Tuesday 15 December 2009

Far from the Madding Crowds.....


Hello, well we have been having terrible phone and internet problems so I am late this week with my post!  Anyway, while we have a connection I better be quick....


We did Topsham Market on Saturday and afterwards were going to a little craft venue that has offered to sell some of my goodies in the New Year.  Getting out of Topsham was' interesting 'and we did call in to Dart's Farm on the way out - but left promptly due to the sheer number of shoppers and screaming children!  We were told that there was a little cafe just across the courtyard from the venue we were looking for, so decided on a cup of tea first !  And after all the hustle and bustle of Exeter, this is the view that met us!!



The birds were captivating - blue tits, coal tits, chaffinches, nuthatches, woodpeckers - all there happily flitting from one feeder to the other....



And the surroundings...well, were we happy to be there too!  Anyway once home onto festive preparations - and with Holly and Ivy waiting  in the car, time to get busy: so I made a wreath for the front door.....



This week's projects are salt dough decorations for my sister's children to decorate  their tree (once they break up next week) and a gingerbread house for me....

Keep you posted how I get on !

Warm Winter Wishes for a wonderful week

Cally x x x

4 comments:

Lucy Pursglove-Jones said...

What pretty pictures! I love watching birds feeding this time of year; it gives a really nice feeling thinking of them fattening up for the hard frosts ahead. That wreath is beautiful, nice work! x

Kelly said...

Pretty wreath! Be sure to show us your salt dough decorations, can't wait to see them!

Guenievre said...

Bonjour, quelle est belle la campagne ...
I like blue-tits and robins. I can see them (by the window) eating the food I've put in the feeding tray.
And what a BIG surprise this morning : It was snowing when we got up ! Normally we have no snow in the area, excepted one or two days a year. It is finished now, but it is always white.
Warm (& white) wishes !

Connie said...

Oh wow Cally the birds look lovely and so does your wreath. I used to make salt dough when I lived in Germany, there it is called Salzteig, and I loved making things, Merry Christmas xxx