Another award!

Hello and thank you so, so much for the lovely comments you left about the jewel blanket. It is fantastic to have such positive feedback; I really appreciate it!

I have received another award from the very lovely lady at Tales from Cuckoo Land. Thank you so much!!!

I am passing this on to .....

Hook and Yarn

Peacock Blue

The View from Here

Lalalizzie

Flower Power

Nimble Fingers Steady Eyebrows
Driftwood

These lovely ladies of the canyon are creating beautiful things to share - as are you all xx

Spring has finally sprung in my village. We are very lucky to have a Parish Council that has filled the village with flowers...

The village is filled with these lovely old stone houses....

And we have a ford, which eventually flows through the bottom of our garden..

Up the hill to home...

And I HAD to show you this because I am stupidly proud of it. I have never managed to make a cake of this depth before. It is huge! It is a coffee and walnut cake filled and covered with coffee butter icing. And yes, it did taste as good as it looks!!!

This is the recipe...


http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/coffeeandwalnutcake_87248

Enjoy your weekend xxx

The view from my window

Sunday morning and it is overcast and dull...very different to the beautiful Autumn sunshine of yesterday. I took some photos around my house yesterday as everything looked so gorgeous and full of colour. I often take where I live for granted. I think may of us do. But yesterday it seemed to throw itself at me and reminded me how lucky I am to be surrounded by such beauty. I thought you might like to see it.....

We were burgled last week and it upset us both. It made us feel quite exposed and vulnerable, living as we do surrounded by trees and fields. But I think you have to hang on to the positive; we have loved living here precisely because we are surrounded by beautiful countryside. So this is a little celebration!

The village is very old and was mentioned in the Domesday Book. It used to quite a hub of industry in the 17th and 18th centuries as a lot of cloth was woven here. There is a stream at the bottom of my garden that used to power a mill. Now all that remains of that industry are the beautiful stone cottages.....

I love this tree. It is the first thing I see when I open my curtains in the morning. It is always the first to lose its leaves in Autumn, but it puts on the most fabulous display first. The colours change from deep wine, to copper, to pink depending on the time of day and the amount of sunshine....

Here it is again, seen from my back door.

Washing drying in the lovely sunshine....

And the world beyond.....

You know, I was feeling a little bit down this morning. Not seriously, but a little bit flat. Uploading these photos has made me feel very happy! As much as I love my crochet and knitting and being cosy inside my house, I must remember to keep lifting up my head and looking at the beauty around me. xx