Hot and cold

Brrrrrr it's a wee bit nippy in these South East England parts at the moment. We, like many others here woke up to a bit of a winter wonderland. We had to take Alice to a whole day of rehearsals for her production she is in a week and half's time and as soon as we dropped her off, I got home and promptly jumped back into bed and have hardly left the warmth and comfort and snuggly-ness of it. This weather seems to make me extra tired too, bed was definitely calling.


I forgot to take my camera out with me this white morning and so I only have a couple of snaps of the snow despite the bare Winter trees looking like twinkling objects of sheer beauty I could not be bothered to leave the confines of the warm bed to capture their beauty in my camera.

Our front gate

Alice in wellies

Bleak light

Andy has been pulling kitchen cupboards,coving and ceiling bits out getting our kitchen ready for replacing. Unfortunately, our oven packed up last week, which I guess is fortunate in a way that we have a new one sitting in our front room waiting to be fitted as I speak. We are, however missing doing some baking though, oh well good for the waist line I guess.


When Alice came home a 4pm I had a little hotty waiting for her...{filled with caution after dear Annie's warning here on her beautiful blog Knitsofacto}

So snug and little and cosy. Her finger is healing very well, thanks for all your well wishes. I'm rather relieved there was no fracture or breakage. Hands are so important don't you think? I know of people who have done their PhD in the study of the hand and the physical, emotional, social and spiritual meanings of the hand. I think we can all relate well to that?

So there we have it, a mini hotty bottle for the hands and heart.
All wrapped up in granny goodness and warm as toast. 

I just plaited some of the green yarn to make a draw string of sorts. It's not the neatest granny square make I've made, I think my stitching up of it leaves room for improvement. I must start being more disciplined about wearing my specs and stop denying my aging eyesight!

Hope you are all cosy and pink cheeked if it's bitterly cold outside or cool and calm if it's a hot one for you. 


I look forward to sharing some of our in-door keeping the blues at bay stitching with you soon. Take care dear friends xox