Happy Halloween

Every year my OH and I talk about carving pumpkins. No big deal you say but as children we carved turnips (!) not pumpkins. I don't think pumpkins really arrived in Northern Ireland until a few years ago. Anyway we always talk about pumpkins  but something generally stops us - none left in the shop, no time, or they turned mushy in the fridge. This year since he is an invalid and I have sooo much time on my hands we managed to get it done. This is our best (!) attempt.

Certainly not up to our American cousins, but we had good fun.

I'm still here

My....oh.....my things have been hectic here. Work (day job) has been all go go go for weeks now which is very draining. I have been battling the nastiest cold imaginable and of course I have been busy sewing for fairs. I now have a week off... bliss, some time to sleep, shop and eat out. I still have a rather persistent cough but I don't feel like I have been dragged through a hedge. So normal transmissions should resume shortly.