{quilt} while you're ahead

61**2013

Bank Holiday Monday.

Incredible sunny warm weather.

We went for a long walk.

4 miles around the beautiful countryside around Sudeley Castle. (oh yeah, and a rewarding drink at the end, of course)

Perfect.

59**2013

Wordless Wednesday

 

 

 

55**2013

Randomly.

Because it's Monday.

Because today I went running for the 2nd time in three years (both times in the past week, it's not that it takes me that long to recover!) and everything hurts.

Because I've spent the past three hours cleaning and tidying and I find it quite mind numbing...

See? running shoes.

I can't stop eating tomatoes.

On rice cakes and a veil of mayonnaise.

And those have got nothing to do with it but are my new shoes and they are beautiful soft and comfortable. (gosh I'm so pale).

if you give your children a blue slushy what comes out the other end... it's not blue but green. Bright green.  It frightened No 3 to death (he called me crying from the toilette, "mum my pooh is green!").  Sorry a bit TMI but quite funny.  I'll call it a life lesson; blue things are not meant to be eaten!

Talking of blue...

the sun has finally graced us with its presence. 

Feeeels good.

And you know what else feels good?

a bright patch on a boring dish towel.

 

Have a good week people.

 

12**2013

The snow still covers the ground

but that's mainly on the pavements... the roads are clear.

I'm seriously beginning to worry about the mental state of my fellow citizens:

(wouldn't you notice if suddenly only one of your feet started to slip around??? is it me???)

- No 3 dropped his Kindle Fire in the bath (he wasn't in it, but only showing something to his brother who was).

Tragedy.

I'm glad to report that 4 days in a bag of rice cured the device and it's now as good as new.

- Lunch:

(bottom of the cupboard/fridge soup.  Always the best ones)

- I got my first pair of glasses today (a part from a short stint during No 3's pregnancy - that was weird)

Feels weird.  Kids think it's hilarious.

11**2013

Today we woke up to this:

No this is not my house, but the local architecture is even more beautiful in the snow.

This is my driveway

Slowly we went from this

to this

(I know different bush... but I had my slippers on at this point and didn't want to get my feet wet!!)

So I dressed the boys (no school today)

and chucked them out...

the little angels...

Not.

I watched them from the window,

of course that was to encourage independent play... it had nothing to do with the blizzard like conditions and the mug of Assam tea with vanilla in my hand.  Of course.

After a while my guilt inducing Catholic upbringing won over and we headed to the park.

Sigh.

For a sledging session.

Or so I thought.

 

Sitting down on sledges is sooooooo last year.

139//2012 {{No 2 writes a poem}}

By No 2:

 

"Sparkling light"

Argos the snail

Balanced as a fox's tail

stuck in the universe core

 

Argos the snail dodges

the North Arrow

Shot by Sagittarious the archer

 

The arrow

goes as fast as the speed of light

as it flies across the sky

 

The arrow 

as sharp as a sword

slices glistening in the sky

 

Move over Baudelaire, you're soooo last century.

127//2012

It's raining leaves outside.

Beautiful.

No 2 has forgotten his hockey stick at home.

Again.

I love the new lounge colour.

And the beautiful flowers that Mr M bought.

The light is aweful today so this little piece of sewing won't look it's best.

Tiny 1" squares.

The centre for a winter quilt? 

A cushion?

Who knows.

 

Happy Tuesday everyone.

126//2012

Dear blog,

I apologies for the prolonged and unannounced absence but I had good reasons:

- half term descended upon me not without notice I admit, but the true power that three children have to swallow time meant 'survival' mode took over.

- So, we survived half term, in fact I can go as far as saying it was a good one.  We even managed to meet up with dear friends and their offspring for a long cycle ride... which the offspings survived much more unscathed than we did.. ehm...

- The boys have been back in school for a week but I spent this time covered in 'skylon grey' paint (Kevin McCloud for Fired Earth).  The lounge is now done - give or take the odd radiator still unpainted, or the skirting board behind the sofa still to do... - and it looks mighty nice.  Oh there are no curtains either but I'm so proud of how well I filled in the holes left by the old ghastly curtain rail that I'm very happy to stare at the smooth wall for a while!

- And curtain shopping can be fun, right?

- urgh.

- I went to see 'Skyfall'.  Brilliant.  Sigh.

- I finished one Xmas present, started another two and have the material for a 4th.  No pressure here.

- I also finished the Halloween quilt - minus handsewing the binding, but I figure Halloween will come 'round again next year, so what's the rush?

- I have a new wreath on my door

- of course I didn't make it.

- It was 'book day' at school today, this is how No 2 went in, (note how 'tidy' he is already)

("Boy in a dress" by David Walliams)

- because of course he hates being the centre of attention. (when I left him in the playground he was trying to sell his dress to a gaggle of girls...)

- my little shrinking violet.

- not.

- Knitting club starts again in approx 45 minutes.

- ....  I gotta go!

 

125//2012

Lilli the dog and I went for a walk in the sunshine today.

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.  ~P.D. James

122//2012

- Autumn, glorious Autumn.

- There is a massive spider on my door

- and a basket of pinecones in the hall

- there's a fabric pumpkin under a belljar

- the glass beads around my neck are the colour of the sky

- and I have a crochet hook in my hands

- later I have a rugby match to watch, a boy to pick up late after a school trip, and soup to make.

- and you?

 (Paul Auster, Winter Journal... a beautifully written book)