Hubby's socks

My first pair of socks, knitted on circular needles, and I found knitting them great compared to dpn, they knitted up fairly quickly too it seemed, so now thats something new I have learned to do, My other half said they are great for his work boots, and very comfy and that he want's some more, so it looks like Iam going to have to learn how to do the 2 at the same time then, oh it should be fun!!!!

Birthday pressies

These are some of my Birthday pressies,I was giving money to get what I wanted myself, so here is what I got...
The book I ordered from amazon and was delivered Saturday, which was great!!!
pink wool from wool market and my friend got me the rest of wool, lemon/cream

I also got some bamboo circular needles, forgot to take photo.

Necklace from my friend and this beautiful card with removable dragonfly to hang in window, very unusual card.So I had a good birthday....

Happy Birthday!!!!

Well it's my Birthday to-day 11th, I was born on a Sunday,and I was thinking of that poem, you know the one!!! We all learned it when we were small kiddies, and it goes like this:

Mondays child is fair of face,
Tuesdays child is full of grace,
Wednesdays child is full of woe,
Thursdays child has far to go,
Fridays child is loving and giving,
Saturdays child works hard for his living,
And the child that is born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

Well I'm bonny and blithe, good and gay, that sounds pretty good to me...

I'm also a Virgo and that means:

Virgo's are one of the most misunderstood signs of the zodiac. People think they're fussy, critical bad tempered and picky but that's only because they want everything to be perfect. This is the sign of cleanliness.

Virgo's are highly intelligent, interested in everything and everyone and happy to be busy with many jobs and hobbies. Many have some kind of specialised knowledge and most are good with their hands Virgo's make fantastic friends. If a minor crises pops up you can be sure the Virgo will have everything under control in 30 seconds.They are shy and slow to make friends but when they do accept someone, they are the loyalist, gentlest and kindest of companions. They are great company and have a wonderful sense of humour.

9/11

I haven't been to good last few day's, feeling a bit down and my back is playing up too, could it be I wonder that my ** birthday is looming, on the 11th Sept, or maybe it could be what happened 7yrs ago in the USA, the bombing of the 2 towers (9/11)terrible tragedy, and the loss of all those Innocent people... God Bless all them all

I have been knitting socks on circular needles and yes it's good, I will take pic and post them,when I have finished experimenting on the different wool etc...

My Babies!!!!!

These are my babies PHOEBE on the topand BEN on the bottom,their not babies anymore though, they were born on the 19th Jan 1999, to Sire Botanic Master Class and Dam Botanic Lady, (their birth names for registration by the owner before sold) are Botanic Dancer Rosie and Botanic Highflier, phoebe (Rosie)does not live up to her name as she does not do any dancing lol ...just lies around house all day and gives the odd grump now and again and keeps moving her dish around floor to let you know she wants food, she reminds me of that monster in the movie THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, where he sings Feed me Seymour,Feed me, if she could sing that's what she would sing, or
food glorious food .....
Now Ben(highflier) is the total opposite, he loves to play, run and he would walk the feet of ya if ya let him, he loves walking, running etc and as for toys, just give him a ball of any description and he would chew it to pieces and loves his comfort he loves to lay beside you on chair that's if I let him, when he gets on couch he takes over.....,I always joke about them being Yorkshire Terriers but with Irish blood running through their veins and of course they were born in Ireland, and now they are living in Yorkshire, so their Irish Yorkshire Terriers, well they are really!!!! You should see their Family tree it's amazing.....

cuppa tea

Anyone for tea??? I was looking for a new mug but a big one cos I drink tea, I love tea,so I went shopping and in a charity shop my favorite one, (the British Heart Foundation ) there it was sitting on a shelf surrounded by lots of ornaments, but that was the mug for me and you will see why in picture below....

It holds a full pint of tea,which suits me great, plus its china , lovely cup and saucer and it cost £1.99 a bargain I think, do you?????

Dragonflies

Parcels arrived yesterday from E-bay, and guess what it's not wool/yarn!!!! (no I'm not sick I hear you ask lol) I just wanted something for myself and no not been selfish lol, well I'm always buying from E-bay for other people,and wool ect, so I just thought,It's meeeeeee time....


Here's what arrived...

Now you see them..Now you don't????

Now you see them, now you don't????...What am I babbling on about you ask,well to cut a long and boring story short,I lost all my Garden Flowers photo's from my computer, how you ask??? simple answer I don't know!!!!plus when I logged into my blog they were gone from there too ???aghhhhhhh What happened I haven't a clue???

So now I have to post this again....


Here are some pictures of the flowers growing in my garden, the ROSES are my favorite, and I had 7 roses on that bush this year never had before, must be something good in soil the orange ones I don't know the name, and the 3 bottom flowers are called GLADIOLI, a little colour in garden is so nice, especially when I look out of window and it's a horrid day, and there are theflowers in bloom..

I'm back

Well I'm back haven't posted in a while, I had a lot of stuff going on My mother-in-law passed away after a long illness she was 88yrs old, her name was Mary and she was a soft and gentle woman, she loved her bingo and her TV she was a soap addict, she is going to be sadly missed.
A thought struck me when we were at funeral that all the family were there, even some I never met?? and it's a shame though because that's is the last time that the entire family will be together again, unless (God forbid) there is another funeral,sad really

I suppose I could say same about my family, as they all live in Ireland, and when I go for a visit I don't get to see them all, cos they all live in different parts of Ireland, so there would be a lot of traveling to do plus there is a lot of us too hee hee

Not a good day

I'm having a very bad time with pain this weekend, I'm taking medication but it's making me very drowsy,but I have managed to finish some amigurumi's which I have posted below...

I also found a poetry book which was giving to me by a wonderful Irish man, named Jermone Stephens, who was a haemophiliac and was infected with Aids virus, through a contaminated blood product in 1982, he was a family man, and had beautiful children with his wife Elisabeth. While he was sick he wrote poetry and they were published in a book, called read My Mind,
and the poem on the right is one of my favorites....

god bless you Jermone.....