Happy Halloween

This is the first year we haven't stocked up with Halloween goodies for the trick or treat brigade and oh dear I can hear ominous noises coming from the lane! We'll have to pretend to be out!

Still Isobel and I did make some Halloween buns, but unfortunately she took them home with her!

It's amazing what you can get nowadays!

Catching up

So we are a bit down in the dumps because we have put the house back on the market and the sold sign has been removed. On the plus side we are still attracting viewings from people who don't have to sell. We have fingers and toes crossed that one of them will want to buy and will not muck us about like the last lot.

It amazes me how people say things like "It's my dream home and we will definitley buy it" when they then disappear into the mist and don't actually appear to be doing anything about it. GRRRRRR!

We have had a couple of trips to Cornwall just because we want to be there rather than here and we've had some lovely days out.

Here is St Ives bathed in sunshine! We were feeling rather aggrieved because you now have to pay to park at the park and ride at Lelant and even worse, there were three empty parking spaces in the Island car park! So our trip cost us a bit more than we had expected especially after the crab sandwiches in the Sloop Inn.

We could not resist another trip to Cape Cornwall and this time, the van had Roskilly's Frozen Gooseberry Yoghurt ice cream! And we saw this

My DH just happened to have the camera in his hand, but unfortunately only one of them stayed in shot. It may not look much, but we get very excited every time we see them. For those who may not know, this is a Chough!

Anyway, decluttering and packing continues and I have been digging out the UFOs. Here is the Halloween quilt I started making last year. The panel was so lovely, I couldn't resist and I thought I'd have a go a flying geese. Not too bad really, but I don't think it would win any prizes in a competition.

The DH is doing a grand job of holding it up , hence the legs peeping out at the bottom. There was some fabric left over, so I also made a cushion which turned out quite nicely. Perhaps I could get into this patchwork thing after all!

However, I have now reverted to "ART" and am currently working on using Inktense sticks to colour fabric so that we've got something to show off at our next CQ group meeting next month.

But before that, I must go downstairs and finish cleaning the oven!

Too good to be true

Yes, we've started packing too soon. Our buyers have hit a small snag so we are having to wait a while. They say they intend to go ahead, but who knows. Indeed, who knows what will happen next.

Two of our most influential popular men have died in the same week. Yes I know that Steve Jobs changed our lives with technology, but for me, the loss of Bert Jansch means so much more. I first saw him perform live in a folk club in Soho called Les Cousins in 1966. My friend and I had just started at London University and decided to visit this club which was quite an adventure for two Cornish girls! Of course, at the time, I didn't know who he was and it was only some time later that I found out. My brother bought me his LP for my Christmas present and I played it on my Dansette Junior record player over and over again, driving the rest of my family almost to the point of suicide after listening to " the needle of death" time after time!

Over the years I've attended various concerts seeing Pentangle and Bert himself and also collected several records which I still play. Of course, "Anji" is my favourite and what a privilege it was to see him perform this live on a number of occasions. It sounds as if more than one person is playing, but it's just him. So close your eyes and imagine yourself in a smoke filled room, (yes I know noone smokes nowadays) a glass of beer in hand and a great atmosphere and listen to this.

So more than forty years on, I'm still that teenager at heart. RIP Bert!