The Patchwork Cowboy!

Tomorrow shall see our first trip away in our

Little Sindy Caravan!

Not too far away and nowhere exotic,

just enough to get away from the norm

and somewhere I can build my confidence up

with towing her.

I just thought you may like to see my latest

make for her.

Some patchwork curtains

for the little stable door.

Open...

Closed...

I quite enjoyed making the patchwork,

something I've never done before.

It's not perfect but I'm loving

the Holly Hobbie effect.

Anyhow, this evening

I just fancied a little bit of window shopping

over at 'Cath's Gaff' what with her 15% off day.

But I've had to come out of there!

With my endless supply of imaginary money my

bag was over flowing.

I know a lovely place where a couple of these

would be perfect!

Along with...

...3 of them actually,

with a few more of these...

Of course I'm talking about in

my little caravan.

Whilst using the above

we'd definitely need one of these to

sit on...

But then you can't have a camping

holiday without a good pack of playing cards

can you?

But seriously,

I would love to be able to buy lots of

Cath Kidston, but I feel a little queasy now,

a sort of 'Cowboy Overload!'

Plus I'm poor!

How is a girl supposed to be

able to afford this beauty?

Especially as it's £145!!!

Good job I bought an almost identical one

in my favourite charity shop last week.

A bit of scrap oil cloth for lining it and I'm sure

mine is far better.

Well, for the £4 I spent on it I'd say so.

It's all loaded up with scrummy things

and tucked up in Sindy for our weekend away.

Wish me luck everyone.

I'll need it!!!!

Love Claire. x



A friend who came to stay....

We came home one evening to find a new friend on the doorstep!



Some of you may of heard of him...

'Herman Friendship Cake'

Friendship Cake
1 cup of greetings

1/2 cups of smiles

1 large hug

2/3 cup of love

1 tsp of sympathy

2 cups of hospitality

Preparation of Cake
Cream greetings and smiles thoroughly.

Add hug separately.

Slowly stir in love.

Sift sympathy and hospitality and fold in

carefully.

Bake in warm heart.

Serve often.

He was actually left for Finn by one of his friends,

so I let him take charge of him for the 10 days you

need to keep him for.

(not sure if those hands were washed first,

but I'm sure living in this house you soon

become hardened to a little grubbiness)

After pouring him into a large mixing bowl

you need to leave him until the next day,

Then you stir him,

and then leave him, again.

After a few days he gets hungry,

so you need to feed him with some

basic ingredients,

and then leave him, again!

After 10 days of him growing

and bubbling, stiring and feeding,

you divide him up,

pass on to friends 3 of the 4 parts

you have divided him in to.

And then you add a few more goodies to the bit you kept

and bake him, and of course you then eat him!

I've not been lucky enough to sit long enough to eat

any of him yet, but from what I gather from

the gruesome twosome,

Herman tastes quite delish!

Finn didn't even know I had added

grated apple and cinnamon to the mixture,

and he didn't mind picking out some of the sultanas

I sneaked in there. RESULT!

So, I hope you won't mind if

I excuse myself and settle down

with a lovely mug of hot tea and a huge hunk of Herman.

Love Claire. x

P.S.  How good it would be if I could post Herman to you...?

If you have never been lucky enough to be passed a piece of

Herman to care for don't worry, you can start your own off

by following the instructions here.



We 'Heart' Guy!

 

(Warning: no pretty sewing/baking/flowery tales

to tell you in this post but something I have to share as

although it's a bit 'laddish' I've enjoyed it too)

Now there's feelings of sadness rising in this house

for our fantastic programme is nearing the end of

it's series tomorrow (Weds) evening.

'The Boat That Guy Built'

I've decided that it's sort of like a

'Kirstie's Homemade Home'

but for boys!

(...and their Mums)

For those of you who haven't seen any of this

programme it's about this chap called Guy.

Guy's a bit of a hero in the eyes of my lads

as not only does he get to have a go at lots of

engineering type bits and bobs each week,

but he rides in fast motorbike races and fixes huge big waggons

as his day job.  PLUS, he has the best sideburns since Elvis

and an infectious giggle!  His best mate Mave is his sidekick,

and they drink tea by the gallon.

Aside from all of that the series has been

following them and their narrowboat

'Reckless'

around British canals whilst they've been

renovating, her bit by bit.

Last weeks episode saw them in my hometown of

Macclesfield on my very own canal which some of you know,

from previous posts,

runs only a stones throw from my little house.

Tomorrow evening (Wednesday-7.30) shall see the last in the series.

We'll be sad for it to end and

not have our weekly installment of

engineering boys toys.

But we can't wait to see Reckless in all her

finished glory.

We'll certainly be keeping an eye open for her on

the canal whilst out on our walks with Basil,

especially as the evenings are getting lighter.

Thinking of which...

I'm sure it's almost time for

'Springwatch!'

Another favourite in this house.

Love Claire.x

By Request...! Sindy Super Sprite!

WELL I NEVER!

I'm thrilled with everyones kind and

encouraging words on my last post

regarding my 'Sindy Caravan'.

More photos were requested of the inside,

so I've been out after work today

and tried to set some pics up for you.

My first ROYAL WEDDING purchase has

sneaked into her on this one!

(flag: much cheapness from the Co-op!)

The boys requested we stick it on the roof

for when we tow her...

I think i'll have enough to worry about

never mind a Union Jack flapping away behind me.

Temptation was high but I managed to resist

buying the comemorative mug too,

but I may have to go back and buy it!

Honestly! Hee hee!

Bless her...

Sindy super Sprite!

...and that's that.

I hope we'll all fit round that table!

Who's bringing the cakes?

You may notice there's

some unfinished curtain action

going on in there, but

I'm bursting with pride over her

and wanted to show you where I'm

upto with her.

They're almost completed anyhow,

and just the same as the others on the smaller window.

There is a distinct lack of floral going on in her

you may also notice.

Under very strict orders from

'The Gruesome Twosome'

I was informed of the

'NO FLOWERS'

rule :o(

Good job I managed my Ebay bargain

on some Cath Kidston Cowboy eh?

Plus it's helped to give me a bit of a

starting point with a theme...

notice the pony skin blanket?

I'll show the the other end of her

another time.

You'll be all

RETRO CARAVANED OUT

by now, surely?

Love C. x

A Sneaky Peek!

Now she's far from finished,

but I thought you'd all like a sneaky peek

in through Sindy Caravan's window.

She's my excuse for recent absence from Blogsville of late.

My little sewing machine is working overtime in the evenings,

and I even enlisted the help of the gruesome twosome

when making all those bunting triangles.

We've planned lots of adventures in our heads,

usually involving the capture of poor little sea creatures

in rockpools or on crabbing lines,

being on boats and climbing trees.

I told them how you can make dams across

streams and rivers and

how jam butties are the best picnic food ever!

Oh I just can't WAIT!

Especially as my car now has a little extra

thing fitted on the to the rear...

(this was the only photo I could find that

didn't resemble a phallic symbol! ;o)

To say I'm a little bit terrified of towing her

would be an understatment of words!!!

I'm sure I'll master it soon enough.

Next time you listen to the traffic lady on radio2

lets hope that she doesn't have to report that

the M6 is shut due to a mad woman

and an overly bunted caravan eh?!

Love C. x

Solitaireggs!

A charity shop bargain at 50p!

We couldn't wait to get this home for some

old fashioned fun.

Trust my cheeky chops Finn

to come up with a novel and

in my view, much better way of playing it.

Of course you have to eat

each Mini Egg that you jump over...

Fancy one?

Love C. x

Red and Green Should Never be Seen...says who??!!

Not me!

Hee hee..

I love that colour combination,

so don't come telling me all about what and why

you shouldn't put them together,

I've done it now.

Too late.

Let me show you what I've been making

for my

'Sindy Caravan'

No prizes for guessing what all these triangles shall become...

Speedy wizz round with Chine

(not Mrs Jones you may notice)

Now this thing doesn't see the light of day

very often at this house...

There we go!

All done.

Well, I do have to do it all again as it's for hanging

along the windows in Sindy, so she looks all cutie

from the outside in.

I also gave my cupboard a splash of colour too recently ...

then roughed it up a little.

My Dad thought I hadn't finished it and

said I needed to give it another coat.

Humph!!

Hope you're all happy and well.

Love C. x