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Monday 8 February 2016

A Spring Posy, make that six.

The new wreath is now finished and I am loving it so much that I really want to keep it.
It will be going to Ty Hafan though, probably tomorrow, if not it will be Wednesday.


The posies, all very similar but no two are identical.



I was so pleased that the colour repeat was exactly three  times  to the last row. I enjoyed using these pastel shades rather than my usual bold and bright palette.



Here it is, finished and ready to go. 

I have a mind to make a large flat round base and fill it with flowers, it would have to go in a hoop for stability though. I have a small one or two around so it is experiment time tonight.
I will keep you posted.

That blasted girl Imogen arrived during the night, I woke once and the curtains were almost horizontal, the banshees were having a party in the street and someone had a dozen power showers directed at the house. Well that was my impression anyway. I just turned over and went back to sleep. 
Growing up under the flight path of a Royal Air Force base, 
complete with Harrier Jets has made me immune to traffic noise, and any other noise come to that.

We have had enough dry spells for Ben to get out and back dry, it is raining now though.

Dinner tonight will be my bargain beef strips and stir fry packs, enough for 3 people for £1. I will be slightly tweaking Ken Hom's recipe for beef in a ginger, chilli and orange sauce. He was on Saturday Kitchen and I was lucky enough to spot it so it is recorded on the sky box. I am substituting a few things, no way would I go out for rice wine, a splash of cider vinegar will do the same job. Fresh orange zest and juice will replace the dried orange. he served it with classic egg fried rice but I am using the stir fry mix.

I have a small pile of ironing, it should have been done this morning but I bottomed the utility room instead. I felt better for doing it and it looks better. I went through all the junk and now there is more space. The half empty containers were tipped into one another ( I was careful not to mix volatile liquids together) and the empty ones washed and put into recycling bags.

The next big one will be the sewing room, again, I walk through it twice and you would be forgiven in thinking that a teenager lived there.
It will have to wait until my Bike storage arrives, the shed is too far at the other end of the garden. At the moment my bike is in the middle of the room looking very pretty and pretty useless.
I am crocheting some big blowsy flowers for the basket and will make a seat cover as well.
BTW I now have two pumps as I found one in the utility room. Hey Ho, that's the way the cookie crumbles. That reminds me, the biscuit tin is very light. Better think about a spot of baking.

I tried a bar of the very posh chocolate from Fortnum's, Dark chocolate with unpronounceable coffee. YEUK!!
It smelled and tasted like stewed cheap coffee that had been reheated at least 5 times. It is in the food waste bin, I would not put it in a cake as it was so foul.

I have several more to try and am a bit wary, I am not really fancying chocolate at the moment, so they will have to wait.

Yikes , look at the time, Ben's tummy  must think that his throat has been cut.

                              TTFN                                             Pam

19 comments:

  1. The wreath is looking good :o) We're all stormed out here too. Our power went down last night and now the central heating isn't working either. Thank God for a real fire :o)

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    1. We had a few flickers this morning when the power went off for a few moments. It sounds as though the wind has finally dropped, and no rain beating against the windows. I do miss a real fire, I will have to investigate the chimney and see if it is viable to open it up again to use.

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  2. I do like your little posies Pam, they would make nice brooches. x

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    1. They are brooches really I just altered the size of the flowers and varied the colours a bit.

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  3. It's lovely Pam, you're so talented in so many ways.

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    1. I don't know about that, I do like to play with yarn and fabric. There are still lots of things that I want to do, but i am slowing down and taking my time. Well as far as I am able, for some things I want it finished almost before it has begun.

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  4. Your crochet is very pretty!! Hope that your dinner was good, sounds delicious! xx

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    1. It was amazing, I will be repeating the recipe with Lamb, chicken and pork. I also think it would be good with flat mushrooms.

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  5. We were down in Devon at the weekend to look after our grand-daughter while her parents were in London and the weather was certainly wild and woolly on the Saturday with lots of rain. It was so bad that I couldn't go with my husband to take her to a friends birthday party. Coming back to Wales yesterday was very windy which was getting stronger the nearer to home we got. Today has been horrendous with very strong winds and rain. I had a dental appointment this morning, but had to cancel it due to the wind as it plays havoc with my balance. I heard it was bad on the Welsh south coast.
    Your crochet wreathe looks ideal for Spring with the flowers.

    Joan (Wales)

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    1. I had no intention of going anywhere yesterday, the walks with Ben were a battle to stay on the ground, luckily the old railway line is sheltered so once we got on to that it was easier.

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  6. Love the wreath and can't wait to see your bike after you've added your yarn bombing!!

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    1. I can't wait to get my bike on the road.

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  7. Grrr, I wrote a comment but it vanished!
    I was telling you how I couldn't remember it being this stormy, or the named storms when I were little, it was just winter!
    I don't blame Ben for not wanting to go out in it! Because I don't!
    Love the crochet. Hope you get out on your beautiful new bike soon! X

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  8. Funny you mention about the noise. We live near an air force base and they do training runs twice a week. I believe someone must have painted an arrow on our roof that says "turn here" because they fly right over us!
    But you do get use to it. And golly, when the Iraq war was in progress, and they weren't here to train because they were over there...well, it made me wish they were back and making all that noise again.

    Lovely, lovely wreath, can't help but think of spring just looking at it

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  9. Love the wreath - it is so bright and cheery!
    Liz

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  10. Pretty wreath! Lovely colours!!
    Teresa x

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  11. I love these wreaths, Ive admired Lucy's over the years. Ive no excuse for having a go, Ive loads of wool from a blanket from one if Lucy's packs, just need to get my bum in gear! Thise little posies would make fab vintage corsages, so pretty. x

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