Rowan & Rosehips.

Harvesting and preserving continues here,

Andrew made the most wonderful Rowen and Apple Jelly.


He is also made some Rose Hip and Apple jelly.
It is darker than the Rowan & Apple.
And tastes fantastic!




And will make some Rose Hip syrup which is Hugh says
is tasty over pancakes and good for colds as it is high in Vitamin C.

Planning gathering Brambles later on today or tomorrow.

Today is our 14th Wedding Anniversary and this is the card I made Andrew.




We went out for Chinese food last night and will go to dog class with Poppy Dog tonight.
Fun for the whole family !!

Talking of Poppy dog......if you get caught on the sofa,
where you are not ment to be ,
cause you are wet.........

do you................

A) jump down quickly and run away
B) Act very sorry and promise not to do it or get caught again....

or

C) ......

lie on your back and wait to have your belly tickled!!!

This is Poppy delivering my card from Andrew,





At least you don't get teeth marks on Elf post!

Happy Birthday Andrew.....and a gift for me!!

Today is my hubby Andrew's 41st Birthday.

This is my card for him.

We had a huge surprise Birthday for him las year,...
nearly drove me nuts keeping it a secret from him!
Had lots of family & friends and even his wee Brother from Australia !

So a quiet year this year.
I made him a cooked breakie and we will spend some nice time together as he is on leave this week and next. No plans for this....will see how it goes.


This was in the mail for me today......from my mate lovely Briony.
She makes quilts and cards that have material that she had sewed and dyed.
The are beautiful!

I love these postcards, they are pictures of her quilts and they are beautiful!

Briony generously gifted a quilt to the hospice I used to work in, it is also a beautiful piece.
YOU are very clever Mrs B!!!!

7 things about me.

Was tagged by Debs ......thanks babe!


so....7 random facts about me.....

1. I am a qualified nurse who specialised in palliative care, but don't work as a nurse just now, might not ever do this again but who knows.... Maybe I will return to some sort of care role some day.
   
2. I have a birth mark on my tongue....I also talk too much!
   
3. I practice a few complementary therapies like massage, reiki, crystals & aromatherapy
4. My three serious boyfriends were a butcher, an baker and I married the meteorologist!
5. I used to be a vegetarian.
   
6. I would love to be able to read tarot cards.
7. I am scared of heights and large spiders.

will tag others tomorrow xx

Autumnal Equinox.

This is time of year is my Fave time.
I love Autumn.

Andrew's Birthday is tomorrow,
a few weeks ago was the anniversary of when we met 16 years ago
and we have been married 14 years on Wednesday.




Today is Autumnal Equinox.
This is the point of the year when once again day and night are equal.

'The reaping is over and the harvest is in,
Summer is finished, another cycle begins'

I love the change in season, the colours of the tree's, the harvest of the fruits.

Making Apple and Rowan jelly is some thing we do every year.

It is not sweet so perfect for using with cold meat and in gravy it is delish!!!
We went gathering Rowan's today but found hardly any.



We have enough for one batch.
Will look else where later on in the week.

I knew Rowan tree's were popular in Scotland to grow in the garden to ward off evil spirits.
But didn't know they had such a history of protection.

There was a huge batch of rosehips , must have a look for a recipe for them....



We also went nut picking..... can you see them???

yeau ....we found 6!!!

I am not sure why everything is such a poor crop this year.


Craft wise.....not done so much, have finished a scrap book page but can't show it here till it has been delivered. And finished Andrew's Birthday and Anniversary cards.

Birthday wishes , witches and wallets

Got three cards made yesterday evening.

This one is for my friends wee boy John.




I think he will be 6 this week coming.
John is a wonderful wee lad who I love to bits.
have stuck a Birthday peel off in blue on top corner too.

And this is another thank you card,




made with my new one and only Tilda stamp....
First one I have bought !

And being part witch it is just me!

I love purple so how much better can this card get? lol
I must admit I smudged her a wee bit trying to get her done too quickly, so I could post her.

The last one is a wallet card with stamped images in it to send to Natalie for a swap.
It is the third one I tried to make.



The first one was cute, but ended up not big enough.
The second one I managed to spill something all over it so it had to be binned
after I had spent ages finishing it.

But here is the one I have decided to send.....and have just posted!
The contents are a surprise.

I am off to the craft shop with K to have a wonder round and leave my purse behind.
It is Hubby's Birthday and our 14th Wedding Anniversary next week.....

do you think he would like a cuttle bug embossing folder for a gift????

SERIOUSLY??

let it snow....no let it be fall xxx

Am still pottering around making the odd card now and again.
This one I like.



The backing paper is from funky hands I think......the stamped image was a PB from Chrissy.
And under the stamped image I blotted some brilliant white chalk inks. I love them!

It still seems too early to be making Christmas cards.

I love this time of year more, it really is a beautiful time of colours ....
I love the change into Autumn.

I took this on my camera phone today so the quality is not great but the colours are amazing!

Will wander out to the veggie stall later on today.....but I took this one last week.
It is enormous!

fourth time lucky!!

I made a " thank you " fireman card today for my friend K ,
she loves firemen!!!

As I was trying to take a picture of it,

Poppy dog decided she loved getting her picture taken!!!


so we tried again.....


and again......She is just so camera shy!!


anyway here it is fourth time lucky......

Just a wee thank you for all the support she has given me during a difficult time. xx
The stamp and backing papers are paper nations.