Mince Pies

Hello Everyone, sorry I have'nt posted for a while but I am so busy getting ready for christmas as I am sure so are you all. Today has been mince pie baking day and I have just finished icing some of them. The weather here is really wintry, it's very cold but the sun seems to come out every day and that always makes things seem brighter. I have lots of birds in my garden and we have put lots out for them to eat because everything is frozen and I have to keep defrosting their water. Thank goodness I have finished pressy shopping, all I have to do now is get fresh veggies and pick up my Turkey from the butchers. It is big cleanup day tomorrow so that everything is clean and ready to receive my lovely family. If I don't get time to come back before Christmas, I wish all of you a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy new year God Bless you all.

Forgot The Goose

Hi Everyone, I forgot to put my little goose on my last post so here he is, bought from the christmas shop in Provincetown on Cape Cod, I Love him.
Just after we bought him we went on a boat Whale Watching and I will never forget that What an experience!! the whales all came out to play and there were at least 20 to 30 around the boat doing their stuff it was magic!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Today we went to get our Christmas Tree from the farm, it has been a lovely day the sun was shining and there were lots of people doing the same as us. As predicted we walked across many fields before we found the right tree but it was worth it. The little glass ornament with the lighthouse I bought from Chatham on Cape cod and the other glass one is Murano Glass we bought in Rome it is the Nativity Scene, the little goose came from Provincetown on Cape Cod we also have some from Australia too they were hand blown and are lovely I will put those on next post. The little Swiss type chalet you see is a lovely little shop selling all things christmas and they also have mince pies you can eat there and then the man pointing at the tree is my husband Tony he did a little pose for you. We have just finished a lovely roast dinner so now I am going to relax and watch television with my feet up.

Shopping, shopping and more shopping.

Hi everybody, are you all still doing as much shopping as me, I am nearly done all thats left now is to make sure we have all the food then I can relax and start to enjoy myself.
Tony and I always go to a farm to choose our tree, my husband is very choosy and we have to find the perfect tree so we slog around several fields before he is satisfied that we have the perfect tree and then we take it to the barn to be netted, and we bring it home we usually struggle to get it through the door but manage it, we sometimes have to trim a bit from the top to stop it touching the ceiling and then my favourite bit getting out the decorations and bringing our tree to life making it a tree of memories, this is when I usually feel that christmas is really nearly here Magic!

Dressing My Dresser

Hello Everybody, I have been having a lovely time dressing my dresser for Christmas, it looks so pretty with all my snowmen and father Christmas's. I get quite excited when I start getting out all my things some things you have forgotten about some are new and you have forgotten you have bought them and some are really old friends. Kathleen (cottonreel) and I spent a day just strolling around the shops in Leicester City today we had a lovely time, we were not looking for presents or anything we just browsed, there are some lovely things about and Kathleen bought herself some new clothes which she was'nt looking for but just came upon them that really is the best way to shop. I am off now to pack some more parcels.

The Twins Have Arrived

Hello Everybody, sorry it's been a while but all I seem to do at the moment is Shop, my feet hurt, my bank account hurts and now I have to wrap all the things I have bought, I'm not really grouchy I love Christmas but it is hard work.
Anyway thats the moaning over The twins I have been doing the quilts for have arrived safe and sound, they were good weights 6lbs 4ozs and 6lbs 3ozs poor Christy carrying that weight around the little girl is Sofia Andrea and the little boy is Harris Stephen, my daughter Kate is absolutely besotted with them. This is Harris's quilt which I have just finished, the little Bee came from Cottonreels she found me 3 lovely baby patches and I thought this one was perfect for this quilt. To day I am dressing my dresser with christmas things I will show you when I have finished.

Ive Been Learning some Good Stuff

Hi everybody, it's me again, I have been on a two day Heirloom Quilting course and I haved loved every minute. I have learn't so much about my sewing machine and what it can do and I have produced some lovely blocks, I still have to finish some of them but I will show them to you soon they are really beautiful.
Do you all know what a Bread Pudding is, my Mom used to make it for us when we were kids, if she had stale bread it was never wasted she would soak it in milk for half an hour and then add butter, mixed spice, an egg brown sugar and any sort of dried fruit she had in the pantry I also put in any glace cherries and candied peel and if I have any nuts I add them too, you then mix it all together and put into a greased tin and cook in a medium oven for one and a quarter hours, it is really delicious, you cut it into slices and eat like fruit cake, my family still love it and my husband and son have just been fighting over the last piece. I am off christmas shopping to-morrow. Speak to you soon.