On Saturday I headed to the always lovely Oxford Yarn Store to spend 3 hours learning the basics of cabling (fantastic as because you aren’t at home so you do actually get 3 hours knitting & also the ever wonderful James was on hand – decked in cables – should anything go wrong). We started Read more about Learning to cable[…]
On Sunday Zoe and I headed off on adventures for my Birthday. Instead of buying me a present to unwrap Zoe had given me the gift of visiting a historic house Strawberry Hill (with bonus sculptures – more of them later) and lunch. The house was built back in the 18th Century by Horace Walpole as a home Read more about Stroll to Strawberry Hill[…]
I’ve had a busy few weeks working on creative presents for a couple of friends and making some new friends to talk about a potential new project (which I’m not going to jinx by mentioning just yet, apart from to say I’m very excited about the possibilities). The T Rex above was knitted by mum and I for my friend Read more about In the works[…]
This Saturday Jam was sitting a computing exam, rather than sitting at home waiting for a text I went for a coffee and then garden centre visit with my lovely friend Sian. I was after a few more plants for our living room windowsill and managed to bag a few crackers as well as the Read more about Plant shopping with Sian[…]
Glass school started again yesterday & it was SO nice to be back. I had really good intentions of carrying on my glass work over the summer break but with my studio not finished and missing some key bits of equipment it didn’t happen so it was great to have everything I needed and to Read more about Back where I should be[…]
We went to pick up our new chickens this weekend from the BHWT temporary camp at Chilton. We originally had our names down for two girls but when we arrived it was more than half way through the rehoming and there were a few hens that still didn’t have homes. Now we have the upgraded the Read more about Heaven help the new girls[…]
Today was the nicest day we have had for ages, which made our trip to the Wychwood forest fair even better! There were a myriad of delights but the main thing that lured us there was our favourite puppetry company Hand to Mouth theatre were performing the most excellent Piggery Jokery, so clearly we had Read more about Wychwood forest fair[…]
This weekend in a trip that has been long overdue I set off with Trish to visit St Tiggywinkles wildlife hospital. Primarily known for being a hedgehog hospital the site also takes in and rehabilitates all species of birds (including lots of the beautiful local red kites), badgers, roe deer, foxes, waterfowl, bats (oh and did Read more about A visit to Tiggywinkles[…]
Last Sunday I shut the hens away a little later than usual and became aware of a rustling in the undergrowth by the run. On closer inspection we found this little fellow trying to get into the run to eat the girls meallyworms. The next day I went into our local pet shop for some Read more about A hoggie invasion[…]
It was my birthday this week and if I’m honest it was probably the oddest birthday I’ve had in a while! Jam was diagnosed with shingles last week and promptly excluded from work until he was better, I was fairly sure I hadn’t got shingles but had to cancel quite a few birthday plans ‘just Read more about Birthday times[…]