Weekend Views

Hello Lovelies,

on Saturday morning I headed out on my bike, a scrap of my skirt fabric in my pocket, hoping to find some ric-rac in our local yarn store.......

The sun was in and out, with pretty scudding clouds and a fresh breeze...........

I stopped to gaze at the countryside through a gap in the hedge, and noticed all the little green buds ready to burst open..........

There was lots of activity at the allotments.........

It's a fairly level ride to the shops, but with a strong head wind it was quite an effort, I was out of breath when I got there. The florists shop looked lovely in the sunshine............

The LYS didn't have the sort of trim I was hoping for, so I just made a small purchase. I do appreciate having a source of yarn and haberdashery within cycling distance and try and support it when I can.

I was really enjoying being out and about on such a lovely spring day, noticing a favourite garden you can see from the footpath...........

And blossom looking gorgeous in the sunshine.........

This hedge is usually full of birds and there were plenty around on Saturday..........

There are 4 in in this photo

Such sweet, brave little things that don't all disappear the minute they see a person.

 They were hopping about and chirping away..............

I didn't know what this small brown bird was.........

So once home, I got out my trusty bird identification book...........

 There is a link HERE were you can listen to their noisy chatter.

A trip into  town that afternoon provided the giant ric-rac and some new clothes for eldest (those boys will keep growing!)

On Sunday morning the weather was again sunny and I felt inspired to start a new crochet project. Loving the yummy Stylecraft colours in my big yarn bag...........

Mid afternoon my lovely sister-in-law, neice, eldest any myself set off on a walk.  As we headed along a footpath I've never explored before the weather was still sunny, but the sky looked menacing.......

we came out on a quiet road and I liked the light flooding through this crumbling estate gateway......

It was still windy and the weather was changing by the minute. Here we were getting wet in sleety rain, but we could see sunshine on the distant hills...........

Soon the clouds blew over and the sun reappeared...........

It was so nice wandering along quiet lanes with pleasant company...........

Peeking through gateways and spying quaint old red brick buildings bathed in sunlight..........

My Niece spotted these tiny wild violets in the grass verge...........

The sky kept grabbing our attention.......... you could clearly see it raining in the distance.........

I wonder what this dilapidated old carriage has been used for in the past........now it just looked unused and unloved..........

Where as this old bench looked lovely with the addition of colourful lichen.........

We had been walking for a couple of hours by this time and this brooding sky, coupled with a meal needing to be cooked, prompted us to cheat a little....we called Mr BM for a lift home :0)

I've saved the best photo from this walk till last.

My niece was keen to see some lambs up close  and we lucked out with this friendly group :0)

 Awwwwwwwwwww

And I'll finish this post with a glimpse of the progress I've already made on my quirky crochet project. It's making me happy and I expect it will make you smile when you find out what it is ..........

Right, I'm off to carry on with this........ hopefully there will be a little ta-dah very soon :0)
Thank you for all your wonderful comments on my sewing posts.
Jacquie x