🌞Wednesday dawned bright and sunny. It was a rare Wednesday-Without-Shed day, and Bob was eager to get out and enjoy the weather🌞 I'd had a bad night, and woken with a headache. After he'd brought me breakfast in bed, it seemed churlish to say "I need to stay home and do housework"
🌞We got in the car and drove up to Deepdale Market on the coast. We stopped briefly en route to investigate a sign saying "Bric-A-Brac - Everything £1" I bought a sign which amused me, and Bob bought a filthy pair of pincers. We drove on to Burnham Deepdale, the sky was so blue, and the countryside so green...
I do love the mural in the alley way to the pop up craft shops. Not much of interest, but two lovely ladies were selling handmade jewellery and knitted accessories in aid of Duchenne UK. They were sisters, and one was the gran of a boy who has DMD. I treated myself to a kilt pin brooch for £5 - decorated with sewing notions and a Manchester bee.
After a jacket potato lunch we drove home stopping in Fakenham, for milk in Lidl and a mooch round the Sue Ryder shop. I found a book
A simple cover, with fantastic contents. Years ago I got this from the library and knitted Steph the fingerless gloves for her birthday, then made half a dozen pairs as Christmas gifts. The book is divided into four sections with seasonal items to knit, sow, bake,craft and grow...
Here is a photo of Steph's gloves from 2009
I shall enjoy reading this book again, and maybe I'll have time to do more of the projects. Some are pictured below. The illustrations are clear, with good templates and photos. Worth £2 I think. Altogether I spent £8, plus my spud. A good day out. I'm deciding where to put my sign, Bob polished up his vintage pincers the moment we got home. They look splendid.
I am not sure why we should" beware children playing". I think "be aware of children playing" probably would sound a little kinder. But the sign made me smile, and I love that children come and play in my garden.
This week's sunshine has been lovely. I hope the weather is kind where you are.
Bob's pincers look lovely now he's cleaned them up, there something very satisfying about old tools isn't there. My Dad had some just the same. You could always add a little 'of' to your sign with paint or marker pen, I agree it would read nicer that way. 🙂
That sounds like a great day. I like the kilt pin. When I was a Portage visitor I used to visit a family to support there son who had Duchenne. Portage stops once the child reaches school age but I stayed in touch for some years. Sadly their son died aged 16, children with Duchenne do not have a long life expectancy, he was a lovely boy. Regards Sue H
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Love that brooch, proper jealous.
ReplyDeleteBob's pincers look lovely now he's cleaned them up, there something very satisfying about old tools isn't there. My Dad had some just the same. You could always add a little 'of' to your sign with paint or marker pen, I agree it would read nicer that way. 🙂
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a great day. I like the kilt pin. When I was a Portage visitor I used to visit a family to support there son who had Duchenne. Portage stops once the child reaches school age but I stayed in touch for some years. Sadly their son died aged 16, children with Duchenne do not have a long life expectancy, he was a lovely boy. Regards Sue H
ReplyDeleteA very nice day. Hope your headache improved. I think a full stop after the word Beware, might have made it clearer......but who cares these days?
ReplyDeleteHaven't thought about that song for years. What a treat to be reminded. Thank you for the warm memories--sunshine on my face.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a really nice day out. The book looks great.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x