miss marie's miscellany

Sparkling

Fun with sparklers at Sunday night's bonfire party!

My first baby blanket!

Before you get all excited, calm down, I'm not expecting!! Still quite exciting though, I finished the blanket I decided to make for my friend and her new baby. This is the first crochet project I've made for someone else as a gift, so I wanted it to be good, and I'm delighted with how it's turned out. 

The granny squares were easy to make, but the joining up was a labour of love; I just about lost the will to carry on on Monday evening when I realised I'd joined a row of squares together with the wrong sides up, and later on, I did the same thing again!  What a muppet!  Anyway, I collected my thoughts and persevered, and it was delivered to my friend yesterday;  she really liked the colours (I think she's getting tired of pale blue baby presents!)  and appreciated the work that had gone into making it;  and it's just the perfect size for her little boy. Everyone's happy!

Sunny Friday

It was a  lovely day in Glasgow yesterday.  There's been a distinctly autumnal air here recently, but an Indian summer is with us just now. It's lovely to feel the sun again. I spent the afternoon in the garden doing some tidying up, planting salad leaves and digging over the veg plots. I found these potatoes (I always miss a couple)

I have some cracking tomatoes growing too. I have to confess that I stuck 2 plants in the greenhouse (ie plastic covered shelving) and apart from watering them have done absolutely nothing nurturing to them. I think that's because of the last 2 summers of lavish care and attention for pathetic tomato yield; my expectations were low. But this is the result of my chronic neglect

There are about 8 or 9 plum tomatoes! Hopefully these will turn red, especially now they may get some TLC. 

I also enjoyed lunch outside in the sunshine, - do you like my new IKEA tray?!

A thumb through this library book whilst eating

to give me some inspiration  to make something for my friend who has just had a baby boy. She's a brightly coloured kind of person, so I decided to crochet a granny square blanket

I like the bold colours, and the fact it will turn out a bit more funky than the average baby blanket. I think my friend will like it too!

July collages

It's been a lovely month, holidays, flowers galore in the garden, happy times spent with people dear to me. So many photos too; I counted them up, 650 photos, phew! So after much deliberation, here's the best of my July.

Tripping the light fantastic

Dancing at my friend's birthday ceilidh..... the whirling of the dancers and the glowing lights of the hall echoing the party atmosphere......good times!