Christmas Continued

I have made various wreaths for my doors. 

For my front door

For the back door

The entrance to the Artful Garden

These are the  Christmas flower arrangements I did for the church.

Red gold and yellow are the liturgical colours for Christmas

This arrangement was in front of the lecturn

Red sandstone rocks at Coombs wood.

Blood red sandstone

Can you see the profile of a face?

I am fascinated by the patterns ice can make.

Palm leaf patterns

Reflecting the grass

This is one of my pottery birds I will be selling on my Esty site.

Tweet, tweet, aren't I sweet?

This is the lovely sunset we saw on our walk back from Kirkoswald.

Look how the cloud pattern mirrors the hills

Christmas Cheer

The last two weeks we have had cold and icy weather. Some days it has rained on the ice and made walking difficult.

Icicles under the railway bridge at Lazonby.

Frozen daggers

I set up my Christmas display in the Artful Garden on Wednesday. The scarecrows were frozen to their seats so I had to prizes their arms and heads so I could dress them in their Christmas outfits.

Charlie Barley.

Do you like my Santa lookalike look?

Looby Loo.

Too cold for a party dress

Boozy Floosie.

Binge drinking

Bobby Barley.

Too many mince pies and not enough football

Crazy Maisie.

All dressed up with no where to go

Baabaara.

I know a sheep doesn't have antlers but

New this year is Jack Frosty. He is made from recycled plastic and newspaper. He doesn't mind the cold but hates the wet as any snowman would!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

I have covered some tin cans and decorated them with Christmas trees.

Can Art

There are some lovely cloud patterns at this time of the year.

Looking towards the Lakeland hills from Shap

I could not decide why there is plastic in the field at this time of the year.

At first I thought this was flooding

Acid yellow gorse is in bloom.

Yellow beads

The farmer's are ploughing their fields if the ground is not too wet.

A healthy loam

Sunset along the river Eden. 

The sun starts to set from 4pm so our last dog walk of the day gets earlier

Jill our sheepdog is not usually found of cats but she made friends with this little kitten on our walk.

Bosom friends

Mists and Mountains

Last Saturday we had a walk to Loughrigg from Ambleside. The mist during the walk was very spectacular and we were able to avoid the rain.

As we started to climb we could see the broken view from among the clouds.

Floating mist

Looking back towards Ambleside.

Magical

Floating mist.

Misterious

Looking towards Windermere.

Brown braken

Looking back towards Lougbrigg.

Hills and lakes

The trig point.

So high

Looking towards Dunmail Raise

What can you see?

Looking down onto Grasmere.

Moody

A cave on route.

A limestone cave

Paddington in Marks and Spencers in Carlisle.

Has anyone seen any marmalade sandwiches?

Today I had my first craft fair. I sold my pottery houses, birds flower cane topper and a hen. I was please with the success of my first event.

Hand embroidered flower hearts

A Walk in Coombe Wood

This week we have had several severe frosts and it has stayed cold for most of the day.  The nights are really drawing in.
We have had several walks this week with Jill in Coombe Wood near Armathwaite.

Sunlight through the trees.

Golden hues

A view of the River Eden.

Here the river is wide

Snow on Cross Fell.

Today there was snow on the Pennine hills

This rock looks like a sleeping animal.

What animal do you think it is?

Sunset over Saddleback.

At this time of year there are glorious sunsets

A mackerel sky.

Hopefully good weather tomorrow

Looking through the trees.

A slight frost

Frosty branches.

Riverside rock formations

I have joined EVAN Eden Valley Artists Network and have my first craft fair at Reghed on Saturday 9 December where I will be selling my pottery and textiles.
This is the link  to my webpage on the site EVAN.

Wet, Wet, Wet

We have had so much heavy rain this week that has caused flooding. The river Eden flooded into the surrounding fields and many of the roads on Wednesday were barely passable. I had one day last week on a frosty morning digging over the last part of my allotment. By the time I had finished my boots were 2 inches higher with a layer of sloppy mud.
We have recently bought a touring caravan so have been out exploring.

A fisherman in Pateley Bridge.

Something fishy going on here

Cyclists from Tour De Yorkshire. 

Pedal Power

A walk along the Nidd Gorge.

A carved seat

Look at the pattern of tree roots

Ripon Cathedral.

Majestic

A walk around Wet Sleddale. You can understand how it got its name.

Serious bog

Fungus in various shapes.

Almost the size of a side plate

Frilly petticoat edges

The beautiful patterns of lichen.

Natural beauty

I have been making marmalade.

The kitchen always smells delicious when it is cooking

I am experimenting with embroidered gift tags.

Delicate flowers

The chickens in the Artful Garden have had a makeover.

Big Chicken

The Rock Chicks