Gladys the Great Tit has been visiting me and landing on my hand sometimes 3 or 4 times daily for a bird treat. Sometimes she stays on my hand for more than a second and looks at me and tweets, it really is quite sweet. From previous years of having bird best friends, this will usually last until they have their final brood and then they disappear rather sheepishly so I enjoy her friendship whilst I can.
The blossom on the cherry tree was looking lovely on one fine day the previous week but it has been so windy and wet this week it has virtually all blown off now.
The Daffs peaked but have been battered this week too.
As some of you know, I find this is a pretty grim place to rent with all it's problems but this time of year it looks a little better with a splash of colour and with the thought of longer warm days.
The cool bank holiday weekend was an excuse to stay in and watch the Tour de Yorkshire cycle race in our area. Nice to see them whizzing through Brid, Scarborough & York but shame there wasn't more TV coverage for the villages nearer to us.
I had designed a beer label for this event for the Malton / Norton area the race was passing through.
With a new ball of soft alpacha wool I've had a go at a lacy shell stitch scarf. It doesn't look too good here but it's a lovely duck egg blue & speckle.
I've also been doing some teeny tiny embroideries which I've tried to show the scale with a 5p. These will turn up in some textile brooches at some point.
And finally, a delicious little thing to share with any embroidery enthusiasts out there.
A lovely parcel arrived this morning.
Beneath the intriguing wrap was this.
This is a box of vintage embroidery threads made in Sweden in the 1960s.
This beautiful yarn is made from flax and has been hidden away for decades after the factory closed down in Sweden. It has been recently rediscovered (I don't know all the story but will link to the site) and is now for sale. The colours and quality are wonderful and having such amazing vintage thread will make a project truly unique.
Check out the site to find out more and if you'd like to buy some, I can thoroughly recommend it.
http://linladan.com/
3 comments:
how lovely that the bird is so tame. It seems in rather poor taste now for me to tell my usual story - phoned husband to tell him the tits were out in the garden, and yes, I went indoors and put on my jumper! Boom! Boom!
I so envy the bravey of the tits in your garden, we have some but they come and feed and fly away, but we have not seen them since we took the pergola down. Not having a good time in the garden, the neighbours are finally working on their fence that had fallen on our side of the garden limiting our digging, but last night the green house door got knocked out by the wind, which in turn weakened and smashed all the front :(. Enough of me though, you certainly have been keeping yourself busy. Still nippy though x
Isn't Gladys a little sweetheart! :)
Love the scarves especially the multicoloured one, I love that stitch. Your tiny embroidery is amazing!!!
Really love those vintage threads.
Hope it warms up for you soon Sally and you can pack the thermals away until October.
V x
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