post 1 of 4 ~ Harverst and Preserve.

Haven't been on blog much....have done little crafting...mojo has not been around......

Time to catch up.....

I love this time of year....harvesting and preserving the last of the crops to see you through the winter....
It brings out the witch in me!
But too much rain has ment that brambles and rasps for making jam with this year will have been bought rather than wild fruits picked on rambling walks.
It is not usually this wet, and I must admit , low iron levels in me and colder weather are making this time of year less pleasant for walking Poppy. Not that she minds being wet.....

Anyway....my Lovely Hubby makes some fantastic preserves....

This last batch he has done beetroot chutney, and a few of pickled beetroot,
both now maturing and mellowing in out kitchen larder , should be ready for Christmas.

The smell in the house with the hot vinegar...is fairly pungent.....but the end result is worth it!


Look at the colour of the chutney in the pan!





Poppy loves to help....this is her after licking the bottom of a greek yougurt tub.....
Nothing to do with preserving.....but she loves to be in the kitchen chaning her luck for a tit bit!

Debbies blog candy

Debbie at crafting fairy has had over the 10,000 hits so is offering some beautiful blue Christmas blog candy!
goo have a look at her lovely cards!

sunflowers and shopping

Was a lovely afternoon, dry but a bit dull at times...enough of the weather forecast....

Needed to get some veggies , and was not up to going to the supermarket....

I much prefer to shop here....

It is excess produce by a local organic small steading.
They have an honesty box and two stalls....one with plants ons pots of herbs.....


And the other with there weighed out produce , in brown bags with prices marked on them....



It is just the most tasty fruit & veg ever!

I got tatties, carrots, onions, fresh peas, aubergine, courgettes, tomatoes, parsley, kale, a bag of beetroot, a cucumber....
And something else which I can't think of right now, for £5!

Yummy!

They also sell bunches of mixed flowers from the garden ....£1 a bunch!
these sweet peas were so pretty and smelt divine!






I love the mix of colours and the yellow mini sunflower is soooo cute!

They only had one bag of carrots on the stall, so I asked the lady who owns it if they had any....she wandered off to get me some, and her hubby cycled back up the field a few minuets with some he had just pulled for me!

Now you DON'T get that in tescos!!!

After you get your shopping , you can wander over and see the horses.....


Although Poppy was so not impressed at her best mate Belle & Emma going to see them and not taking her with them!!
So we ended the day off with a walk in the woods.....


On our way to the veggie stall, we stopped to admire a field of sunflowers...
this picture dose not do them justice....they were just beautiful!
I need to go back on a sunnier day and get closer picture of them......


All in all a pleasant afternoon.

back to school!!

Poppy has been a wee madam....

She seems to think that since I am off work just now
that I should give her all my attention ....all of the time....



We met a lady the other day who told me that Labrador's go through a terrible two's stage....
between one and three years......

*sigh*



Anyway....she is very sweet....even though she is a wee thief....
she likes to pinch things from my beside cabinet, or craft table...including scissors!!!

She is only a year old and mainly a good wee dog, behaving most of the time.....
We are back at her dog class this evening,
she had a month off due to Summer holidays and her being spayed.
She dose well at the class, as long as none of the other doggies pay her any attention......

Then she just ignores me and spends all evening trying to go and see them!

Anyway......

I made these as a wee thank you for Donna & Graham who take the dog class.







They have helped us with a few of Poppy's behaviour problems...
like when she was afraid to climb up or down stairs,,,,
including three steps at the vets!!!

Donna spent ages one evening , and helped us completely fix the problem.

Donna has a beautiful Rottie who is a wee star and Graham has a Samoyed who is really funny.
Both dogs attend the class to do the demo's.

second Poppy page.....

Have done a second scrap book page with my lovely Poppy....

Am enjoying doing this much mire than I thought I would.

something new to try..........

Am still feeling run down, but trying to go out and do something each day to get out of the house and hopefully built up my energy levels again....Spent a couple of hours at Em's again today.
It's lovely that she only lives a short drive away.

I love pink and green combo's but haven't not done many cards with this on it....
The first card....I started with the pale green and silver hand made paper and wanted
to use the stamped image and two peel offs....


It kinda grew from there...not sure about it though....

This one I love!

It started with a bit of ribbon I spied in Emma's ample ribbon stash!!!
It is a pale cream with feint green on it, so pretty!
I even pinched the image from Em!

I did bring cake!!!


It has part of Laura's bebo quote on it.
Have been thinking about her a lot.....
I will take her memorial pages to her Aunt Bunty on Thursday.....

busy bee's & blog candies!!

Had a lovely afternoon with Emma & Belle,
we did some crafting, and had lots of giggles and laughs!
I know now why she has been so successful at craft clubs!
She is so easy to learn from.
Has a great style of teaching.....
( is that what you told me to say Emma? Did I get it right?)
*ducks* don't hit me again!!!!
I have a whole list of stuff I have seen on her blog that I want to know how to make!


Also did some Christmas cards for the troops....
and did some thank you cards.......to appear her soon enough!


And made this for Sammi's bloggy challenge!


Needed to do three things.....

1 ) make a purple sparkily card, well the fairy which is one of Sammi's is painted in a sparkle sukra pen. The green ribbon is shimmery, the purple card & backing Purple paper is shimmery........and there is silver embossing powder on the flowery backing card I made with chalk inks.......do you think thats sparkily enough Sammi?



2) list the blog candy here....done that......
3) add her to your blog roll...well I have her on my list of blogs I read....is that the same thing?

I also finished Laura's pages and will take them To Bunty on Thursday....
i have made six.
I will post about them after I have delivered them.
I am very proud of them.