Friday night

A few things......I am trying very hard to get my act together to crochet some granny squares for Hawthorne. She is sending blankets to Japan for children and babies who have been hit so hard recently. Please read her blog about it here. Her own blog is here.

Also I have discovered a lovely new blog here (new to me) and Bee is having a giveaway here.

I took these photos in the garden the other day. It is in a terrible state. We have been so wrapped up in the house it has been very neglected.

I went for a little walk around our village the other evening.

This is The Old Bridge Inn.

it is just across the river from the church, over the old pack horse bridge.

It is a beautiful old village, of course there are many new buildings on the outskirts but the centre retains the lovely old buildings so full of character.

March Scavenger Hunt

I really struggled this month!
and ran around like a mad thing this afternoon trying to catch up.

A Rainbow

A little bit of a cheat, but a rainbow of colours.


something sentimental

This is my grandmothers tea service. She was given it as a wedding present in the late 1920's. I love it because it was used on special occasions and the gold has worn in places. The red is so bright and I have never ever seen another like it any where!


something as old as me



A collection

I collect Woods Ware. The green is called Beryl, the yellow is Jasmine and I have just purchased my first Iris cups and saucers (a beautiful blue colour) from Patchwork Harmony. They are in the pantry so not on display but I do use them. You can get hold of the green Beryl ware quite easily, I think it was because it was used by the NHS in the 60's.

Something Green

 The buds on my mahonia japonica look green.


A Ring

 My engagement and wedding rings. Hubby bought my engagement ring before he asked me to marry him and I loved it. The wedding rings are the same striped design.



A Shadow

 You will see this later this week as I have used it in my 365 Project. I had to stop the car as I drove past a local park one morning.


An Empty Chair

An empty chair, one day I might get to sit in it!

An Ornate Gate

I love the swirls on this gate.

Peeling Paint

This is a sign I pass everyday going to and coming from school.

A Lion



A beautiful golden lion on Rochdale Town Hall.

March came in less like a lion and has been more like a lamb all month. We have had some beautiful weather. The lambs are not out in Lancashire or Yorkshire I am afraid, so here is my ONE BIG CHEAT!



A Lamb

A photo of me holding a lamb a couple of years ago at Ripley Victorian Farm.



365 Project

Here are last weeks 365 Project Photos, starting with Monday 21st March.

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Boothswood Reservoir, driving home.

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A pub near our school, it has a lovely sign.


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On the way home one evening.

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This is AC, class 5's class pet. He is a bearded dragon, and actually very cute!


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Our spice jars in the kitchen.


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 The frogs and toads were making a lot of noise the other night. I caught this one by surprise when I went to take a photo of the frog spawn on Sunday.
We have been busy sorting and unpacking boxes over the weekend and I will do a post during the week.

I just need to say that I appreciate ALL your comments and I always try to reply to you if I can. Blogger won't let me have any more followers for some reason, maybe they don't believe any normal person can possibly read that many blogs!

weekend is here.....

....but the sunshine has gone!
Typical.

One evening last week I went to Rochdale after work. I have mentioned Rochdale's fine Grade 1 listed Town Hall before but I thought I would show some photos of the beautiful building to you today.

(I also found something for the March Scavenger hunt too, which is looking a bit thin at the moment!)

Built in the Gothic Revival style and opened in 1871

The Town hall was designed by William Henry Crossland who won a competition held in 1864. It had a 240 foot clock tower topped with a wooden spire and a gilded statue of St George and the Dragon.

The tower and statue were destroyed by fire in 1883 and a new stone spire and clock tower was designed by Alfred Waterhouse and erected in 1888.

It also has stained glass windows designed by William Morris.( You can see some photos I took inside and posted last year, here.)

The building came to the attention of Adolf Hitler during World War 2, who was said to admire the building so much he had plans to ship it back to Germany brick by brick if they invaded Great Britain.

The Joiner came and put the shelves in the sitting room yesterday. We can get our books out of storage next week and I can start to fill them. He has done a lovely job and the colour of the light oak is perfect for the room.


waiting to be filled!

We are off to do a bit of shopping today and tomorrow and I will post my 365 photos for this week tomorrow night.

Have a good weekend everyone!

been a busy week!

yes lots going on over here.

Hasn't it been a beautiful weekend? Lots of sunshine. Shame I didn't manage a walk in it but I was unpacking things from the storage place and trying to find room for them in the workroom.

Here are my photos for this weeks 365 project. (I am sorry I seemed to repeat myself on my last 365 post and re-showed some I had already shown you!)



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Spring is here!

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I have to admit I have an awful lot of stuff to find a home for (that's what you get for being a hoarder!) but it is slowly coming together and then I can get down to playing!

just look at all these craft books!





Day of silence

I won't be posting tomorrow because I will be joining in the Bloggers Day of Silence. I have already made my donation to the Red Cross for the people in Japan.
Join in tomorrow.
Gina at Fan my Flame said-
I'm not a great fan of public displays of giving but this seemed a good way of getting as many people as possible to be aware of the Shelterbox scheme. Shelterbox send boxes with essential supplies such as tents, blankets etc, which feels like a practical way to help. I'm joining in and won't be here tomorrow....