What a difference a day makes.

After 2 glorious warm days, both looking like this at first light,

 



 this morning looked much more like February.

 

But no matter the weather, I still love the view from my front door and have a long look at the start of every day.

 

My roses are hanging on in there,

 

 

I will replace them later in the week, as soon as the first petals drop.

 

The Alien is still looking good, standing proud in the window.

 

 

I told you that Dawn very kindly gave me some Seville oranges, and that I bought some fruit from Abergwilli. I also had some mandarins that were full of pips, reluctant to part with their skins and sour enough to "draw your a**e up to your elbows" as my Granny would have said. I made a batch of orange marmalade and then cooked grapefruit and the mandarins and turned them in to another batch of preserves.

 

 

 

Yesterday morning I had to go to Swansea, while there I popped into Hobbycraft, I had found a piece of yellow fabric for the stash and had a look for their half price fat quarters, there are a couple of bare spots in the stash.

 

This is the yellow, a bit brighter in the flesh and most welcome.

 

I found this bundle for £7, it is more aqua than blue and fills a gap in the stash, I am pleased with that. I do not buy much from Hobby craft as I find them pricey.

 

The Muscle has been busy in my garden, I now have some staging in the greenhouse and some weeds have been eradicated.

 

In return there has been more sewing,

 

 

 

He has made 2 fully lined bags, and look at the boxed corners.

 

 

I think that the next lesson will contain a zip, maybe a pocket on a bag or perhaps a zippered pouch.

 

 

While shopping yesterday I slipped into M & S and found these for Maggie, they are her favourite biscuit. I delivered them this afternoon along with a jar of each marmalade.

 



 

 

 

If you look at the comments on the previous post, you will see some from Notes from home, pop over and say hello. Kim is a very talented crafter, I started following her ages ago and for one reason and another she slipped of the radar. I am slowly catching up with what I missed and enjoying the journey.

 

 

It is now time for me to get in the kitchen and "sling hash" or I will rumble so loud that some of you may hear me.

 

 

            TTFN                                                   Pam