Second Sunday in Advent

Light the Advent Candle two
Think of humble shepherds who
Filled with wonder at the sight
Of the child on Christmas night

Candle, candle, burning bright
Shining in the cold winter night
Candle, candle, burning bright
Fill our hearts with Christmas Light



Hope you have all had a good weekend

Weekend Visitors

On Friday Master T came home with some visitors, baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, 3 wise men, 3 shepherd's and 2 sheep. His school has a travelling crib for each class and this weekend was his turn to bring it home.

Christmas is definitely near and i am nowhere near putting my tree and decoration up. The Christmas spirit hasn't caught up with me yet. I am sure there is still plenty of time.xx

One Potato, Two Potato...

Look what i found in my garden...

2 potatoes

I planted these at the end of my flower bed while i was deciding what shrub i wanted to put in that corner. I used sprouted potato skin and i can't believe it works. Unfortunately i changed my mind the following day and dug them out to plant poppies. I must have left these two by mistake because i discovered them while planting bulbs. I couldn't believe it and was so excited, i have already cooked them as part of tomorrows packed lunch (potato salad) so i am looking forward to munching my 2 homegrown potatoes. I am definately putting potatoes on my list of things to grow next year.

Hope you have all had a good day xxx



My Treasures....

I haven't been to the carboot sale because of the weather so all my treasures are either from jumble sales or charity shops.

I am in love with this rose printed tea set. It consists of  4 cups, saucers and side plates. I managed to find myself a conserve jar with spoon included.

  

C. S Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia collection. The 7 books are The Magician's nephew, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The horse and his boy, Prince Caspian, The voyage of the Dawntreader, The Silver chair and The last battle.

Mrs Beeton's cookery book. The reason i bought this apart from the price tag (50p) was because of an article i read in the Good Food magazine by Gerard Baker. He has updated some of Mrs Beeton's recipe to be more modern and i wanted to have a read of some of the original recipes.

Every year i grow herbs and every year they die before i can use them. Hopefully this little book will be worth more than what i paid for it.

Cookie cutters. Reindeer, snowman, gingerbread man, heart, teddy bear, duck and candy cane shaped. I am not sure what shape the orange cutter is. Any ideas?

Some clothes

I love them all

Last but no means the least this book. Martin Lewis has nothing on me i managed to buy this for 70p. I am hoping it will be of some use to me come January. If not i know i can always rely on my fellow bloggers for hints and tips on saving those pennies.

So far i have everything that i need and will be taking a break from shopping for myself. I will keep posting some of the things that i have bought in the past few weeks.

First Sunday in Advent

Light the Advent Candle One
Now the waiting has begun
We have started on our way
Time to think of Christmas time


Candle, candle, burning bright
Shining in the cold winter night
Candle, candle, burning bright
Fill our hearts with Christmas light

Mild Autumn

I can't believe that this time last year it was snowing and so far the weather hasn't been too bad. I have been in the garden today for a couple of hours pulling out weeds and dead flowers and making a boarder on my flower bed. The boarder is still work in progress which i hope to complete in spring. I bought some Lily, Tulip and Alium bulbs in Wilkinsons when they were 50% and 75% off and they are waiting to be planted. We are both off on Wednesday due to the strike so hopefully i can get digging weather permitting. I also need to go through my seed stash to see what needs to be grown in January. I know i know i should be thinking about Christmas not growing season but i cant help it.

I managed to find my Christmas cards in the shed so now i can start sending them.

Hope you have all had a good weekend i am off to watch My Fair Lady with a nice cup of tea.

Homemade Bread

On Saturday i decided to use my new bread maker and i wasn't happy with the results. I love homemade bread as much as the next person and this was the first time i used the bread maker as i usually do it the old fashion way. I am not sure it was the bread maker at fault but the recipe i used but who knows. So dear blog friends i know most of you have secret recipes for baking bread in the bread maker, i would love you forever if you would be so kind and share your recipes with me. Wholemeal and White. Pretty please....