a huge dumper truck and are about 5½</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">feet in diameter.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQnqpOrY7oNtGG6Prh9Cl6YKFuO4nCarir4UQ_1JaqL_bWPzsfhJglgummTU5ue3rtGhGJqr_qeExCamawHNALeBWodrQWSlAQc1x-gwL7iSaAX1al6xpI56dVE1NuQD8VhFUHO7WiVL0/s496/P1150084.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQnqpOrY7oNtGG6Prh9Cl6YKFuO4nCarir4UQ_1JaqL_bWPzsfhJglgummTU5ue3rtGhGJqr_qeExCamawHNALeBWodrQWSlAQc1x-gwL7iSaAX1al6xpI56dVE1NuQD8VhFUHO7WiVL0/w388-h400/P1150084.JPG" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are no pedals and I suspect it would be impossible</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to ride it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you've not been to The Coldstones Cut, then I can recommend it. There is a small car park (free) but no facilities at all. From the car park it is about a 600 m climb up to the moment. The views are amazing. You can read more about it <a href="http://thecoldstonescut.org/">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5GvwTwZVHwgQOcJHutF0VtKq04SbpZtq9IvU3EmGhrvSYMjVhd-3-XGPaMp_ZZCD_gfb4ZIiCxMzG2chAkzR_PAa0L0y48geSlJVGJWC08_05gDNc75vTWuMakPukvQFb4ipq9ollqwO/s1439/P1280512.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="1228" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5GvwTwZVHwgQOcJHutF0VtKq04SbpZtq9IvU3EmGhrvSYMjVhd-3-XGPaMp_ZZCD_gfb4ZIiCxMzG2chAkzR_PAa0L0y48geSlJVGJWC08_05gDNc75vTWuMakPukvQFb4ipq9ollqwO/w341-h400/P1280512.JPG" width="341" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Driving up to Ribblehead Viaduct this bike overtook </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">us. He seemed to have an interesting pillion</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">passenger, but I could not get a better photo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back in September 2015 Colne was chosen as the end point of Day 2 (Clitheroe to Colne, 162 km) of the Tour de Britain. In the morning I walked through Colne taking in the sights of the race yet to come. Then I went home to watch it on television.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJdXmIalBa_r6TzCXImiXw0dtg5GX2rdabFqUTkJZaVXjk6s0xVPiC9gZ7tX_sRI51eTdwhSLXfBt27Xy8_7mcQDzN_BoQyDgwV1fnrrs_AK1XGq6JB68sVA9aHvdZze8lSdoAowwZBIj/s579/P1160932.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="579" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJdXmIalBa_r6TzCXImiXw0dtg5GX2rdabFqUTkJZaVXjk6s0xVPiC9gZ7tX_sRI51eTdwhSLXfBt27Xy8_7mcQDzN_BoQyDgwV1fnrrs_AK1XGq6JB68sVA9aHvdZze8lSdoAowwZBIj/w400-h331/P1160932.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Plenty of decorated bikes lined the route.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2wkcBpQDL2-p_LvtKwTKrh1deB1H_s5tDXcE3x2xj5YnHyX2R5wDEmGYRikedz2WK53UAV-XJ7GqWPiYdyuTXwjAYwVGpkPLg7W0KPrs0lf4qet7jwTkxK_t4-WMdmktfjlapurAmgGL/s640/P1160948.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="474" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2wkcBpQDL2-p_LvtKwTKrh1deB1H_s5tDXcE3x2xj5YnHyX2R5wDEmGYRikedz2WK53UAV-XJ7GqWPiYdyuTXwjAYwVGpkPLg7W0KPrs0lf4qet7jwTkxK_t4-WMdmktfjlapurAmgGL/w296-h400/P1160948.JPG" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A bit of an emergency stop?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrCWUgLiS0tl7-UQR0FrDhIveGOQfYuzexLw0sh7LXrEXbNHhM3DICCG4EDgBzDSNFgRqbegfD8jfqwIh1Ll-2-v8NnHKGZQLTHrObZc3hDOCoz8tCvLtfO0khfmMOYFXP7XopLB5Wt8v/s564/P1160963.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="564" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrCWUgLiS0tl7-UQR0FrDhIveGOQfYuzexLw0sh7LXrEXbNHhM3DICCG4EDgBzDSNFgRqbegfD8jfqwIh1Ll-2-v8NnHKGZQLTHrObZc3hDOCoz8tCvLtfO0khfmMOYFXP7XopLB5Wt8v/w400-h340/P1160963.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWS2WG3mVg5Gd2ZWYAD-KLWlZeNQdIxYJUSTmAuiDBq79tKY-rBaUFlR4AjPoWxv0SRg6OXB2qXq5IUlyBLmoVvLrRnzj01H2buqRhN2BGqRh7Vrz_KFuLJ3M0LR5wTWXfGFhpmiCWIZ4/s592/P1160940.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWS2WG3mVg5Gd2ZWYAD-KLWlZeNQdIxYJUSTmAuiDBq79tKY-rBaUFlR4AjPoWxv0SRg6OXB2qXq5IUlyBLmoVvLrRnzj01H2buqRhN2BGqRh7Vrz_KFuLJ3M0LR5wTWXfGFhpmiCWIZ4/w324-h400/P1160940.JPG" width="324" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me pretending to hit the barrier, to encourage the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">lead rider to win.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNxNvXPZBNN0NKGsm0iDz01QXVPcwedYQGr9y5ZrbdpI_VCNUrzcD6HD56c5RvW05-c6fUaxF_WEln8-sxQhixMSc1cPNFUQe3pAF63bJDIq0zXMBvIpThT15FPwEjG87-E1NAaS8IgMG/s640/P1160950.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNxNvXPZBNN0NKGsm0iDz01QXVPcwedYQGr9y5ZrbdpI_VCNUrzcD6HD56c5RvW05-c6fUaxF_WEln8-sxQhixMSc1cPNFUQe3pAF63bJDIq0zXMBvIpThT15FPwEjG87-E1NAaS8IgMG/w480-h640/P1160950.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is a very long uphill climb to the finish </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">line (it's not all visible here). It was a good </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">race, all the more so as I could see </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">familiar countryside along the route.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>As I watched this race on the television, I witnessed the sole lead rider going up this hill to win the stage. Every time since then I think of his determination when I drive up this road. Sadly he crashed out on the following stage.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks again to Astrid. Click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/07/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party-bike.html">here </a>to return to her link page and see who else has joined in.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bye!</div></div>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-23441964248433561682021-07-23T08:58:00.000+01:002021-07-23T08:58:00.554+01:0023 July Photo Hunt - Ice Cream<p>Oooh, I like ice cream! I used to make a lot of it, round about 2005 ish but we found we ate too much so I stopped making it! I used to have at least 9 different flavours in the freezer and they all had to come out so the bowl of ice cream was quite large.....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwL-ErKh61MpPvepKbs9DbaGthHNko82o2hEcgQGnPn2vsN3aBZ-mUIlQ1KoFhMsUpGeavpr4FboAr71jZJUpQ-rJak3fu34bPZ-49QCWqioZlzT7cfb3i9dS_GibsqwyOrlS3mNc4Unx/s864/23July2021+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="864" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwL-ErKh61MpPvepKbs9DbaGthHNko82o2hEcgQGnPn2vsN3aBZ-mUIlQ1KoFhMsUpGeavpr4FboAr71jZJUpQ-rJak3fu34bPZ-49QCWqioZlzT7cfb3i9dS_GibsqwyOrlS3mNc4Unx/w400-h318/23July2021+%25281%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did have a manual ice cream churner but one day when I </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">went to retrieve it from the freezer, the inner freezing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">bowl had leaked and all the blue liquid had leaked out!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPl8aauaSkvRVnBAQHIDH_st1ouAiGB7xXEa6k9-7ZtBfW4h0OOFSPH7sXtaDlGqCrc2jhgYKS2CS2KOtWTtXSPbs_4MBbX1GfoJCXrrCYKv9F49cJS6Dulm-bNKmGHv5ddhRcihjpHtCd/s506/23July2021+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPl8aauaSkvRVnBAQHIDH_st1ouAiGB7xXEa6k9-7ZtBfW4h0OOFSPH7sXtaDlGqCrc2jhgYKS2CS2KOtWTtXSPbs_4MBbX1GfoJCXrrCYKv9F49cJS6Dulm-bNKmGHv5ddhRcihjpHtCd/w380-h400/23July2021+%25282%2529.JPG" width="380" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back in June 2013 I attempted to make my own version of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Magnum ice creams but it was very messy and not successful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I buy them occasionally.</div><div><br /></div>Then the other week I decided to make some ice cream which was handyfor this week's word! I keep it very simple. No fancy machine needed and no need to take it out of the freezer, whip it, put it back in the freezer, take it out later and whip it etc etc. I like the small, flaky ice crystals in it.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_KyNJg0EfoQ1WvDaY9b5X11dwf2Pp3qfkXDnAr3GahHvIN-ISfdtOTySmTubFb5ds9oCyVgpD5NdbWyIrshK58D5Qyb1OqxyNzUZqIvpc2FTmHtqzpwrk-6ci9M-7RuMxOdcdMdLUxhlp/s640/23July2021+%25283%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="640" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_KyNJg0EfoQ1WvDaY9b5X11dwf2Pp3qfkXDnAr3GahHvIN-ISfdtOTySmTubFb5ds9oCyVgpD5NdbWyIrshK58D5Qyb1OqxyNzUZqIvpc2FTmHtqzpwrk-6ci9M-7RuMxOdcdMdLUxhlp/w400-h288/23July2021+%25283%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All I needed was fruit (raspberries), single cream, caster sugar,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">an egg yolk, a plastic jug and a stick blender.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7YON6pwmFRKwRqeedkd4E4lcqibTt_8VTexYDmiPnUGUXwG_PAXt37lsPBwzpBD0aqV5PoQR-N4UOzcGUsmzt0HE9lVlgZKeliZEWsdQb2vjHzZQRJ0QoCig5wL-PG3i8N0apchcynPa/s499/23July2021+%25284%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7YON6pwmFRKwRqeedkd4E4lcqibTt_8VTexYDmiPnUGUXwG_PAXt37lsPBwzpBD0aqV5PoQR-N4UOzcGUsmzt0HE9lVlgZKeliZEWsdQb2vjHzZQRJ0QoCig5wL-PG3i8N0apchcynPa/w385-h400/23July2021+%25284%2529.JPG" width="385" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mash the fruit with a fort and put in the jug.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpiRfrIOy9g4xIiotRQgtJZyoS1FWOTpUAaxmkDpk_Nt9TnfyW0BylG8-M6UHUNibkMr1Y1qEuNMJc-YqzJTQSGptetQ_tdQG9bGHbyhPHrcEqCb1lTsXCtN3OM4LXmTn13jRshQDsY73/s592/23July2021+%25285%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="592" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpiRfrIOy9g4xIiotRQgtJZyoS1FWOTpUAaxmkDpk_Nt9TnfyW0BylG8-M6UHUNibkMr1Y1qEuNMJc-YqzJTQSGptetQ_tdQG9bGHbyhPHrcEqCb1lTsXCtN3OM4LXmTn13jRshQDsY73/w400-h324/23July2021+%25285%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Add the sugar, egg and cream. Use the stick blender.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhwDrVjYhC970MPitc3byxmVoTZSLtOYKe_Bq9QhgGatgtEzECXcO9deMdigB6U0PxrP98ppsha1mBEkbFq4iPMUDON3GnfjGO9C5aiPGawNqo9h8w-_coNhij1z2Ozu2Xhz4Xd9jcDsk/s613/23July2021+%25286%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="613" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhwDrVjYhC970MPitc3byxmVoTZSLtOYKe_Bq9QhgGatgtEzECXcO9deMdigB6U0PxrP98ppsha1mBEkbFq4iPMUDON3GnfjGO9C5aiPGawNqo9h8w-_coNhij1z2Ozu2Xhz4Xd9jcDsk/w400-h314/23July2021+%25286%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yummy!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJmrGwbJXS_lVtNnvUbgEBszhTmMxjZSQpNEoefhN3lGnxUFUJKDZp2By7pa9to2nxv6sMHPvD6nGvEs259kGkZPIJH5jMoMPCfLSm2KZIJOx4g1VSpWV53Uju4rgtHcRvQUfXMQbu40G/s640/23July2021+%25287%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="640" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJmrGwbJXS_lVtNnvUbgEBszhTmMxjZSQpNEoefhN3lGnxUFUJKDZp2By7pa9to2nxv6sMHPvD6nGvEs259kGkZPIJH5jMoMPCfLSm2KZIJOx4g1VSpWV53Uju4rgtHcRvQUfXMQbu40G/w400-h215/23July2021+%25287%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Get out some small (100 ml) containers with lids and pour</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the mixture in, about ¾ full.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPC0s2fQWMymNacLWHjaxRe9l5w-efAU6RH68DhDHjggFf0I238WkCGIQmu4XD3bT14c2wLsoEKlue4_yvHaterKmPJsGAX5qwvLau9WoG5v4_OUlRYOQWlr0u9FMnW5-aHhAZB3xocL-/s640/23July2021+%25288%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="640" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPC0s2fQWMymNacLWHjaxRe9l5w-efAU6RH68DhDHjggFf0I238WkCGIQmu4XD3bT14c2wLsoEKlue4_yvHaterKmPJsGAX5qwvLau9WoG5v4_OUlRYOQWlr0u9FMnW5-aHhAZB3xocL-/w400-h295/23July2021+%25288%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Put the lids on and pop into the freezer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remove one at a later date, leave to defrost for about 5 minutes and then eat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is tart and not too sweet.</div><div><br /></div>Here's the recipe I use if you wish to have a go. So simple. I use a plastic measuring cup.</div><div><br /></div><div>1 cup fresh (or frozen) fruit, mashed.</div><div>½ cup caster sugar.</div><div>1 egg yolk (I discard the white but you could make meringue....).</div><div>1½ cups single cream (I use a cartoon that contains about 300-310 ml).</div><div><br /></div><div>Blend and pour into your freezing pots.</div><div><br /></div><div>Easy, so easy so give it a go.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks again to Astrid. Click here to return to her link page and see who else has joined in.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bye!</div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879315597566864115.post-52369403603331544172021-07-16T08:48:00.001+01:002021-07-16T08:48:34.234+01:0016 July 2021 Photo Hunt - Picnic<p>Another word that I had a slight struggle with as we don't have 'traditional' picnics. I have distant memories of picnics as a child. So what do we do that I can class as a 'picnic'?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fB_N2MiWIVGn12Oy-fUjXUxcEweVqfD046BqvjTWEDOrAvQaBR-3ecyNxnpE1yfKMKhph4T0wLAv4k_Q1Iw7VTBlXWxzslD1ceriwL3RP3gCEcosJJWPA79zCQz_q-vQTV55KPnnoG9Z/s557/P1090026.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="557" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fB_N2MiWIVGn12Oy-fUjXUxcEweVqfD046BqvjTWEDOrAvQaBR-3ecyNxnpE1yfKMKhph4T0wLAv4k_Q1Iw7VTBlXWxzslD1ceriwL3RP3gCEcosJJWPA79zCQz_q-vQTV55KPnnoG9Z/w400-h345/P1090026.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take a sandwich, drink and crisps with us on a drive out</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and enjoy the food from the comfort of our car!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My lunch.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ChUcp2zA17rrnMYqYj5pQbg6Le-uAFMdOxeuCy3Xryd3mvqkWJgg6bwoKLrhC4SiS4Bx8AitVn-fWQq5m0ZNL9C-Iamv3EXsSdUKPWKbk-m3_pA0aWuMxUGOoHSE3Od9KrxXdAc94Rpn/s489/P1090027.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="489" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ChUcp2zA17rrnMYqYj5pQbg6Le-uAFMdOxeuCy3Xryd3mvqkWJgg6bwoKLrhC4SiS4Bx8AitVn-fWQq5m0ZNL9C-Iamv3EXsSdUKPWKbk-m3_pA0aWuMxUGOoHSE3Od9KrxXdAc94Rpn/w400-h393/P1090027.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beloved's lunch. I can't eat all my sandwich and he</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is happy to accept a donation!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kcDBAY4Oh_W6R2-pK65tNI2k2-N4p1rnZz64Gu4w1qVuc4erEvnJ_TGRALKuz7maWQQhlp87zEwpnITf7No_J67o4QV-_Dd-erC00HSpPKtni6wpHasFqjC2pGl8fbwH-N_sviwNDiw9/s640/P1090028.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="640" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kcDBAY4Oh_W6R2-pK65tNI2k2-N4p1rnZz64Gu4w1qVuc4erEvnJ_TGRALKuz7maWQQhlp87zEwpnITf7No_J67o4QV-_Dd-erC00HSpPKtni6wpHasFqjC2pGl8fbwH-N_sviwNDiw9/w400-h190/P1090028.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On that day we were entertained by vintage Jaguar cars</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">driving past. There were about 20, one of which</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">happened to be a Jensen Interceptor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After lunch we drove to The Coldstones Cut and walked up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another popular destination is Ribblehead Viaduct. We park on a road looking down onto the viaduct. En route we generally stop at Season's Bakery and buy some goodies and a brew.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4GJGbXgl3b01nEC03lgX4BfreWPfBK2fhvWoXlue5e6Yho1CWiE2yI-9c8IFZTzh7P0z3E_ay7hh5v5q7BCL7dfIOYJ5IrCPbPFxj6293ZPCc2MiK8trPsdg1wwC4S3afiMfcWtpu3x7/s629/16July2021+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="629" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4GJGbXgl3b01nEC03lgX4BfreWPfBK2fhvWoXlue5e6Yho1CWiE2yI-9c8IFZTzh7P0z3E_ay7hh5v5q7BCL7dfIOYJ5IrCPbPFxj6293ZPCc2MiK8trPsdg1wwC4S3afiMfcWtpu3x7/w400-h305/16July2021+%25281%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">His cake, mostly eaten in the car.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROgySjTqK-Ch3Q0VL2RzFA6yE2d8nOSrqW1uSXriHC80erhR88LZhlWdz2Om1vuGnD_ooFCUIW6BQ8MxS0jIXtoUhznW5DAJlDz5ZxKTzzdgFkBaF05acm1F40Bp0-AgII-vWtcBFrC4C/s523/16July2021+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="523" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROgySjTqK-Ch3Q0VL2RzFA6yE2d8nOSrqW1uSXriHC80erhR88LZhlWdz2Om1vuGnD_ooFCUIW6BQ8MxS0jIXtoUhznW5DAJlDz5ZxKTzzdgFkBaF05acm1F40Bp0-AgII-vWtcBFrC4C/w400-h368/16July2021+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My cake; I kept some for coffee the next day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SeZ-2TXrVgPajr6dy0KbctOEF0_-71LwFE1a97_WmtKgKFr_HQqtHQiVWAEFnq2aIyLGUoqRtYjqQHLG9vJT8AzwoIUT5AArB9zIbk2g3iwn8GN8WyDNV2cRKuW1Q2FYb70I_Q9MorEb/s640/P1080727.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="640" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SeZ-2TXrVgPajr6dy0KbctOEF0_-71LwFE1a97_WmtKgKFr_HQqtHQiVWAEFnq2aIyLGUoqRtYjqQHLG9vJT8AzwoIUT5AArB9zIbk2g3iwn8GN8WyDNV2cRKuW1Q2FYb70I_Q9MorEb/w640-h397/P1080727.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the view from where we park. It's just had very expensive maintenance work</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">carried out on it and all the scaffolding has finally been removed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxdynnVn6JjFLaABuwGZ_4F8HFoFAhHPod_ii-K2MZZgnVtIwhVTBRn_koy_-PkN4TYpupL9nmzNCnQqWOvFwc6uzdPvwJZEEcaxj8iFREH0xvwfJsR5LrTgqBiJFQ1U0bMpttVHRDiBb/s608/P1080728.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="608" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxdynnVn6JjFLaABuwGZ_4F8HFoFAhHPod_ii-K2MZZgnVtIwhVTBRn_koy_-PkN4TYpupL9nmzNCnQqWOvFwc6uzdPvwJZEEcaxj8iFREH0xvwfJsR5LrTgqBiJFQ1U0bMpttVHRDiBb/w400-h316/P1080728.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just as we were to leave, a train went past. Perfect.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCewiiLytN4GVw02g46_aETGfDypbof1VHofpSTS9XhyP7Mf_t8itFHaZrK25YzeipRRNyZ6fR3oHM7nNXaTkOQKlPmDuDnBVczNa6fhqG896hRNeLPrvbdgGTsizfF3__0bLIEbiQXkqW/s549/P1090025.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="549" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCewiiLytN4GVw02g46_aETGfDypbof1VHofpSTS9XhyP7Mf_t8itFHaZrK25YzeipRRNyZ6fR3oHM7nNXaTkOQKlPmDuDnBVczNa6fhqG896hRNeLPrvbdgGTsizfF3__0bLIEbiQXkqW/w400-h350/P1090025.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A modern picnic, in GCHQ at home.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I look forward to seeing your picnics and I feel sure some pictures will be traditional ones, perhaps with a picnic hamper and champers??? Thanks to Astrid again and click <a href="http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/2021/07/scavenger-photo-hunt-link-up-party_16.html">here </a>to return to her link page.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div>Bye!</div><div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Threads through my lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727102938455568946noreply@blogger.com7