This was the weekend that was ...

It started with this.

The annual Floating Market was back!

A whole array of different traders turn up once a year to sell their wares - and of course look very pretty!

Of course Mike soon found his favourite.

And me!

Peek inside.

Of course one of the hidden treats is sitting in our garden listening to the conversations of people going by. No - it's not in the least bit nosey it's - errrr - ummmmm - being interested.

Closer to home we've had the robins nesting in the ivy. They are now so used to us that they are almost eating out of my hand. Not sure what the people walking by would think of me though - hand full of dried mealworms outstretched as I cheerily quip 'come on little fella.' I don't know how or when this actually happened but that seems to be my default response to any creature I now come across. 

Not sure what would happen if one of them answered me back. 

Here he is posing on the bird feeder (he's that tiny dot).

As for our poor old blackbird chick - sigh - he was doing very well until last Friday when we found him lying in the path. Not a scratch on him. So much so that Mike even tried to do a mini resuscitation. 

It didn't work :( 

Here he is in happier times (the chick not Mike).

Mike's a bit taller.

With a bit of a beard.

And trousers.

Mostly.

I've starting knitting a sock! Winwick Mum is hosting a wonderful sockalong - do pop over and see what she has posted so far. But in typical impatient fashion I wanted to get started. 

So I have. 

Feeling positive so far but haven't 'turned the heel' yet.

 Wish me luck.

And the 'eyelash from Oswestry' fabric has been cut out to make a simple skirt. Now I'm concerned it's more of a craft cotton, without much give, and I - erm - need a bit of give! I've decided I'm going to stitch very narrow seams in a bid to convince myself that my size hasn't gone up.

Other than that we've been spending a fair old chunk of time at the allotment. 

'The WHAT? You kept that quiet!'

We've even started to pick a few lettuce! I foresee a future where I develop a serious lettuce aversion in an attempt to not have to eat it three times a day.

And other than daily doings that's about the weekend summed up.

Hope you've had a good one.

Jane

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Allotment Update!

The evenings have been too lovely to stay indoors so we've been creating mischief at the plot!

What's going up in your garden?

Jane

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A song, a journey and some fabric!

To the tune of For He's a Jolly Good Fellow.

I met a girl called Jo

Who told me what she knew

About a fabric gold mine

About a fabric gold mine

About a fabric gooooold miiiiiiiiine

In a place called Oswestry.

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo ...

I knew I had to go

A long way off I know

But I knew of a lovely cafe

I knew of a lovely cafe

I knew of a lovely caaaaaaaaaaaaafeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Where I ate and fed the ducks.

Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen ...

I carried on my way

On such a lovely day

I asked for lots of directions

I asked for lots of directions

I asked for lots of direeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeections

To get me to my shop.

Whispers in awe - Textile Express  

I walked into a dream

Bulging at the seams

With every kind of fabric

With every kind of fabric

With every kind of faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabriiiiiiiiiiic

All at a bargain price.

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd ...

I went from room to room

The choices made me swoon

With linen, silk and cotton

Corduroy and chambray

Lace and velvet and poooopliiiiiiiiiiin

I had to make a choice.

Soooooooooooooooooooooo ...

I didn't know where to start

So decided to follow my heart

I chose some jazzy cotton

And then some floral poplin

With lots of lovely lineeeeeeeeeeeen

And a couple of trimmimgs too!

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooow ...

My purse is nice and light

But what a lovely sight

I'm not sure what to do with it

I'm not sure what to do with it

I'm not sure what to do with iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

Any suggestions please!

And as a final thank you for the tip off

For Jo's a jolly good fellow

For Jo's a jolly good fellow

For Jo's a jolly good fellooooooooooooooow

Pop over and say hello!

Find Jo over here.

(Apologies for the dire use of rhyme)

Jane

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Much Ado About Bloggers ...

... or as Mike would have me put 'blogging' as it is more akin to the original 'nothing' of the title.

This is the sort of conversation we were having at 5am. I couldn't get back to sleep and I was wondering how I could write about our lovely bloggy meet up that we had on Saturday in Stratford upon Avon - home of the great Bard himself. Amy and Jo have already written about it very eloquently so I was trying to think of a different angle. I thought about using the magic of song - but being a blog of the written word this proved tricky. So the Shakespeare link was broached. By 5.10am I was chuckling so hard I had tears rolling down my cheeks. Looking back it must have been pure hysteria as the suggestions were at best mildly amusing, and at worst - not amusing at all. When Mike realised there had been ten of us he suggested The Tenpests. Whilst I sunk the lowest with Macblog.

So.

We met and drank tea and visited Sew Me Something and nattered ten to the dozen and wandered through the park where there was wonderful music then travelled back to the 1940s and I ate some comical eggs and carried on nattering and took lots of photographs and received some wonderful gifts and had lots of hugs and then had to go home.

It was the best!

Sadly my camera decided to play up and wouldn't allow me to take more than a few pics but I hope they will give you a flavour.

And here we are!

Back row:

Mel from Mel Makes

Nicky from Sunshine Reflections

Sarah from Sarah's Pigeonhole

Amy from Love Made My Home

Front row:

Jo from Three Stories High

Gilly from Gilly Makes

Mel from Mellie Moo Crochet

Mel from The Patchwork Robin

And of course we can't forget our very lovely Ashley from Lazy Daisy Jones who joined us later and even brought along her pin up man!

Thanks so much to Gilly for organising such a warm and wonderful day.

And to the rest of you:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Jane 

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Allotment - April

The second visit to my lovely new allotment - just two months behind schedule.

Hope this finds you all springing into the new season!

Jane

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