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Building play areas!
So in order to get anything done with Mr Whirlwind around he has to have things to occupy him!!! So gradually using and repurposing things around the farm and planting and making etc I am building a play area…. or lots of bits of play area Inadvertently with some of the digger work that has…
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Farm update
Soooo in lieu of a podcast which I may not have time to do or enough content for, for a few weeks…. here is the farm update for recent weeks!!! Sooo…. back at the end of March on his due date we became a family of four when baby Mathew put in an appearance!! All…
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Our first proper snow on the smallholding!!
So yesterday we had a good dose of snow and it kept snowing throughout the day!!! Little man was sooooo amazed and excited by the snow!! And not to mention the husbands excitement tee hee!!! Plus the garden wildlife are loving the lardy seed cakes little man made them late last week!!! Lucky little tweeties…
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A busy few days baking and making!!
We’ve been in the throes of Christmas baking here getting cake baked and frozen for when we have visitors, making pastry and now mince pies and so the wild birds don’t feel forgotten we have made them some seed decorations for a tree near the patio doors so we can watch them from the lounge!…
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Whirlwind of a time
Well our whirlwind of a month and a half started back in June with Great Granny’s 90th birthday party!!! Little man got all dressed up for the occasion! We have had a good few weekends at the farm…… some of good weather Some more ominous looking…. The buzzards have been out and about at the…
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A New pattern – Little Bear hat
I’ve been busy writing up the pattern for William’s new hat! Just about managed to get a photograph of it on my mini model before he hoiked it off!! You can buy the pattern in my Etsy shop, Ravelry store or Loveknitting store
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Happy New Year and some finished knits!!
Happy New Year everyone!!! Towards the end of last as usual I wasn’t able to post any of my finished knits because they were all Christmas presents!!! Now I forgot to photograph them so I’m getting photos of some of them sent hopefully on/by the giftee!!! Soooo…. We have two Sockhead hats!!!! A great easy…
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A Full farm update….
i.e. since William was born!!!! We have been busy bees, painting, architraves, skirting…. James’ parents have been amazing and have done soooooo much painting and James and his Dad have done all the woodwork upstairs!!! Its nearly at the point of having carpets put in upstairs and painting started downstairs!!!! So in Photo Format!!! Phew…
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Last weekend…..
….. We went to see a lady about alpacas, the animals, the upkeep, the costs etc etc We met some amazing beasts and their babies!!! William was enthralled!!! And one of the alpacas Seraphima was utterly enamoured with James and kept trying to kiss him!!! She was however a little perplexed by William attached to…
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Fabric Shopping!
Things are moving along well at the holding so much so that I thought I shoud get a wriggle on and start thinking about making the curtains especially since cheeky chops needs most of my attention these days!! Sooo Jennie of Owl About Yarn and I went over to fabricworld the other week and this…