November Scavenger Hunt

a silhouette

So here is where I own up.......


Something I have made (and still working on!)

I did very poorly this month.......

Something that lights up

have no excuse except life......

Warmth

and poor light!

a poppy

This lovely poppy was sent to me from Colette at Poppy Cottage in 2009, (and the cat brooch well I made that one.)

Memorial



A self portrait

Ok not really a self portrait but I'm not feeling my best at the moment!!!


A Staircase at Rochdale town hall

Another cheat-You can't see the staircase....it winds up in a spiral inside this tower!



something purple flowering in my garden




Polka Dots and Comfort Food



I don't have a lucky Charm, which was one on the hunt list but we do rub Lucy's nose for Luck every now and again!

November

Today has been a very grey, dull, wet, windy, dark miserable day.

So we have been having a big clean up at home as we didn't want to go out really.
(Also my Mother-in-law is coming to stay on Thursday for a few days and it was needed)

The skip has gone and the garden is a lot neater.

There has been few photos taken except the odd sunset and sunrise as I drive to and from work. We are so busy at school with Christmas and the threat of a visit from OFSTED!
My Christmas List isn't getting ticked off either!

I didn't manage a fabric collage but made a paper collage for the invites to a little party we are having for some close friends.

I need to get my act together...it's December next week!
I have not looked at the list for the November Scavenger Hunt but I am just about keeping up with my 385 project (I plan to do a post or two to show you over the next week)
I am sorry my blog is a bit boring at the moment but I am trying to get around to visit all yours.
I have been over to Pinterest and found some lovely things to pin up on my boards.

Thank you for all your comments and to all my followers, I will try harder to be a bit more exciting in the next few weeks!!!!

blink and it went!

The weekend flew by....

just like a balloon caught on a November breeze.
Last week I trapped my little finger at work...ouch!

It was strapped up by the first aider, went black and blue and swollen then a lovely shade of yellow. It still hurts!

building in Halifax

Saturday morning I had to pop to Halifax to pick up a parcel. It was busy with Christmas Shoppers but the sun was out, the sky was blue and you didn't need to wrap up warm!

If you look up above the modern shop fronts you see Halifax is full to the brim with wonderful old buildings (another post I think!)

On Friday I popped over to see my mum and my sister and her hubby were there with their cute new puppy, Zan.

He's very cute and just can not control those huge paws.

Jumping back to Saturday.......

When I returned home from Halifax for lunch, Hubby decided we should go for a walk as it was such a lovely day.

So we went to Haworth.
We went to do the second half of a walk we did ages ago. (PDF Here I have just checked and we did the main part of the walk in 2008 before I started my blog!)

We Started at the bottom of the Main Street and walked up. We didn't realise that a Christmas Fair was on.

We then walked down the other side of the hill down Mytholmes Lane to pick up the route on the map.

We spotted some Insurance plaques on the side of a very old building.

Then a climb up another hill (again!)

Towards Oakworth.

Then down the road towards the station.

We couldn't just walk past our favourite railway station on the KWVR.

Used in the 1970 version of the Railway Children.

Still lit by gas lights.

When British Rail closed the line in 1962, it was locked up and left exactly as it was till a Preservation Society was formed and was able to buy it in 1968.

Anyway, after the tour we walked down the hill past the house that was Perks' cottage in the film.

Perks' cottage

Then past the old mill

and Vale Fold Cottages which were also seen in the film

Then along the valley bottom along Bridgehouse Beck

It was starting to get dark, we disturbed a deer and watched it's little white bottom dash off through the trees.

Then we walked past Haworth Station, dressed for Christmas.

And up the final hill (yes, we live in a very hilly place!)

The lights were now twinkling

And well....we just had to indulge....reward for all those hills!

.......Hot Chocolate (mine had a Baileys in it and Hubby just had cream and a flake in his!)

life is so....busy!

I can not believe how neglected my poor blog is!

steps down to Gallery Oldham

I have no real reason.....just life!

School is always crazy in the run up to Christmas and this year is no exception.

I went to Oldham  last Saturday. I had a walk around and looked at the buildings.

I also had a little look around the gallery

Then it was back home to carry on with some garden clearing and bulb planting.

The Christmas List is still the same except......
......I can cross off no.1 as my cards have arrived.

On Monday I had to rush to Rochdale after work to go to the bank.

On the way back to the car I took some photos of the Town hall.

 It is a very, very grand building. I tried to catch the glow of the interior.

The photos are a bit blurred as I took it with a long exposure and no tripod to keep it steady.

But I like them anyway.

Then I took a photo of the clock tower and although it was quite dark the sky looks like a summers day!

I settled down tonight to watch Kirsties Handmade Britain and Pan Am, Great TV!