Bit of this and bit of that.....

Another busy week, work was hot.... but enjoyable as always.  I've learnt my lesson from last weekend though and keep covered up in the sun (and wear my silly straw hat at work).

I had thought that maybe I had planted too many sweetpeas (5 packets) but no, I've decided you can't have too many sweetpeas.  I'm picking a whole vase full daily, and still they come.

My peas are hanging heavy on the plants, they are so sweet to eat, and the potatoes are delicious. 

Work is progressing inside the house - the plasterers are finished and the walls are drying out and are ready to paint.  The kitchen floor tiles are going to be laid today, just got to decide where to start!

I've even found some time to do knitting this week, finishing a dishcloth for someone at work.  Its a beach umbrella, honest - pattern is from the July 2009 KAL I belong to on Yahoo.

Last night we went over to see the reindeer - Horace has a really impressive set of antlers this year, but trying to get him to lift his head away from grazing was impossible!

And finally, a picture of my Cordyline in my existing back garden.  It started off in a small pot in 2000, was planted into position in 2002 and has grown a lot...!  The scent from the flowers is amazing in the evenings, and it is great for attracting the bees.  I will be sad to leave it when we move.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Well its a new year, about time I started to update my blog again. Lots has happened, not much that is interesting as usual, but here goes.

See my previous post in October - I was right, Joe did win the X-Factor... sad I know, but I was right.  Lovely voice, he deserved to win.

House - the house we are renovating is moving slowly.  The garden is looking good, greenhouse frame is up, vegetable raised borders marked out and fences up.  We have planted an almond, apricot, new red skin pear, plum and a peach tree in the orchard, which is now all fenced and ready for the chickens to move in.

The house itself is a mess - the roof has been retiled and felted, all the cracks are filled in but now it needs painting - that will have to wait for the spring.  

We have started to take down the ceilings and next will be the plaster off the walls.  That won't take much effort as it is falling off by itself...

And I've been busy taking uptodate maths and english qualifications.  I am now doing a computer course.  I've passed Word and Excel and am now doing Powerpoint.  I'm enjoying learning something new - hopefully I will be able to find a new job where I can use my new found skills.

As for hobbies - the spinning is going well.  I'm knitting like mad (still not finished the second sock..... one day), I've lost count of the number of dishcloths knitted in the past year...  Last year I gave most of them away as presents, perhaps I should have done the same this year!

My latest knitting though is bags.  I've got so much hand spun yarn that I decided to knit myself a bag.  A couple of friends commented on it and so guess what they got for Christmas!

Thats all for now.

Sew Funky's Windmill cloth

I have always been a big fan of Sew-Funkys blog, and I love her dishcloth designs.

This one, her windmill cloth was featured as the March mid month KAL in my yahoo group. I love the colours and plan on keeping this cloth for myself.

Thanks Sew-Funky for another great design.