Author: Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)

knitter, peace-seeker, woods-lover, chicken-keeper, woolly-wearer, autism-mama and all round quiet time girl.
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snippets from the last week

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Highlights from my week…

watching a small spider create a work of art (and yes, that is actually sunshine sparkling off the strands of web) – summer has arrived here at last.

delighting in the beauty of flowers beginning to open

smiling at Toby having fun in the sun, and laughing at the collection of toys that have to go everywhere with him – it takes him a couple of trips to move them all each time!

And in between looking after home and family I’ve been sitting in the shade at the end of the garden and trying to finish off the pattern for the little pouch that I promised all of you lovely people back in April! It’s still in progress but hopefully will be done soon!

It’s been mostly a happy, relaxing week now that summer has arrived properly. Hope you can say the same for your week too.

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The misty is still growing, one square at a time

and I’m starting to think that it will look good draped over the sofabed that we bought last year to help us deal with having Toby awake so much at night. I’m glad that we have it because now H and I can take it in turns to get a decent sleep upstairs while the other is ‘sleeping’ here with Toby, but as a piece of furniture it sure is ugly!

Now I’m just trying to decide whether to have the throw draped over the back or to make it large enough to cover the whole flipping thing!

I shall keep one-a-daying until I decide.

Well, the school summer holidays are nearly upon us and I’m feeling both unprepared and unenthusiastic. The prospect of keeping Toby entertained for so long is an unsettling one, especially if we don’t get some dry weather soon. So I’m making like an ostrich with her head in the sand and spending the last few quiet days hiding away in a peaceful corner with my knitting.

I hope to pop in here as often as possible but I do expect to fall behind with my blog reading. So, here’s wishing you a good few weeks and hope to see you soon x

crafts & knitting · garden stuff · general stuff

snippets from the last week

Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)34 Comments

getting up at 4.40am to drop Amy off for a school day trip to France

then coming back home and crocheting until the boys woke up

loving all the growth in the garden, rainy summers = happy flowers

anticipating the first of our homegrown raspberries, gradually growing fat and juicy on the bush

and enjoying eating them for breakfast!

Hope your week has had some happy snippets too x