It has been such a long time since I sat here to tap out a few lines. I cant really say why, maybe it's a time thing or a lack of inclination thing or a combination of both I suspect the latter. Whatever the reason I though it was high time I made the effort to reconnect with my blog, to make an effort to achieve one of the things that has been on my "to do" list. So here I go.
The time seems to keep moving like a big old steam train chug chugging along at a faster than preferred pace, plans made but not achieved, seasons passing all to quickly then before you know it six or so months have passed and on looking back I ask myself, what have I done with those days, weeks, months ?. The answer...not a lot sadly. Oh I dabbled in a bit of jewellery making.
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| gifts for friends |
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| Love this china |
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| A birthday gift |
These have all been made form old plates or in the case of the Orange bird, an old ginger jar was used. All were chipped or broken sadly/happily :-), I call my little creations "shattered pieces".
We are still renovating the house a slow but worth it process. This is possibly another reason for my not being proactive, my excuse and I'm sticking to it :-). Well the house and my work area is in disarray/turmoil...true, you should see it :-).
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| The new bathroom started |
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| New bathroom coming along. |
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| The wall had to be replaced for the bathroom, sookie checking to make sure all is perfect |
The garden is wearing her autumn colours, leaves are falling and the shadows are longer, a time of year I love.
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| The fallen leaves. |
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| Autumn colours through my window |
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| Soon our beautiful tree will be winter bare. |
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| Shadows of Autumn |
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| Autumn leaves are falling |
I have been working on my new website which isn't open yet so I wont bother with the link to that but you can check out my facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/TheNestOfTwigs?ref=hl
All of our animal family are happily settling into the change of season, spending more time inside of an evening, we have even had the fire on a few times, temps can drop quite quickly here.
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| Miss Tilly, wont be long before she will be needing her winter jacket. |
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| Little Sookie hiding behind my sewing machine, the fire was on so she was snug as a bug. |
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| Miss Sookie. |
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| Master Bart, top cat. |
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| Master Bart enjoying the warmth. |
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| This is the old man of the house, he "found" us, his name is Doc and he is about 10. |
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| Beautiful Doc who adopted us 12 months ago. |
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The crab apples are ready to pick so crab apple jelly will be made, I sell it at our local general store where it has been a big hit, thankfully.
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| These were made a few weeks back. |
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So there you have it, now it's up to me to make sure I sit here and tap away for a short time every few weeks, for me and hopefully for you.
Hope you are all smiling and content.
Hugs and blessings
Chris
xox
