Rooby Doo.......

Scooby Doo another costume for Rock Challenge just Scrappy Doo to follow ......the competition is on Saturday ..........x

Butterfly nearly finished just antennae to sew on and 6 butterflies completed.....x

Butterflies Flutterby.......

Butterflies to flutterby the Monkeys and the Polly parrots .......x

False Widow....

This little darling has taken residence in our bathroom although I have just 'persuaded' it to move to the allotment as I don't want any of us to get bitten while we are in the bath !!......
bit of info


False widow spider, Steatoda nobilis

Body size
Female to 15mm; male to 10mm.

Appearance
Rotund, brown with pale markings. Apart from colour, differs from Latrodectus (black widow spiders) in having teeth on the chelicerae. Only female (photo) bites.

Habitat, range and season
Buildings and fences. Originally a native of the Canary Islands and Madeira; now established in the southern and eastern coastal region of England and inland in Surrey.

First recorded in the UK
1879. Not considered to be established until the 1980's (Jones, 1987).

Bite reports
The bite itself is not usually felt but, within a short space of time, a local burning sensation is followed by radiating pain ('far more severe than a bee or wasp sting', Warrell et al., 1991).
Now a cute pic of the doggies ....plum tuckered out after a romp in the woods ....awww......

Where's my creative Mojo gone ?......

This is work I did some time ago.....new work a bit thin on the ground at the moment .....x

Step back in time .........

Gypsy Rose Lorna and the little'un in the bender.......

'Buy me pegs Sir ...help me feed the little'uns'........a bunch of 'eather for luck or cross me palm wi' silver and I'll tell 'ee fortune .....'

Visited Milestones the other day ......interesting stepping back in time .....my best bit of course was a cabinet full of sewing machines.....oh I'm so predictable...

Will we all get home on this ??

His Master's Voice .....

Who had a kitchen like this in the sixties?
Now my favourite bit ......of course.....




these look more like surgical instruments........

Now the scary thing is that I can remember Ironmongers like this and I used to love them ....I think we probably still have them in Wales ......beats B&Q anyday...AND you could buy 1 screw instead of packs of 500 !!.....

One HELL of a pin cushion .....


Nothing like getting the kids working .......

Believe it or not I have a massive collection of wooden shoe trees I'll have to blog about them soon ....

Fancy goods ???.......


Should have said the Gentle Giant.....Hope you enjoyed the step back in time....xx

Congratulations......

Joss has passed her driving test first time ....with just 1 Minor .....YAY ......Well Done that girl ......xx

AWWW......8 Years together today .....

Happy Valentine's Day to Lovers everywhere..spreading the LOVE ...xx

Then there were 8............

8 Monkeys made ....phew (and not one of them has a pair of sandals Kim !!....)

A Winter's Walk........

Up on top of St Catherine's hill Winchester


Lovely Yew tree in the woods behind our house ...........

Old man of the woods ...........xx

Des Res for mice.........or...whose been eating my plum stones

Went out to the log store to fill my basket with logs for tonight when......

I pulled open a bit of tarpaulin and .......

Found all these plum stones with little holes chewed in each and every one......mmmm wondered who had been scrumping the plums from my tree....so..........I staked out the bird table...........yes !!!............I saw it the little pesky mouse ....you'll have to look closely and you can see it jumping back into the tree......ha ha ......xx (the squeaky whingey noise in the background is Gracie waiting to go out the garden)

Hey Hey ...We're the Monkeys....

Monkey hats as promised ..........Tigers next.......xx

Craft Corners........

I have been featured on 'The Best of The Web' at Craft Corners ........go and visit it's full of fun ideas and crafts..........just what the doctor ordered for me a great boost for my confidence ........thank you Jennifer and Craft Corners....xx