A week of ups and downs

It has been a very strange week. I have been through some ups and downs.
Let me start with some ups!
A while ago I entered an online competition on the Selvedge website. And was surprised to hear via email I had won!
Helen Thompson contacted me to say I had won the beautiful handmade gift she had offered as a prize.
It came wrapped in brown paper and string, just like a proper parcel should be!
I carefully unwrapped it....

and there inside the layers of bubble wrap and tissue paper....

He is about 20cm high, a very cute doggie sculpture handmade in linen.
And I won him! He is sitting proudly on my little cupboard at the moment but I want to find just the right place for him.


Some flowers for me from a little boy in class two

The week finished on a real low for us which I won't go into on here. Something has knocked me for six and to be honest it will be a while before I come to terms with it but..... today is my birthday and Hubby won't let me be sad on my birthday.

He took me out for the day.

We drove up to Wharfedale

Grassington

Burnsall

As you can see by the photos it was a day of sunshine and clouds.

There were loads of beautiful lambs everywhere.

Then before we left we drove up to Appletreewick. We came here last year when the Craven Arms Acoustic Festival was on.

Then on the way home Hubby told me he had booked a table for us at a local restaurant.

I had a lovely birthday and managed to forget my sadness for the day.
This blog is not the place to get maudlin and I refuse to let it become a sad place.
Normal service will be resumed shortly.