Where is this year going???

Here's a photo from last May of the lane across from our house and a little Twiglet perched on the bridge.

Blimey I can't believe it's May already.

So, any plans for the weekend?

Twiglet is going to The Big Camp, 6,500 Beavers, Cubs and Scouts at the showground in Harrogate for 3 days, top fun !!!

I'm on light duties as I have a particularly nasty chest infection, so I have mostly been making things for my Etsy shop and pottering about. 

 Not very exciting but I'm waiting for the lurgy to pass.

Have a great weekend.

Twiggy x

Hardcastle Crags walk

We had a lovely Spring walk yesterday up at Hardcastle Crags.

 It's not a walk for the faint hearted or those with weak knees as my knees would testify today !!

 Great stepping stones

 Look at these fantastic roots !!

We didn't realise how far uphill and down dale we had walked until we reached the top of the valley - phew !!

Will definitely return to Hardcastle Crags, it will look beautiful in a month or so when the blue bells are out.

Twiggy

Easter Hols so far ............

Crikey, we are having a busy and fun time.  

Spent the Easter weekend eating, drinking laughing with relatives :) 

Took the boy and his cousin to Cannon Hall, his friend has been over a few times and had a sleepover.  

Twiglet is round there today, so I've got some time to catch up with domestic drudgery and mess about on here!

We've even had time to be a bit creative, but more on that when  our masterpiece is finished.

Hasn't the weather been great?  so here is a whistle stop tour and I will do a separate blog about our walk yesterday especially for John ;)

 Had a super afternoon, just Mum and son at lovely Nostell Priory last week. 

 It really was gorgeous and Twiglet requested that we took a look around the house which we both enjoyed, he is an excellent tour guide and found the old fashioned toilet arrangements hysterical (that's why 9 year olds don't work as National Trust tour guides).

 Saturday saw us visiting lovely Filey.

 Yesterday, Mr Twigs had a days hols from work so we went up to Hardcastle Crags and Hebden Bridge, talk about a Daddy Special walk !!! 

 Think we all need another early night tonight.

Really was lovely though and I would heartily recommend a visit.

Tomorrow sees us visiting our first car booty of the year - yay!!

Thursday out with our pals again, blimey we need to go back to school next week for a rest!!

Take care

Twiggy x

Ding Dong

I'm amazed to hear myself say this but move over David Tennant, there's a new fella on the block !!!

Christ on a bike as my Dad used to say and as my pal said last week, that Aidan Turner is very pleasing on the eye.

Twiggy

PS Normal service will soon be resumed, spending lots of time having fun with  young Master Twigs at the moment.

Walking on sunshine

Well I think we've had 4 seasons in one day (to quote the song) today, I've been in and out with the washing like the Trumpton clock.

Anyhoo sorry for the absence have been busy finishing the last module of my course (only the project to go, yay!!), making stuff for my Etsy shop - as you can see on the side bar and clearing crappola from the house.
We have managed to wriggle out of our contract with the estate agent who are frankly, crap and intend to find a new one, so much to do.

We have also taken the regretful decision to give up our allotment Mr Twigs hasn't got the time and I haven't got the decent back required, so we spent a pleasant few hours at the weekend transplanting our soft fruit bushes in the raised beds in the garden.

I've spent some time today planting up sweet peas and popping some chilli and pepper seeds in, out bedroom windowsills are now rammed with seed trays :)

I was determined to get out for a walk in the Spring sunshine, so we headed off to Nostell Prory again, but followed a different route this time.

Love this obelisk/gate house it was once the original entrance to Nostell and was refurbished with grant money in 2006.  

When I worked at Nostell Priory circa 2003 it was on English Heritage's buildings at risk register.  

So it is very nice to see it looking so good. 

Here's inside one side of it (a fire, lintel and a few cupboards), the gatekeeper used to live in it many moons ago, in fact on top of the tall pointy bit there are two chimneys.

This is some of the original stonework that was replaced.

In other news we are very busy at school as we usually are leading up to the Easter hols and we have 8 of our 77 children off with chickenpox!!!

Righto that's all for now.

Twiggy x

Birthday treat

Evening peeps.  Cor we've been busy bees over at Twiggy Towers.  My lovely Mum came over to stay on Sunday so Mr Twigs could take me on my birthday treat on Sunday night in Sheffield.

I was very giddy as I went to the last Strength tour 30 years ago at Sheffield City Hall, then I went with my best pal and a bunch of lads from the sixth form, we were taken by one of our lovely teachers in the school mini bus - Gawd bless him !!

Anyhoo we had a top night on Sunday, but crikey I was knackered all day at work on Monday, that'll teach us to go out on a school night !!

In other news I have been doing a lot of making and updating my Etsy shop, feel free to follow the link on the right and have a nosey.

Been on a few training courses for my job too, fascinating stuff.

 Had time to make a home made hob nob mountain.

 Yay !! signs of Spring little propagators on the sunny windowsill.

Some pretty daffs.

At school last Friday the children dressed as their favourite book character for World Book Day and to raise funds for Book Aid International. 

We raised £115.42, which considering we have only 77 pupils isn't bad at all.

I will leave you with a photo of Twiglet dressed as the 11th Doctor with snazzy braces.

Do you know his very talented Nana made him that tweed jacket last year, it's lined and everything.

Clever Nana.

Ta ra

Twiggy 

Happy St Davids Day

Hello folks. 

 I was going to post some pics of the walk I had planned today, however, rain stopped play.

 After taking Dom the guinea pig to the vets to have his teeth clipped, I settled down to make some earrings while watching Stardust (the Neil Gaiman film not the David Essex one ). 

 I love this film, right up there with The Princess Bride and Local Hero in our house. 

Do you have Sunday afternoon film favourites, if so, what are they? There are worse ways to spend a rainy, grey Sunday afternoon.

So it seems to have been a busy week but I managed to pop in some sewing on my machine, shock horror, I even threaded it up myself, blimey!

I also sneaked off with my good pal Caroline on Thursday afternoon for coffee and  cake sans children - oooo scandalous.

Before the yucky weather arrived today, I managed to go for several walks while the boy was at school and the hubby at work, it felt quite Spring like, so I will leave you with a few pics.

Like most places we have a few eccentrics, a bloke near us has this vehicle parked outside his house, never driven it since he bought it and it's parked under a sign that says Elvis Presley Boulevard - brilliant !!

This old shed belongs to a fella that lives nearby who must be in his 80s, he stores an old fashioned tractor in it and several times a week, takes it out, starts it up and rides it round the grassy field behind the shed, puts it away and then goes home.  Ace !!

Here are a few shots from down the lane across from my house.

I often feel a bit of a ninny walking on my own without a dog or anything, but bumped into loads of folks doing exactly the same thing, perhaps Spring is on it's way.

Take care

Twiggy