say cheese

the reason for her smile

wind that floss... tote that thread...

                          

all neat and tidy

again

won't stay like this for long

unfortunately

now have enough floss and perle cotton 

back in the stash to warrant a bit of 

bobbin winding and sorting

and the desk top had all but disappeared after the

snowflake invasion

blocking boards and pins back where they belong so a little sorting and dusting done too

isn't this the most exciting thing you've read all day

isn't it!!!!!

I may be gone for a bit

I have a stack of books to get into

and I'm a bit done in with hooking and knitting for now

so I may be

 not here

but I'll still be around

you know where I go and you can find me there if you need to

I know where you all are too

so 

see you there

but before I go

I watched 3 episodes of

Downton Abbey

and 

then

they

were

back

and I sat like a child

and

WATCHED

til there was nothing left to watch

it was wonderful............

and so are you!!!!

see ya soon

MWAH!

xxxxxxxxxxxx

the bestest day so far....

It's back.............

it's on.....

....ALL day long...

don't worry Mr Bates

we're coming to get you

we do go and get him don't we....

NO don't say

don't want to know

not a word

la la la la la

unfortunately...I have become used to him as

'Parr' in Larkrise to Candleford 

which is on  the other PBS channel

so I'll have to remember not to start looking for all of them to show up

in

DOWNTON ABBEY

it's coming back

did I tell you....

oh you figured it out

hmm wonder how they did that!!!!

see ya!!!

err I mean

looking very much  forward to your next visit.

we'll have tea...

fru fru and filet and frills, oh my

suddenly I'm the owner of

 fru fru once again

something I had plenty of 

way back in the day as they say

doilies galore

and frills and flounce

in a house with two boys   who liked to bounce

dogs and cats    who had no care

if they fitted.... they sitted

on lace and    tableware (?)

a man who requested    no flowers or frills

but put up with the nonsense 

till it gave us all chills 

so out with the flounces

the fru fru and such

and back to whats normal

we all liked it so much

but now it seems the

fru may be back

but this time we'll check it

we won't cause no flack

but it's nice to see fru fru

a little here and there

let's see how much it takes   this time

to

give us a scare!!!

and with that I wish you all a good weekend

(she said bowing and backing out before the

rotten tomatoes start flying)

........................................................................................................

thspoths in my eyes

found a filet crochet chart 

on the pinning place 

that I liked

and as I had the thin thread and hooks out I thought I might try it

so I did

am on the last two rows and will be so happy when I'm done

not because I don't like doing it but because I can't wait to 

block it !!!!!

and make it all neat and tidy

there aren't very many nice filet charts

too many old fashioned hearts and angels and flowery stuff

not me... so I wondered what I would do next

so I've decided to try something new

something I have always meant to learn and haven't

TATTING

I ordered a shuttle and some thread this a m

and can't wait for it to get here

I'll end up getting a tatting needle too probably 

as I find that not so hard to do

but I thought I'd give the shuttle a try and keep it real!!!!

I saw so many pretty tatted things in the Christmas section of lots of blogs and pictures

so I'm just going to do it

OK back to finishing the filet 

hope you're all well and warm

or cool depending 

where thou art!!!

see ya

:) :) :)