Back to getting on with it

 Yesterday we went by car to Irvine Harbour where we can park for free just off the National Cycle Route up the Ayrshire Coast...just a steady potter on the bikes up the cycling/walking path for five miles and back. 

We had been busy doing Stuff around the house all day so a break and a dose of fresh air was needed.

At the top of the road down past the harbour, by the train station is a café....Vanilla Joe's...with the best gelato we have found so far!  Two  hot chocolates and two waffle cones did come to £14...but both were far more generous than most places!! 

It could be because the ices are made on the premises...and they have two cafés there....and they open quite late,... whatever it is they deserve to succeed!!

Where we parked we saw a fitness studio's Ute....

You don't usually see a missing apostrophe, generally it is the Greengrocer's apostrophe added!!

I made another small lino block..a turtle to start with. It will be a set of four, like the four birds and four trees that I have already done, maybe eel, dolphin and salmon to join it?

I think that one is ready for printing...

I have started a batch of bread dough so that is looking after itself. Pirate is having his afternoon siesta and we will have a walk afterwards..it wasn't the best of cycling weather this morning, all cold and almost foggy hence the indoor day so far. 

He is gradually tidying things around the garden as we hope to have friends calling soon.

We won't go far on our walk, but we can call by our village shop for some eggs...bread means a baking session while the oven is on.  We are being even more careful with our power use with the rising prices, but so far we are trimming and adapting without causing hardship. The next step there will be to get our landlord to upgrade the roof insulation, which is still at 1970s level...200 mm less than it should be!!

It is keeping everything ticking along.  No sadness, just getting on with life as best we can.

Sharing work too...he has some bike chainrings to start cleaning for me so that I can sell them on fleabay.  As he always says..Sharing is Caring...Caring is Sharing.

Weekend..and a good start

 

The frost has arrived.

But not enough to stop us going to Dumfries for the Upland's Winter art and craft fair.

Held in the grand hall on the Crichton campus, it was definitely not standing on a piece of carpet to keep your feet warm and blowing on mitted fingers!! Great to see top class work well displayed and catch up with friends.

We pushed the boat out too...lunch in the Bistro there...very nice indeed.

The other gallery we wanted to see was shut...but that did mean we were home before dark.

We didn't see the full moon very well...mostly cloudy if course! But....Sunday night...

A cold clear night, but in the morning....

A good start to the week, with a sale to post out , a friend to see in Mauchline and clutter very slowly reducing.