The Beach after the Gales

12th December 2014

Today we braved the icy wind and walked along the prom to the beach....

.....a thick rope washed up...

.....so many shells....

....and starfish...

....this almost looks like a family.....

.....a big shell with the creature still inside....

.....this was the reason for all the gulls....

.....in all the years we have lived in Blackpool I have never seen so many sea urchins....

.....more starfish...

....one minute after this was taken we had a sleet storm...

....which produced this amazing rainbow, unfortunately my photo does not show its true beauty!

Arrived home and had hot chocolate and a mince pie!!

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 Yesterday RD made me a 'bug hotel'....

...and last night we went out with 'The Friends of the Park' for our annual Christmas meal to the Casino!! I have never been to a 'gambling establishment' but we spent an enjoyable time after our delicious meal playing Roulette with free chips!! I didn't win once but three of our party went home with £20 which paid for their meal!! 

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This morning I was relaxing with my first cup of coffee of the day and catching up with fb when I saw this post....

http://krokotak.com/2013/11/fold-a-fir-tree/

....so had a go....

.....and another using my Gelli print paper....

......I bought this book from a charity shop a couple of years ago for 50p....

.....cut this square from one of the pages....

...and made another tree....

....the first took about 20 minutes but the last about 10....

....I have always enjoyed paper folding and had fun making my little paper tree forest!

Why not click on the link and make one of your own, I did find the larger square easier to work.....

....happy tree folding!

Pompom Bunting!

8th December 2014

Been busy this afternoon on the park project....

...pompom bunting...

.....this will be strung from trees and swings...

......an old bird cake feeder filled with wool bits for the birds at nest building time....

.....3 colourful strips for the roundabout.....

....I have managed to label a few pieces now which will be useful when we start to decorate...

....becoming quite excited about the project!!!

A Walk in Skipton Castle Woods

7th December 2014

Up early this morning.....

....finished writing Christmas cards...

....finished my 52nd book since January 1st, completed the challenge!

As I mentioned in a previous post I have been listening to audio books, borrowed from the library, while knitting, sewing and crafting so now enjoy 'real' books from my favourite authors and have discovered new authors in audio and Kindle. A good year!!

'Fed' the Christmas cake for the last time, homemade marzipan next week....

....RD has made another small bird house!

RD suggested a trip to Skipton....

.....we walked along the castle path, I loved the sound of this waterfall...

.....a beautiful Heron....

...Jack investigating a yarn bombed bike on the trail...

....loved the moss on this wall....

....such beautiful colours reflected in the water...

....a VERY muddy Jack....

.....sheep grazing....

.....fungi...

....love the shape of the trees on the sky line....

....fresh air, exercise and beautiful scenery.....

......a great day!

Quick Post!!!

5th December 2014

This week has gone  sooo fast......

...I made myself do some housework!!

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A little art work on two of my beach finds using a white gel pen....

.....RD has been busy making a bird house using wood left over from a planter project....

....just two of the planters made...

.....a tall planter complete with my 'Tower' poppy that I see from my kitchen window...

....a window box outside our garage, these cyclamen lift my spirits....

....the completed bird house with a felted roof and perches!

I have put in a request for a bug hotel for Christmas!!!!

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I have actually finished sewing flowers on the netting for the park project, it seemed never ending but am pleased with the result. 

Also knitting an aran cardigan for my lovely daughter, 2 sleeves, back and half way up the front so on target!

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Made Christmas cards but can't share yet and have nearly finished my Christmas shopping!

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Have received 5 Christmas cards so must get mine written this weekend.

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Hope you all have a great weekend and thank you for dropping by.....