Weekly Stills #5

Hello everyone, and welcome to another slice of Norfolk life. I have celebrated a Birthday this week, and so I have had lots of extra activities added into my normal comings and goings:

I was very lucky to receive some beautiful hand made cards from various crafty friends.

We visited a Christmas market in the Suffolk town of Bury St. Edmunds. It is held every year in and around the Abbey Gardens, and includes stalls from Germany, Italy and France. There is also an indoor Craft Fair, so there is lots to see:

Finally, just to show you that I am starting to prepare for Christmas now, I have made my mincemeat supplies. These will last me this year and next year as well. My MIL always has a jar or two, she makes mince pies for the old folks, apparently they like the alcohol content!

I'll be back next week with more tales to tell no doubt, as I am going away for the weekend with my Daughter. Take care and thanks for stopping by,

Weekly Stills #4

Hello everyone, I hope that you have all had a good week. I have been away again, and those of you that know me through Facebook will have seen that I celebrated my Wedding Anniversary in London over the weekend. The Hotel organised a little surprise in our room for our arrival:

It was such a nice surprise for me anyway, and not the only surprise that I had that weekend. My OH had also spoken to the restaurant, who presented my dessert on a special plate!

We had a jam packed weekend, visiting St. Paul's Cathedral, somewhere we have tried to visit several times, missing the opportunity, due to a busy schedule in the cathedral.

En route to another part of London, we stumbled across a bronze statue dedicated to the Jewish children who came here during the war, it captured my imagination:

On Saturday, we went to Spitalfields Market, a really bustling area, full of lively stalls and lots of great gift ideas. We spent several hours wandering through the market and looking at the perimeter shops, grabbing some lunch along the way:

We then headed to Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park, a huge German style market with an ice skating rink and all sorts of Christmas related things going on. It was very busy, and sadly, we did not have time to even see a fraction of what was on offer:

We headed off to our main destination of the evening. We had to walk, as the tubes were so congested, and took lots of photographs along the way:

 

We finally made it to the theatre to see a performance of 'Dance Till Dawn' by Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace who you might know from 'Strictly Come Dancing'. The Show was fabulous, fantastic dancing, beautiful music, and brilliant costumes.

It's a grey November day here, but at least it's not raining. I've had a wander around the garden, and along the street where we live, (not that you can see our house as we are tucked away).

It's very quiet in my village, apart from the occasional tractor!

This coming week we will be visiting some Christmas Markets, and as we head into December, our thoughts will be turning towards Christmas preparations. I tick another Birthday off the list, and have a couple of meals to look forward to celebrating the event. So, I will be back next week hopefully older and a little wiser!

Thanks for stopping by,

Weekly Stills #2

Hello everyone, I'm just popping in with another snapshot of what I've been up to this week. It's another mixed bag for you, Poppy is into my knitting bag, she just loves bags of all sorts, and wants to be in on the action.

 

 

  The Winter pansies are out in the garden, so I thought that I would capture them while they are in bloom.

 

 

 I've been wandering around Cambridge, and so there are a few pictures of my time in the city. I always love this view in the park, it's so pretty in the Summer, but even at this time of year it looks lovely:

 

 This is our walk into town, and you can see lots of other shoppers are on their way in and out as well:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I've also included a skyscape from across the Fens, showing how flat part of our local countryside can be. If you go two miles in the opposite direction, we are surrounded by thick forest, we live in an area of great diversity.

  A couple of food related treats from across the week...

 

 

Finally my WIP from last week which I promised my play day friends that I would finish:

I'll be back next week with another slice of life, thanks for stopping by,

Weekly Stills

Hello everyone, life of late has been very busy, rushing about here, there, and everywhere, and although I am technically a 'lady of leisure', I find myself very occupied with lots of different things that need to be done. I do not have time to blog as much as I would like, and with this in mind, I have decided to make time for a weekly post of photographs relating to what has been going on in my life. It will be, I'm afraid to say, mostly crafting, cats and garden related, because they are the things that interest me. However, the changing seasons in the garden never fail to captivate me, and I hope that you will enjoy the journey through my garden as well.

I saw the idea for weekly stills on A little Woolie who links to another blog where she in turn saw the idea, The Beetle Shack. I do think that it is a lovely idea, and will add some balance to my blog which has become very stilted of late. I do have plans for more adventures, so keep watching!

Anyway, my photos reflect a little bit of travelling that I did this week, with a crafty play session combined, a wander around my garden to find some odd bits of colour still popping up, and of course, my beautiful furry companions, Poppy, Cody and Bella.

I cannot get used to these early evenings, or the cold snap that we are now having after the mild weather. I am starting to get a little bit of arthritis in my hands, so the wrist warmers are out again. My fingers always look fat in photographs, but at least my nails are colour co-ordinated!

I'll be back next week with another slice of life, take care and keep warm. Thanks for stopping by, xx