Thank You Roses.

These roses are to say a big thank you for all of your comments. It has been so nice reading them during this particularly sneezey time - as good as vitamin C - emotional orange juice.

A Good Book and Cup of Tea.

So this is what I am armed with to carry me through the day. I have woken this morning to sunlight with its warm rays working through me and feel a bit more cheerful (read that as slightly less dramatic). Just a heavy cold rather than a hell mouth to death's door. A good book has just been opened, Kate Atkinson's 'When Will There Be Good News' and a cup of tea brewing. Although, sadly in a different mug as I dropped my dear yellow one after the photo was taken. These things will be survivened (I just made that up, maybe I should submit it to those test words you have to copy when putting a comment on someones blog). Better go and fill up the hot water bottle and snuggle down on the big blue couch with my book... Have a lovely Sunday.

I'm Not Keen on Colds...

I am sick with a nasty cold. Right now I just want my mum and a big jug of roses. I am going to settle for, however, a cup of tea.

My Creative Space.

This is me on holiday, I take my head with me most times... no, in fact I take it with me every time. It gets very heavy, sometimes so weighted down all my best thoughts are pinioned to the bottom. On holidays I like to carry my head to the beach and somehow, the fresh sea air and crashing of waves seems to move through my ears, eyes and nose, cleansing all within. My head becomes lighter, neck longer and suddenly, thoughts begin to bubble to the surface. My head once again, becomes my creative space.

A wonderland of creative spaces are over here at Kirsty's.

A Finished Painting

Finally, a painting finished. For too long it languished awkwardly against the wall like a teenage boy outside the girls' school. Not no more (by the way, I know it should be 'not anymore' but it just sounds better).

Some Winter Crocheted Flowers

Happiness is the scent of a jonquil, a clean thread knitting its way through the air.

Beach Holiday

Goodness me, we have just returned from a beach holiday half an hour ago and already I am glued to a computer screen catching up on the latest blogging news. Thank you so much to everyone for your lovely comments while I have been away. It was so wonderful to come home to and thank you so much to Kirsty for your kind words.

We had the best time away, beach walks, book reading, eating, looking at stuff, thinking about stuff, making stuff (me: knitting and crocheting) and have come back feeling so refreshed and full of perspective. Just what we need to navigate our way through what is becoming a tricky dairy farming year.

Archie and Hugo went to their grandparents' for the last couple of nights so I am looking forward to cuddles at the end of the school day. In the mean time, I couldn't help uploading the photo of where they left their ukuleles before we left.