All is Bright (well kind of)

Hello hello hello! Its been quite a weeny while hasn't it? I've missed being here and I've missed you all, truly I have. It feels good to be back.

All is reasonably OK here in the attic, and life continues to be full-on and busy, bright and colourful, creative and homely. Sadly we also have some nasty and unwelcome Germs in residence. Uch. Little Lady was first to fall with a snotty cold and nasty cough, and now Little B is having a bash at it. He also has a chest infection and believe me when I tell you it does not suit him to be poorly. He is the worst patient ever. Grumpy as hell. We've been enduring a lot of crying accompanied by the most eye popping temper tantrums. I had no idea that a 10.5 month old was even capable of  Temper Tantrums, but he is certainly giving it a bloody good go. Poor wee mite, I think he is simply exhausted by it all. Poor Mummy too, she is most definitely exhausted by it all.

So my days this week have been very demanding, and I've found that spending more time at home than we're used to has had it's ups and downs.  Staying warm and cosy as the cold weather sets in has been good. Sofa-time snuggles have been good. Attempting to do everything one-handed with a grizzly baby on my hip hasn't been quite so good (note to self :: in future don't try and make risotto with an ill baby to contend with, it's more trouble than it's worth).

But hey-ho, he is slowly, slowly on the mend and life will get back to normal at some point I guess. I'm looking forward to getting more sleep that's for sure.

The days feel very loooong and tiring to me at the moment, yet somehow time continues to whizz by. My hyacinth bulbs are growing away beautifully on the mantel and remind me amidst the difficult times to stop and be thankful for life's simple pleasures. On the whole I am pretty adept at doing this, but occasionally when life gets tough it's easy to lose sight of all that is good. 

Winter is beginning to well and truly set in here in my patch, brrrrrr it's freeezing here today! In fact, we are forecast snow and oh my lord, it is being eagerly awaited by my two Littln's. They are desperate for it to arrive. Me, I'm thinking that life will get very much harder with snow on the ground, I'll be happy for it to not arrive.

As you can see, the pre-breakfast crafting has gone all seasonal and much snippety-snipping has been going on of late. We have a fair pile of paper snowflakes now, and more and more flurry onto the table each day. I've given up trying to clear it away at meal times so we just sit and eat amongst the paper snow.

I don't really do much in the way of organised craft activities with my Little People, I find they pretty much get on with it under their own steam. I bought this magazine for Little Lady last week, it's full of creative Christmas makes and she is really enjoying taking ideas from it. She asked me to please help her cut out the pieces to make this flying angel, and I was more than happy to oblige....

....she really did a  good job, don't you think? Hoping for some more to happen so that we can hang them up for Christmas.

The view from the Attic continues to look as beautiful as ever. Another three days and we'll be marking our third anniversary of living here at number 24. Three years! Can hardly believe it, three years of watching the seasons play out across these hills and I love it more and more as time goes by.

Five more days and I'll be turning my calendar page :: the above image is the November page and I'll be sad to say goodbye to it actually. But Advent will begin and I am quite ridiculously excited about that! You may remember my crochet advent stars from last year? Weeeell, they are still hanging in place a whole year on (I couldn't bring myself to take them down last year), so all I need to do is locate the little felt numbers. Hmm. That's quite a mission. I think they are squirrelled away in the Attic cupboards somewhere, will need to go and hunt them out.

Right-oh, it's been lovely catching up with you, I'm off to make myself a hot cup of tea with a little bit of something sweet to the side. Quite necessary in this cold weather to have some Sweetness to the Side don't you know.

See you soon, stay cosy ♥ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Edit to add :: Thursday 12.30pm. It's snowing. @#$e

PS.... for those of you in the UK, I got the magazine from Tesco and it's simply called "Its Christmas!" It says that the flying angels were taken from a book "The Usborne big Book of Christmas things to Make and DO"... see here.

PPS the snow never stuck (yaaay) and we have blue skies and sunshine today, although it is -2 degrees brrrrrr. xxxxxx

 

 

Comments

[home automation]

Lovely photos..really cute:):)hope u post more amazing and beautiful pix http://www.edgonline.com/
Get well soon and be back with all cheerfulness..

[Vendredi]

Lovely photos!

[sumea]

hope you are all better soon xx

[T. Crockett]

In the 1st photo, is the lovely striped blanket straight stripes and how it's placed they look curvy, or are the stripes actually curvy? Does that make sense?

If they're curvy I'm really curious how you did it and would love to make one myself. The colors are gorgeous (but then your color combos always are).

[eva]

Hi, Your cheerfulness was missed! Sorry to hear the reason why, but hope all will soon be back to cheerful normal again.

[ScoobyDoo]

Hello Lucy
What a lovely blog - so much going on. Love the snowflakes and hope to have some happy snipping time with my great neice when she comes over in the Christmas holidays. Angels, too. I've just been salivating over your advent stars - maybe if I start now I may have a set of my own for Christmas 2011! Thanks once again for inspiring us all so much.

[Marilyn Warner]

Hello from Alabama again:

Lovely to have you in for a chat. Glad you are all feeling better. Marilyn

[Gillian]

Hello Lucy
I am so glad to hear you back at Attic 24. I was worrying.
I visit your Attic regularly to get my little dose of sunshine which buoys me up on grey days.
I have spent a very hard 4 years doing some very intensive study which I find increasingly stressful at my mature age, and I have been kept going, during darker days when I thought of chucking it all in, by your cheery colourful blog. Now I have finally graduated at 50 yrs old and I want to thank you for all the support I have received at Attic24.
We all have our grey and greyer days and I am glad that you have managed to pull your head into the sunshine again, if a rather nose biting frosty sunshine.

[Seaweedandraine]

I love your photos... and that view from the Attic! Hope everyone is feeling better soon. Happy snowflake making. :)

[Patricia]

Hi Lucy, So sorry to hear that your children have been sick. I hope they get well soon and no more nasties make their way into your home. I know how hard it can be with a sick baby, even though mine is now 21. Tell Lil'man and Lady how much I admire their snowflakes. They will be lovely hanging from the ceiling all over their room. Tell Lady that her angel is simply fantastic and I will have to try to make some of my own. Hope all are well soon. Take care and stay warm.
Love from Texas,
Patricia (pwitherspoon on Ravelry)

[silvia]

beautiful paper snowflakes!!! can you tesch me how to do them? Grazie! :-)
Silvia

[Claudia]

It´s so good to hear from you, Lucy!!
Hope things get better and Little People recover totally! :)

[caroline]

Hiya - what magazine was the flying angel make from? think my neices would love to make all things christmassy like that :) x

[gail.firenze]

Lovely post Lucy, we've missed you. Hope your little possums are on the mend now. Oh snow!!! I would love to have a white Christmas. Not much chance where we live.

Blessings Gail

[Karin]

Hi Lucy,
That's life, with ups and downs....hope you all will be well very soon.
Love the paper snowflakes and the little angel.
Have a very nice day!
~X~ Karin

[Elisa]

Hi Lucy,
I'm Elisa and I'm writing from Italy. I really love youe blog: it's stunning and you're really clever.
Lol,
Ely

[Belinda from Melbourne]

Lovely Lucy! How glorious to find a post from your today, a day which had not started well for me. As usual, you make me smile, so big hugs of thanks. So sorry to hear of the unwell little peeps, it must be a global event as everyone in Melbourne is sick too! Hope December brings a season of clear noses and happy smiles to you.

LOVE the garland from last year, I'm SOOOO copying! Just finished off a 'Lucy bag' for a girlfriend, thanks so much for sharing the pattern on your blog. She's going to love it!

Big hugs, and happy snow angel season, Belinda

[dee]

Shooting some rays of warm Aussie sunshine your way!

[Shanti]

Lucy, is lovely to hear from you...
I particularly loved your last comment after your eddition!!!
Good luck with the snow!

[Barbara Moore]

So glad to hear from you Lucy! Sorry though that your little ones are catching the bugs going 'round. the snowflakes and angel all look lovely. We're celebrating Thanksgiving Day here in the states today and I want to say that I'm thankful for you and your blog. You do inspire others with your blog.

Hugs XX
Barbara

[Hahnsmum]

Sorry to hear you all had the dreaded cold bug thing..Hope Baby is well again..l have ''been there'', with my lot when they were small..l have missed you Lady & wondered where you were.. l come in every day or so to have a sticky...THANK you so much for your easy to follow patterns.. l am still learning, even after after 25 yrs Plain crochetting, l am trying to now make flowers.. Lovely to see you back on board..Luv to your little family.. Kind REgards, Pam Clarke..
Bingara, NSW, OZ..

[Lesley]

Oh those awful bugs. Look, it's summer down here and we're still getting our fair share of snot.

I do enjoy your posts Lucy, remind me so much of what we go through with our small folks, but you have such a positive view on things, which help me to regain perspective sometimes! Seeing your post amongst other things has inspired me to whip out a pile of crochet flowers I made from one of your patterns and get to finishing that project up. Crochet is much more 'me' in summer, than knitting!

[Katie]

Happy House Anniversary :-)
And hope you are all feeling tip top very soon.
Love the snowflakes, might have to make me some to hang in the window I think!

[Victoria]

Lots of nasty bugs about. Lovely snowflakes. Hope you are all back to normal very soon. Keep warm. X

[michelle]

So glad to hear from you Luce...
And do hope that the little ones are on the mend very soon...
I adore the view from your attic window...We don't get snow here so it will be lovely to see your snowy view soon...
So lovely to hear your advent stars are still hanging brightly...and looking forward to seeing them again...
Regards my dear...Michelle...