Hello strangers

Hi everybody.

Apologies for the absence the problem I have at the moment is I usually use my Kindle not the laptop and I can't use Blogger on there.

Also, I have tended to start using Facebook.

So here's a link if you want to come over there.  Facebook

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Feel free to send me a friend request if you want to.

So what have we been up to, well we had a super holiday in Scotland, staying just across the road from the beach which was deserted all week.

The weather was very kind too, so Twiglet spent most of the week in the  sea.

Evening walk

 And a bit of cub fun this morning !!

We also recently went to Knight - Con - we are going to Geeks con tomorrow at the unearthly time of 9am.

Calling in at Grandmas for lunch, then Dinner at Nana's.

Mr Twigs and I are going to  poetry reading by the very lovely Simon Armitage tomorrow evening as part of the Wakefield Literary Festival. 

Flippin heck back to work on Monday for a rest I think.

Bye for now

Twiggy x

This holidays we have mostly been........

Well not exactly what we had planned as my back went the second weekend of the hols, too much treecutting and allotment fettling I think.

 Honestly I should know better by now.  However, even though we've been home based for a couple of weeks, it's been so lovely and Twiglet is really enjoying chilling.

He has been in his pool everyday.  

We managed a trip out with friends to Pugneys and a very hot walk up to Sandal Castle, even the dog was knackered !!!

We've made bread, cake and a mountain of Smartie cookies.  

Bathed the pigs, much to their disgust.

Watched lots of films, especially Christmas movies for some reason.

Been for lots of walks.

Fed the ducks,  obviously.

Hmmmm Smartie Cookies.

We also had a visitor for a week Sammy the very cute guinea pig.

Visited Greenhead Park where Twiglet had a go at zorbing and tried out a few different bikes - top fun !!

I've learnt how to make very basic loom band bracelets and finished half  my cross stitch !!

We've read a lot and my good boy has been working hard at his writing practice.

My evening treat has been watching Vikings on Amazon Prime which I'm enjoying, I must be very blood thirsty, crikey it's gory, so I stitch at the same time and look away a lot.

So all in all a really nice few weeks.

Take care

Twiggy x

Schools out - pools out!!!

 The new pool is filled to the very deep brim, the gazebo is up and sun cream at the ready - hooray for the Summer hols !!!

6 weeks with my boy and 1 week with both of them when we go up to the beautiful Mull of Kintyre in August - yippee !!

As ever Twiglet is going to do the library reading challenge, I intend to read at least one book a week, I'm currently reading the Wrong Boy by Willy Russell and can't recommend it enough.

We've spent a fair bit of time at the lottie and will need to spend many hours there as the weeds are HUGE, I still have sore thighs from crouching and weeding on Sunday.

We've scoffed some lovely stuff that we've grown, gooseberries, strawberries, beans, peas, beetroot and potatoes so far!!

We have a lovely programme planned this week, including our first Summer hols car booty sale, trip around the chazza shops, visit to my lovely Mums and a morning out with my good pal C and her lovely boys who we haven't seen for ages.  I also intend to finish my cross stitch,  Twiglet and I have ordered a loom band kit and we are going o learn how to make some groovy bracelets.

Here' a photo of one of the pizzas Twiglet made for tea - yummy !!

Top fun, whatever you get up to enjoy !!

love

Twiggy x

Crikey, doesn't time fly?

Hello peeps

I didn't mean to leave it this long between blogs......

So what have we been up to, get yourself a drink and make yourselves comfortable.

Well you might have heard that Le Tour had a couple of stages in Yorkshire :) and I do believe the whole of Yorkshire turned out to watch it - yay !!

Festivities started on Friday night when the Emley Moor mast was lit up for two nights - awesome.  You could tweet and request colour combinations, I asked for bright pink and got it - fab !!!

Our photos don't do it justice, so have borrowed a couple too.

We had a lovely day on Saturday with my family celebrating my

lovely Mums birthday and Sunday saw us in the busy and most lovely Holmfirth.

Nice selfie!!

Here they come.

GIANT MIFFYS - I nearly fainted.

 Gorgeous homemade bunting and displays EVERYWHERE !!

 Ahh finally the cyclists.

Look at the crowds on Holme Moss, this is where we go to sledge in the snow!!!

                        Check out the official Grand Depart song, it really is lovely.

                             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hilxQHMfJ-w

                  Friday night saw us at a Classic Car Show in Thornes Park, Wakefield.

 Hello, the lilies are looking good in the garden this year.

 The allotment is looking good, although we haven't had chance to go for a week and I'm told it's bursting with life and weeds !!!

We're off to lovely Filey for the weekend on Friday night, so busy busy.

I can smell the Summer holidays and can't flippin wait.  Will have lots of time to blog then.

Take care

Twiggy x

What to do on a rainy Saturday??

( Look at this cheeky little gardening snail Mr Twigs found next to our front door this morning !!)

Make chilli jam - or in this case chilli dipping sauce, I changed the recipe slightly and it is quite runny !!

Anyway tastes great and the combo of garlic, chillies and ginger has really cleared my sinuses.

Went over to Huddersfield and bought this little lot for £3.50 from the market!! the peaches are called UFO or doughnut peaches and taste divine.

The tomatoes are 3kg bags at £1 each - blimey !!

Popped into here for some fish sauce, if I'd not been in a rush would definitely has a good look round as it is ace and sooooo cheap, 4 huge chillies for 34p, that massive bottle of fish sauce was £1.68 !!  love the fact it's called SQUID.

We had to get off for Twiglet's swimming lesson though, so a mad dash round.

What have you been up to today?

Twiggy x

Bit of art and yet more charity shop gold.

SoTwiglet and I have had a lovely, if soggy half term.  

We were going to go to the cinema on Thursday but decided instead to visit The Hepworth in Wakefield - we love it here and it is soooooo child friendly.  

The staff are really helpful and welcoming, we did the art trail around the gallery which is fab.

We also had a go at the Artigami workshop, check out our versions of Barbara Hepworth's Winged Figure - pretty good I think !!

Friday saw us at my lovely Mums.  

I took a little walk up to the shops and it would have been rude not to visit the Sally Army shop, look what I found !!  

Fab and groovy Golden Hands mags, a vintage Vogue knitting pattern book and look at this vintage beauty complete with original embroidery transfer.

These are some of the patterns in the Vogue knitting book - gorgeous !!

My Mum really enjoyed looking at them, once I've had a good look, I might pop a few on Ebay, so watch this space.

I also picked up 3 new (to me) tops for work from my favourite chazza shop in Pontefract - so an all round successful trip !!

Righto, better think about making something for tea.

Ta ta for now.

Twiggy xx

PS Twiglet says thank you for all your birthday wishes !!!