From www.donatetobreastcancer.org/raw-knit-the-york-wall We need 2832 scarves ready to wrap around the 2.5miles of the York wall by Sunday 21st November 2010. Help by knitting a scarf (15cm by 150cm long) in any shade of pink or colour or design. The scarves will then be sold to raise money for Cancer research UK’s research into breast cancer. […]
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Douglas Dakota DC 3
While I was taking the picture for the previous blog, this Douglas Dakota DC 3 flew over with a low and not intrusive noise. That was a nice surprise ’cause normally we only get helicopters, jets and passenger planes on the route Amsterdam-Manchester/Liverpool. I wonder if an airplane show was going on somewhere. Unfortunately the enlarged photo is not sharp […]
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A washing line full of knittings and crochets for premature babies, knitted by the Stocksbridge Knit & Chat Group and Friends. Today they’re all catching some sunshine and tomorrow they will be given to the Neonatal Unit of the Jessops Children’s Hospital in Sheffield. You cannot see them all on the photo but there are blankets, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Which instrument is this?
In a charity shop I bought this lovely instrument. It’s made of a half coconut and it’s nicely painted. Little metal strips are fixed and when you push them, it gives a clear sound. We only don’t know what it is, has it a name, is it Australian (as the painting reminds us of aboriginal art) and is it still […]
Read the rest of this entry »This unexpected view left me smiling all day
We were showing two dear friends the surroundings of our place and all of a sudden we were slowed down by this wonderful flock of sheep, lead by a sheepdog, a very active border collie. We crept behind them for about half an hour and we had a great time! It was so nice to see the dog doing […]
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