A bit of a catch up

 It's certainly looking very wintery at the river...

Even though, on a recent trip to Devonport, there was still plenty of blue sky around...

I did NOT test the water!

It's cold and grey today.  I went for my walk earlier and then made a Cold Tea Loaf...

Sorry it's a bit hard to read... 

 but if you click on the picture it will bring it up clearer

I'm still working on Marnie's birthday blanket so I can't post a picture.  I have 2 weeks to get it finished.  I ran into a bit of a problem as I needed more of two of the colors but they had been discontinued, so I had to change my original idea a bit.  But all is well...

When I can't work on the blanket, I have this, what I think will be a baby blanket using left over yarn from other projects, on the go...

I finished reading The Long Winter.  And now I'm living it! :))

It was so

 cold this morning, even Freya didn't want to get out of bed...

So I thought I'd warm up a bit and read Summer at Fairacre.

"Dolly Clare must be the best loved person for miles around.  For years she taught at Fairacre School ... 

Ill health forced her to retire to the little thatched cottage at Beech Green, some two or three miles away... 

I have always loved the cottage, and not so long ago Dolly staggered me by telling me that she had left it to me in her will...

On this fine spring afternoon, I took with me a posy of polyanthus and a pot of freshly-made lemon curd.  There was a scent of spring in the air, and the lane between Fairacre and Thrush Green wound between hedges hazy with young leaf...

Miss Clare looked as pretty as ever ... despite her great age.  

'Now sit down and tell me all the Fairacre news.'...

Me thinks it is time for a cup of tea and a slice of cold tea loaf :)

xx