time flies

October 4, 2012 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)49 Comments

Thismoment

I've been sitting here, in the quiet of the early afternoon, with my cup of coffee, sewing up bunny heads and pondering just how it can be 28 years since these two young people went out on their first ever date

He andme

and yet yesterday their oldest child became a teenager. Doesn't time whizz when you're not paying attention to it?

Me young 2

Yes, that is me holding a very dodgy 'art' project which is supposed to represent a dragonfly wing. The homemade aran jumper is sound though, even back then I loved knitting – good job I've stuck to it and not sculpture eh?!

crafts & knitting

Misty update

October 1, 2012 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)57 Comments

I was going to show you a picture of the misty afghan now that it has 96 squares (12 x 8). I spread it out neatly ready to take a photo but when I came back from getting the camera (which it seems is never where I think I have left it) someone had decided it looked like a good place for a picnic!

Picnic 2

Picnic

I am planning to add one more row, making the finished blanket 12 x 9 squares and then I'll make a start on the border. I'll try to get a photo then without it being obscured by a bowl of cheerios and a munching boy!

garden stuff

garden tidying

September 28, 2012 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)33 Comments

For the last few days I've been dodging the showers to be out tidying up in the garden because most of my harvest is over for this year. If I'm
lucky I'll get a few more handfuls of raspberries from our canes and
maybe 2 more pullings of carrots. Funnily the carrots have done really
well this year – just when I had decided that I'd not bother growing
them again they decide to prove that they are a worthwhile crop, so
they will be on my list of seeds to buy for next spring afterall.

The beetroot is also still going well and is such a pretty crop. This year I gew a variety called Chioggia which has pink and white rings when you cut it. It doesn't stain your fingers as much as the full-bodied red kind but is just as sweet and earthy to eat.

It's time to tidy up the beds and fix the protective fronts and backs – back in spring I was lazy and didn't seal up the gaps and so the cabbage white butterflies have feasted on my cabbages and broccoli – that will learn me!

I do love growing things in my garden and it's a bonus when you can eat them too. I've roasted the beetroot I picked earlier and will shortly be peeling them, tossing in some balsamic vinaigrette and eating them with some goat's cheese, salad and crusty bread for lunch.