Making cake decorations

This morning it was murky and miserable but I decided to walk to Tesco to get something for dinner and some roll out icing to make a start on cake decorations. I am away for a few days next week and I have to get them ready to go for the week after that. Don’t want to be getting stressed at the last minute. Got some food in for lunch for Tina and myself, she is still poorly and has a doctors appointment in the morning.

I got a phone call from the blood donors and have agreed to go along to a session tomorrow afternoon. If my iron count is too low again I will give up on trying to get to fifty dontations and get them to remove me from the register. Always threatened to get another tattoo when I stopped donating, so we will see!

After lunch I got on with making holly leaves and poinsettias for the cakes, hopefully I have done enough.

After a tea break I go on with dinner. Went out a couple of times to take pics of the sky!

May try and finish off some cards this evening so may have a photo to post of them to post tomorrow.

Winter skies and cute animals

This morning Darren and I went to the boot sale and market. Well, more market as it was wet and there were only a handful of cars on th boot sale site. We had our usual sausage sandwich and I got my supply of nuts and we had a wander around but didn’t go mad today. We had dinner at lunch time as Tina is still not well and didn’t take any services today.

The weather had cleared up a bit this afternoon so I decided to walk up to Freeport as the craft outlet had an offer of a free goody bag if you spent ten pound or more. I took some pictures of winter skies as they were just stunning, to my eyes anyway.

There was a van parked there and I was intrigued.

I soon found out what it was all about, and sooooo cute!

There was a machine where you could buy a plastic ball full of food for the animals, they were very tame and liked being petted. There was also a hand gel dispenser. Lots of children were having a great time feeding them. 

I went to the craft outlet then and bought just enough stuff to get the goody bag. Some of the things I won’t use but I am delighted with the panel that will be enough for two cushions, so well worth the effort.

Took one more sky picture before my walk home.

Victorian Christmas market

I was up railroad early and prepared the veggies for a sausage casserole which I set going in the slow cooker before I went out. There was a reuir meant to ‘dress the part’ when helping at the Victorian market so I had to buy some tights at the factory shop as generally I just don’t wear skirts! No one to take a picture f me thankfully! I helped out all day at the tombola with a lady called Jean and we also sold rqffle tickets. It got busy a couple of times, was pretty quiet when I took this picture.

There were two singers who took it in turns to sing, mostly First World War tunes then later some Christmas songs. The young lady looked lovely, the next two pics ar not great!

Those hand look a bit odd along the edg of her dress, it was actually part of the remembrance display! The local primary school children did a little performance and some singing too.

The hall was at it’s busiest then with all the parents lining up to take pictures. I helped clear away after the raffle had been drawn and then walked home.

The casserole was tasty and now it will be a telly evening.

Interesting talk/demonstration

This morning I went along to the Living Well group talk on reflexology.i was a bit early so wandered into the park and took a picture of trees getting ready for winter.

It was sunny then, that had changed by the time I came out of the demonstration. Helen, the reflexologist was very interesting. David, who runs the grou, was the guinea pig and she explained what she was doing as she worked on his feet. I didn’t know anything about the practice really and was amazed at how much they can discover from our feet. Apparently a lot of people sleep better after a treatment so I am thinking of giving it a go.

Had lunch with Tina again when I got home, she is still quite poorly with the cough and has made an appointment to see a doctor now.

I went out in the garden this afternoon, cleared a few more leaves and hoed a couple of beds to tidy them up. Just a few bags of leaves now and not finished yet!

I put some sweet Williams in near where the gladioli live and then prepar d an area to put the lavender plants in for now. The plan is to have a lavender edged walk up to the summer house but that area isn’t ready and I didn’t want to leave the plants in small pots all winter.

I felt like getting out for a bit this evening so went for a walk, I went to the seafront first and the tide was in. A couple of shots of the spray. One out of focus but funky and the other one clearer. Good little camera for these types of shots.

I walked back round the back of the park, it was a bit cold and drizzly but it cleared my head and it was good to have a reasonable walk.

Helping out at the Victorian market tomorrow.

 

No gardening again!

This morning I had an appointment for an informal interview to see about joining the telephone support service run by the Living Well group. It was cold wet and windy today, not very pleasant out at all. The car park along the road could do with some serious attention!

I had my interview and will go along to a phoning session on Monday to see how it operates and decide whether I want to sign up to be a volunteer. It is a great service reaching out to lonely and isolated people the phone calls probably being their only outside contact. I bought my copy of Hello magazine, very unusual for me, but it has pictures of Prince Charles with his grandchildren, they are an absolute delight. I had lunch with Tina and decided on card making rather than gardening but I had to get a bit of tidying up done first. I have made a couple of cards I am pleased with now and have even more clearing away to do as a result.

This one I used and embossing folder for the background and added some colour with chalks, the thank you is die cut.

This one I used a large stamp that I borrowed from Ellie, stamped the sentiment and the butterflies are die cut. Had better get back to some Christmas cards again now!

Beverley garden centre visit.

This morning when I first opened the curtains the sky was very moody looking, it felt pretty cold too.

I went down the road to post a card to my friend and went into Missy, a local shop to get a birthday gift that needed to be mailed as soon as possible. Came home, wrapped and packed it and then went to the post office and mailed it!

I looked out of the landing window and noticed the leave had gather d in convenient piles, but didn’t go out this morning as I was due to go to Beverley garden centre with Brian and Ellie.

It was a good trip out, there is a very good craft section there so spent a lot and not a plant in the trolley! We had a drink and cake while we were there and had a bit of a look round the general food and gift areas as well.

It was still light when I got home so did go out a do a little bit in the garden. The leaves look so pretty but there must be thousands if not millions. I hav filled about a dozen sacks now.

I will hopefully get out there again tomorrow after I have had my interview at the Living Well project.

The photo I took of Tina and the HUGS team got into the local paper that was delivered today.

As I started with a sky picture I will finish with one as well today.

It has been quite a bright day but a very cold wind, think it should be dry tomorrow.

Flora day

A bit of a strange day. I thought about clearing leaves but it started to rain, was windy and pretty cold. The gas man was due for the yearly check, he was here ages in the end as not only the boiler and the cooker but also three gas fires. He was finding problems and being left on hold when trying to order parts or check in at his office. I had a bread mix which has been on the side for a long time so made some cheese and onion rolls, they didn’t rise too well but Tina and I ate them for our lunch and I even gave one to the gas man as he was still here when I was getting lunch!

Yesterday I moved the hyacinth bulbs out of the dark cupboard as they are shooting now, maybe flowering in time to give people at Christmas.

Scrabble club day today so I put the Super Scrabble into the trolley to take it with me, the house ai was going to is a twenty minute or so walk away. When I set out it was cold an hailing and that turned into drizzle. Three of us played on the big board and three on a regular game board. We only had one game and it took getting on for three hours, including the ta break! The other ladies had two games and finished before us. Didn’t leave until getting on for five and then walked to Tesco before making my way home. The streets are really dark around here at night!

A while ago I ‘rescued’ a rather poorly begonia plant from a garden centre. It is flourishing and has beautiful flowers.

I borrowed some dies from Ellie yesterday and she gave me some sparkly card. I have nothing to show for it as I had several attempts and just couldn’t get them to cut properly. I may try again with different card or paper.

Holby tonight, was a very dramatic ending last week!