Candy Canes and Winter Wishes

 It's a cold and wintry day here, with winds howling around the house and occasional showers of sleety rain rattling on the windows...definitely a day to be indoors and enjoy the cosy warmth of home.......

 ....we have had a lovely weekend filled with happy family times celebrating both Mr P's birthday, and the xmas season generally....(if we had Thanksgiving over here in the uk i think that's how i'd  like to celebrate  it)...being thankful for having a lovely family (ages ranging from eighty eight  down to eighteen months) and a cosy home for everyone to spend time in together...

 .....we decorated the house with lots of traditional decorations from years gone by, and lots of candy canes this year...more than ever.... of course some of us like eating them so we do need a lot ;-)....

 The food and cakes were all eaten up and all the help i had from my mother and daughters made it very easy...little Daisy Dot spent all the time trotting about, or dancing on tip toe, in her tiny pink sparkly party shoes (when she wasn't being cuddled by everyone that is)... and Charlie is soooo excited about the whole coming Christmas experience it's so lovely to recapture a little of that magic through their eyes.....

We have cleared up today and now i have a moment to pop in to blogland to write this post and to visit some of you too....and don't forget that the giveaway is still open until next thursday.....
Thank you so much for your lovely comments on my last post and all the happy birthday wishes for Mr P, he was thrilled........
.........I wish you a wonderful week, filled with good times, cosy days, and a few sweet treats as well....this week i'll be taking pictures of my merry wishes quilt and some other projects too....so i'll be back with them  very soon....keep cosy xxxxxxxxxx

Fourth of July

The fourth of July has been and gone for another year, it seems to come round faster and faster. The birthday weekend was lovely, the sun shone after all, the cake was delicious and the flowers were blooming. Now the celebrations are over it's time to get on with some work and a lot more crafting. This week I'm putting the finishing touches to projects for two crafts magazines, making a new toy, sewing a flower quilt and doing a bit of knitting - and also reading a book which is fascinating me - Hancox A House and a Family by Charlotte Moore.

Happy Weekend

The weekend is just beginning, and promises to be a good one - with two birthdays to celebrate, my younger daughter's and mine! (She was my best present the year she was born!) My parents, sisters and families will be dropping in for tea and cake (possibly not made by me..) and there are already some cards and presents waiting which I have been very good and not opened early. There is rain forecast for the weekend but never mind, I'm sure it will be a happy time anyway, in or out of the garden.