June Scavenger Hunt Photo Challenge

This month i am taking part in the Scavenger Hunt Photo-Challenge, I've been saying I will join the others for a while and this month hooray... I have

Linking up with Kate, a very talented artist over at I Live, I Love, I Craft, I am Me
 

The words for June are :-

Yellow

Meet 'Arthur Bell' the given name of my lovely rose

 

The new buds are gorgeous, tinged with red .....

 

 

The red disappears as the bud opens.

 

The scent is devine and the colour is so bright and beautiful

 

Slowly the bright yellow fades to the palest of lemon as the flower continues to open.

 

Starts with a ... T

 Tor - Glastonbury...... DH and I climbed to the top on a visit to Somerset

 

 

 Lilac

The first posy of this years sweet peas, lots of lilac ones which smell amazing.

 

 

Starts with a ... G

 

Greenhouse - definitely green!  

 

Situated at the community orchard plot where anyone who lives locally can come along, give a couple of hours a week of their time to help grow fruit/veggies etc and take away foods as we harvest them over the seasons.  It's all free to local people after funding applied for from the local council was granted to help make it a success.  It prevents isolation in the community and helps mental health issues.  DH is Chair of this project and everyone is welcome. 

 

 

The 'greenhouse' is a new addition in January this year (funded by a council grant) and is filling up nicely. 

 

 Silver

 Long John "Silver" .... a pirate ship in the harbour at Scarborough.... ahoy shipmates!

 

 

My own choice

 

and the joke behind my daughters Fathers Day card from earlier this month.... I have a job getting to drive my new car as DH is always first to grab the keys when we are going out.  He says I should stop complaining as it came with my own personal chauffeur!

 

 

I'm looking forward to seeing what the others have come up with this month for the words. 

If you would like to see more bloggers from the scavenger photo-hunt follow the link here.

Love and blessings

Julie  x


 

Fabulous quilters

 A group of quilters hold an exhibition of their work once a year with proceeds going to local charities. 

 

They don't charge an entrance fee, but you can pay £1 for a chance to win one of their handmade double bed quilts (I won the prize once).  

 

There are other games you can play too and win handmade goodies.

 

DH took me on Sunday to this years exhibition at a local village hall, it was lovely to chat with the ladies and see their work.

 

A few of the quilts on show ..... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

The tutor of the group is the lady who comes to teach us at the craft group once a year.

 

Unfortunately, I didn't get to see her as the village also has their open gardens this weekend and hers is one of the wonderful sights on show, her hubby had a problem with his bees! 

 

These are the samples she had on show for classes she will teach.

 

 

 

 

Love and blessings

 

Julie x

 

 

Gifted Gorgeousness ~ June

Gifted Gorgeousness, founded by the lovely Jo over at Serendipitous Stitching.

A way to show goodies that have been gifted to you, or you have gifted to others.

This month its a quick one ...

Wool gifted to me by Ann

Free pattern for the lacey socks gifted to blog readers by Christine @ Winwick Mum blog

First time knitting up a lacey pair of socks and i'm quite pleased with them.

What have you put into your GG post this month?

Love and blessings to you all

Julie  x

All quiet on the homefront

It's was a very quiet weekend.

Yet another check up with the Dr and I was advised not to speak for the whole of the weekend to rest the throat area.  The joys of this rare disease that no one knows about, all trial and error and wait and see.  I did as suggested but it didn't really help.  We await their next bright idea!
 
The sun was shining so I sat in the garden under the umbrella reading for a while and also stitched on Just Nans High Hopes
 

 
It grew quite a bit by the end of the afternoon

The squirrel was lifting the lid and eating his nuts in the feeder DH made for him, it was to try and stop him eating the birds food, but it doesn't
 

There was a variety of birds on one of the feeders, whizzing in and out.  The starlings were feeding their babies and so was mamma blue tit.   Oh look, there's DH in the greenhouse, I didn't notice that when I took the picture.

My companion wasn't too helpful, not once did he go and make us a cup of tea! - his owner lives next door but he wishes he lived at our home and spends most of his life with us.   

 
Finishing off of the Summer SAL. 
I changed the colour of the flowers from the white charted and made them brighter with the pink.

 

All 4 seasons are free charts from Lynn at Happiness is Cross Stitching.

 

The back is so sweet.

 

A little knitting, not a good picture of the red cardigan - why does red not photograph so well?

 

The flowers along the border I showed last time turned out really well. 

 
All the parts are knitted now, just the sewing up and neckband and button bands to add (the bit I am not keen on)
 

DH went up to the community garden/allotment on Sunday where he is Chair of the group of volunteers.  This week he came home with strawberries and the first potatoes of the season.  Nothing beats homegrown foods that you can pick and eat immediately.   Plenty more to come as the plot is filling up nicely. 

 

I hope you had a lovely weekend spent with those you love and hold dear.

 

Love and blessings

 

Julie

Thank you to all who left comments on my last post. 
I usually try to reply to all who comment, but with the recent issues with replying etc unfortunately I haven't managed this time. 

May - the round up post and GG

May .....  we had a month of sunshine - quite hot at times, a Royal wedding, a full moon (couldn't see it due to so much cloud cover) and we are seeing the month out with some rather nasty thunder storms.

DH and I have spent a few days at the seaside.  My camera only came out once when I took a pic of Bircham Windmill.  So many sights in Norfolk we have seen before we didn't feel the need to whip out the camera and most of the time was spent at the holiday home resting.

 

We always visit Bircham Windmill when in the area to buy delicious bread and nice cakes.  There were so many house martins darting about this visit it was breathtaking to watch them - DH was able to try out his new binoculars and get a good view.  

 

Bircham Windmill is a super place to visit with lots going on during the season, you can stay there, bake yourself a loaf, or just visit the bakery/café/farm area.   There are often craft demonstrations to see.

 

 

Since we came home, I don't know where the time has gone to.  I haven't settled back into a routine at all and seem to be floundering.

I seem to have spent a lot of time bird watching out of the window at the feeders around the garden, such a lot of activity with babies for the blackbirds and blue tits and Mr & Mrs robin have been around a lot too. 

There has been a family of starlings with mamma feeding her little ones, I say little ones, they are as big as she is but still sit there with beaks open waiting for her to give them a tasty morsel from these coconut halves filled with fat/seeds.

I'm not keen on the magpies and jackdaws that shout and caw and scare the smaller birds away.  

DH is always pottering about outside and the plants are looking lovely now we have some spring growth and the greenhouse is filling up nicely with hopes of future goodies to eat. 

I've sat sometimes with needle and thread on my lap with good intentions, or knitting needles and sometimes a book but then all too soon its time to cook a meal or do something else and I haven't put in a stitch at all or read a page.

The only finish this month is the socks I showed you last time, one was completed and the other started, not a good show at all. These fit the GG rules (which you can find at Jo's blog, mainly anything you've been gifted or gifted to you) as the wool was a gift from Ann.  This pair are a gift for me!

A start on a cardigan for Isabelle, my granddaughter.  She asked for another red cardigan and the sleeves being simple they were knitted first - another tick for Jo and sneaking in last minute with GG for May.

The back and fronts are knitted in one piece with a lovely flower pattern so that needs to be started ASAP before she grows too much - here's a close up of the top right corner of the pattern, such a very different design, not one I had seen before.

 

Isabelle celebrated her 7th birthday at the weekend and is turning into a lovely and very bright young lady.   I know some of you have been visiting here before then and remember my excitement at being there at her birth.

The crafting collage for May is a bit sparse - just the one picture of the finished socks, and I've added a WIP of Just Nans High Hopes as I did get a couple of afternoons on it earlier in the month before I was away.

 

The reading collage looks a little healthier with 3 books read this month.

Fans of Jane Austen will love the Julie Klassen book, this is the second in a series.   Under A Pole Star was recommended to me, i did finish it but it wasn't as good as i had hoped.  The Glovemakers Daughter belongs to one of my book group ladies and i did like this one, a tale about the quakers.

A plan to visit your blog and catch up with you this afternoon so before i get sidetracked i'm signing off to do just that ....

Love and blessings to you all

Julie