Advent 2010

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I know it’s only October, but I have no idea where we will be or how much of my craft space will be available in November so I decided to put my Advent 2010 book together last night.
It is the same format as last year but I just love using the Christmas cards!

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I loved Mels design feature on her note book mine is definitely a punching error! but I like it… thanks for the inspiration Mel

Have a look at Ali Edwards December Daily project, it is beautiful.

My 2009 Advent book is here if you want to take a look. I looked at the book last night, It brought back happy memories and made me smile, so for that reason alone I’m doin’ it again. x

October photos 16/31

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Cherry ripe.
This beautiful cherry greeted me by the front door of the couple I met on Thursday. The colour of the fruit was stunning, I don’t think my picture does it justice. The fruit looked almost translucent and reminded me of those maraschino cherries you get in a jar. I only use them at Christmas. I put them in a cocktail I make!

Apparently you know the cherries are ripe when you see the blackbird on the tree!

I made this mosaic of my October pictures 1st – 15th in Picasa. What a mixture, flowers & food!


More than 1/2 way through the month & I’m still on track!

October Photos 15/31

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Bumblekites

I found this here

This is the well-known fruit of the Common Bramble (Rubus fructicosus), which grows in every English hedgerow, and which belongs to the Rose order of plants. It has long been esteemed for its bark and leaves as a capital astringent, these containing much tannin; also for its fruit, which is supplied with malic and citric acids, pectin, and albumen. Blackberries go often by the name of “bumblekites,” from “bumble,” the cry of the bittern, and kyte, a Scotch word for belly; the name bumblekite being applied, says Dr. Prior, “from the rumbling and bumbling caused in the bellies of children who eat the fruit too greedily.” “Rubus” is from the Latin ruber, red.