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Thanks lovely ☺️

A photo of the stall set up under a red gazebo - a grey marble cloth with a bright yellow central section overlaid on it. Everything is laid out in organised areas with handmade labels. There are chocolate caramel cake cups, lemon swirl cupcakes, gold star shortbreads, gingerbread teddies in little packets, cookies and traybakes as well as sweetie bags in a wicker basket. I made the traybakes. Everything else was baked, designed and decorated by Young'un.

Yesterday Young'un had her first ever stall at a craft fayre. She made cupcakes, cookies, cake pots, sweet bags and handmade cards and things sold really well.
Super proud of her resilience and skill ☺️

Pity Celtic beat you to Martin O'Neil....

Agh! 😭

"Wood warms you twice" is the saying - once when you cut and stack it, once when you burn it! 😁

We have our main meal in the evening.
Big lunches make me sleepy and I love settling down with a full tum and a hot drink at the end of the day 😎

I have lost my wedding ring in St Just or Penzance this morning (8th November). It is gold with a wavy copper wire and one minute diamond, made for me from my mother's and both my grandmothers' rings. Reward for return Please share.

From the Bird App this morning.
Posting here as I know @amandamugford.bsky.social at least is in Cornwall and I may have other pals from there too @wozwoz.bsky.social I think?
She's put it in local FB pages but every little helps, I reckon...

That's delightful!
Love a gradient yarn!

One of our farm cats used to nap on my Mum's thyme bushes which she had planted in old stone troughs out the back.
The poor old bushes went a very odd shape, but the cat smelled lovely!

Yes, I thought the music was a very odd choice!
She was sensational though, what a fantastic surprise she's turned out to be!

Fingers crossed for a fresh start!

You've got to hand it to owls, really. Every other bird species goes for a really long face, owls go "Nah, wide as possible!" and now everyone thinks they're the smartest.

Meanwhile corvids are all like "Old moonhead is 'the clever one'? What the hell, guys!"

🫂🫂🫂

Drawing Mayor Zohran Mamdani, because why not.

It does seem an odd choice, to try to turn the ultimate slow craft into a race.

But I suppose if it gets people interested in textile arts it can't hurt can it?

Muck spreading is slurry, which absolutely stinks! 😫
I've just had a look and it's still called Mucky Lane 40 years on, although the cows are sadly walking elsewhere 🐮

No, it's in the tiny hamlet where I grew up.
My Grandad told one bloke he'd lend him a shovel if he had a problem with it 🤣

I watched it and the first episode was a bit meh.
But I'm intrigued to see if it's all going to be the same sort of thing or if they're going to switch it up a bit...

Looking forward to starting Slebs Across The World this week on catch-up!

psst...

*anyone looking for books?
I can sort you out. No questions asked.

Hardbacks, paperbacks.
I can even get you spiral bound ones (if that's what you're into).

All sent out discreetly in brown packages.
Your little reading habit's safe with me.

Message me.

You know you want to*

Like the folks in the new build bungalows down the road from our farm in the 1980s who complained about mud and cow shit on the road leading to their houses where the cows went through to the fields after milking.
The name of said road?
Mucky Lane.
It's literally their postal address...

Living as we do on a heavy clay soil we're blessed with some stunning oak trees. Very much at their autumn best now, with the sun coming out of the mist to give them a golden glow 🍂 🌳
#ViewFromTheVan

I expected to dislike it but found the interplay between the personalities quite engaging
Was surprised as I don't do I'm A Celeb or any if the other non-craft-related stuff - except for Race Across The World which I adore.
Speaking of craft related reality shows; did you try the knitting one?

Excellent news 😀

Properly excellent telly though!
The bit on the train is one of the funniest things I've ever seen 🤣

Abstract ICM image of a moonlit Dartmoor hillside which looks like the rejected cover artwork for a Ride B-sides compilation

Abstract ICM image of a moonlit Dartmoor hillside which looks like the rejected cover artwork for a Ride B-sides compilation

Abstract ICM image of a moonlit Dartmoor hillside which looks like the rejected cover artwork for a Ride B-sides compilation

Abstract ICM image of a moonlit Dartmoor hillside which looks like the rejected cover artwork for a Ride B-sides compilation

Also, if anyone is visiting from 1991 and needs a cover for their shoegaze EP, I may be able to help...

Is your hair purple?

Learn/do more, spend nothing

New post on the Frugal Family Historian blog. Free records for Remembrance weekend, YouTube, podcasts. It's all about researching, and picking up new skills. Learn more, do more, spend nothing. #GenHour scotsancestors.blogspot.com/2025/11/lear...

Excellent colours, love it 😍

I remember her with John Alderton playing a husband and wife in the 70s/80s....
A lovely actress 💙

I will officially be in Grumpy But Happy, so that works 😁