Some Spring bunnies...
Sunday 31 March 2024
Happy Easter
Sunday 17 March 2024
St Patrick's Day
My bad - I meant to schedule this before I went down to visit my sister, but there was a lot going on last week.
The greeting says "Happy St. Patrick's Day to you", and is the traditional old Irish script which went out of use in the mid twentieth century.
The same chestnut tree in the park which was the first to green up last year is already green. The forsythia is in my sister's garden - it was exceptionally good weather for St. Patrick's Day.
Thursday 29 February 2024
February Favourites
Thin on the ground... we've been short-staffed in work and I've had to do extra days,
I spent a weekend mid-month with my sister. The weather was pretty dreary, but we went to a forest park beside a reservoir, also the national rowing centre of Ireland - it was a pleasant walk in spite of the misty drizzle, and there was a little van selling hot drinks which was a nice treat afterwards.
Wednesday 31 January 2024
January favourites and a beach
Are very thin on the ground...
Friday 1 December 2023
November Favourites
Another busy month with not a lot of creating time. I don't have any other photos either - a too-blurred one of an interesting utility box cover which is sadly way off my normal route so I'm not likely to pass it again any time soon. Maybe I'll just share it anyway, blurred or not. There was a lot of traffic on the road so I was probably rushing trying to take it.
Being the first of December when this posts, I will include a couple of my more favourite Christmas cards from November - it was my main card-making focus as I tried to catch up with myself. Normally I can create enough during the year that I'm only left needing a half dozen or so.
Poor photo of utility box cover in Donnybrook (actually October)
The header this month is an oystercatcher on the mudflats at Warrenpoint, with a low setting sun reflecting off the sand.
Tuesday 31 October 2023
October Favourites
Hard to believe another month is over - but I can hear all the Halloween fireworks going off as I type, and we've had a handful of trick-or-treaters call to the door.
A few cards and a couple of crafty projects...
The Chinese Lanterns card will go to my aunt-in-law. My aunt who died in the summer always brought Mary Chinese Lanterns, because they won't grow for Mary. This I find almost impossible to believe, because I have always found them incredibly invasive. Anyway, I brought Mary a bunch in September and thought I'd make a coordinating Christmas card.
Tuesday 3 October 2023
September Favourites / Hot Off the Needles
Still working on clearing out my aunt's house so creative time and energy is at a minimum, not many cards to share. I did finally get to use two birthday gifts - thank you Lorraine and Margot.
Looking at Ravelry I started this sweater some time in July as a project to use a lot of assorted colours of Irish wool bought on offer. For a while I was able to bring it in to work but once the body got to a certain point it was too bulky. I had to knit in sections to make sure I didn't run out of any colours, so darvon the body, then the two sleeves to match ..