I've blogged a bit about my new tapestry project and also put up some pictures of where I'd got up to with it. I have to admit that since I took those pics I've done another couple of the larger flowers at the bottom, but that's all. So, coming up to Scotland this week, it seemed an ideal opportunity to break out the wool & tapestry needle again and see how far I can get.
So I started on Sunday and I've done LOADS so far - all the large blue and pink flowers and all the little pink daisy like flowers! I've also done the yellowy highlight bits on the leaves and in the top of the artichoke.
I'm just about to launch in to the blue leaves and I think that's going to be a bit of a mission as the blues are a bit similar and it's difficult to work out which one goes where!
30 Sept 2009
29 Sept 2009
25 Sept 2009
I want an MRI scan
I know i am weird, But i have always been interested in how my head would look (on the inside).
I found this website and thought it was very cool .
I found this website and thought it was very cool .
24 Sept 2009
20 Sept 2009
Mango mango!
Dan came home from ASDA the other day with 4 mangos. They were only £1 each! I've not ever cooked with them although I am partial to a glass mango & orange juice in the mornings.
So, I've been looking up mango recipes online and have decided to make a couple of different things. Well, 3 actually.
Part 1 - Mangos 1 & 2 have been used to make mango lassi, our favourite drink when going out to the Aagrah in Garforth.
I'd never cut a mango before today and so had to look it up - I don't like attempting anything without knowing the 'proper way' to do it - but when I did, it was so pretty, I had to take a pic...looks a bit like an orange hedgehog!
The lassi is basically blended mango, yoghurt, milk and sugar. It's a luxury smoothie!
Part 2 - hasn't been completed yet but mango no 3 is going to be a mango salsa
Part 3 - mango chutney is in store for mango no 4 (do I dare?)
More pics of the 'making of mango lassi' are here on picasa.
So, I've been looking up mango recipes online and have decided to make a couple of different things. Well, 3 actually.
Part 1 - Mangos 1 & 2 have been used to make mango lassi, our favourite drink when going out to the Aagrah in Garforth.
I'd never cut a mango before today and so had to look it up - I don't like attempting anything without knowing the 'proper way' to do it - but when I did, it was so pretty, I had to take a pic...looks a bit like an orange hedgehog!
The lassi is basically blended mango, yoghurt, milk and sugar. It's a luxury smoothie!
Part 2 - hasn't been completed yet but mango no 3 is going to be a mango salsa
Part 3 - mango chutney is in store for mango no 4 (do I dare?)
More pics of the 'making of mango lassi' are here on picasa.
15 Sept 2009
Lost in Transit
"OK, well have a safe trip and text me when you arrive"
"Yes chicken, will do"
Mum and I signed off our conversation this morning. Her, Dad and Uncle Ste were in the RyanAir queue at Liverpool Airport waiting to check in for their flight to Pisa.
3 or 4 hours later, I was just about to have my lunchtime sarnie, and thought of the travellers. I logged on to t'interweb and found the Pisa airport site. I started looking at the arrivals but there looked to be something slightly wrong with the website. Out of the 19 flights due in this morning, only 5 had actually landed. All the others read 'CANCELLED'... including theirs!
That's odd, I thought. If their flight had been cancelled, I'm sure they'd have let us know by now. After all this was now after midday and the flight was due to have departed at 9:30.
I called Janey to see if they'd phoned or texted. "Why would they phone you?" she said. It was a good point, but I was sure they'd have phoned if something was wrong, so it must have been a problem with the airport's website. We both had a bit of trouble getting onto the "arrivals" page, which convinced us even further that the website was the problem, not the flight. Jane managed to get on to the RyanAir website which was still reporting 'on time' even though by this time, we were about 45 minutes after their scheduled landing time.
Atilla (who has already proved himself as travel agent extraordinaire) was on the case now. "Pisa Airport has been closed by violent thunderstorms" he said. I started getting flashbacks to being stranded in JFK when lightning storms closed the airport. "You're kidding?" I shouldn't have doubted his travel savvy. He directed me to a link on the RyanAir website which stated that the airport had been closed.
Eventually we managed to find a link to their flight which said it had been diverted to Bergamo!
Jane and I were in contact on GoogleChat when I phoned Dad on his mobile. "Ciao bella" he said. "Ciao Dad, are you in Bergamo?" "What? How do you know?" He was completely gobsmacked. "Jane and I have been following you on the web" "Ahhhh!" he said. (As though that's the answer to everything!)
While I was having the conversation about their whereabouts, Jane was looking up the trains from Milan to Forli. About 3 hours direct; a far shorter journey than the 3.5 to 4 hours it was going to have taken them on the bus, over the Appennines back to Pisa, plus another 3 hour train journey from Pisa to Forli!
Last I spoke to them was just after they were coming though Faenza, the last stop before Forli. About an hour later they texted to say they'd just set foot in the little house!
The travellers had arrived.
"Yes chicken, will do"
Mum and I signed off our conversation this morning. Her, Dad and Uncle Ste were in the RyanAir queue at Liverpool Airport waiting to check in for their flight to Pisa.
3 or 4 hours later, I was just about to have my lunchtime sarnie, and thought of the travellers. I logged on to t'interweb and found the Pisa airport site. I started looking at the arrivals but there looked to be something slightly wrong with the website. Out of the 19 flights due in this morning, only 5 had actually landed. All the others read 'CANCELLED'... including theirs!
That's odd, I thought. If their flight had been cancelled, I'm sure they'd have let us know by now. After all this was now after midday and the flight was due to have departed at 9:30.
I called Janey to see if they'd phoned or texted. "Why would they phone you?" she said. It was a good point, but I was sure they'd have phoned if something was wrong, so it must have been a problem with the airport's website. We both had a bit of trouble getting onto the "arrivals" page, which convinced us even further that the website was the problem, not the flight. Jane managed to get on to the RyanAir website which was still reporting 'on time' even though by this time, we were about 45 minutes after their scheduled landing time.
Atilla (who has already proved himself as travel agent extraordinaire) was on the case now. "Pisa Airport has been closed by violent thunderstorms" he said. I started getting flashbacks to being stranded in JFK when lightning storms closed the airport. "You're kidding?" I shouldn't have doubted his travel savvy. He directed me to a link on the RyanAir website which stated that the airport had been closed.
Eventually we managed to find a link to their flight which said it had been diverted to Bergamo!
Jane and I were in contact on GoogleChat when I phoned Dad on his mobile. "Ciao bella" he said. "Ciao Dad, are you in Bergamo?" "What? How do you know?" He was completely gobsmacked. "Jane and I have been following you on the web" "Ahhhh!" he said. (As though that's the answer to everything!)
While I was having the conversation about their whereabouts, Jane was looking up the trains from Milan to Forli. About 3 hours direct; a far shorter journey than the 3.5 to 4 hours it was going to have taken them on the bus, over the Appennines back to Pisa, plus another 3 hour train journey from Pisa to Forli!
Last I spoke to them was just after they were coming though Faenza, the last stop before Forli. About an hour later they texted to say they'd just set foot in the little house!
The travellers had arrived.
13 Sept 2009
Ooooooh we've just met Archie!
Well we've just been round to see Marina, Matt and our newest little family member, Archie. He's soooooo small!Marina's looking well and recovering from the labour. She's still in pain tho, poor thing. I think Matt is still shell shocked from the experience, but they're doing well and even managed to get some sleep last night!
This is my fave pic from the set we've just taken - Dan and Archie get acquainted; Dan age 40 years, Archie age 40 hours!
12 Sept 2009
All the Details
Well we've known he's going to be called Archie for some time, but it is nice to see his picture!
Sounds like a bit of a traumatic labour for Marina (is there a non-traumatic type? I don't think so!) but her Mum, Michelle and hubby Matt were there to see her through.
So that's the 2nd li'l nephew born this year! This is the adorable Oscar, sporting a fetching little stripey number...no doubt looking forward to playing
with his new cousin, Archie. Only 5 months apart so they'll be friends!
Sounds like a bit of a traumatic labour for Marina (is there a non-traumatic type? I don't think so!) but her Mum, Michelle and hubby Matt were there to see her through.
Archie Connor: 7lbs born at 4:02 this morning - 12th September, on his due date! Marina likes to plan things properly!
So that's the 2nd li'l nephew born this year! This is the adorable Oscar, sporting a fetching little stripey number...no doubt looking forward to playing
with his new cousin, Archie. Only 5 months apart so they'll be friends!
Uncle Dan Again !
Looks like my sister produced this little beauty about an hour ago. Dont have poundage details yet, but he loooks a right little cutey :)Archie Connor
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