Holding Page

Welcome to my blog!
I've decided to set this up to share a little bit about the walks that we do, what books I read and basically our life in general. I intend to keep adding different links and information along the way, so please come back from time to time and see what there is, and feel free to comment on anything.

2 May 2015

May already!

Is it really May already? Where does the time go? Our holiday now feels like it's been months since, and that's without being back at work a full week!

The last few days have been pretty manic. A friend at work asked me if I'd make a bracelet for her daughter for next week, in yellow. Sounds easy enough? But not knowing if she wants a stretch bracelet or not, or what charms or beads to use, it's created a bit of a headache for me. So I've come up with a few options for her to take home on Tuesday next week. Yellow beads can come in a variety of shades, so I've had quite a few to play around with, along with the charms.



I've also been at my friends for the past couple of days, helping her make some hanging baskets (we've made about 110 so far in 2 days!). And the good news is that Cheeky is back! If you've been reading my blog for a while you might remember that I posted last year in April to say that there is a swallow who seems to come back each year to my friend's farm. He (we're guessing it's a he) is very, very chatty, and sits very close to the greenhouses. He's arrived back a bit late this year - we were starting to wonder if he wasn't coming back. But he's back, and will no doubt be chattering away to us for the next few weeks.


And DD is away for a few nights now, so we might get a night away (possibly not in the van as it's still been getting a bit chilly at night, and if we don't have electric it can get very cold inside the van). And then hopefully we can get some walking in over the Bank Holiday weekend.








29 April 2015

Back to work

Ok. So I went back to work yesterday, not today. It feels like I've never been away already! Why does that happen? The holiday takes forever to arrive, it's gone in a flash, and then you end up back in the same routine again! 

Work hasn't  been too bad so far.  Pretty much the same as usual with a few hints of the workload going up even further in the foreseeable future. Something not to look forward to. Such is life. 

Since we got home on Saturday though, I've managed to get back to my crafting - yay!!! I miss it when we're away. Is that sad?  Along with trying to get on top of the washing (that poor washing machine never stopped at the weekend), collecting the cats and making sure they were ok, I've been able to catch up a bit with my networking on Facebook, and plan some new ideas. I found a new shop close by which sells loads of craft things at reasonable prices - this may or may not be a good thing for the bank balance ...... It's all very exciting though. I thought I'd use some of my summery beads to made some bag charms with to start with ........


......and tried out a few new ideas for other gifts......



And tonight I've been wiring up more beads to make either bracelets, earrings or necklaces .........


If you like these, why not pop over to my Facebook page or my Etsy shop? Admittedly I haven't got everything on Etsy yet, but if you contact me I'll be able to sort something out for you :)

On that note I will leave you with a cute photo of my cats tonight .......and no, it wasn't set up, they really are this cute.......my 5 fur babies .......