This week my daughter Rebecca and her partner David presented my husband and I with some wonderful news that she was going to have a baby next May . As you can guess we are both delighted with this news as it will be her first at the age of thirty six.
We know Becky and David will make great parents, especially Becky, as she has had plenty of practise with her six godchildren. who she has the honour of being for friends and family.
I know its a bit early, but I just had to put my joy and happiness into making a crotched blanket for this much wanted baby . As we won't know if its going to be a little girl or a little boy until its birth date I have used soft mixed colours .
Becky is fortunate to have Annette, Davids mum, who is also a crafter. She has been busy knitting and crocheting little jackets, a hat and blanket . I think this little mite will be terribly spoilt as its also Annette's first grand child.
You can all guess what I will be doing this winter.........Crafting for my little grandchild .xxxxxxx
Boy or girl ?????
As a keen gardener of vegetables and fruit , not to mention the odd flower or two I find this time of the year the best.
Its a great feeling to see all my hard work come to an end with a healthy food store for the winter.
Here is some of the produce that I've grown in my garden. Not to mention Beetroot, Leeks. Winter carrots , purple sprouting, onions.
On my last U3A Patchwork monthly meeting back in July (the group packed up for the summer holidays) we were all given a hand out which was to make a bag out of 5 inch squares of either denim or a similar strong fabric. The finished bag is to be presented at our next meeting in October.
For my bag I chosen some linen curtain material from a sample book . I used some white sheeting for the lining which was stitched in the same way as the bag.
A nice way to use those odd scraps of material up don't you think ?.
On a resent holiday to Cromer Carnival week in late August i took some photos of an air display . Usually its the Red Arrows but this year it was an acrobatic team .
I love taking photos of these daring displays and usually get some great shots. In fact when i down loaded these photo onto my computer i couldn't believe my eyes .
Take note of the two planes on the left hand corner . They look like they are touching each other. I must admit at the time of taking this i thought they were going to hit. I actually closed my eyes
Now see how close they were as they are pulling away from each other.
Here are some of their other amazing stunts.
As i had an abundance of apples and pears in my garden this year i thought it would be good to share some around to friends and family.
My daughter took some of these to her boyfriends mum and nan who were very pleased with my generosity. In fact they were so pleased that Annette the mum gave me these lovely Christmas decorations which she had lovingly made herself.
Not bad for a few apples don't you think?
Can't wait now for Christmas to come so i can hang them on my tree
