November 05, 2019

Hooray for Sparkler Writing

November 05, 2019/ Heather

Bonfire night time of year again! This year it was a bit of a damp squib from a bonfire perspective as the rain was to heavy to prepare the bonfire. But we still had bonfire food, sparkler writing and the magnificent Midland Railway firework display to watch from our garden :)

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A blog diary of my creative life in Derbyshire with crochet, quilting, knitting, embroidery, textile art and baking......and barn conversions

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At last we have a chandelier! Or would you call it a dangly pendant🤔

It’s taken nearly 2 years to get this up so you can certainly say that we are the tortoises (not hares) of the barn converting world 😂. Also it means that the horrible hard

Should I be worried by all the crows gathering in the field? It is called a murder of crows after all 😱
#murderofcrows
#derbyshire
#whiteheatherbarn

I’m looking out at a damp and dismal day so thought I would share a super moon photo from a couple of nights ago. As you do, I went out in my pj’s and slippers and tried a few different settings on my phone and got this. It’s a pity

I was enjoying a quiet afternoon sewing when I noticed the rainbow. I’m sure there must be a pot of gold in the field 😂
#quilting
#sewing
#Derbyshire
#barnconversion

Wow what treat - Northern lights from our front garden! Alerted by daughter who jumped in her car to come over, I jumped out of bed at 21:35 (what can I say, it’s been a busy week), pulled on some jeans, coat, wellies and hat and went out to wa

So, what did you do on your holidays……….🪚🪵

Another sawing and chopping session and the log store is full. Hoorah! There is still more wood ready to chop so will do that as and when we need it.
#logstore
#choppingwood
#derbysh

This week it is Wirksworth Festival in Derbyshire and we went to visit the Art Trail on Sunday. It’s a wonderful walk around the town to see the many and varied artists displaying and selling their work in gardens and houses throughout the town

We have had a few sessions with wood chopping this week. First of all we chopped and sawed a load of seasoned wood ready for the winter. This all went into the new log store Richard built last week, although we have quite a bit more to do yet so it s

I don’t know about anyone else but a good nights sleep is a priority for me.

That is why we invested in deluxe hotel quality mattresses for White Heather Barn holiday cottage. We make sure that the mattresses are turned regularly and the matt