Friday 29th November - Miscellany

 I have learned from my Marks and Spencers Strawberry Sundae episode on Tuesday! 

Today we broached the diddly little birthday cake also from M and S

The Sprinkle cake. It's supposed to provide 4 sensibly sized portions. So when it came to morning coffee time, and afternoon coffee, BB had a quarter of it each time, and I had a slither, not even as much as an eighth. It is so rich that I was more than satisfied. 

BB had 'earned' his slice, walking into town to do some errands and setting about various household tasks.

I 'earned' my slither when we went out together for a little walk around Polesden Lacy. There was a beautiful clear blue sky and a - shall we say 'fresh' wind. Warm in the sun, but bitingly cold in the shade or walking into the wind.

There is a fairly steep path down from the car park yo the house, but when we were ready to go back up, BB was able to nip inside the big house and ask them to call the buggy. So we were driven in style right up to our car in an electric buggy all decked out with fairy lights.

No photographs; the rose garden was all ready for winter. The warth dug over, roses pruned and grass all mown. It looked immaculate. 

Here is the the November stitching from Ang. She has used fine net and voile to create the poppies, and covered it all with gauze, so that they are 'beyond the veil'. Very evocative. 

And here is mine. I started stitching it halfway through November, and wanted to represent the growing excitement I feel once we get closer to my birthday,  and Advent and Christmas.

Mine is quite small, because I used just half of a Japanese style printed charm square. I wanted the blue background to suggest the darker, longer nights, and then loads of colours for the excitement. I managed to add the metallic rainbow glitter filament to the green/blue variegated thread as well!