tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314629018464620542024-03-17T21:41:25.057+00:00My MiscellanySabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.comBlogger1078125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-11963640763355401812024-03-17T20:48:00.000+00:002024-03-17T20:48:03.935+00:00St Patrick's Day <p> My bad - I meant to schedule this before I went down to visit my sister, but there was a lot going on last week. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYkWzkwpu6UqG87xwHilLmqMLpmF9qdt64f6LSVO7zkaolxucDu3_DNhWaGFWa-n4pX-LznbGKKoSxxeUQSfHoDxmvhe4Mo5JWqfBUUNttLEnE6lSHWbpj0pthVggPzuZnrxc-P7w75qiQreYyVuLw-TvaAx0s6LqupxKfMiG-BZ2awy0LrZEErdw0w/s800/WT988bc22_by_Cook22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="644" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYkWzkwpu6UqG87xwHilLmqMLpmF9qdt64f6LSVO7zkaolxucDu3_DNhWaGFWa-n4pX-LznbGKKoSxxeUQSfHoDxmvhe4Mo5JWqfBUUNttLEnE6lSHWbpj0pthVggPzuZnrxc-P7w75qiQreYyVuLw-TvaAx0s6LqupxKfMiG-BZ2awy0LrZEErdw0w/s320/WT988bc22_by_Cook22.png" width="258" /></a></div><br /><p>The greeting says "Happy St. Patrick's Day to you", and is the traditional old Irish script which went out of use in the mid twentieth century. </p><p><br /></p><p>The same chestnut tree in the park which was the first to green up last year is already green. The forsythia is in my sister's garden - it was exceptionally good weather for St. Patrick's Day. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsoT1y8nM5K4ZNJ44kQp451eKIUpRioGYK9kk1LDw8k8djCbI3oZz_8fXQHy7ZRyzvlPkQFhgfXZcAC4XkfdNXlyybDb-kE3-pOy52CysjLYsq3fu2QkH4RKyCoe3WwtW80Lf-DUMVahLC3DAkjAb8HEcfnX8RDiJ95HKWCxnDvBXuN1EF1zpu9uuY4w/s4000/IMG_20240317_101237031_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsoT1y8nM5K4ZNJ44kQp451eKIUpRioGYK9kk1LDw8k8djCbI3oZz_8fXQHy7ZRyzvlPkQFhgfXZcAC4XkfdNXlyybDb-kE3-pOy52CysjLYsq3fu2QkH4RKyCoe3WwtW80Lf-DUMVahLC3DAkjAb8HEcfnX8RDiJ95HKWCxnDvBXuN1EF1zpu9uuY4w/w180-h400/IMG_20240317_101237031_HDR.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvllRE9UNxZ3es2Qo_w15bBnq9TDY0hR5e2EXiPYIJZruPyKaxtKTVYkXGCsHJ_Kowb9JeeDoytcAsMskElwDhwwfLPi2GMUHAJ_7y-6ZDg0wmcLmHhctfXzAZVqkG4fz8kyMicfxz9Yr7hBRp95S3NDyrlB6JkYMZF58Pdtfq59A6r5rydYHn7kdWA/s2672/IMG_20240311_112604890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The weather was pretty dreary, but we went to a forest park beside a reservoir, also the national rowing centre of Ireland - it was a pleasant walk in spite of the misty drizzle, and there was a little van selling hot drinks which was a nice treat afterwards.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ziSUK3ceFX2qYKcx3XWB7Sk_db47g6CHpkffhwc5Tp8BABuEBg1UtjcGwQjJUuB5z3VybelonnRjZKi-QupGA1TA7iIR3n_Um5tomC4V3V4ZMqfdLdRXy-f-TBtfqITI7PJ_HvfOERJD1WtZcyqkjlea3ca5bdH-C2MVCR65MeA_6meZhJEhGfZcMw/s1500/farran01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ziSUK3ceFX2qYKcx3XWB7Sk_db47g6CHpkffhwc5Tp8BABuEBg1UtjcGwQjJUuB5z3VybelonnRjZKi-QupGA1TA7iIR3n_Um5tomC4V3V4ZMqfdLdRXy-f-TBtfqITI7PJ_HvfOERJD1WtZcyqkjlea3ca5bdH-C2MVCR65MeA_6meZhJEhGfZcMw/w400-h300/farran01.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I had felt it was a bit loose and was thinking I must book a service sooner rather than later, when it went altogether. I was careful but not overly worried because I knew we had replaced the rear cable just before Christmas, so it was quite a shock when the rear brake too stopped working totally - luckily on the flat, and luckily near work so I didn't have too far to push the bike. And luckily a day C was working at home, and was able to come in at lunch and pick me up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I walked I passed this utility box, which has definitely been repainted as used to be something else altogether.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Two new brake cables and everything is fine again, but especially when one was almost brand new it's a bit of a mystery to everybody how it could have happened.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBSh7UjUTuIpj8HSMeqmk2AWaP514omecSz0GNZ3J2FWuE2JhfY1o6SXoXJuk5dMHiUN3YsjGbfZyj5DBGnQIuLyOOYR4XeqAiowT_K-UyVn6z5pzeNHruPatVvo9Sh1pu9Y81D3tVxXBb5u4YcuDzpJHz-dL3VKIVaTEMFCeRdyYLHDwIHFF4XMEqg/s1699/utilitybox.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1699" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBSh7UjUTuIpj8HSMeqmk2AWaP514omecSz0GNZ3J2FWuE2JhfY1o6SXoXJuk5dMHiUN3YsjGbfZyj5DBGnQIuLyOOYR4XeqAiowT_K-UyVn6z5pzeNHruPatVvo9Sh1pu9Y81D3tVxXBb5u4YcuDzpJHz-dL3VKIVaTEMFCeRdyYLHDwIHFF4XMEqg/w235-h400/utilitybox.png" width="235" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br />Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-19099669048516870792024-02-11T19:52:00.003+00:002024-02-11T19:52:23.667+00:00A Walk in the Park<p> I can't remember the last time we went for a walk in the park - a long time. After a couple of days of very heavy rain during the week it was pretty muddy, but Saturday morning was fresh and sunny and we went out to enjoy the weather. Not much to photograph, but we did see a shoveller in the pond. And I noticed newer identity labels on the trees - looks like they've got new identities too as the numbers don't appear to match. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5cAk2AvsBeZxgOKURnqvwq_aLkR6Uq0Xbf__BOnICm5z2RNCoz-Los9IfeKEIGu6ICCMGyv9f2il753sO5r95LC24J1aW1SBkPIiXZo7CNmIty9SZvTsL2WuT-nzljq9pRtypiEYlFmTn_peuvAFIiysxdjzfoNng5AEO9FEyjMJqqnfr_G5qZEX1A/s1000/park02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5cAk2AvsBeZxgOKURnqvwq_aLkR6Uq0Xbf__BOnICm5z2RNCoz-Los9IfeKEIGu6ICCMGyv9f2il753sO5r95LC24J1aW1SBkPIiXZo7CNmIty9SZvTsL2WuT-nzljq9pRtypiEYlFmTn_peuvAFIiysxdjzfoNng5AEO9FEyjMJqqnfr_G5qZEX1A/w300-h400/park02.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQu2o-YpWsWlLej5ff6UE6igyz2YqAlrHvAtxmTSr478UFZ8FU1sgElL2HPOzf6KGhPlHGDQ_RwHKG0VvcnXlC0HJjCB050pxmo7exp1lbRdve9jijP7-1oeqG5vlywCt6hZXZXMZjdSM1EpHX2HkhJsF2YDRiy3JjZXmrW0L_fjGwPBx9gDHsmp8fw/s800/shovellerpark.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQu2o-YpWsWlLej5ff6UE6igyz2YqAlrHvAtxmTSr478UFZ8FU1sgElL2HPOzf6KGhPlHGDQ_RwHKG0VvcnXlC0HJjCB050pxmo7exp1lbRdve9jijP7-1oeqG5vlywCt6hZXZXMZjdSM1EpHX2HkhJsF2YDRiy3JjZXmrW0L_fjGwPBx9gDHsmp8fw/w400-h300/shovellerpark.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuH50EQJVF0hi5pldde00_vhyAirvZ3bxEqdGl6gKn7qgnGBJCiJNWeXDi8zR7Rbfp99E5SINkJMG-2Kxi9Yn8leUX19KNv9_4D8eTXlGCiejIrHQeKUZqfZ4UnX9llQxj5UBR02SG8MnwMpkW9bRHtjKJ0RGvVNXmAnNJPxWMVxLKkvlp3wDHHfX-Cg/s800/tag01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuH50EQJVF0hi5pldde00_vhyAirvZ3bxEqdGl6gKn7qgnGBJCiJNWeXDi8zR7Rbfp99E5SINkJMG-2Kxi9Yn8leUX19KNv9_4D8eTXlGCiejIrHQeKUZqfZ4UnX9llQxj5UBR02SG8MnwMpkW9bRHtjKJ0RGvVNXmAnNJPxWMVxLKkvlp3wDHHfX-Cg/w400-h300/tag01.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaBq5H3FhQfsoPKY04hjS5J8gI0oWzKCHuu_7gSOCIWW2aFk_Bj_E7LH9EZEhg6AS4SGsAEbqDRRGVVBd3GjKQiGAE0mJuAt4d8CTWTD7fqPp-k9NIX64QEhf8rcKjej6LYj8tEfMXXOOwwuHsT-Dx5mFOlRQ61L0nI04sTeOfz80qj_CirETUttQjw/s800/tag2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaBq5H3FhQfsoPKY04hjS5J8gI0oWzKCHuu_7gSOCIWW2aFk_Bj_E7LH9EZEhg6AS4SGsAEbqDRRGVVBd3GjKQiGAE0mJuAt4d8CTWTD7fqPp-k9NIX64QEhf8rcKjej6LYj8tEfMXXOOwwuHsT-Dx5mFOlRQ61L0nI04sTeOfz80qj_CirETUttQjw/w400-h300/tag2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-2428348640749954402024-02-05T10:44:00.003+00:002024-02-05T10:44:56.475+00:00Off the needles<p> My brother had been wanting a new Aran sweater for quite some time - we started talking about it around this time last year. Come his birthday I offered to buy the wool for his birthday present and knit it for his Christmas present. My options were somewhat limited because he specifically wanted both pure wool and for it to be machine-washable. Early last year I had saved something from an Irish yarn store in my basket, but by August it was no longer available so I had to go back to plan B, which was an English company (<a href="https://www.yarnundyed.com/" target="_blank">Yarn Undyed</a>) which sells an amazing variety of undyed wool - suitable for you to dye yourself. We were both tempted by the merino/linen mix, which is now on my own personal shopping list, but he stuck with his original wish for pure wool, and I got this finished just in time to send down for Christmas.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJiwLA-wqwHWBqyxBdT4z5fJxZLTk2Yg_-lwOa919NA6Ioobf-n2-jW_H_XjFy-A0m8gxt21M4az2IOD-Slum9IDXOLFc3Wv35dFJSlEo0BV0x5oQ8XTAu6qVTpjM4-Tm-B7QKAH4qL26q_bVoxOEU8YXT8rbYueKyyX_wwXT_viZ36KNlI5ZKheuuvQ/s1000/petesjumper.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="803" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJiwLA-wqwHWBqyxBdT4z5fJxZLTk2Yg_-lwOa919NA6Ioobf-n2-jW_H_XjFy-A0m8gxt21M4az2IOD-Slum9IDXOLFc3Wv35dFJSlEo0BV0x5oQ8XTAu6qVTpjM4-Tm-B7QKAH4qL26q_bVoxOEU8YXT8rbYueKyyX_wwXT_viZ36KNlI5ZKheuuvQ/w321-h400/petesjumper.png" width="321" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>As a bonus, my sister-in-law has been doing a textile course in the Crawford College of Art & Design, and has been doing a lot of dying, so I sent her two spare balls of wool to experiment with.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've been focussing on finishing off old projects, so I finally finished a lace throw that has been on the needles for (gulp) over twenty years. I went off the colour somewhere along the way, but kept going back and plugging away at it whenever I had nothing better to do, and the colour has grown on me again. It was originally a pattern for a baby blanket, but this is more the size of a full length wrap for a woman.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZzqD6dIDv5C_7zyEimQRBF-qx6Ohpg_ZRZnxoKCfcGBbkJP00DYdD8SoVUOS-rJkZczjH6vr73xnUsVEAXGrhS8ycpwCcwgOjnWXZ53f7Povj90THZZPVZVipS5ONBNy-iP5Io8xBh41p46mwUpWApMMe4eqqcKSd0DO6oQn3PJT3yWN7ur9KrwMAw/s800/shawl.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="800" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZzqD6dIDv5C_7zyEimQRBF-qx6Ohpg_ZRZnxoKCfcGBbkJP00DYdD8SoVUOS-rJkZczjH6vr73xnUsVEAXGrhS8ycpwCcwgOjnWXZ53f7Povj90THZZPVZVipS5ONBNy-iP5Io8xBh41p46mwUpWApMMe4eqqcKSd0DO6oQn3PJT3yWN7ur9KrwMAw/w400-h376/shawl.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And one last finally-finished project, also on the needles for a LONG time. This was a rainbow cake of wool, and I originally started the shawl pattern that came free with it. However, there was what I considered a very muddy colour transition from purple to green, and I had never liked it. I was at the point of planning to rip it and just give the wool away, but I came across a <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/color-block-infinity-scarf">colour-block infinity scarf</a> on Ravelry and thought it would be a good use for it. I discarded the parts of the yarn with the muddy colour transition, so I had to add in a yellow from my stash which was the closest match in terms of weight in order to get the required length, but I am very happy to have finally got this made up into something. Since it was just a tube knit until the required length was reached, when the ends were grafted together to make a seamless loop, it was the ideal project for this Christmas holiday, requiring no thought or concentration whatsoever. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUQqQ5ZzZ5F6NffPFM5Xj1kAPqQf4GErjeWJO3ejk_CMPQc4gD1SQZh6Vg_b6oUWz3MsieQbeDLR6gAAXMJJkyrOMTfPErV2XuPJ3DCOcHgBUdmwyQr3GclFKFGSzzgD48MWEbdUJa7mZs_LCNfNoJzBDAiW9DvD5TQKUNiCNvFdjX9IjrOCc8qIaTg/s800/inifinityscarfc22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="649" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUQqQ5ZzZ5F6NffPFM5Xj1kAPqQf4GErjeWJO3ejk_CMPQc4gD1SQZh6Vg_b6oUWz3MsieQbeDLR6gAAXMJJkyrOMTfPErV2XuPJ3DCOcHgBUdmwyQr3GclFKFGSzzgD48MWEbdUJa7mZs_LCNfNoJzBDAiW9DvD5TQKUNiCNvFdjX9IjrOCc8qIaTg/w325-h400/inifinityscarfc22.png" width="325" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Currently working on socks and a scarf design which uses up leftover sock yarn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-56348646708908717982024-01-31T12:00:00.012+00:002024-01-31T15:44:23.045+00:00January favourites and a beach<p> Are very thin on the ground...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0Eb6jMHLTJgpk-djl7MSCa-KGrseYEZw22ypnXfqE5-efzDSraShwHbXOM4KjOoPYHvnxXi03DEOrkpKyLmDlpT0YcLS79IVCOBPCdNAmrSQZPgwJfFKU3iXD1vlNwgjp6-fM6Q4dLkVflqi-SH29odELDo_GcRLtTvtvHl6yrZiPRHQCGpQmt6ONw/s800/MMTPT810c22_by_Cook22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="688" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0Eb6jMHLTJgpk-djl7MSCa-KGrseYEZw22ypnXfqE5-efzDSraShwHbXOM4KjOoPYHvnxXi03DEOrkpKyLmDlpT0YcLS79IVCOBPCdNAmrSQZPgwJfFKU3iXD1vlNwgjp6-fM6Q4dLkVflqi-SH29odELDo_GcRLtTvtvHl6yrZiPRHQCGpQmt6ONw/w344-h400/MMTPT810c22_by_Cook22.png" width="344" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Z2RZDjSm08x_I_M_I6rxQ9zsAeGf-O_RNMecbDeTw6CdjThb8nG1MM65DT-1sqppnUnxTU1S9YXWwZ56bhB-xicXTFgi_puYsUDi9M02yarued6DaOom_gaHLQ71ycSYVBARXNcVOEY6mr9SjVwyLEUdEuZ8F0_FYKzBVAqC_lwtgaMFVEVn3Cz18g/s953/WT983c22_by_Cook22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="953" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Z2RZDjSm08x_I_M_I6rxQ9zsAeGf-O_RNMecbDeTw6CdjThb8nG1MM65DT-1sqppnUnxTU1S9YXWwZ56bhB-xicXTFgi_puYsUDi9M02yarued6DaOom_gaHLQ71ycSYVBARXNcVOEY6mr9SjVwyLEUdEuZ8F0_FYKzBVAqC_lwtgaMFVEVn3Cz18g/w400-h336/WT983c22_by_Cook22.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAp6GpcjMLplo6y5mziBIAkzJ_FLG3VWQmYzl7o6LF1zKKrieEV84nlfsTSRu2T_l6ffU55uPYiaetSMs_OxU_fGv3dawrPcZQV0BC_T_emEqUsQzBKd2VU9mhkaGAAgxxfyBLiVr08IfEPuijoZBq4BEysk2qUYE-2zsyWoTLwb_5QMt0UD6B5Zv2nQ/s800/TLC985c22_by_Cook22.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="728" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAp6GpcjMLplo6y5mziBIAkzJ_FLG3VWQmYzl7o6LF1zKKrieEV84nlfsTSRu2T_l6ffU55uPYiaetSMs_OxU_fGv3dawrPcZQV0BC_T_emEqUsQzBKd2VU9mhkaGAAgxxfyBLiVr08IfEPuijoZBq4BEysk2qUYE-2zsyWoTLwb_5QMt0UD6B5Zv2nQ/w364-h400/TLC985c22_by_Cook22.png" width="364" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I spent a weekend earlier in the month with my sister. On the Sunday morning we went to a beach in West Cork for a walk and a fish and chips (fries) lunch. Although the weather doesn't look great in the photos, it was beautiful for our drive over, and was in fact lovely for our walk. Queuing for the fish and chips was very windy, the beach much less so. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Long Strand, Castlefreke.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Tthz6Hd7FlJzmFIf37shhaMiRoPIzVbJFQkRFDZ4Ke4k87_RTA99l3Uca3Eidl2R7XwiVwvimFadbop5qHuL1kPYaI_MTSaIvYHtpQsIRIeQfxgBzMmS4gtq5rj-XDO5a-yWOkp2YvIEZD-A4XN5u_oi74w1uhW_QFuIAjPLQtJFt6wHhQ6Dk4mKGA/s3264/DSCN6323.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Tthz6Hd7FlJzmFIf37shhaMiRoPIzVbJFQkRFDZ4Ke4k87_RTA99l3Uca3Eidl2R7XwiVwvimFadbop5qHuL1kPYaI_MTSaIvYHtpQsIRIeQfxgBzMmS4gtq5rj-XDO5a-yWOkp2YvIEZD-A4XN5u_oi74w1uhW_QFuIAjPLQtJFt6wHhQ6Dk4mKGA/w300-h400/DSCN6323.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-22494809279807272042023-12-25T01:00:00.001+00:002023-12-25T01:00:00.128+00:00Peaceful Christmas wishes...<p> I'm finding it hard to find a lot of merry and happy this Christmas season, peaceful is the way I am going. With my aunt gone, it was going to be my first Christmas Eve with no family gathering as my brother-in-law is too ill for my sister to travel up. But as they accepted our offer to bring a low-key Christmas to them, we will still be having our Bûche de Noël on Christmas Eve. I'll try to take and add a photo while we are down there. I think this one will be mushroom-less, I'm not sure how well they would travel that distance. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXs9FvQeLByw4NBTaydrGN_e7Zt3YzvvhDYTVM90m9o2j6peoPnxCNBwpsJWoBBRn5WLpIFZm-SXVrf6DibhAJHxJLt6nAeuyKpG9sbhNWb095JMGWrioFRGXw19lpEV_QwJcZF39M7WDqsqPiAluS_VrHVoLg79PQ8KAX66NZJdABnx0wbuc3x3cShw/s1000/MIX565c22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="737" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXs9FvQeLByw4NBTaydrGN_e7Zt3YzvvhDYTVM90m9o2j6peoPnxCNBwpsJWoBBRn5WLpIFZm-SXVrf6DibhAJHxJLt6nAeuyKpG9sbhNWb095JMGWrioFRGXw19lpEV_QwJcZF39M7WDqsqPiAluS_VrHVoLg79PQ8KAX66NZJdABnx0wbuc3x3cShw/w295-h400/MIX565c22.png" width="295" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-70817457632302826032023-12-01T00:30:00.001+00:002023-12-01T00:30:00.129+00:00November Favourites<p> Another busy month with not a lot of creating time. I don't have any other photos either - a too-blurred one of an interesting utility box cover which is sadly way off my normal route so I'm not likely to pass it again any time soon. Maybe I'll just share it anyway, blurred or not. There was a lot of traffic on the road so I was probably rushing trying to take it. </p><p> Being the first of December when this posts, I will include a couple of my more favourite Christmas cards from November - it was my main card-making focus as I tried to catch up with myself. Normally I can create enough during the year that I'm only left needing a half dozen or so.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZHMbCEICW8yOW7o_cNHMSDyzEXR-PzvizBMpgNu6gri-Cp_TJyDc5FDafLkz2NIJHDTYlR61mnQo6aPR1_cJt7dgLLlQq6k-QgvKZtgcm_LlJe1E8L3o1qYu6Z3eqxiGLLEdwcablahCEcEj7DdJquNsJlmpOqbX4oF03QuPVAXouhyphenhyphenF7iey_oKkVg/s1000/doudoupernoelc22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="819" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZHMbCEICW8yOW7o_cNHMSDyzEXR-PzvizBMpgNu6gri-Cp_TJyDc5FDafLkz2NIJHDTYlR61mnQo6aPR1_cJt7dgLLlQq6k-QgvKZtgcm_LlJe1E8L3o1qYu6Z3eqxiGLLEdwcablahCEcEj7DdJquNsJlmpOqbX4oF03QuPVAXouhyphenhyphenF7iey_oKkVg/w328-h400/doudoupernoelc22.png" width="328" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMYC8RinweHCgOHfwNpwPEsJWkD6g3YQS3YPg7ssvE-gXBlQfzJu27w2-DrhKwzEIM_1ew8QCJTZaTnQtsyXsNVKwJWQOBeCvFh9QzIirPQ0z89mkIxdRofIs1eaqHmHx9nNAbJs8vddEnsVwXao2mnOqipVqDXgVghbt2xONlNNSYFbeYbpRMDhStQ/s1000/MIX565c22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzrYNPDSnHwOXd63GIe7W1M9u3Vkc_T1EqYPh0ApZ0Z_dV6jbqvuhXfxAjDXkihbssp-uP8n0V4HCSTJskUUK47FeJpVwbe7oxIlN3XEtuFMhQeLv6kqzRS98jzLqvXvRQbnFJ3mphzY5noz63ZtzkneSjNxORw6GMVGTQUsR7MS1gGU01fT0qE9kUQ/s320/IMG_20231026_151428799.jpg" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The header this month is an oystercatcher on the mudflats at Warrenpoint, with a low setting sun reflecting off the sand. </p><p><br /></p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-24247736373435770482023-10-31T19:33:00.000+00:002023-10-31T19:33:26.571+00:00October Favourites<p> Hard to believe another month is over - but I can hear all the Halloween fireworks going off as I type, and we've had a handful of trick-or-treaters call to the door.</p><p>A few cards and a couple of crafty projects...</p><p>The Chinese Lanterns card will go to my aunt-in-law. My aunt who died in the summer always brought Mary Chinese Lanterns, because they won't grow for Mary. This I find almost impossible to believe, because I have always found them incredibly invasive. Anyway, I brought Mary a bunch in September and thought I'd make a coordinating Christmas card.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmiTNyOafp-UPFIw8MUMI4s7GbjvbWWCUQfMfg1WFoScufWK1SxaryvokHVXi2vTQS4pl_1aFep7hPZzJ-R104YAHcSz33sWSi47oJh6P4i06L2YWl4PxzUAS66npnBFnZxX3XdMfMCv1qSAnVxqlLJBW93DL0hpjy3hYi__xgj0YWpJrc8fTX5oxrQ/s1000/lanternsformaryc22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="799" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmiTNyOafp-UPFIw8MUMI4s7GbjvbWWCUQfMfg1WFoScufWK1SxaryvokHVXi2vTQS4pl_1aFep7hPZzJ-R104YAHcSz33sWSi47oJh6P4i06L2YWl4PxzUAS66npnBFnZxX3XdMfMCv1qSAnVxqlLJBW93DL0hpjy3hYi__xgj0YWpJrc8fTX5oxrQ/w320-h400/lanternsformaryc22.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihA30LFXGWo_NegFQUY7WDyNPzXVPU8Ya65A98gg5wycguP-MY1b7aqJOgI0fGzvVXtOzNk6qjsLHPLHXBPjqfAEwfylaT-LV6q9uJjz8tpaZRT9pPYvYlGMwRArInoxih5qJ1JotjL1ii-tDT4894pTWzriZhhHWJJsHUT89x93KF8__GJ05doNlatQ/s1000/MMTPT796c22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1000" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihA30LFXGWo_NegFQUY7WDyNPzXVPU8Ya65A98gg5wycguP-MY1b7aqJOgI0fGzvVXtOzNk6qjsLHPLHXBPjqfAEwfylaT-LV6q9uJjz8tpaZRT9pPYvYlGMwRArInoxih5qJ1JotjL1ii-tDT4894pTWzriZhhHWJJsHUT89x93KF8__GJ05doNlatQ/w400-h395/MMTPT796c22.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVXZABhnfUvRxhSG64p37y1ZfBodJejmUhyphenhyphen31Hfm8K9Jxg_LyXmDg08VhN4RxeYGghPu1l3wbDtRWK9Rd-mo-hxu34p69PKyUDybEyEDCdmP5mAhfI4zoMy7s2Xmy7TK1mKkiCSV_CIAMleqceQc7oQOhqoArhl2iZMKGM8thp8NI3_2ELlZeSQRh6A/s1000/MMTPT797c22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="1000" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVXZABhnfUvRxhSG64p37y1ZfBodJejmUhyphenhyphen31Hfm8K9Jxg_LyXmDg08VhN4RxeYGghPu1l3wbDtRWK9Rd-mo-hxu34p69PKyUDybEyEDCdmP5mAhfI4zoMy7s2Xmy7TK1mKkiCSV_CIAMleqceQc7oQOhqoArhl2iZMKGM8thp8NI3_2ELlZeSQRh6A/w400-h394/MMTPT797c22.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfS9rQY57hqsgV36qsDO1vkoVUocLZcCv0D85octfYgmtnnL7qneR85gCaUNa8dplqgnwHZJzGwxeNxYvmbaQx_Nx1jV6RFvpeEAZ8SncsD7MQsBNqKVuSRdN8nPMatq0h0J7RqHqaDTCeUqUvQOShkFUTt8gGxEdsNCUkq0xJ0sxWyKAYIJv5AZrVA/s1000/WT971c22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1000" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfS9rQY57hqsgV36qsDO1vkoVUocLZcCv0D85octfYgmtnnL7qneR85gCaUNa8dplqgnwHZJzGwxeNxYvmbaQx_Nx1jV6RFvpeEAZ8SncsD7MQsBNqKVuSRdN8nPMatq0h0J7RqHqaDTCeUqUvQOShkFUTt8gGxEdsNCUkq0xJ0sxWyKAYIJv5AZrVA/w400-h308/WT971c22.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBg2l-vJ_XXILDDgMH2VrNb4ONb7IJoFbRvw79eNxU0aQ5pb-M_CdrATOqBaz92hQH6dWHd6hkpavZfPQLMHHJkC3-HsdINf5ud6BdGnR6he6S8kgHuf7vxoBWeIcwipIZ4wOx-Z2Fru99_wTnLxUtHWGS_u7QMsqxBIEQUY4A-6zlY4OuVi2-b5oFPA/s529/ataraxia.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBg2l-vJ_XXILDDgMH2VrNb4ONb7IJoFbRvw79eNxU0aQ5pb-M_CdrATOqBaz92hQH6dWHd6hkpavZfPQLMHHJkC3-HsdINf5ud6BdGnR6he6S8kgHuf7vxoBWeIcwipIZ4wOx-Z2Fru99_wTnLxUtHWGS_u7QMsqxBIEQUY4A-6zlY4OuVi2-b5oFPA/w378-h400/ataraxia.png" width="378" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The hat was knit with leftovers from the sweater I shared last month, for C to bring as a present for his friend in Maine. I added an extra colour in for the zigzag which did leave me with four colours in each row on occasion, but it was mostly straightforward. <br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAkW3brVa4_LwvNBKvCZXMULSMHhi_-YL0MpMLetds_8bQ8z29Wxqe_H2Au-IgSD4o-eTqqRI7oL_4_TVTXJ2Igmc2KoIDQQmAQbMRYeUwQcxHTSAHbh3IbDMqkLwRlaeU-CnVs3lvTEA6EeXVOXWnFY2mlpjQ5ZAtwsoHg02-RhT-dAcpMtzx_5VEQ/s1841/IMG_20231007_175820109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1841" data-original-width="1692" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAkW3brVa4_LwvNBKvCZXMULSMHhi_-YL0MpMLetds_8bQ8z29Wxqe_H2Au-IgSD4o-eTqqRI7oL_4_TVTXJ2Igmc2KoIDQQmAQbMRYeUwQcxHTSAHbh3IbDMqkLwRlaeU-CnVs3lvTEA6EeXVOXWnFY2mlpjQ5ZAtwsoHg02-RhT-dAcpMtzx_5VEQ/s320/IMG_20231007_175820109.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I was tidying fabric scraps so as to give away what I wouldn't use. I made place mats for my sister and myself from the cat fabric a couple of Christmases ago, and used what was left to make a tote-bag for a cat-loving friend.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhHsOsJgnr74hUloNtQoX9TqXEIiE0nhaulL4Brex2ghPLVzvFxM0uSevFhDr-3M-9hUDmzbcutNykIjpJCob5UkXCVw1SZ9sywd_PhLH3LKpPc9pUMauCk1q_YtvG9plTjOCaxEQeeJJiKaYLH3a1_LB0nIeV7cl3kMVgkvaRGyGRT2E-AYZW6r-IQ/s2125/IMG_20231031_191326880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2125" data-original-width="1771" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhHsOsJgnr74hUloNtQoX9TqXEIiE0nhaulL4Brex2ghPLVzvFxM0uSevFhDr-3M-9hUDmzbcutNykIjpJCob5UkXCVw1SZ9sywd_PhLH3LKpPc9pUMauCk1q_YtvG9plTjOCaxEQeeJJiKaYLH3a1_LB0nIeV7cl3kMVgkvaRGyGRT2E-AYZW6r-IQ/s320/IMG_20231031_191326880.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br /><p>The only photos I have from last November appear to be from Wild Lights at the zoo, so that's my header, This year's theme isn't one that appeals to me, so I think we will be giving it a miss. Last year's was biodiversity, and I would have gone twice if I'd been able to get more tickets.</p></div>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-22659477367251028872023-10-03T17:01:00.003+01:002023-10-04T08:40:09.972+01:00September Favourites / Hot Off the Needles<p> Still working on clearing out my aunt's house so creative time and energy is at a minimum, not many cards to share. I did finally get to use two birthday gifts - thank you Lorraine and Margot. </p><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXr7FQmlfAUhgcP11_XCVGEZ1gX3SKANGapS7DPrXf566CDt1modiN8IxbxzUvizO7WdxzdBc9ESqdfiWzVh1J_UGiDqAoqzMqJJOCEl-oNC_6ua56w0C7dzWnKJ9Tx1O2zq_ILGqHT3yUtXWA2GAzyXcrYXBxjpioJYuOv-7m1g9Pvnlw-SW3687Vg/s800/birdhousebythesea_by_Cook22.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="787" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXr7FQmlfAUhgcP11_XCVGEZ1gX3SKANGapS7DPrXf566CDt1modiN8IxbxzUvizO7WdxzdBc9ESqdfiWzVh1J_UGiDqAoqzMqJJOCEl-oNC_6ua56w0C7dzWnKJ9Tx1O2zq_ILGqHT3yUtXWA2GAzyXcrYXBxjpioJYuOv-7m1g9Pvnlw-SW3687Vg/s320/birdhousebythesea_by_Cook22.png" width="315" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbtvHyob5XB3yWrRf5hBxgOzY_h6zEsIFTL229qewEdcU54Hhs9zFS-rlTNzZQUIdvQUvl1FG5gg8m3hzRsonacAw_KYZ1wp6MPrVrryZi8c0ogwFY9KKH9LE5I-Bmrt5JtR8aijTUEWJAEFM-ycrfNpORAY-2Jrze06Ac5KjRegXw6j2sf_ian7I-g/s1000/MMTPT789c22_by_Cook22.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1000" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbtvHyob5XB3yWrRf5hBxgOzY_h6zEsIFTL229qewEdcU54Hhs9zFS-rlTNzZQUIdvQUvl1FG5gg8m3hzRsonacAw_KYZ1wp6MPrVrryZi8c0ogwFY9KKH9LE5I-Bmrt5JtR8aijTUEWJAEFM-ycrfNpORAY-2Jrze06Ac5KjRegXw6j2sf_ian7I-g/s320/MMTPT789c22_by_Cook22.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UZNKEwp6pNm19733-608mwoxYnwHNBQUA_eM-A_dLAu7j2l7OadOM6O-Y6cDI_2JKygfdat-3TutUHXUv40yRHZQGX6zvaq6W1poj2lXbzHayMlwXF8o1-xbrwU0oZsbM1v3P7Yvs3tHuYPGrgqzY0v1VNqyPKyQF8Wv0QyAfUOotvj6e_WwPdiEDQ/s800/MMTPT790c22_by_Cook22.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="679" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UZNKEwp6pNm19733-608mwoxYnwHNBQUA_eM-A_dLAu7j2l7OadOM6O-Y6cDI_2JKygfdat-3TutUHXUv40yRHZQGX6zvaq6W1poj2lXbzHayMlwXF8o1-xbrwU0oZsbM1v3P7Yvs3tHuYPGrgqzY0v1VNqyPKyQF8Wv0QyAfUOotvj6e_WwPdiEDQ/s320/MMTPT790c22_by_Cook22.png" width="272" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJYBGThPwjizzkhS7vBzChB_RhTDWnw81p-AHWTjvm0TjHEriPbIUQ2UTOHOyRKg59596GvYuisRAI2EnniKuR0lcsULTkjsWzQfCCOi_c7dLewzHtjIUBD5x3KRVC1MDorFGBoUuEgroA_F35vAy3ORGl5eZgP_NseJxfO06oE-o5qxg9EQgZZTfpA/s800/umbrellafoxc22_by_Cook22.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJYBGThPwjizzkhS7vBzChB_RhTDWnw81p-AHWTjvm0TjHEriPbIUQ2UTOHOyRKg59596GvYuisRAI2EnniKuR0lcsULTkjsWzQfCCOi_c7dLewzHtjIUBD5x3KRVC1MDorFGBoUuEgroA_F35vAy3ORGl5eZgP_NseJxfO06oE-o5qxg9EQgZZTfpA/s320/umbrellafoxc22_by_Cook22.png" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAXM9oqLVxyDxL4aGpHqqonpxyjb08vaBHcgF_HXHmi4I8NVTq4dzdD73L1WAAIGbW7FGZy37i0130-jINsFXy9V-tJ5KvgBpjRpcEbEhdoK0WuqE9byog2qwapLOZwrqIgsKu9iyiQNXqwQwsLczSilIfYZAejhW0gzsyGfNTc5Iy8TC78UID3wM2g/s853/WT966c22_by_Cook22.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="853" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAXM9oqLVxyDxL4aGpHqqonpxyjb08vaBHcgF_HXHmi4I8NVTq4dzdD73L1WAAIGbW7FGZy37i0130-jINsFXy9V-tJ5KvgBpjRpcEbEhdoK0WuqE9byog2qwapLOZwrqIgsKu9iyiQNXqwQwsLczSilIfYZAejhW0gzsyGfNTc5Iy8TC78UID3wM2g/s320/WT966c22_by_Cook22.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Looking at Ravelry I started this sweater some time in July as a project to use a lot of assorted colours of Irish wool bought on offer. For a while I was able to bring it in to work but once the body got to a certain point it was too bulky. I had to knit in sections to make sure I didn't run out of any colours, so darvon the body, then the two sleeves to match ..</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkyvhuTlvi29EVhx9IqPZWzMUClv5R1rcz6cx0qAM4L_8WCBeKHqmQtD7lxPHYzFOrWi7at_tTOuI19aBEC8aYnE4GaR-UchWLWx7kmXQFUKSOE0wxO251JgppgIMnL27Oj_gzE3g18P7eyhCEIjSF_DUGv7iYvsoV8jlqD-6sIsiyXTQ8EQCZHCh_VQ/s2789/IMG_20231003_163120644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2789" data-original-width="1509" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkyvhuTlvi29EVhx9IqPZWzMUClv5R1rcz6cx0qAM4L_8WCBeKHqmQtD7lxPHYzFOrWi7at_tTOuI19aBEC8aYnE4GaR-UchWLWx7kmXQFUKSOE0wxO251JgppgIMnL27Oj_gzE3g18P7eyhCEIjSF_DUGv7iYvsoV8jlqD-6sIsiyXTQ8EQCZHCh_VQ/s320/IMG_20231003_163120644.jpg" width="173" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We went to the Botanic Gardens two weeks ago when we woke up on Saturday and it was sunny and mild. I wasn't feeling great and spent the rest of the weekend in bed, so I haven't edited any photos yet but will add a link to the album. I just uploaded the whole shooting gallery to Google photos so that we could look at them on the laptop in bed - normally we look on the big monitor upstairs: <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/mj3hMi3VdZWuF3Uh8">https://photos.app.goo.gl/mj3hMi3VdZWuF3Uh8</a><div><br /></div><div>The header this month is Warrenpoint up in Northern Ireland, one of the few photos I took last October when C was getting his dental implants.<br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-69934819250067884982023-09-01T20:03:00.000+01:002023-09-01T20:03:00.473+01:00August Favourites...<p> Still thin on the ground as I'm out in my aunt's house on my day off each week. And no other photos, and still no time to select some French ones. Soon, I hope...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbU-5fANaCZWO1FjNg6r2rQ0xbWnQrBLqS3ZgajxaMsRHkgxsoDIbuXu7ScJ1S4UgGKMi0zfumiRjlVhDRWkULrHOAN24g71Aomrk6pACYBw-Cu8XJMMopH4PRr1KWOI401kLqyXxjVNdOxjlJfFazQPbj7iehsSx9cwSunhDTJeWg_1I9Nvsn3BFyw/s1000/MMTPT786c22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="824" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbU-5fANaCZWO1FjNg6r2rQ0xbWnQrBLqS3ZgajxaMsRHkgxsoDIbuXu7ScJ1S4UgGKMi0zfumiRjlVhDRWkULrHOAN24g71Aomrk6pACYBw-Cu8XJMMopH4PRr1KWOI401kLqyXxjVNdOxjlJfFazQPbj7iehsSx9cwSunhDTJeWg_1I9Nvsn3BFyw/w330-h400/MMTPT786c22.png" width="330" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qLL5vp0LROheRzYBb5MFFEkEsXf-vOuDjcop9UwES3mbn8jEMNJbUnCsBILQIOt6WA1W8QBGFjf2wPuJjkhBZRYUD19gNjApm-f7i3bwODqHlCpzAhCYU7ohNMbZC-TVuYMZjS2QgDwvOO0sjUNS2E8kjydilv2hv5l_jpotKLybEC59dim0TNGEQQ/s1000/TLC966c22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="760" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qLL5vp0LROheRzYBb5MFFEkEsXf-vOuDjcop9UwES3mbn8jEMNJbUnCsBILQIOt6WA1W8QBGFjf2wPuJjkhBZRYUD19gNjApm-f7i3bwODqHlCpzAhCYU7ohNMbZC-TVuYMZjS2QgDwvOO0sjUNS2E8kjydilv2hv5l_jpotKLybEC59dim0TNGEQQ/w304-h400/TLC966c22.png" width="304" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqwlBv4SSrV5BkoZ79Plr9qwjpiGDsD33QrmIUc8Ovh9pcMU-lKoIfgvtxfhnQqBuH8uNhH-8NJDn-4yu_kAbiRenZ-js9vMMRyxhKin5ieKXJNQoGPYyRwmWeAFEzjy84qNCQm8UIHL4qmAmsjFS3YbJIQ-O8E_9xRCNgv9oC8Pt418ICEjqdToSAA/s1000/WT962c22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="834" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqwlBv4SSrV5BkoZ79Plr9qwjpiGDsD33QrmIUc8Ovh9pcMU-lKoIfgvtxfhnQqBuH8uNhH-8NJDn-4yu_kAbiRenZ-js9vMMRyxhKin5ieKXJNQoGPYyRwmWeAFEzjy84qNCQm8UIHL4qmAmsjFS3YbJIQ-O8E_9xRCNgv9oC8Pt418ICEjqdToSAA/w334-h400/WT962c22.png" width="334" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cat is cut from black velvet paper, so very tactile.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyTHK_zIC_hXEPxYvclqxsGhm6J5itEZq82n5txz2l5H1sVio5MlXvShgJ-FUcLS0hxFdhaMerOjO4brbx5MyBdr0-EfURYMKztE3kFD9qvcTdCzmESJHa0WhIibIUmb-P3N1jl1EY5bRjWfiKBuCBGKH3QwInXzbE3ewbjXfcm2QwSdBIVT6r7eusQ/s1000/WT963c22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyTHK_zIC_hXEPxYvclqxsGhm6J5itEZq82n5txz2l5H1sVio5MlXvShgJ-FUcLS0hxFdhaMerOjO4brbx5MyBdr0-EfURYMKztE3kFD9qvcTdCzmESJHa0WhIibIUmb-P3N1jl1EY5bRjWfiKBuCBGKH3QwInXzbE3ewbjXfcm2QwSdBIVT6r7eusQ/w400-h288/WT963c22.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>My header is one of the sculptures from the Sculpture in Context exhibition in the Botanic Gardens last year. </p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-7659100483514479362023-08-01T14:35:00.001+01:002023-08-01T14:35:08.639+01:00July favourites<p> I'll be along soon with photos from France, I promise. But when we got back, my aunt was in hospital and since then it's been a roller-coaster and merry-go-round of hospital, nursing home and then sadly a funeral. So there hasn't been much time for a lot else, and definitely not for uploading photos.</p><p>But I do have a few cards that I managed to make or had made ahead of time (C's birthday card: last year he got a saxophone for his birthday). Two pretty quick beach cards are included as a reminder that we did have a break by the sea in June. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWSknIPq7wNtTuo3mQZKpQfSvg1n2wFrFxl5o-y24CUxcjI6D5L3P7y2Fe2b4smRZBrB2NBMRBiIM_qZBg9u2EA1hl5vR0rbsykOIm3w7LOntOIHN02nCBAwUOaCNVUghhbwY9aaAOf1TqEujFgsKdnXprL2WPTWijKVAJ7_8p__O93y5xbYrLd1BeQ/s1000/MIX546c22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="835" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWSknIPq7wNtTuo3mQZKpQfSvg1n2wFrFxl5o-y24CUxcjI6D5L3P7y2Fe2b4smRZBrB2NBMRBiIM_qZBg9u2EA1hl5vR0rbsykOIm3w7LOntOIHN02nCBAwUOaCNVUghhbwY9aaAOf1TqEujFgsKdnXprL2WPTWijKVAJ7_8p__O93y5xbYrLd1BeQ/w334-h400/MIX546c22.png" width="334" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuJTxQrM1bGdl3Euw3EB7RWtQSUoV4wPnPGFTIYgDYP1uBOJwxtIQt0REI0HInMosnP5WiHJPjYpOnm-KRK69__njD3SlojSXMy_LSDxcJUJc4_ohpao1VBHxOJ21STtf9ZY1R-ly08denqdPXrkH4uEM4ECcqeNUmgB4cFuc3ouTBV7B8Dk7cqInlw/s1000/WT956C22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="1000" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuJTxQrM1bGdl3Euw3EB7RWtQSUoV4wPnPGFTIYgDYP1uBOJwxtIQt0REI0HInMosnP5WiHJPjYpOnm-KRK69__njD3SlojSXMy_LSDxcJUJc4_ohpao1VBHxOJ21STtf9ZY1R-ly08denqdPXrkH4uEM4ECcqeNUmgB4cFuc3ouTBV7B8Dk7cqInlw/w400-h335/WT956C22.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUM_KxiUMTOM4lg3VplqC3JWJMuoPwPa5Jbp_9Dkn81_5wOD4bvQb08JurbJN5_-2vzIMMAHTZub10DeErp2yuu-XMSC3MFXM7jFqVnCR-Cczxk2s_TuAmYnIIxgh8Yz2Axv9pHi3H4EXO-CTNQ4fCHufG0MToPZaeSuKXj4oVbBhUDW9NQxZqlDd1tw/s1000/WT957c22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1000" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUM_KxiUMTOM4lg3VplqC3JWJMuoPwPa5Jbp_9Dkn81_5wOD4bvQb08JurbJN5_-2vzIMMAHTZub10DeErp2yuu-XMSC3MFXM7jFqVnCR-Cczxk2s_TuAmYnIIxgh8Yz2Axv9pHi3H4EXO-CTNQ4fCHufG0MToPZaeSuKXj4oVbBhUDW9NQxZqlDd1tw/w400-h374/WT957c22.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TAih6xVTgAnP98IsW5W7gp7P1wTKtmu3f91zMYgPolUFGBDj6sZGxQ0AKuhrvEjaK-xYnbt-M5fw4vZJpAbVVytKp_tIAhXjfFlHZts-mOiKSzaRc5raIu6zAXud8wCPFBHC920z4enebC31Gm_99O5K5BKFvvzK3JeVxYpCMlQuzAcuy5pxh-sJwQ/s1000/MMTPT783c22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1000" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TAih6xVTgAnP98IsW5W7gp7P1wTKtmu3f91zMYgPolUFGBDj6sZGxQ0AKuhrvEjaK-xYnbt-M5fw4vZJpAbVVytKp_tIAhXjfFlHZts-mOiKSzaRc5raIu6zAXud8wCPFBHC920z4enebC31Gm_99O5K5BKFvvzK3JeVxYpCMlQuzAcuy5pxh-sJwQ/w400-h369/MMTPT783c22.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Could it be that I took no photos last August? I couldn't find any - so the sunflower is from the Botanic Gardens in August 2021.</p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-83638951995909780362023-07-01T17:56:00.002+01:002023-07-01T17:56:52.986+01:00June Favourites<p> Thin on the ground, because we were in France for three weeks. But I had a couple made ahead for challenge samples...</p><p><br /></p><p>France was good!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMAdq6FexFaakCjYR7BGEnkCvudGZLSaTF2EgC37xNZJVFfH9_mBASQNpdyGcmNU3cbuR8-Cn9qel_jqh_56Q197qnXQg7JwDJkrSUupgS9NHn_b152XbqqX_x-mbrvhHNsAnryIVXTE86ayWgpJVp5mfdJRRe2Yj1YpvMLcpKDu5PGF5xwo6bP13ww/s4288/P6120188.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3216" data-original-width="4288" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMAdq6FexFaakCjYR7BGEnkCvudGZLSaTF2EgC37xNZJVFfH9_mBASQNpdyGcmNU3cbuR8-Cn9qel_jqh_56Q197qnXQg7JwDJkrSUupgS9NHn_b152XbqqX_x-mbrvhHNsAnryIVXTE86ayWgpJVp5mfdJRRe2Yj1YpvMLcpKDu5PGF5xwo6bP13ww/w400-h300/P6120188.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Although after torrential storms one day in each of our two locations, we need to set the tent up in the garden and re-waterproof it. 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And normally I make flowers, the butterfly was a change...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The blog header - hmm, I couldn't appear to find any photos from last July, which surprised me. But I guess I could have been pretty busy in work and tired, because someone else was away. The angel's fishing rod photo is from Fota House in Cork, July 21 - a COVID era holiday when we camped in my brother's garden. </div></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-89538047017176319502023-06-01T02:00:00.002+01:002023-06-01T18:08:29.352+01:00Botanics, the floral side<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrvBRP0OsjFSMfXYyfQW7H54CM0uIiqHS1Iwusy_wE1MW8SolMamLqgnrn1xas7e1llcW_PreFInrR0cp8jWUrpP9-QktVFgOVOunHVGsh-eShjr8xYBW_jNTbw6LzrR2xKzaSCa2pzjXjMieL78Gz_rS29X0ZLAAr5W2OTU3O4AzncbaylsnCSs/s4608/DSCN5532.JPG"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrvBRP0OsjFSMfXYyfQW7H54CM0uIiqHS1Iwusy_wE1MW8SolMamLqgnrn1xas7e1llcW_PreFInrR0cp8jWUrpP9-QktVFgOVOunHVGsh-eShjr8xYBW_jNTbw6LzrR2xKzaSCa2pzjXjMieL78Gz_rS29X0ZLAAr5W2OTU3O4AzncbaylsnCSs/w400-h300/DSCN5532.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">C likes the traditional bright yellow eschscholzia. I quite liked these pale yellow ones, and it was odd that only a handful were dotted so copiously with small flies.</div><p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-n_8-tPdn1w1a8n_hNO27rrGuAIBs9mJPAdjCPMsl57kwELlZHf7XkYbAvauZ4rFbsHlhxLC4NHcqnsybf90f3OpgwEm3R1HtCMo0KH2RJMVBhZEbiJE6uU6GF9QVnFy4xHU9OOVxqren-QGE7sZLhyfmYr6bBJPtil_RSgNySKqo2cY4xQ_k4eA/s4608/DSCN5528.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-n_8-tPdn1w1a8n_hNO27rrGuAIBs9mJPAdjCPMsl57kwELlZHf7XkYbAvauZ4rFbsHlhxLC4NHcqnsybf90f3OpgwEm3R1HtCMo0KH2RJMVBhZEbiJE6uU6GF9QVnFy4xHU9OOVxqren-QGE7sZLhyfmYr6bBJPtil_RSgNySKqo2cY4xQ_k4eA/w400-h300/DSCN5528.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I'm including one with an April watermark because it wasn't uploaded to Splitcoast till May.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYyVNJu-9gUk-y2_415XjZ7tDbZx2A3LyIwKOXbfOo-9DP7tp9kmoxpe8p3lHitxfWrjCV9Fw2RT3tHJ66EVHbUO9b8ZGi3hsC0rzg9pSrP7KpizRQXwleC2THDQAly4iSQUa5BW3Hm_XS_mF2AK2iWlQFUJ-OfZItnwcN1euCw2p0f0fuO7GDG0/s1000/TLC949b.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1000" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYyVNJu-9gUk-y2_415XjZ7tDbZx2A3LyIwKOXbfOo-9DP7tp9kmoxpe8p3lHitxfWrjCV9Fw2RT3tHJ66EVHbUO9b8ZGi3hsC0rzg9pSrP7KpizRQXwleC2THDQAly4iSQUa5BW3Hm_XS_mF2AK2iWlQFUJ-OfZItnwcN1euCw2p0f0fuO7GDG0/w400-h318/TLC949b.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiOYAzkPzcTaVvB_P-_96fMInmJBebxJLSZ6o8_8CnWeG7bV-ejue_WBoald3j8c0LfUIryla6ywwDdj0IsM385zjke8j_sRh9FUM1LNvcRNTiwW3Q_lWWg1bM3MO_9Kb-YmVYMgZ_fLymQ1RfddQkdshOCcyL_bccC7CAw7Ep8XLn-hMK5eAqAg/s1000/MMTPT773c22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1000" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiOYAzkPzcTaVvB_P-_96fMInmJBebxJLSZ6o8_8CnWeG7bV-ejue_WBoald3j8c0LfUIryla6ywwDdj0IsM385zjke8j_sRh9FUM1LNvcRNTiwW3Q_lWWg1bM3MO_9Kb-YmVYMgZ_fLymQ1RfddQkdshOCcyL_bccC7CAw7Ep8XLn-hMK5eAqAg/w400-h398/MMTPT773c22.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchBG9wvgnVJ_N-hcTQoSiQkVqJLheVaMdos-j1hP1DjWnLlzGgr5ZSV_S-8epnwcBV_tOhHGbgI141YzueXL83evSpq-DZuPainFt5VK0f3pLMY99AmgihIeQQ6dBqHAcTuPEbVNdKX72y4KTl405NcFDwPEUHeeAB4wA-DxpAOHxsr03jM4tyH4/s1000/curioowlc22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="826" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchBG9wvgnVJ_N-hcTQoSiQkVqJLheVaMdos-j1hP1DjWnLlzGgr5ZSV_S-8epnwcBV_tOhHGbgI141YzueXL83evSpq-DZuPainFt5VK0f3pLMY99AmgihIeQQ6dBqHAcTuPEbVNdKX72y4KTl405NcFDwPEUHeeAB4wA-DxpAOHxsr03jM4tyH4/w330-h400/curioowlc22.png" width="330" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXz5KOGtkk7uclttN2j13GjhRBMf3AqT69bn2AqJGPLjEru7xi5HlZDPPVfuuWByhzfCIovMNgQ4UbwkWT1YcbWT43Azy8UYg6hklF7Jyxpcl8OiikwZIEbKVayRTorWwNTsZoiYqZYJCba24gG3NA0Qg2NYdvItxFfN7Ea-VilndMAcjkgv411rE/s1000/chrisbirthdaynowatermarkc22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="830" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXz5KOGtkk7uclttN2j13GjhRBMf3AqT69bn2AqJGPLjEru7xi5HlZDPPVfuuWByhzfCIovMNgQ4UbwkWT1YcbWT43Azy8UYg6hklF7Jyxpcl8OiikwZIEbKVayRTorWwNTsZoiYqZYJCba24gG3NA0Qg2NYdvItxFfN7Ea-VilndMAcjkgv411rE/w333-h400/chrisbirthdaynowatermarkc22.png" width="333" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPPe9M1RYyIwKXVyq2tUOQRcNM0R5gawKW7gW4JV_kdxLJK2fw8ecZKq5zwwyhQtDCnmI-ipGQl8E2NAC3cTX_P77TkT5ZO5QsM5U5RdnWcoWdKTZSsCUlSeEpd-kn1l4_YZXBGQaWsAwSSf_k_hn8K9HuplVVoAVA0dPItrO7wdMCrIhX81CD3k/s1005/TLC951c.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPPe9M1RYyIwKXVyq2tUOQRcNM0R5gawKW7gW4JV_kdxLJK2fw8ecZKq5zwwyhQtDCnmI-ipGQl8E2NAC3cTX_P77TkT5ZO5QsM5U5RdnWcoWdKTZSsCUlSeEpd-kn1l4_YZXBGQaWsAwSSf_k_hn8K9HuplVVoAVA0dPItrO7wdMCrIhX81CD3k/w398-h400/TLC951c.png" width="398" /></a></div><br /><p>The June header is taken from our trip to the Bambouseraie in Anduze last June. I feel so bad that I haven't done anything with last year's holiday photos yet. There never seems to be enough time.</p><p><br /></p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-15138665536661849482023-05-30T19:20:00.005+01:002023-05-30T19:20:00.132+01:00Botanic Birds and Beasts<p> I'll split the Botanic Gardens into two posts as I have several mandarin duck photos...</p><p>As per the title, this one is (mostly) birds. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLdZn_I85vdUjHRI9oS-DOSTWNPgiKqpcC7MiZkiGsoA8aytcs3QmgUgtmx4rgTMxJVXdPkrnVziU5KiTgYTOkCA62LhjV-JSHaw4doSKg2cmDDPpO2nUw7B2hEV84Z2zfPGCvmRgic4FP9-YxzUoVvtkVS05rGdz2-V_ZeAMWjJBrrA0sHWMjn4/s4608/DSCN5569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLdZn_I85vdUjHRI9oS-DOSTWNPgiKqpcC7MiZkiGsoA8aytcs3QmgUgtmx4rgTMxJVXdPkrnVziU5KiTgYTOkCA62LhjV-JSHaw4doSKg2cmDDPpO2nUw7B2hEV84Z2zfPGCvmRgic4FP9-YxzUoVvtkVS05rGdz2-V_ZeAMWjJBrrA0sHWMjn4/s320/DSCN5569.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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From the sound in the bushes we had thought it was a bird, but I think it was the squirrel taking a flying leap to grab a berry from the tree. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbRd7j_qdK6W273baLe1phteywKGdAUympYsox3uLEcNnjpaNdv9MdqtEjx4AOAbgZPYFcqyDYddqciMUbKi5ZskhYyP697J2rP_QQs4JBW5c8A3dxInAqAAVLsqvNxVmU9gN3sWyACWXk_ssHfVoze7RAe5rTFcDsYiJZVmvgrk4yej5kp6Zqy8/s4608/DSCN5607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbRd7j_qdK6W273baLe1phteywKGdAUympYsox3uLEcNnjpaNdv9MdqtEjx4AOAbgZPYFcqyDYddqciMUbKi5ZskhYyP697J2rP_QQs4JBW5c8A3dxInAqAAVLsqvNxVmU9gN3sWyACWXk_ssHfVoze7RAe5rTFcDsYiJZVmvgrk4yej5kp6Zqy8/s320/DSCN5607.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'll be back with May Favourites tomorrow, and then the flowers from the Botanic Gardens.</p><p>The full album can be found <a href="https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPwTj8gYRFW_rx0H88v96ELrq0O-HCCI6YZJSkw9ZW5_udOvNhF1OYOXE5UKq61jA?key=NlFBNHVqVlQwUTkwYVN3bjd3eWIyYnBkMURQc2RB" rel="nofollow">here.</a> </p><p><br /></p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-60787078103673639912023-05-28T19:20:00.002+01:002023-05-28T19:20:55.060+01:00Along the coast<p> I recently had to go for my annual medical check-up for work, and this time I made an afternoon appointment for after work. Knowing that I would have a little spare time I tucked my camera into my bag, and took a few photos on the way.</p><p>First up was the changed decor on this utility box - last year it displayed a Viking cycling along, a sheep looking through a porthole and the Pigeon Chimneys (as blogged <a href="https://mymiscellany-cook22.blogspot.com/2022/05/canal-ride.html" target="_blank">here</a>). This year it was totally different.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFMHTw6jBYjZa_uSzEJx9E9r2b2CgpWUQPh6zJhajNRG4h-Uok_0--xqGu3gl62aLyV_3CORJ6vfWGbaqHH4NKcmTumHGf8p3iOVwDKXfRUxwvjT2aT0YLfDSGWCXYtgUYAfqGNy4i51xt2_2uJtmCArb0Q2fNjdD71OOwnpw1wg7I3-htHbfF3g/s1000/utilitybox.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFMHTw6jBYjZa_uSzEJx9E9r2b2CgpWUQPh6zJhajNRG4h-Uok_0--xqGu3gl62aLyV_3CORJ6vfWGbaqHH4NKcmTumHGf8p3iOVwDKXfRUxwvjT2aT0YLfDSGWCXYtgUYAfqGNy4i51xt2_2uJtmCArb0Q2fNjdD71OOwnpw1wg7I3-htHbfF3g/w300-h400/utilitybox.png" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shortly after that, you reach yacht club land, so I spotted this sign.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xDBmJedyrjWNkYnejv0az_Jl3-aFn2TgY9vsiukt-w3sH9ub-dUwuq2TOCY5q6pZ_fCYnc2VseZiIkY4muacxwVh6kzyeJYDhCvxLnUIdrduiWlqSNzq6UKBFesui4O4XW_1Z5_bioRoCG-BsDcnlotIwA54g8p8mgkOKX83iK8qIvxzsX5NIIg/s1000/boatscrossing.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xDBmJedyrjWNkYnejv0az_Jl3-aFn2TgY9vsiukt-w3sH9ub-dUwuq2TOCY5q6pZ_fCYnc2VseZiIkY4muacxwVh6kzyeJYDhCvxLnUIdrduiWlqSNzq6UKBFesui4O4XW_1Z5_bioRoCG-BsDcnlotIwA54g8p8mgkOKX83iK8qIvxzsX5NIIg/w300-h400/boatscrossing.png" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After that I reached<a href="https://www.loveclontarf.ie/about/history-of-clontarf/bull-island/" target="_blank"> Bull Island,</a> a bird reserve and two golf links. I cycled out to it along the second causeway, so between the two I spotted a couple of egrets and some shelduck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-bNf7DQ38oDr1l6LTx9Xhx4MsQ9QoO7N0zZ9b83f_oM1UfKzA23dUgsx9t9f0ryKmK8P57etNyitwWvvk-DvTeugHrVI9xHVC0HBrmpmD8wwlKnJikWzQ2B7l6WPyF2V3H3qW42dsnR13CXf_37Td52EdkXTJE21heFRnlk3S4LScu5t12ElBdk/s1000/egret01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-bNf7DQ38oDr1l6LTx9Xhx4MsQ9QoO7N0zZ9b83f_oM1UfKzA23dUgsx9t9f0ryKmK8P57etNyitwWvvk-DvTeugHrVI9xHVC0HBrmpmD8wwlKnJikWzQ2B7l6WPyF2V3H3qW42dsnR13CXf_37Td52EdkXTJE21heFRnlk3S4LScu5t12ElBdk/w400-h300/egret01.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-ZlzioTFiLbNXj0LK25F-HF2gdrFgrytc4Fe_MkpRkxCeOAtH_REQ72r1d1FHj95Sw0Yl611L__VlmNpNGmw5WuOypFMUTVteMThBRYm6fagIT1ga8-CV6z6zCbTkO3EN338zEzzXiLL6BT2juEjx29gYSyFjVvGKeeHTSaZi-fyrZCf2O0LErI/s1000/shelduck.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-ZlzioTFiLbNXj0LK25F-HF2gdrFgrytc4Fe_MkpRkxCeOAtH_REQ72r1d1FHj95Sw0Yl611L__VlmNpNGmw5WuOypFMUTVteMThBRYm6fagIT1ga8-CV6z6zCbTkO3EN338zEzzXiLL6BT2juEjx29gYSyFjVvGKeeHTSaZi-fyrZCf2O0LErI/w400-h300/shelduck.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p>As it was fairly overcast I didn't great photos on the reserve, but here are a couple. It was certainly lovely to feel sand beneath my feet and smell the tang of salt air. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO90WGfKeZ9cLQv5Rm7iNY_4MG8F0dnKM30iiTLEtVfXJudpkSbHiaWSq7GsO_a7Hx2mUp5WF7aSzrm4zKX7lv6ZemygioTqxab3iLxdtmc9fNmkzWGWyAqhWa15nrnaNxzBpo09cI0ymCc1p1t8yjZn_ugeUDLhJgSYfBk5JBsTMOJUeqFU5M2sE/s1000/reserve.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO90WGfKeZ9cLQv5Rm7iNY_4MG8F0dnKM30iiTLEtVfXJudpkSbHiaWSq7GsO_a7Hx2mUp5WF7aSzrm4zKX7lv6ZemygioTqxab3iLxdtmc9fNmkzWGWyAqhWa15nrnaNxzBpo09cI0ymCc1p1t8yjZn_ugeUDLhJgSYfBk5JBsTMOJUeqFU5M2sE/w400-h300/reserve.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7V5I3sG57lSL3wYWwf-hgk0WsPAQ--c8s63i-PoYxN0hP9-RTMkZYbrZ0-CTDzPbERNkWWjpaqyeuAtfpTm-7LD4uxs5AXw5vV1TqoHKJykIBwGR1gfwvba0D53Z3XfSPehLQsgrynUM6abQEfShZgYhd08Np0IhK736jfo1ziahg232JAH18-E/s1000/strandroad.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg7V5I3sG57lSL3wYWwf-hgk0WsPAQ--c8s63i-PoYxN0hP9-RTMkZYbrZ0-CTDzPbERNkWWjpaqyeuAtfpTm-7LD4uxs5AXw5vV1TqoHKJykIBwGR1gfwvba0D53Z3XfSPehLQsgrynUM6abQEfShZgYhd08Np0IhK736jfo1ziahg232JAH18-E/w400-h300/strandroad.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>On the way back I spotted some more utility box art. I'm afraid the close-up didn't turn out well, and I can't remember if at that stage I was just using my phone because I needed to get home and get dinner cooked before going out again...I'm thinking it was just my phone at this stage. In any case, I also took a long shot to depict the setting, because just beyond the road is St. Anne's Park, and in fact there was a heron in the little pond/lake.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5V8crbEkZEX8eyq7uPEg90z1Yt7Wtl7HMHl5SU9EYTgP090IDTprAzp-ux1kKUA86JuTwDQSd_U9DKQwLQRIpQlrdSM9l-biFaRW5BqDFGvUdwPloEZqeRIglVWWqVXRkxX8iVJKSv5o9HABJSZ0Mld2G0MkFe5RfVYzEGuTLbxCOL3elgZKZHg/s1000/stannes.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="1000" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5V8crbEkZEX8eyq7uPEg90z1Yt7Wtl7HMHl5SU9EYTgP090IDTprAzp-ux1kKUA86JuTwDQSd_U9DKQwLQRIpQlrdSM9l-biFaRW5BqDFGvUdwPloEZqeRIglVWWqVXRkxX8iVJKSv5o9HABJSZ0Mld2G0MkFe5RfVYzEGuTLbxCOL3elgZKZHg/w400-h279/stannes.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Since Saturday was a beautiful sunny morning with blue skies, and we were both awake early, we took a trip to the Botanic Gardens and I'll be along shortly with a recap of that. We were delighted to see a mandarin duck (they've been gone from the park for several years now) and a little grebe, plus a swan family with very young cygnets. <br /><p><br /></p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-33315797997161605222023-05-07T19:19:00.003+01:002023-05-07T20:01:58.935+01:00Paris in brief<p> A few Paris photos. There is a full album available <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/L9riHjeB43P5Ye9b7" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>.</p><p>Unfortunately I came down with a cold the day after we arrived, so I was not feeling the best. And the weather is probably the worst we have ever experienced in April. Friday afternoon was beautifully warm and sunny, we enjoyed sitting by the pond in the centre of the Luxembourg Gardens. Saturday morning was so wet in the Jardin des Plantes that I never took my camera out - and we realised that even for a short visit, two pairs of jeans would have been a good idea!</p><p><br /></p><p>Mostly we walked and wandered, so here I'm just going to post no more than a dozen of my favourite photos. </p><p>It was raining on Sunday morning when we went up to the Arc de Triomphe. (In the album, you will see a couple of architectural models from when it was first proposed. There is a model of the first suggestion, and then a reproduction of the final version which is much less fussy. We spent the last afternoon, after we had checked out, visiting an exhibition on the restoration of Notre-Dame in the architecture and heritage museum (https://www.citedelarchitecture.fr/en). There were some really interesting videos interviewing some of the different craftspeople involved in the restoration. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIAObopCAndKfEm9rkB1INSdMIdquKZsmtpUzXYZZ25xVgaInWeh2AK8vvwgzjHq5LdqqsGpAtC_GWirihJOadvSAtNYQpnMq0tGXpQOMnYIyU4jsHGSIDBiMIknwCXPjQoJk1_J_tvAVnPYJDkEiVFOdALooNx2Rt9fEoifan1eCutV7vIOj1P8/s4608/DSCN5436.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIAObopCAndKfEm9rkB1INSdMIdquKZsmtpUzXYZZ25xVgaInWeh2AK8vvwgzjHq5LdqqsGpAtC_GWirihJOadvSAtNYQpnMq0tGXpQOMnYIyU4jsHGSIDBiMIknwCXPjQoJk1_J_tvAVnPYJDkEiVFOdALooNx2Rt9fEoifan1eCutV7vIOj1P8/w400-h300/DSCN5436.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Montmartre</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEi7cUeAi0_0whrdjPDAPJ9MRBYgAAzE93yYsEdwk1jVsqzXRuoesGrWdXi0kmQZj4fw_RjcSmAAHcKjEzpBViFcIolcbuLlQau6PtpWT9nWk0qV48oyuv6iOTFMGeJjPo832FINNE3ZXMOjw1U78p2MeJlJNiMJwd4qfa5OkSaPWt8HE-PTcl4VY/s4608/DSCN5458.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEi7cUeAi0_0whrdjPDAPJ9MRBYgAAzE93yYsEdwk1jVsqzXRuoesGrWdXi0kmQZj4fw_RjcSmAAHcKjEzpBViFcIolcbuLlQau6PtpWT9nWk0qV48oyuv6iOTFMGeJjPo832FINNE3ZXMOjw1U78p2MeJlJNiMJwd4qfa5OkSaPWt8HE-PTcl4VY/w300-h400/DSCN5458.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjoUys6I05ZYScjm_ZQueTauNziYZ3h-KJdguO3ftFRjPDAhqZI6vqn6xkDWWfboY55DOSAan_c4zgS7a8Fs4CeD3vVWSszEXmLLxpWG7OH7QAM-lHiCLd0yskbF3p21z-eY-eas4Mvk2LtIeY8ySLRVEy73Ul1Z8Q6UFRA5kLNA3VqeT4l0gJvA/s3264/IMG_20230424_160212245.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjoUys6I05ZYScjm_ZQueTauNziYZ3h-KJdguO3ftFRjPDAhqZI6vqn6xkDWWfboY55DOSAan_c4zgS7a8Fs4CeD3vVWSszEXmLLxpWG7OH7QAM-lHiCLd0yskbF3p21z-eY-eas4Mvk2LtIeY8ySLRVEy73Ul1Z8Q6UFRA5kLNA3VqeT4l0gJvA/w300-h400/IMG_20230424_160212245.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rooster from the cathedral spire</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0PBuehKcESvEGCIJtb5hmNzQbZ_6vkEuMJzSGpmUGRlaqmrYjDdUl6OfExfQXupv3J6wVFi5zS2AbwLMK_NVASi779WatWk1MwLE1PIA0bra05ErI8csPGFxAsRzmNcavCYSoZAQ0sL3BX4xDTvj61fnB7wneZY2W3Tl5-KAuCMx5mRIIZx7Zos/s3264/IMG_20230424_104403694.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0PBuehKcESvEGCIJtb5hmNzQbZ_6vkEuMJzSGpmUGRlaqmrYjDdUl6OfExfQXupv3J6wVFi5zS2AbwLMK_NVASi779WatWk1MwLE1PIA0bra05ErI8csPGFxAsRzmNcavCYSoZAQ0sL3BX4xDTvj61fnB7wneZY2W3Tl5-KAuCMx5mRIIZx7Zos/w400-h300/IMG_20230424_104403694.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Near le Gare du Nord</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ph2ASEouJeEMSqkUaaqZ7CVMXbym3GHR89PTkSQ0SFOQT0-VOgOtHuyTCUkNWEfdf5ygRzcbx1Q0GBC_9q-dM51zbo6nOeqBET5Kr9ygKUHYzf951aTLUI8Xoqx5mSNvfM3y1i3marnh5kFpWBPwZ0YHx3uYqpuGuRhyZaKX2EBMc2mRkfjDbLs/s4608/DSCN5426.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ph2ASEouJeEMSqkUaaqZ7CVMXbym3GHR89PTkSQ0SFOQT0-VOgOtHuyTCUkNWEfdf5ygRzcbx1Q0GBC_9q-dM51zbo6nOeqBET5Kr9ygKUHYzf951aTLUI8Xoqx5mSNvfM3y1i3marnh5kFpWBPwZ0YHx3uYqpuGuRhyZaKX2EBMc2mRkfjDbLs/w400-h300/DSCN5426.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the city, seen from Montmartre</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9Y_l1ii96A3b9TgOzD_Iiizw1mxarXCAol4QWEZM7f1pXlC8A9zROageoBXp6gCHjZ0CWMx4gbF2l62rCESwYA3Op1Jt3m6cUCr6sdcPiRcRfILsxS9qBnmSQWRiTE4o3s32JI9-shr57ibl5Z_RvvPzRqwQp_88LHlfOKbhJlcDfAnPzu0oPzM/s4608/DSCN5384.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9Y_l1ii96A3b9TgOzD_Iiizw1mxarXCAol4QWEZM7f1pXlC8A9zROageoBXp6gCHjZ0CWMx4gbF2l62rCESwYA3Op1Jt3m6cUCr6sdcPiRcRfILsxS9qBnmSQWRiTE4o3s32JI9-shr57ibl5Z_RvvPzRqwQp_88LHlfOKbhJlcDfAnPzu0oPzM/w400-h300/DSCN5384.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMN0DaSetSfZdHh37vLf1RvMAk8udPX718suZmm1UE7IhOvIu42hWQcRmQCzs2cC-1Ll_83bXP5B6fy0BjdBqtflO_n01aW7WLuvS_wFxU8PhER5CZXFCXbWDgWL08pRBwHHeyLHWdQDpFDyccCk9r5_Bx1bY33GDU0gZozl_coXH7ZCKYxTF8AE/s4608/DSCN5381.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMN0DaSetSfZdHh37vLf1RvMAk8udPX718suZmm1UE7IhOvIu42hWQcRmQCzs2cC-1Ll_83bXP5B6fy0BjdBqtflO_n01aW7WLuvS_wFxU8PhER5CZXFCXbWDgWL08pRBwHHeyLHWdQDpFDyccCk9r5_Bx1bY33GDU0gZozl_coXH7ZCKYxTF8AE/w400-h300/DSCN5381.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">façade of the Dior building on the Champs Elysees<br /> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZieM2Xo_QtNVIn-qEsWIIFfuAxMMAmYMUdWZqb22JGRKtliTG4swIuF6KbKI23A7ARH8il2YqJm41lykgvpfgifpucnERwmAnkNI7Tsr0qf8UPylUIXlSNe02uzVdghaZbdp-7c-1-_rY8NULSQrJsAtMUJT8ZDcPPpqoDeCZwSGomZPrxpu4X4o/s4608/DSCN5362.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZieM2Xo_QtNVIn-qEsWIIFfuAxMMAmYMUdWZqb22JGRKtliTG4swIuF6KbKI23A7ARH8il2YqJm41lykgvpfgifpucnERwmAnkNI7Tsr0qf8UPylUIXlSNe02uzVdghaZbdp-7c-1-_rY8NULSQrJsAtMUJT8ZDcPPpqoDeCZwSGomZPrxpu4X4o/w400-h300/DSCN5362.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved this octopus on the oceanographic institute, but it was hard to get a good photo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOZLLynAmLxQZYQ_DXGg3DcU5vBSlTRXeYdQmQLQ9PHdGZGCxolijhbpr18wi9Zebs_irO0o_OlgdT7WSbBPNhrdrSAzvHWF-NkC2Ivvntvp4o2v1Gy7XyAVh2mcsfartc7uwBxvfrspiO0xZ3E8YFIRblpJMow2Y98o437YAbLpN49dPJPdWKDg/s4608/DSCN5355.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOZLLynAmLxQZYQ_DXGg3DcU5vBSlTRXeYdQmQLQ9PHdGZGCxolijhbpr18wi9Zebs_irO0o_OlgdT7WSbBPNhrdrSAzvHWF-NkC2Ivvntvp4o2v1Gy7XyAVh2mcsfartc7uwBxvfrspiO0xZ3E8YFIRblpJMow2Y98o437YAbLpN49dPJPdWKDg/w400-h300/DSCN5355.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">along the Seine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDCprF_Aq7tQyJ5ogbU_cnTjEt2_vO9yONuT7aPLF2XL2WWa9z3CXQlTOGzagTCK9QoOs7WuKUaiZVY9KDiDSAI6g6k4xqrJprZROV-0cp0Da-NTNdZvP3OEXW2--HtA7oQpmdE7C4Lto0zGGRoTYjDZR3lakYw2iNvn_Tpgrsr1JiR6ojgyRoac/s4608/DSCN5331.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We were awake fairly early on Saturday, and while the weather wasn't as beautiful as Friday, it was still quite sunny and we decided to head to Farmleigh. The biggest treat was seeing some little grebes - we couldn't work out if there were two or three because they swim underwater for such distances. Hard to get a good photo because of their smallness and speed, but I did manage a couple. There were plenty of tufted ducks and coots, a couple of moorhens and of course mallards. The photo of the mallard was a fun one, because the water was so still and clear that we could see his feet paddling away as he moved along.</p><p>Apart from that, the photos are Spring flowers, a ladybird C spotted on a dead leaf on an echium, and my new jumper, hot off the needles. I used a voucher from my brother to buy a new book of Aran patterns, and a gift cert from work to (mostly) buy the wool, which is merino with 5% silk and 5% cashmere, and has a lovely feel. It's not actually Aran (worsted/sport) weight, it's double knitting so it's not as heavy and I'll probably get more use out of it. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3t0LCF8sJq4BOQhgqQk19zAttCY_DXnKwXVdCR8SPSaX1046QMEtN6N_Zm87Rk915VqLO5ZnoGQyr9_Y2-LUXkXuzKmRcGbphL8AbrylxujdY8GWgOAwSvaVi_8Mg91JUVfsqCGHXbyeFL8jKlcQA30JX90qzcSVw85sye0h6U8f-5uJeMYzytE/s1500/farmleigh17.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3t0LCF8sJq4BOQhgqQk19zAttCY_DXnKwXVdCR8SPSaX1046QMEtN6N_Zm87Rk915VqLO5ZnoGQyr9_Y2-LUXkXuzKmRcGbphL8AbrylxujdY8GWgOAwSvaVi_8Mg91JUVfsqCGHXbyeFL8jKlcQA30JX90qzcSVw85sye0h6U8f-5uJeMYzytE/w300-h400/farmleigh17.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cowslip</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Yes, this is my favourites, and not everything I made. 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Wicklow last April. </p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-25953942846761336912023-03-26T14:26:00.001+01:002023-03-26T14:26:18.891+01:00Greening up<p> On warm sunny days (rare), you can smell Spring in the air, but most of the deciduous trees in the park are still resolutely bare. So this one, a horse chestnut I think, has been standing out for the last couple of weeks. When Wednesday morning was bright and sunny and for once this month I didn't need to leave the house kitted out in rain gear, I left home a few minutes early and stopped to take a couple of photos while it's still ahead of all the rest. </p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3VcEDVeuxi7wvJUw9_6i5P8xQDWlu7P8C0guWQsKJpa3Q48nGLfpo_hp3gCORZ8f_ykkNJq2Eb5SC_HhOT2KoM1GLvx2P9FYoStZdGDjx-EA8Kt_74WQkIBF986izcbRdPSJS-IHni6_sHb8hpIjjXCoo7WMzqu3cr0WJjQ57eD3RkTHAljCNHw/s3264/IMG_20230322_080458902.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3VcEDVeuxi7wvJUw9_6i5P8xQDWlu7P8C0guWQsKJpa3Q48nGLfpo_hp3gCORZ8f_ykkNJq2Eb5SC_HhOT2KoM1GLvx2P9FYoStZdGDjx-EA8Kt_74WQkIBF986izcbRdPSJS-IHni6_sHb8hpIjjXCoo7WMzqu3cr0WJjQ57eD3RkTHAljCNHw/s320/IMG_20230322_080458902.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4QmhFenAijmijc-NYJOGsPbK0PrSP_dwqhKoCDouPO9rIhMdz3MH9b6n1mfacGrZLFxPtHJwCKlNE3T5a6dcE2GfZq5NTJkS9Nxwnvrxdpme0k5-xESgIlwyYXlCexhBoFSiMVhtt5e4KUs1LD0U19l07D7tX9bL2t9EQrlq2HBYlvBOxy_j9cn8/s3264/IMG_20230322_080519150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4QmhFenAijmijc-NYJOGsPbK0PrSP_dwqhKoCDouPO9rIhMdz3MH9b6n1mfacGrZLFxPtHJwCKlNE3T5a6dcE2GfZq5NTJkS9Nxwnvrxdpme0k5-xESgIlwyYXlCexhBoFSiMVhtt5e4KUs1LD0U19l07D7tX9bL2t9EQrlq2HBYlvBOxy_j9cn8/w400-h300/IMG_20230322_080519150.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-79410164191561451072023-03-17T17:16:00.003+00:002023-03-17T17:16:48.634+00:00Happy St. Patrick's Day<p> I didn't get even one St. Patrick's Day card made and mailed this year, a couple of e-cards is as good as it got. But this is close enough...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN13OnvsEnPpa5uvvgKq34f0Id_FGD9DkX03Vmo-0XC0g4XxTzG-okItPbz4cyUUFG39s8OFnOTXUutQxoL8Ir6L_882XPzS4VbR2Y07-UKP44wI683mGzvYYfb0MJwkjLDRPH5hWu5QMA8IFJZVs_4pqasq0CEWi4zMnY3Ktqtzrq9CJSXL_9s3k/s800/MMTPT764c22_by_Cook22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="639" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN13OnvsEnPpa5uvvgKq34f0Id_FGD9DkX03Vmo-0XC0g4XxTzG-okItPbz4cyUUFG39s8OFnOTXUutQxoL8Ir6L_882XPzS4VbR2Y07-UKP44wI683mGzvYYfb0MJwkjLDRPH5hWu5QMA8IFJZVs_4pqasq0CEWi4zMnY3Ktqtzrq9CJSXL_9s3k/s320/MMTPT764c22_by_Cook22.png" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p>We've had very mixed weather so far - a couple of days when it was mild enough to wear fingerless gloves, a couple of dustings of snow and sleet, and a lot of wind and rain. I spotted this tree on the way home from work on Tuesday, and I think it must have fallen in the course of the morning, be ause I'm fairly sure I'd have noticed it in the way in - I'm usually looking over at that side because that's where the deer are. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqn0psRv7r30yKSlYcRVhDq0RPCD0Y06xqcI1aBrFe402t24HYnMYskpUBLDNVCL7JHqVPz3RNujMSrRNabaq_izb2BztWUjbCSmutVheBunStfqgksOLhB2IR17grzI3YO2vIibtlt0d1chLqR9unklWWpo-HPy4Nbkc2KCOl3NMZ00O0F4Ms40o/s3264/IMG_20230313_125645421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqn0psRv7r30yKSlYcRVhDq0RPCD0Y06xqcI1aBrFe402t24HYnMYskpUBLDNVCL7JHqVPz3RNujMSrRNabaq_izb2BztWUjbCSmutVheBunStfqgksOLhB2IR17grzI3YO2vIibtlt0d1chLqR9unklWWpo-HPy4Nbkc2KCOl3NMZ00O0F4Ms40o/w400-h300/IMG_20230313_125645421.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQ_Vhr8VZYrUUsZRNLxw8EoHk_TgtZPBfTGTX5AB8HxMzhDjJFPowbxil9JBBUtdm9pzRzU8hGw1RQLMLCikx1xr-tybfB-mzKBiiX4XNp4nyDHGzGpsHgH65pu1_OMU29_JUMuKiDpVfj_Jv-wCTQumeEPzq9LfkItaYsR2oGNSHEqC1I-PdniE/s3264/IMG_20230313_125658490.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQ_Vhr8VZYrUUsZRNLxw8EoHk_TgtZPBfTGTX5AB8HxMzhDjJFPowbxil9JBBUtdm9pzRzU8hGw1RQLMLCikx1xr-tybfB-mzKBiiX4XNp4nyDHGzGpsHgH65pu1_OMU29_JUMuKiDpVfj_Jv-wCTQumeEPzq9LfkItaYsR2oGNSHEqC1I-PdniE/w400-h300/IMG_20230313_125658490.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-1812795202616124162023-02-28T19:09:00.000+00:002023-02-28T19:09:44.707+00:00February Favourites <p> I do have several cards I like for February, I think the longer evenings are helping. I'm going to attempt updating my header photo with one from the Botanic Gardens last March, but it may have to wait till I'm at the PC later in the week. </p><p>I should have stopped on the way home today, </p><p>but I thought that by the time I stopped, put my bike on its stand, took my gloves off and got my phone or, they would probably have flown away, so I didn't bother. We've had a fair amount of wind recently, and there are a lot of small branches on the ground. As I was coming though the park I saw a pair of crows who were stripping the soft bark if the branches, and they had their breaks full of strands of bark. Nesting time, for sure ...</p><p><br /></p><p>The first card was for a challenge to use three, the card with the fern background was to use two. The Beetles card was to commemorate the first appearance of the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. That was wide open to interpretation and I'm always happy to make something with a yellow submarine or an octopuses garden, but I thought I'd use a couple of the stamps from a series by Pink Ink Designs. I treated myself to them after Christmas because the singer, used here, the guitar player and the sax player will all work for cards for C. 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Not baking himself. Anyway, oliebollen, Dutch in origin, have been on the list for quite some time, and last weekend I decided the time had come to make them while I had fresh oil in the deep fat fryer.</p><p>In fact the recipe he had come across was for a firmer dough which you could shape into proper neat balls. It will be worth trying some time, it called for both orange and lemon zest and cinnamon in the dough, which sounds pretty good to me. However, I went for the recipe my mother used to use, which comes from the 1978 Golden Anniversary recipe collection produced by the Chatelaine Institute. I think this must have come from her two aunts in Canada. Even now after all these years I can remember their ZIP code from writing thank you notes each Christmas and birthday, although I no longer remember the house number. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofZhsYQo5a151u_hOKvUX_PXt46TrmB065lT3GYkJ-3juNBMnRevROdefeYXofshzMFCNv0P_O9RCA1dU0CvR3A0TFi44yfdajDtjXFLF9neFNYcK6xn5_OV5j3CGjnPFbm4__cMJkd9rNlCphvxQHFiJHPKKL9RmYeEh6-K6JfVc0bG-JuenYU8/s3264/IMG_20230211_192220182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofZhsYQo5a151u_hOKvUX_PXt46TrmB065lT3GYkJ-3juNBMnRevROdefeYXofshzMFCNv0P_O9RCA1dU0CvR3A0TFi44yfdajDtjXFLF9neFNYcK6xn5_OV5j3CGjnPFbm4__cMJkd9rNlCphvxQHFiJHPKKL9RmYeEh6-K6JfVc0bG-JuenYU8/w300-h400/IMG_20230211_192220182.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVS1_5fvzHmfjrZZDkXQrrYghq3Zh15vpZULHUTghj3XWNVAM8PZWsIuh9nZ_LkeXRrW6iy68G0dmDPlkK_g2k1EnBnn03HcSG36VDlfCa22iFlaKwxDDLK6DyvHp7fAGfXxbSrd-8iOeadHfVwycyCvITLnuOiS_czwyM_Qhqn6F8UkMVXm_rvI/s3264/IMG_20230213_193500068.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwVS1_5fvzHmfjrZZDkXQrrYghq3Zh15vpZULHUTghj3XWNVAM8PZWsIuh9nZ_LkeXRrW6iy68G0dmDPlkK_g2k1EnBnn03HcSG36VDlfCa22iFlaKwxDDLK6DyvHp7fAGfXxbSrd-8iOeadHfVwycyCvITLnuOiS_czwyM_Qhqn6F8UkMVXm_rvI/s320/IMG_20230213_193500068.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7_OlwQwlo_8yh532ja5MjhEm3L0V1EHblEbNGReiJK9pj8VGZSpe5vWypb6kwslgAkE1F4i6WhcPyXQK2PeAK39dRAlLJBN0DSTSlYFRgK-MGRKruLijTkUINTSdERcrb7CFmK4XvQCv7CG8Y7GQOJnfORgxg32uyL7ptUQw4dHMjmUsJoY3xag/s3264/IMG_20230213_193428688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7_OlwQwlo_8yh532ja5MjhEm3L0V1EHblEbNGReiJK9pj8VGZSpe5vWypb6kwslgAkE1F4i6WhcPyXQK2PeAK39dRAlLJBN0DSTSlYFRgK-MGRKruLijTkUINTSdERcrb7CFmK4XvQCv7CG8Y7GQOJnfORgxg32uyL7ptUQw4dHMjmUsJoY3xag/w300-h400/IMG_20230213_193428688.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>I halved the amount, and we managed to eat them all by Sunday evening. I worked on the assumption that there was no instant yeast around back then so the yeast would be active dry yeast, and I used one teaspoon. </p><p>So for a half batch I used 1 tsp active dry yeast in 1/4 cup (60 ml) warm water and a pinch of sugar. </p><p>To make the dough/batter I also used </p><p>2 cups (500ml) flour</p><p>3/4 cup (190 ml) lukewarm milk</p><p>1 egg</p><p>1 tblsp sugar</p><p>1/2 tsp vanilla, 1/2 tsp salt</p><p>and 1 cup golden raisin and a medium size Bramley cooking apple chopped to about the same size as the raisins.</p><p>Mix everything together, cover and allow to rise for 1 1/2 hours. Fry in bathces hot oil (350F, 175C), dropping in a spoonful at a time. I think mine were rather bigger than the heaping teaspoon suggested, more like a soup spoon, and they took a little over 2 minutes each side to fry. </p><p>Fried, and dusted with cinnamon sugar and enjoyed. </p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31462901846462054.post-38583113960722638202023-02-01T09:21:00.001+00:002023-02-02T09:58:39.420+00:00January favourites<p> Are not many - work continues to be busy. How did it get to be February already? I won't get to the PC till tomorrow so I can't update my header photo till then, but I thought I might as well get this posted. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Mxu_mlAQFcyqYaP5RfyOfZR9EWy58vMdexf3PkL8krjHSzSqN7dP4shvyYSD2mUFiOV8DntBOq94s-kmybIpYcrzsrLmwYR1RNbPJtOwupoMRH0IDmsXJNOb1kn3I-bjFv8BW1LF30Lo4Q30MXylmkhgM4QnJ1Msl1-k9yeAAghOmpwQF7UE5QU/s800/WT930c22_by_Cook22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="648" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Mxu_mlAQFcyqYaP5RfyOfZR9EWy58vMdexf3PkL8krjHSzSqN7dP4shvyYSD2mUFiOV8DntBOq94s-kmybIpYcrzsrLmwYR1RNbPJtOwupoMRH0IDmsXJNOb1kn3I-bjFv8BW1LF30Lo4Q30MXylmkhgM4QnJ1Msl1-k9yeAAghOmpwQF7UE5QU/s320/WT930c22_by_Cook22.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPGPwAdxpc7GNpA2fb1ftU8-FaCFm7IkBQUbtp7FrwaCEmTqHv9HAmZojYkK16QQoC3xpowOnGG9ZIth-M93kLEUtr3FtD7ZockP_ooDHh00KR-c6EJjkww2dB5fFQN86yBq43ugJaSUOBpUGE3qrNcnYckTTIPQWQtN2a1ioa48k_6d8fef9DM0/s800/TLC932c22_by_Cook22.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="634" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyPGPwAdxpc7GNpA2fb1ftU8-FaCFm7IkBQUbtp7FrwaCEmTqHv9HAmZojYkK16QQoC3xpowOnGG9ZIth-M93kLEUtr3FtD7ZockP_ooDHh00KR-c6EJjkww2dB5fFQN86yBq43ugJaSUOBpUGE3qrNcnYckTTIPQWQtN2a1ioa48k_6d8fef9DM0/w318-h400/TLC932c22_by_Cook22.png" width="318" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIQiosdNYBXyb9utLZ_EzITRIudQARUK5HF2zUn7qF1gstGUysWGRrQvPV6HhbYx_81kYkj6IE32OkCiyGq4Wbc5YFVgoOaxBtebdIKWJH-Wxl4C1M8umMd9ORmrbxeu2kl1yPiqpYC47TnRDs48_g-3yWVtJ9C3FTRxYjCC9tFSrtfj_sHAFjpk/s1200/MMTPT755c22_by_Cook22.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1200" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIQiosdNYBXyb9utLZ_EzITRIudQARUK5HF2zUn7qF1gstGUysWGRrQvPV6HhbYx_81kYkj6IE32OkCiyGq4Wbc5YFVgoOaxBtebdIKWJH-Wxl4C1M8umMd9ORmrbxeu2kl1yPiqpYC47TnRDs48_g-3yWVtJ9C3FTRxYjCC9tFSrtfj_sHAFjpk/w400-h235/MMTPT755c22_by_Cook22.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BeDfbeYhUHKZtqJCww9ORlq-id2ecYAhJt_Ys22-DM8A6bVIrMRRFMmPcO-OMqFKtjxlcw5UYO22MusKzRxGZ-U7m4kJ40uvBAdtcP08_aLDC-wqafqOjdTLsyEZ90qoiIxwXQg8cYh3ZskDWv86R9bYyjC9-Q-5ghJooXnUjqt3ubnpsqrX0dA/s810/WT932c22_by_Cook22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="810" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BeDfbeYhUHKZtqJCww9ORlq-id2ecYAhJt_Ys22-DM8A6bVIrMRRFMmPcO-OMqFKtjxlcw5UYO22MusKzRxGZ-U7m4kJ40uvBAdtcP08_aLDC-wqafqOjdTLsyEZ90qoiIxwXQg8cYh3ZskDWv86R9bYyjC9-Q-5ghJooXnUjqt3ubnpsqrX0dA/w400-h395/WT932c22_by_Cook22.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>As I suspected, the header photo has to come from February 21, I have nothing from last year. I actually edited two photos from Farmleigh in Feb 21 - having done the squirrel header I thought I might have used it last year (no, it was snowdrops), so I also edited a tufted duck, which I'll add as a footer to this post.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jWEw2fXNpXgP5SfBmAOTnMJ1z117uS1B-7GXPFcs490ogpIujamMmugFsyz4YP_0FAgdhmxAh6bKS8ueSUusfVhXurHL7DA8WflM1OIc10iHAFqwZ0PMDZ_LuXblaMtO7TIqZStVuWQjOpx53Vp3Z2E0OVMpEKpjWMKh4hHTzpD-DSS1xiUmz8Y/s650/feb23alt.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="650" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jWEw2fXNpXgP5SfBmAOTnMJ1z117uS1B-7GXPFcs490ogpIujamMmugFsyz4YP_0FAgdhmxAh6bKS8ueSUusfVhXurHL7DA8WflM1OIc10iHAFqwZ0PMDZ_LuXblaMtO7TIqZStVuWQjOpx53Vp3Z2E0OVMpEKpjWMKh4hHTzpD-DSS1xiUmz8Y/w400-h189/feb23alt.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sabrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17522656235476335067noreply@blogger.com1