On a Promise!

Beauty in the making!

RIP

I am in mourning! My most useful knife died! Wah!

When I moved into my first bedsit in 1960 after leaving the Methodist Hostel in Highbury, my Mum sent me a box of useful things. It contained used teatowels, towels and a knitted teacosy... with ears like a rabbit!!

It also contained a set of four steak knives and forks plus this bread knife. I suspect they were free with petrol or some such, but they were brilliant. They are all still in regular use but this knife has been used every single day since as a bread knife and carving knife. That is for 48years!!

Yesterday I was buttering some bread and it just snapped.

After such wonderful service... I thought it deserved it's picture on my blog.

Lichen

This growing on next door's stone capped wall . Nice colours

And for Dessert?

Would you prefer Crunchy Apple Tart with Butterscotch and Custard or Vanilla Mascarpone Cheescake with Blueberries and Ice Cream?

Lunch Anyone?

Your choices today are either Salmon. Asparagus and Hollandaise fishcake with chips, or Jacket Potato with Tuna Lime mayonnaise and salad.

Yum Yum!

Tiles Again

I played with the tiles I showed earlier. Some people have too much fun!

Inside The Church at Bassingbourn

Nice and peaceful inside here.

Nice Tiles

I liked the colours in these as well as the design.

16 th Century House

This looks like a nice little pad! Pity about my car parked in front of it! grin

Lovely view

Wish I had a view like this from MY back garden.... this is from that of one of my friends

Bassingbourn Church

Two more pics from my nice day out yesterday. I had lunch with a friend and this is the Village Church. Unbelieveably cold day!

Lovely, very cold day today

Went for lunch in a country pub today and had it at a table near this gorgeous fire. I want to move the fire guard but daren't as the log ws rather large and I didn't want it to fall out while I was doing it!

This was the end of tonight's glorious sunset

Baby Daffodils

Come on girls, last one out's a Cissy!

Top two will be about 4" and the bottom about 6" when fully out.

Bergenia

I am having second thoughts about the name of this... the big leaf is the one that goes with it. The variegated leaf is periwinkle (or vinca as it is sometimes called)

Mahonia

Mahonia is nearly out this morning. Those leaves look like they were made out of leather don't they?

Pandora's Valentine Message

Starting Point

Sorry... this was the starting point for yesterday's picture

Puzzle Time

Rough and Scratchy

Makes me feel all on edge!

Lift your faces to the sun, altogether now!

I received these gorgeous baby shells in the post from the USA yesterday. The long pointy one (top left) is about 1.25 cm long.

Skyscape

Two planes were having fun in the sky last night.

Shiny and Hard

Spiky

Soft and Fluffy

The second is a close up of the first.

Spring is coming!

I nearly missed this, as it has been hidden by some pots on the patio. I get this little display in about the same spot each year.

Quiet Oasis

It wasn't like this for long we got there early on purpose! You wouldn't believe how long I had to wait so that those two weren't identifiable as I didn't ask!

This is what my friend had along with a toastie.

Playtime Again

Courful pots at the loacl garden centre

So how did I make them into this?

Polyanthus

Aren't these beautiful? I have also updated my Pandorasbox blog with some more playing images.

Cappuccino Anyone?