Surprises, Awards and lots of plants.........

Hello there

Have lost my blog mojo a bit at the moment. Twiglet starts playgroup for the first time in 2 weeks, so we are cramming in a lot of stuff. This coupled with the fact I've got a grotty cold seems to have affected my whittering abilities (stop cheering!) so this is going to be a post heavy on photos. (The above are photos of the lovely roses Mr Twigs and Twiglet bought me for being a good mummy and taking Twiglet out on trips while I've been poorly :) This was a lovely surprise as I rarely have flowers bought for me. After I gave birth to Twiglet, Mr Twigs bought me a cornish pastie!!! must admit I did enjoy it though:) (He also bought me a gorgeous Doug Hyde print 6 weeks later :)

I've done very little on the crafting front this week. I've kindly loaned the car to Mr Twigs so Twiglet and I have discovered the joys of public transport in a rural area and we've had good fun. It's lovely being able to nosey into peoples gardens and relax and enjoy the scenery which I can't do when I'm driving. Of course Twiglet has been in his element being something of an old lady magnet, I'm sure everyone in a 20 miles radius now knows he has new shoes and a new haircut:)

I received a lovely surprise in the post this week, Vicky over at Anglesey Allsorts posted recently about some agapanthus plants she'd bought at a car boot sale. I mentioned how jealous I was as they are VERY expensive up here. Well, what a terrific surprise my postman delivered two for me from Vicky along with a smashing little book for Twiglet, how kind is that? Here they are in the new pot I bought for them today!!!! Big thank yous and big hugs from Twiglet!!!!

We've spent quite a lot of time in the garden this week and I've finally had some ripe tomatoes in my greenhouse, which were swiftly gobbled up by Twiglet.

Here's my fledging herb pot, I've got a bay tree, rosemary bush and thyme elsewhere in the garden. Today I bought some lovage and comfrey(to make tomato food) but will pop those in a pot so they don't take over the gardenMy lilies have finally flowered too, here's one for your enjoyment (yes I know it's blurred :)

I received an email from Cathy @ Big Cats Emporium this week to say that my Cupcake & Tea swap had arrived safely in Australia, so here's a piccy for you. Although, I'm a coffee drinker myself I just had to include some Yorkshire Tea didn't I? (Gorgeous Cupcake card and tag made by Jan @ Daylily Lane - take a look at her lovely Etsy shop!)And in other news, as they say on TV, I'm trying to learn to crochet again - grrrrrr, that's my only comment. I've opened a new FOLKSY shop, see the link on the right hand side, now I really do need to rediscover my crafting mojo!

Twiglet has now had a big boy haircut and looks about 3 years older, I nearly cried when the hairdresser chopped off his lovely long blonde tresses - sigh. He does look blimmin cute though.

I've also been lucky enough to be the recipient of two awards firstly this one .............

From the lovely Tassie @ Tassies Craft Blog, thank you very much it's so kind of you lady. I was also given this award by lovely Natalie @ Natalies World of Sparkling Cards - lucky Twiggy, thank you Nat.

So I need to :-
1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you’ve nominated

Now, you know I'm lazy and never add links but all my favourite blogs on on my favourite list so go take a looky see at :-

Lynsey @ Swirly Thoughts

April@ Cake Makes the World Go Round

Jan @ Daylily Lane

Emma @ Jellybelly Jellybrain

Lee @ Solstice Dreamer

Sal @ Sals Snippets

Sarah @ Tiggertastic

To quote Frank Carson, and there's more.............

I was given this award from lovely Jo over at Freaky Deaky Crafty Chick, thank you missus, here are the rules that I nicked from Jos blog and as ever all the favourites can be found on my faves list.

1. Only 5 people allowed.

2. 4 have to be dedicated followers of your blog

3. 1 has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.

4. You must link back to whoever gave you the award.

The award goes to:-

Jennie@ Falling Down the Rabbit Hole

Daisie @ Daisie Days

Louise @ Home is Where the Heart Is

Vicky@ Anglesey Allsorts

Linda @ Two Pink Possums

Phew, another mammoth Twiggy post, I'm off for a lie down and a Lemsip. Have a good week.

Bye for now

love

Twiggy x