outside...

a warm wet and foggy afternoon on the lake

we have visitors....

with a lesson on how to climb a wall when you have no hands

inside...

nearly finished on a Friday...

the 

"Moroccan Market"

tote bag continues to grow... 

I only have the handles to finish

and then if I decide to actually use it as a handbag

I'll have to make a liner

which is no biggie as it will be two pieces of fabric sewn around three sides and attached 

with maybe a pocket or three to secure whatever is inside

and then maybe a new money purse because the one I have is too big and the wrong colour and maybe a new phone case... oooo...retail therapy looms!!!!!

...

I've really enjoyed making this one

and

 I really like it

which is so rare 

:) :) :)

march winds...

It was one of those March days
when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold,
when it is summer in the light and winter in the shade.
Charles Dickens | Great Expectations

husband said

"nice winter we're having this spring"

...

as he glanced out the window this morning

and he's right...

damn it....

meanwhile in the bedroom it's still Christmas!!!

it's been snowing for hours and it's cold again

and gloomy

and as quiet as a grave yard

except for the occasional squawking at the bird feeder

this is a rare sight to see and I'm lucky they stayed put long enough for me to snap this

a Red Headed Woodpecker and a Cardinal

in the same place 

at the same time

here's to spring coming back and staying

soon

very very soon

:)

what I did on Sunday!!!

coz it got cold again ... 70 F on Saturday

43 F Sunday !!??

and I was in a lot of pain with my shoulder again

 I "stiff upper lipped"

and 

made 

an English Roast Beef Sunday Dinner

the Yorkshire Puddings were spectacular 

and there are some left over

to eat with hot gravy and a slice of beef

I'm eating the rest of the beef all week long

sandwiches, salad  if it warms up

 or maybe pasties...

I found out you can't call them

" Cornish " Pasties

 if they 

aren't 

made in

CORNWALL...

so

are those actually

Yorkshire puds

if I didn't make them in

Yorkshire????

me thinks they are...

and they call to me as I type

so I'm off

!!!!!!

another week older....

was it really just four days ago?

that we had pots full of snow...

a little fellow I picked up a little while ago.... to replace my favourite bowl that finally died... had had it for years... :(

some silly fun to ward off the gloom

along with a little yum for the tum...

don't they say everything is better with bacon

this was!!

and some more silliness just because I can

:)

and today I got to open the door and window and let a nice fresh breeze blow through

I took this to show you how far it is to the lake from our back door

then I zoomed in to get him 

but he knew I was there and he started to move away

and tell the others to too....

he is obviously the alpha male 

coz all the others got goosed!!! if they didn't obey

anyway

band on right leg

I discovered by cropping the shot that he is wearing an ID band.

wonder who banded him and why

he was not amused and gave me the stink eye as he walked away

I swear they can see through walls or we make a hell of a lot of noise as we move around...

it got a bit warm today but stayed cloudy

they say we'll have a good day tomorrow and then things will fall apart again and there is a storm coming up the coast that they aren't sure about

except that is will have

snow for us and the temperatures will plummet again

so enjoy the good day

 goosey 

goosey gander

now go wander.....

rah rah sis boom bah!!

you remember these little things

tiny fork pom poms...

this p m I made big Japanese 

flower pom poms

these remind me of chrysanthemums

a friend sent me a strawberry one

I may just do that one too!!!

they are for nothing 

other than 

to make them

I like mine a little wild and unkempt

mainly because I'm not very good at grooming them!!!

there are lots of places that show you how

if you  didn't try the arm knitting yesterday

then try this

it's fun.

here's the how-to info