Amarylis Mk II

My amaryllis has delivered the goods, second time round. It's even better than it's first go! Talk about a surprise, it seems to be growing 4 flowers. I love it!

On the flowering bulb theme, I bought 2 pots of lilac hyacinths today (£5 for 6 bulbs). They are sitting on my son's window sill, once the amarylis dies, I'll move them to the dining table. I need some nice pot holders!

Also the tulip bulbs might just appear for me, in the pots I put them in on the balcony. I can spy one tiny bit of green leaf!

Pirate Jumper

Ages ago, I started a jumper. Then I put my knitting down, had Xmas, New Year and suddenly it's the end of February!

So I picked up my needles and got going. I did have a probelem understanding the pattern, in shaping the neckline, but one call to my husband's grandma sorted that out! So here is the back piece of the jumper! The front is where it'll really get interesting!

Bad Luck Comes In 3s

It's all going wrong.

Firstly our flat gets flooded (burst pipe from above) and all our floors with tiles on need to be replaced. As they have all cracked. (luckily we're still covered by the defects period, just)

Secondly, I broke a beautiful, unique Venician glass necklace yesterday, by dropping it the v hard tile floor, in our bathroom.

Thirdly, I dropped my husbands hair serum, glass bottle, from the shelf above our bathroom sink, into the porcelain sink, this morning and cracked that.

Then I banged my head on the wardrobe door. The youngest hurt himself.

It's all going wrong, wrong, wrong. I didn't want to count further than 3, as that makes it all even worse.

The only good thing (after we've forked out £100s) is that I could buy a sink that sits on a cupboard, rather than a useless pedestal, that we have. I'll try to look for the silver lining.

Set Sail, Set Sail

One of the nicest things I can hear right now, is my eldest son, playing really nicely in his bedroom, with his pirate ship. "set sail, set sail", "get your weapons ready". It's 1/2 term here, but we've spent 1/2 of it poorly. We all seem to be on the mend though.

I'm just checking out balcony flower pot holders. The most contempory one I can find, that'll match our galvanised steel balconies are these from Ikea, called Salvia:


They are £4.99 but the matching pot is £7.99. I need 8 or so of them. The husband has promised to make plant pots but they haven't turned up yet (and probably never will) so I think I'm going to have to buy them.

Fabric YoYos

I've seen these yoyos all over, and thought I'd try. I stumbled across this great tutorial from my name is Heather and I was away!

Due to sickness, I still have not found the camera battery recharger, but when I do I'll pop in the piccies.

I'm making a few different sizes, and in different fabrics to potentially decorate some shopper bags, for my Easter Break Make&Do fest!! I might make a list of all the things I want to make and see just how far I get (after cleaning the house, doing the laundry, relaxing, taking in the peace and quiet!!)

Terracotta Army

Today we went to London, met my dad, sister and b-i-l and went to see the Terracotta Army exhibition at the British Museum. I really enjoyed it, I had watched a documentary on it a few months ago, just before it opened, but quite amazng to see the artefacts that were made c2300 years ago. I think my eldest (nearly 5) enjoyed it, the youngest slept through it.

Unfortunately during lunch my eldest complained of stomach ache, and then was sick. So not the best journey home and end to an otherwise great day.

Heart Shaped Valentines Cakes

These are the cakes I made for Valentines day. I made a normal chocolate sponge, cooked it, cut it in 1/2 filled it with raspberry jam, then covered it with a chocolate ganache. Serve with cream. V V indulgent! A once a year treat!

Unfortunately my camera battery died, so I don't have a picture of the finished result.