Advent 24

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Merry Christmas

and a

Happy New Year

for 2009

Advent 23

Who remembers this?

Circa 1973

Open the record cover and it revealed a pop-up scene

Advent 22

This is my Christmas card sent out

to friends and relatives, and now I

am sending it to friends in Blogland.

It is an original watercolour by me

and the card was designed by me too!

Advent 21

At last the Christmas tree has been decorated.

I was beginning to think it may never happen

because we both are into our third week of this

dreaded cold/flu we just wish it would disappear

as quickly as it appeared!

Advent 20

Box of Christmas Crackers

and................

Mineheads strange...................

phenomenon has come early!

The Daffodils are out!
The Daffodils always bloom just after Christmas

but this year they are blooming just before!

Honest I took this photograph just this lunchtime!

Advent 19

A pretty wire Angel for the

top of the tree

Advent 18

Box of old glass baubles

Advent 17

What is it with

Christmas Tinsel?

Advent 16

My friend Diana has just given me this

beautiful bright red Poinsettia

I only hope I can do it justice

I think some research is needed on

how to look after it!

Advent 15

Now I can sit down and decide

what I would like to watch on television

over the Festive Season!

Advent 14

What are your

Nightmares Before Christmas?

Advent 13

I always thought it was goodies that one bought........

and foodies were the people who eat the goodies!

Advent 12

I was looking through my bookshelf the other day

I found this book ~ it has never been made up!

Advent 11

Christmas cards

waiting to be posted!

Advent 10

Some of the pretty Christmas

ribbons sold in the shop where I work!

Advent 9

The stamps for the

Christmas Cards

that need to be sent!

Advent 8

Tray of freshly baked

MINCE PIES

Advent 7

The Holly and the IVY..........

Advent 6

One of the famous Christmas ghost stories

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Advent 5

Mr Robin

as seen searching for worms

Advent 4

A small gift for someone!

Advent 3

Piece of patchwork material

not sure what I shall create with it.

Any ideas...................?

Advent 2

SNOWMAN
Cross stitched on 14ct blue Aida

Advent 1

Stained Glass Window
St. Andrews Church, Wellington Square, Minehead

Somebody loves me..........

...........ME!

Christmas Mincemeat enough to share.......

..........if you want to!

2lbs (1kg) Dried Mixed Fruit

1lb (500gms) of Mixed Dried Apples Slices ~ Prunes ~

Dates ~ Figs ~ Apricots ~ Cranberries

(or anything of your choice) Chopped Finely (use scissors)

3 Grated Cooking Apples (just wash, don't peel)

8ozs (250grms) Dark Brown Sugar

Grated Nutmeg ~ Mixed Spice ~ Cinamon

Half Bottle of Brandy!

Put everything in and large bowl mix,

cover with a clean cloth, leave for about a week,

stirring at least twice daily and resist trying,

put into sterile jars.

Christmas is coming!

The Minehead Christmas lights

were turned on this year by........................

This man!

Johnny Kingdom

Not sure that was meant to happen!

The sausage trying to escape the Toad in the Hole!

The whole thing rising from the dish

either that, or I made too much mixture!

A Rose No More........

The Rose from

Monday 17th and Friday 21st November

postings is now heading for

the compost bin........poor thing it was so pretty

Watercolour painting III

I call this

"Looking Over Daisies"

I happened to walk in the garden the other day

and saw a lonely Daisy in the grass.

This is how I saw it.

Think I might stick to embroidery!

Every house should have one..........

Ours is made of china and is about 60years old!

And there's more pincusions!

Appliqued felt with buttonhole stitch

using patchwork samples from
www.strawberryfayre.co.uk

using embroidery stitiches on brown one

and appliqued with an over stitich

on red and white one

embroidered with stem stitch

Redwork

Kate Greenaway characters

stitched in Redwork

Sweet smell of rose...

The Rose from Mondays posting fully open

Two more!

Two more Pincushions

Sunset

Looking through the kitchen window

I saw this beautiful red sky

at 16.40 pm

There's always one............

........well two!

The last bit of cake mix!

Weigh three eggs,

the weight of the eggs in flour sugar and butter

Beat the sugar and butter, then add the eggs

fold in the flour

add a few chocolate drops

Divide into cake cases

Cook for about 20 minutes

180 degrees or gas 4

I found the icing recipe on Eleanor's blog ~

"Still Cutting Off Tabs"

(October 2008 post)

http://paperseaside.blogspot.com/

Last of the..........

........summer Roses from the garden

It's Struck Again!

FLAT SURFACE SYNDROME

Its a bit like that game - cover the items

and then guess what was there!

Sewing Machine

Record Player Turn Table

Poundland bag with assorted goodies

still from Wednesday afternoon

three items are for Jane

Various opened correspondence

and other paper work and patterns

Empty carriers

Tupperware bowl not put back in cupboard

Felt for Pincushions

Old Valve Amplifier in bits!

What we wore seventy years ago

Not sure about the matching hat, dress and SOCKS!

And there's more!

I have been making more knitted flowers!