Catch up

Been a while since I added to my blog .... lots happening at the moment - but I have had time to get my Random Thoughts sampler finished .... thanks to a little help from my friend Val, who helped out with the tiny bits of one over one 'cos these old eyes can no longer see properly ! It has been a lovely sampler to stitch and now is ready and waiting for the framer when I can afford it ! ...

We have had some nice weather here in my part of the North East - some quite hot and sunny days which have livened up the garden ...

The raspberry bush is in flower as are the strawberries, blueberries and potatoes .... in the greenhouse I have a few different tomatoe plants and they are also flowering along with carrots , lettuce and beetroots now growing strongly........

Joseph's sunflowers are shooting up as are the sweet red peppers - so hopefully a good crop this year .... almost forgot - the apple and cherry tree are also flowering ! ....

Advent calendar

My sister Linda is a very good cross-stitcher, but not so good at making things up when finished ! I usually get them sent to me to make into cushions etc .... she has just completed an advent calendar and sent it up for me to make into a hanging - so here it is !

Progress on Random Thoughts

I have made further progress on the Random Thoughts Sampler so won't be long before this is finished !

Fresh Bread !!

Bought myself a bread making machine a few days ago because I can no longer knead the dough as long as necessary ...... made a lovely wholemeal loaf this morning - lovely size and flavour and soooooo easy ......

My little grandson Joseph is now 5 and three quarters .... getting bigger every day - time flies by and it seems hardly any time at all since he was born ....

An update - 21 April 2010

At last I have got round to remembering I have a blog ! .... since the last time I have been doing some work on my Random Thoughts sampler which was a birthday gift from my fellow mods on the Friendly Stitchers group .... I am almost half way there and it has been nice to stitch ....

I am also happy to say I have finally got a small greenhouse ! ..... wanted one for ages cos the small plastic one I had for a year was really not much good .... decided to get one which has plastic glass or perspex or whatever it is called - safety glass stuff. It only measures 6' x 6' but all I could afford and I only have a small patio out back to put it on ....... it took my son and DH almost a week to construct due to extremely bad instructions and faulty parts which had to be exchanged .... I won't be buying from this particular company again ! I now have some plants started - carrots, tomatoes and some flowers plus a pomegranate seed which my little grandson planted and it is shooting away !