Ugh

I’m depressed. I’m cold. I’m miserable. My chest hurts. It’s dark and gloomy and windy and wet. I’ll bet even my bread fails to rise today. There’s nothing in the house for lunch and there is no chocolate. No lemons for hot honey and lemon. No Scotch for hot toddies. Grump. Grump. Grump.

Oooh – look at the pretty colours in the air!

All those lovely shades of blue in the air 😛 So – Kirkwall is cancelled. The car was fine yesterday. In fact, it was fine at 8:15am when Mr L turned it around. Come 8:20am when I was ready to leave? No wipers! Mr L fiddled and announced that all was now fine. I went …

The downside

The downside to not doing Christmas is not being able to point MR L at this entry at The Yarn Yard – Hello!: Christmas is coming… Custom dyed yarn or fibre from Natalie? Now, there’s a wondrous thing.

Shopping

Kirkwall shopping day tomorrow. A big event in these here parts. Mr L is reluctant to take time off from work at present, and he is as reluctant to shop on Saturday when the homeward journey takes over three hours, so I am going without him. I am not managing to be brave enough to …

Remember this?

Well, seen this? Which is why, despite my avowing not to cast on for the foreseeable future, I just spent an hour trying to find the remainder of my ball of Lochan. If I need justification I’ll claim the need of a ferry pattern… I really should be making shopping lists and packing shopping bags …

Spinning Day

Spinning was at F’s today. Fascinatingly, I appear to have been to the Frozen Norf. It’s only about 6Km to Crudy, but it seems to have its own microclimate and I was astounded to find myself in a Winter Wonderland when I approached. It was all green and sunny when I left home! I wasn’t …