Darren and Tina dropped me off at the Poundstretcher shop this morning as they headed off to Hull. It isn't far from the station but not in the main town so have never ventured there before. A great shop, will be going again, either with Darren or Tina in the car, or with the trolley so that I can get all my bargains home! Got this multi coloured wool to finish off the crochet blanket with, I think it will blend in well and look attractive.

I went to the hairdressers and am pleased with the cut again, then I went and had a look at the auction as it was a viewing day today. Didn't get tempted, but always interesting. Passed another interesting shop name on my travels, like this one.

I had the stick and was taking it slowly so decided to walk home. Went down Dean Road and was able to get some smoked blue cheese at Let it Brie. My ankle was sore when I got home so sat with my feet up and watched an episode of House. Then went down and made a few fairy cakes, Darren moans at me when I cook but he likes to have cake on hand really! Still in discomfort so have watched more episodes with my feet up whilst crocheting. Have I Got News for You later, so that will put a smile on my face!

I had bought mince yesterday to get some cooking done for the freezer, Darren and Tina enjoy them and they are handy on busy days. I made a cottage pie, lasagne, both of which made four separate portions and a pasta bake for this evening.

Once that was all done and packed away it was lunch time. As Tina has not been well we made up a flask and drove up to the car park at the far end of the south bay. Very quiet and a lovely view. This photo just makes the seagull look bigger than the castle, which amused me!

The terns were on this cliff, we didn't see a herring gull while we were there, did see magpies and crows though.

We took a short walk up to a higher level, great view.

This bush would have looked stunning if the sun had decided to shine.

We thought making this felled tree into a couple of rustic benches was a novel idea.

Ship ahoy on this one if you look closely.

After sitting there for a while Tina drove up to Oliver's Mount. It is so high that from there you can see three bays!

And a great view of the town.

One of the obelisk, which is a local landmark.

We had a cup of tea there and then came home. Will probably do some varnishing and crochet now.

This morning Charlie and Blue came up to see me, Blue wanted to play, but I discouraged her as Charlie had been out all night and just wanted to wash and relax after his breakfast! My settee seemed inviting today.

I caught the bus into town as I had a package to get sent off, I also wanted to get a larger shoulder bag. I like the one I have but it gets a bit cramped with the camera, phone, purse and puzzle book! As I am due to go on the coach holiday next week I thought it would be a good plan to get a slightly roomier one. It is a nice dark green and I got it at reduced price in Pavers.

I had a voucher to get 5X points at Sainsbury's if I had a good spend. Darren took me in, we had lunch there as although Tina is a lot better today she didn't want to eat a proper meal this evening. I got the marzipan and ready to roll icing for the cakes and we stocked up on a lot of the big items like toilet rolls and of course cat food! My ankle and  knee have been particularly sore this afternoon so I varnished the back of the plaques and then sat on the settee with my feet up, listened to my new Billy Fury cd and sorted out the crochet blanket that I started ages ago!

More feet up and crochet for the rest of the evening I think.

Today I have been in as Tina isn't at all well and I wanted to be around in case she needed anything and to answer phone calls if necessary. I made the sandwiches for the Not Home Alone group and they were collected. I finished the scrapbook last night so got it parcelled up to send off later in the week. Had to make a box as I didn't have one the right size. I got all the plaques out and got on with the varnishing.

I turned one over so that hopefully you can see the difference.

While I had the varnish out I thought I would try and seal the little jigsaw. Moving it onto a piece of paper was a challenge it itself as it kept coming apart. Then I sprayed it with the glue spray that you use in quilting and then varnished it. I can pick it up now so will be able to mount it and hang it somewhere, won't take up much room!

A couple of weeks ago Tina and I saw what were labelled as ravens in the Halloween section at Sainsbury's. We both absolutely love crows because they are birds with real attitude. This was close enough for us!

A question for Mike, should I varnish both sides of the plaques?

Tina hasn't been very well today, she had stayed home and not gone into work. I hadn't had a good night myself and was a bit slow off the mark this morning. About 11.30 am I was going to catch the bus into town, it was raining hard but I have a waterproof coat now. In the end Darren said he would give me a lift in. When I had done what I went in for I had just missed a bus so thought I would try and walk back along Dean Road, have a rest and cuppa at Let it Brie, but it turns out that they don't open on a Monday. Anyway, with the help of the stick I managed to make my way home. In The Works I bought what was labelled a Micro Jigsaw. Very novel, in a tube, 150 pieces, I just had to buy one.

Having real trouble getting the photos on tonight, but will plod on.


As you can see, the pieces are tiny and to add to that they do not interlock, so touch one and move them all!

The edge done, I have put pens alongside to give an idea of size. Everything else I was going to do was put aside, it was amazing how long this little puzzle took, at one point Colonel arrived and I was trying to do it with him on my lap. Tina came up to sit with me for a while, she wanted to be near a loo just in case she was poorly again, but didn't want to be in bed. No toilet on the floor where their sitting room is so she sat with me and managed a cup of tea. Darren came up for a bit and put a couple of pieces in the puzzle.

When they went downstairs I plodded on and did manage to finish it, very cute!


Tina realised that she is on lunch duty for the Not Home Alone group tomorrow, so Darren and I went to Sainsbury's and got the necessary shopping in, we had fish and chips there too! Will try and do some scrapbook tonight, which was the original plan for today.

This morning I had the Teasmade set for 6 am and Darren and I were away to the boot sale by 7 am. Did make a flask for our first drink, but forgot my camera and phone, which was a real pity, as some fantastic skies, rainbows and low flying geese, would have had a field day. Literally as the boot sale is held in a field! We only had one item that sold for more than a pound, but we turned over a lot of items as we did keep the prices really low, we didn't want to bring anything home. Having said that, Tina has suggested that I stand the painted plaques on stands when they are done rather that try putting screws in to hang them. There were two plastic stands in one of our boxes and I had a different one at home. They will both do the trick.

I also kept three shells and the cutest little 'pretend' perfume bottle I have ever seen. Have taken the photo alongside a pound coin to give an idea of size.

We didn't buy anything though except for out sausage baps and cups of tea, and I got some grapes and a bag of these mini bananas!

Twenty for a pound, can't be bad. We reduced everything to 20 p when we had sold most of the stuff, and then to 10 p. Took a very small box of the remainder to the charity shop on the way home. I have sorted the money and put bags etc away. We made over 50 pound, which considering the prices was very good, but the bonus is that there is now no boot sale stuff littering up the dining room. I have been very achy today, so watched an episode of House before going down to sort out dinner. Will make a cup of tea now in readiness for the Strictly results show. Will just add a picture of one of the beautiful lilies.

This morning I caught the bus into town and bought a few bits and had a card to post off. Today I have sorted some more stuff for the boot sale tomorrow and got float money etc ready. I have done some washing and watered all the trees in the garden, especially the bonsai trees that dry out very quickly. Charlie and Blue spend a lot of time outside but Colonel rarely ventures out these days. He did spend quite a long time on the doorstep today, getting a bit of sun.

The kennel that Tina bought for Charlie has never been attractive to him, but Blue now spends a lot of time in there so it is not wasted!

The bonsai trees are looking much more autumnal than the full sized trees.

When I was doing the garden a couple of weeks back I draped the nasturtiums over fir bush, they seem to have settled into climbing now and look attractive.

There is a late flowering sea holly, the rest of the plant is dead!

I got quite a few pages of the scrapbook done this afternoon and then Darren and I went to collect his new laptop, then had some tea and did a bit of shopping at Sainsbury's. Saw this sign on a van at a car park, made me smile.