Showing posts with label lockdown. Show all posts
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Sunday, 14 February 2021

The first half of February ⛄

Hello and welcome to another instalment of Bethany, Ed and Juniper's life. Before we begin I would like to make an announcement: SPRING IS COMING! That is all.

Witch hazel and hellebores.

Firstly, here are some pics from a lovely garden centre trip at the end of January. It was nice and quiet and we had some vouchers to spend so it was peak garden centre shopping conditions...we came home with these three colourful primroses, as well as seeds, compost and other bits and bobs.




A few weeks ago we watched Marley and Me (Ed hadn't seen it so I wanted to introduce him), and Juniper spent the whole film asleep on my legs, stretched out on her back like a little human. πŸ‘‡



A mizzly grey sky, I like the calmness of this photo above. And below, a perfect rainbow circle on the road.


Juniper curled up on the windowsill for the first time recently and it was precious (as you can tell, we get excited about every new thing she does). Plus a photo of her and her boyfriend Bart Simpson.


Ed got on a cinnamon bun hype and made two batches in two weeks...


...and we made samosas one evening! Folding them into triangles was fun, like food origami.


An out-of-focus photo of our first snowdrop which popped up in the front garden! And a final photo of our jewel orchid in all its glory before all the flowers die off.


The newest member of the houseplant family is this polka dotty begonia maculata. The leaves are red on the underside, it's such a cool plant! I've been keeping an eye out for one for ages so when we got some in at work I snapped one up right away.


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Ed and I both read The Birds by Daphne du Maurier recently so we decided to watch the Hitchcock film afterwards. Juniper was so interested and sat up close to the tv watching the birds, and I chose some relevant mugs for the event.


Check out this beautiful loaf:



We have been training Juniper to wear a harness so that we can take her out in the garden, and maybe for walks if she enjoys it! She seems to quite like wearing it but it has been so cold and wet recently that she hasn't had her first exploration yet and has just been out riding on my shoulder. 


    Oh look! Another loaf of bread 😯 are my blog posts getting boring yet?


This one was a bit of a flat blob (either I didn't knead it for long enough or I proved it for too long πŸ€”) but it was nice and soft, and as usual it made great toast.


On Tuesday we went for a walk in the snow, but you can't tell that it's snowing in these pics because it was so light and powdery. I still get so excited for snow, a small part of me thinks about the adult responsibilities of being able to get to work but mostly I just want snoooow!!!




Crocs and pjs to see the snow in the garden, and another colourful combination:


Ta da! I finished Ed's socks a few days ago and they fit perfectly πŸ‘ Bonus fun fact: this wool is Dragon Dance by Opal which I chose because Ed likes dragons.


Some more cute Juniper...she has started sleeping on the rocking chair which is so sweet.



That's a wrap! I'll finish off with a photo of Juniper helping me to write this blog post...I'll let you into a little secret - she is actually the brains behind these posts, she tells me what to say and I just help her with the typing.


xoxo

Sunday, 22 November 2020

The one where I started knitting socks πŸ‘

This post features a random assortment of photos from the past couple of weeks...mainly of Juniper.

I'll start off with the most beautiful bread photo I have ever taken, this was last week's sourdough offering basking in the morning sun.


Some bright Autumn leaves from a Tuesday prayer walk to the woods:



Out of focus funghi.

A tree had fallen on the path so we had to turn back.


We have been enjoying watching Nigella on Monday nights, Ed made her lemon pavlova last week πŸ‹



A tree branch works as extra laundry drying space:


The thanksgiving cacti are in full bloom...peach, red, and white:



Juniper is learning to ride on my shoulder.

Starlings spotted on a morning run.

I've switched from regular face masks to these bandit masks at work because my ears have been so sore:


Time for some Juniper spam, he's just so cute it's hard to stop taking photos of him...



Spot him watching The Crown with us haha, we binged the whole of series 4 this week. Juniper mostly slept through it, or got the zoomies and attacked our feet whilst we watched. Speaking of shows, we also finished The Queen's Gambit which was soo goood 






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Another walk, in a different direction this time.......





A hedgehog hole.

I made butternut squash soup! It wasn't quite Sunday soup like I planned, more like Tuesday soup but it was yummy nonetheless.



The snails about to tuck into some fresh veggies:


This week's sourdough was made by Ed, it was nice and chewy with a crunchy crust:


Sleepy baby:


The new orchid buds are opening! And I'm knitting my first pair of socks! I was inspired by Attic24 because she shared the link to a simple pattern and a really nice brand of sock wool, I couldn't resist! Let me know if you're interested and I'll send you the link 😌 I wanted something a bit more challenging to do alongside my crochet blankets, so far it's been quite easy, the only struggle was getting to grips with holding the circular needle! I'm about to start turning the first heel so that might get trickier.....I'm really enjoying it though and I want to make socks for everyone I know!!!


Ed made us some raised beds! Very exciting πŸŒΎπŸ…πŸŒ±πŸŒΎπŸŒΎπŸŒ»πŸŒΏπŸ“


I'll finish off with some more kitten pics.........there's no such thing as too many kitten pics. (As I write this he's curled up asleep on my feet, it is a precious moment.)





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