DH and I went to ‘Merry Marelybone” last night and they switched the Christmas lights on. There walso stalls with everything  you can think of being sold and lots of different foods. 

Great evening. More pictures soon.

Love Susie & DH. Xx

Goodness where did October go?  All our leaves have almost fallen now, but there are a determined few still clinging to the branches much to DH’s annoyance!!!

One of the highlights of the weekend was our Clocks went back so we gained an extra hour of sleep although today you wouldn’t know it.  It began at 5.00am when the alarm went off.  I sorted DH & The Boys lunches, fed Treacle and let her out, put one load in the tumble dryer as it was raining and another load for the washer.  Put the Christmas cake into the oven to cook for four hours, the Christmas pudding on to steam for eight hours (!).  I packed away the mince pies I made into boxes for the freezer, got my ironing out for later and packed them all off to work and that was before 7.00am!!!!    I then managed to get a shower and some breakfast before I started actual work! 

We had a lovely weekend, out for dinner on Friday evening for DH’s Birthday and then out on Saturday night for dinner with friends.  It was a very social weekend and we had a lovely time.  Although I was quite glad for the extra hour in bed!   Because we had lovely food over the weekend dinner last night was cheese and beans on toast and it was so nice not to have to cook anything!!!

This week is busy with work and then Friday is Bonfire Night but we are not having any fireworks this year or going anywhere, although I will do a Bonfire Tea of hot dogs, chips and apple pie for pudding!!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful week.

Hugs & Love, Susie & Treacle xx

Happy Hallowe’en Everyone!

We hope you have a wonderful, safe Hallowe’en and the weather is kind to everyone!

Spooky Hugs, Susie & Treacle xx

Well that vacation went quickly!  DH and I didn’t do a lot, as restrictions had only just eased in Scotland so some things were not open and we also decided we didn’t need to go anywhere!  It was just nice to be away in the peace and quiet.  Here are a few pictures of the view from the cottage and a couple of times we did venture out.

The view from our cottage, it was so quiet and peaceful.

We had a visitor one morning, a Hare.

Going up to the cottage we also had these three visitors, The Famous Grouse!

Various pictures of days out of the mountains, the sea and the local wildflowers.

The Heather was just coming out in all its wonderful purple colour.

We did venture to the outskirts of Inverness to go to Leakey’s Second Hand Bookshop.  As you can see from the two pictures they have lots and lots of books and if you go in the cooler months the wood burner is going and it is great!

The above building is across the road from Leakey’s and was originally Dunbar Hospital.

We headed home on Saturday and it started to rain as we left and never stopped until late into the evening and we were home!  You would never have known it was August by the weather!!!

It was a lovely two weeks but it’s great to be home and see Eldest, Youngest and little Treacle, who had had the best time with her Boys, being treated like a Princess!!!!

This look says, they are back and of course my dinner is late !!!!!!!

We also celebrated Eldest’s Birthday, 26 (!), but he had been at work all day so was happy to have a takeaway at home as he did not finish until 8.30pm!!!! 

Today it is back to work (!) and catch up on all the business work and all the washing and ironing as well.  House jobs at the end of the week as well and possibly gardening if the weather is okay at the weekend!  DH has also. on Saturday, got the first event in over eighteen months so that will be interesting to see how it goes.  We also have a long weekend this coming weekend as it is the last Bank Holiday of the year and we should have been painting our bedroom and dressing room but that is not going to happen now with DH’s event, hey ho it will get done. 

I hope you all have had a good two weeks and I will try and show you some of the things I mananged to get quilted and done whilst I was away, although I do now have quite a lot of bindings to sew to the backs of the quilts!!!!!!!

Have a great week.

Hugs & Love, Susie & Treacle xx

Finally got there!  It has been a long few weeks, months, year!!!!  We are off tomorrow morning early, can’t wait.  Our Boys are at home together and Treacle is in charge!!!!!!!

I will see you all when we get back.

Have a great summer.

Hugs & Love, Susie & DH xx

As it is #TBT I thought I would show you some pictures from our vacations in Scotland with the Boys!!!

Biking at Culbin Forrest.

Amazing what you find when fishing, a deer horn!

Standing in the local Loch.

Pony treking at Moy Fair.

Boys will climb anything, including the climbing wall!

Highland Pipers Moy Fair.

Sadly Moy Fair has been cancelled again this year but hopefully they will be on next year!  We are not able to get to go away on Saturday but next Tuesday definitely, but it does give me a few more days to get things sorted!!! 

Happy Thursday everyone.

Hugs & Love, Susie & Crew xx

Yes couldn’t resist the phrase from “Friends” when they were in London!!!!!  In fact it was “Joey” who kept saying “London, Baby!”.   Anyhoo here are a few (!) pictures of mini-break in London again. 

The Hotel Bar and below one of their signature summer cocktails and it was yumm!

A trip to Fortunum & Mason which is all decked out for summer.

DH & I went out for dinner on Thursday evening to Gilray’s Steak Bar.  This was my starter below Slow Cooked Sticky Honey & Chili Beef Rib Strips and again it was yummy.

We both had steak, chips and mushrooms after.

Below is the view from the restaurant and it was just starting to drop dark

One of the things for summer in London is they have lit all the bridges down the Thames.

Love The Houses of Parliament at night.

We actually went past the Ralph Lauren Sloane Square store on the way to the flower show and because it was Wimbledon and they provide the Wimbledon uniforms, the shop was dressed for Wimbledon.  Just love the displays.

On the way back from the flower show this bar had blue tennis balls on their roof for Wimbledon!

We had a lovely few days and our next visit will be November when we are going down for our Anniversary and also to do some Christmas shopping, hopefully, fingers crossed and all that, that it will happen and we will not have any more lockdowns or restrictions!

Next Monday is supposed to be our “Opening Up” day but because of the rising numbers, again, of cases it is going to be a cautious opening!  Which means that they want us still to wear masks in crowded places/supermarkets etc and to be still mindful of large gatherings at home and if you can to still meet people outside!  Hmm not sure that people will listen to the advice.  This, of course, means that we will still probably have to wear face masks at the Festival of Quilts at the NEC at the end of this month!  I was really hoping we would not have to but we shall see.  I just find when it is really warm and having a mask on I start to overheat!!!!  I have tried the fabric masks but can’t get on with them so use the paper ones as I seem to be able to cope with them more easily, although in one store in London I was so hot the mask was wet by the time I got out!!!!  Hey Ho!

I hope you are having a good week, it’s almost the weekend.  Treacle is quite happy today as it is sunny and warm and she is able to be outside all the time!!!!

Did someone say Biscuit?!!!!!!!!!

Have a great Wednesday.

Hugs & Love, Susie & Treacle xx

 As you know DH and I went to the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show last week which was one of the many cancelled and moved events from last year.  This was our first visit there after we went to the Chelsea Flower Show in 2019.  I think I was expecting the same sort of show but it was not.  A lot of the exhibitors sell plants at this show and so it was more like a local plant sale rather than a show, especially compared to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.  Here are a few pictures we took.

The first tent we went into was the Rose displays and the smell was amazing.  The above one is a small rambling rose.

Below is one of the Show Gardens which was a lovely lay out but as you can see not a lot of colour in it.

The above pictures; another show garden.

This show garden was showing us how our gardens will look in the future to avoid the extremes of global warming etc.

The three pictures below were from the Flower tent and the only bits of colour we saw.

It was a nice day out to be with DH but I don’t think we will go again, I think we will be going back to the Chelsea Flower Show!!!!

Tomorrow I will show you more pictures of our stay in London and then Girlfriend at her show with Penny. 

Yesterday was spent catching up on work from last week and I spent all day Sunday cleaning and doing the washing, so now have a big basket of ironing as well.  Our weather here at the moment is all over the place with humid temperatures but grey and overcast so I have had a headache most days, but it is supposed to be nice and sunny by Friday and for the weekend and of course the temperature will go up.  We have some gardening to do so I think we will be out early in the mornings before it gets too hot. 

Treacle had a wonderful week with The Boys, and this is where she spent her nights, despite having her own bed!!!  As you can see she is quite happy to push covers and cushions out of her way to make sure it is just right for her!!! 

I will be back tomorrow with more pictures. 

Hugs & Love, Susie xx