In and out the dusty bluebells in an English Wood.

Last week we went to our son Graeme and dil Sue for Easter Sunday lunch. We ate far more  than  we  should and decided to go for  a walk. Hence  the title and English bluebell wood. Martins Mum  came  too ,her outfit matched the scene  and  she walked  the whole  distance  . Very proud  of  her. She celebrates her  92nd birthday next month.

A little  warning  ,this maybe picture heavy , as  my post usually are . We started here but had to wait for the others  to catch up.  The smell was beautiful,so many as far as the eye could  see.  

We have had no rain  for almost month so nothing to dampen  them down. I  think nature has woven a beautiful carpet. There were  4 generations of our family , Martins Mum,Martin,  our son  Graeme and his daughter  Ella.

Graemes wife Sue is to the left of Ella. Sues parents also came along and  here is a pic  of  her family.

Also another addition  was Ellas boyfriend Greg. I took this one when he  wasn't expecting it  ,but do have one  of them together.

The two together again.

I do wish this fashion  look would change , I am afraid  I  do not like   the ripped jeans look. Our other grandaughter likes to wear her jeans  like that. Ella  on   her  own . A beautiful young  lady ,but then  I am biased.

We walked for quite a while  and then  we saw in the distance  ,(no not   sheep) but these beautiful Devon  Red bulls.

Not a very  good photo, they were  making quite a noise in the quietness.  I suppose I  had better  show you the one I have of me and  himself  .

For the album one of me and my son.

I do not like having my photo taken so this  one is probably the only one I have of us both.
So we made our way back to theirs for a  cup of  tea and a  hot  x bun before we  drove home. Happy times.
On Monday yes more family pics. Our daughter Kate asked  if  we would like to go for  a walk with them  .
We  were picked up and  set off here.

Portland  Bill about 10 miles from where we live. Another fine  day and we  walked out to Pulpit Rock.

Pulpit Rock is the stack  you can see on the left.  When the sea is rough people are silly enough to climb  it ,  it was being  climbed whilst we were there but at least it wasn't windy and the sea  wasn't rough.
Caitlin  and Alfie had chips , a picnic  just did  not  cut it.

The other grandaughter another beautiful girl but won't accept it. I was hoping  to take  one  of the whole family but trying to get  them all to stay together is  nigh  on impossible  . 

With her big brother Jack and his fiancee Katie.,Caitlin  refers to herself as the third wheel. Not sure if  I have a decent one of  Sam .

Not a brilliant one ,but all of the 4 grandchildren together. Sam  is on  the right. Then I had a bit of a miracle Kate and Iain together.

So proud of our daughter ,  she has been through some  tough times  and  is still smiling. We then went  back and had a cream tea before being dropped back home  . Good times  at  Easter.  Now   Kate and I are back  to the diet.
I hope you havent  been bored by all the family pics , it is  just nice to be able to share.
I  have  not  completely forgotten  my usual bits  and  bobs  so now  would be a good  time for you to catch up on what I  have been doing .

This is how far I have got  with the sock making ,amidst lots of naughty words and scratching of head,despite  having the wonderful sock book.Now the lead onto books  bought this week.

Sorry not a good picture , I saw this a while  ago and put it  on  my wish list and forgot about it. I saw it again this week and it  was still calling me so after a can  I to Martin, it now resides on the evergrowing pile  of crafty books. This morning I bought these 4 at the book sale at slimming.£2 for 4 ,bargain. Kate threw her hands  up in despair, not more books  Mother ,was the comment.

 

I keep telling her one can never  have too many books ,just not  enough room. She said she had taken some to the Charity shop this week, Oh how can you bear to part with them, to which she said Hmmm  not enough room.

I have done a little stitching this week ,the sheepy design I am stitching  with Sally has an almond  tree at least that is what I am calling it  ,at the start of the third and final row.  I am going to cheat a little  and try and  get the tree finished tonight as next weeks bit amused me.Keeping you in  suspense now.

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Will look better when it is pressed. I am thinking of making this into a wall hanging ,what do you think.Then is the time for  MrDarcy ,I have just started Elizabeths hand.

I did  stitch a little on Jubilees Sheep but not much I am afraid so no pic  of that. Spring  is coming along and maybe when I am stitching with Sally on Monday I will get P finished.

 Again not a good picture the fabric is a sort of sage  green. Will try harder next time.Talking of Sally it was very remiss of me last time  not to show you the chart she gifted me for Easter, She has ordered heself one too so we can stitch it together at  some point.

 

If  I have already shown you this last time,blame the age ,I do all the time. 

I have had some  wool come too , ready to knit  on  holidays nothing too taxing as I do not want to have to concentrate too hard. 

Not crafty but comfy , a pair of trainers ,never worn trainers before but as we plan to walk in the Outer Hebrides I thought I may need something kind  to my feet.
Would be nice to have a pair of socks to wear with them lol

 So thats all my news this week,thanks in advance for any kind comments you wish to leave. Thanks  to those last  time  who left me a little note. I will leave  you a pic of the lighthouse with the wish that your way will be well lit this week.

Much love Barb xx