Heading North

After days and days of sewing and knitting all the presents for our family up North are ready. Tomorrow the tree comes down and we head North, into snow and ice as far as we can tell! So a happy new year to you all and be back soon.

Christmas morning in Cornwall

We've been so busy making, decorating and baking that there's been no time to spend blogging or photographing. But I will blog the making later in the week, these are just a few moments from today

No escaping the 'lynx effect' but he still wanted a home made quilt even now he's 12.

a mouse in a matchbox house, definitely the present that caused the most excitement

We just missed the official start of the Sennen christmas day dip but T was not to be deterred, brave boy!

No one else felt quite so brave. But it was a beautiful day, sunshine, friends, food and warmth. How very lucky we are.

winter light

when the rain stops
and the temperature drops

that's when I wonder

why would anyone visit Cornwall in the summer

I love living here right now

photos by various members of our family!

catching up on sewing

soggy weather!

so I've been restocking folksy, because I have sold some pouches YAY! And I needed to make stock for a local gallery that is having a craft bazaar for a week. It's so exciting to feel that I am very slowly creeping towards being a self employed person!

So I have been sewing rabbits and houses onto zip purses and mobile phone holders for a couple of weeks now. I just don't know when I'm going to make T's quilt, A's dress and the many other presents on my list. But I'm sure the time will appear, I just feel lucky to have the time to do the things I enjoy doing and hopefully begin to be paid for them.

Colder and colder

We bravely faced the cold biting wind at the weekend to go for a walk on Sennen beach. The walk was brisk and the adults spent a lot longer in the cafe drinking hot chocolate with everything (yum) than walking.
This summery blue sign looks as though it was left behind when everyone left in the summer.

The children went back on to the beach, their resilience towards the cold never ceases to amaze me (I should say that the intention of this trip had been for the boys to go surfing but it really was too rough). They did a bit of beach combing and found jellyfish and these strange but beautiful things

I'm sure they know what they are but I don't so I'll have to admire the photo in ignorance for now, but if I find out I will post the answer. All the photos are yet again by T. I can't seem to get the camera off him at the moment so my posts are dictated by what he chooses to photograph.

wintry walking

It's so nice when the rain stops, just for a little while, and we can get out for just a little walk in the wintery woods
It's amazing how easily the children find things to do where there is water, mud and trees - home ed is never so easy as when we're in nature!

Oh and a little christmassy shot from T.

glitter, sparkle and cloves

It's starting to feel christmassy around here, what with the present making and now the start of the christmas showtime for A and her acrobatics group.
The sequinned leggings are on...

The back bends, crabs, handstands and cartwheels are on show, this week it's Truro cathedral, next it's the turning on of the christmas lights.

So tiring, but so worth it.

and the cloves are in the oranges filling the house with that gorgeous citrus, spicy, christmas fragrance... I love christmas!