Friday Fun Day with Smiles.

 Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

Angela here again to show you what I've been up to this week.

We went to a party at the weekend and I completely forgot to take any photos, guess we were enjoying it too much. The weather was lovely and we all sat outside.

At least it's cooled down a bit here in Lincoln though still no rain but we're off to Heckington country show on Sunday so it will probably rain then! It still tremains the largest village show in the country.

The Dykes (man made drainage ditch) are very dry which are normally a very important part in Lincolnshire to control the water. 

Lincoln is very low with an average of about 9 metres above sea level so flooding would definitely happen without them.

You can see here that they are quite deep and generally they have far more water in  them. 

These guys are  doing some maintenance while the water is low. There are some smaller dykes too which usually surround fields and parks.

Some of the bigger ones were started when the Roman's were here so well done them.

What have I been doing?

Staying indoors when the sun was out.

Watering my friends lovely flowers as she's away this week.

Keeping my own veggies watered and the Bonsai too.

My artichoke is coming along nicely too.

And the grapes though, I think they could do with some water.

Getting ready for my class on Saturday at the Craft and Chat club. 

You'll get to see the cards I've planned for the class next week.

And some felting too this week.

These are Violet Webcap and yes they really are this colour though a little darker than they appear here.

If that's not enough we're off to Heckington Show on Sunday so looks like being a busy weekend.

Interesting walk round the park.

The Squirrels are increasing in numbers.

And we found this pebble, so cute.

The Wisteria have decided to flower again too, they obviously like the warm weather.

I'm going to finish today with a Schnazer smile.

And that's Schnauzers for you Lol!

Have a great weekend everyone and

 thanks for stopping by.

Leave me a comment and I'll pop over to see what you've been up to this week too.

Angela x

Friday Fun Day with Smiles.

   Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

Angela here again to show you what I've been up to this week.

Last weekend we went to a friend's for a barbeque but was enjoying it so much that I fogot to take any photos.

On Monday we went to get parts for my old girl.

She's looking a bit sad at the moment as she's at the body shop. There are a couple of bits, a sill and wing that need work doing on them but we decided to get new parts which should ensure no further rust for a while at least.

This might seem a bit serious and if you've never had a 'Classic Historical Car' you may wonder why we're bothering but she is 53 years old and we have had her for about 46 years so even with this work being done it's worth it and I hope to keep her until I can't manage to get in and out of it any more! So hopefully a few years to go yet. 

It's also the only car we've ever had that's worth more now than when we bought it.

 

Later in the week my friend from France came to see us and sent me a photo of the B and B she stayed at here in Lincoln.

If you like somewhere very modern you wont want this.

But this is just the sort of place I love.

It's not more than about a mile away from where we live and never even noticed it before.

And apparently the owners are lovely too.

Later in the year we're having a week away at Annecy in France and my friend sent us this too, it's called 'Jardins-secrets' and look like an interesting place to visit so we'll see.

We also went to Downtown for some shopping and of course I came home with a few things.

Daisy and Alfie have been for a hair cut ready for their week in the kennels while Des is away, as he starts his school visits next week.

And here they are enjoying the garden.

Our swans in the park have babies but can you see how many there are?

These are some of the Geece that live in the park but the Cob swan decided he didn't want them in the lake and so they moved out for a while, think they got fed up of being chased around.

 

These are just so gorgeous, in my garden.

Who couldn't love these gorgeous flowers.

I think that's enough for today

but here are a few funnies to make you smile.

Have a great weekend everyone and

 thanks for stopping by.

And if you would like some more smiles you just need to pop over to see what our other friends have been doing this week at Annie's for
"This Week's Smiles" and you can also share your  smiles too.

Angela x

Friday Fun Day with Smiles.

 Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

Angela here again to show you what I've been up to this week.

Not a very exciting week, went to the dentist for my check-up.

Showed a friend how to use the die cutting machine.

Walked the dogs in the pouring rain!

Went to the bank in town.

Even got coffee in real cups.

Nice comfy seats too.

Town seemed quite busy considering it was the middle of the week but it was a nice day.

Spent some time trying to clear photos from my laptop as it's getting a bit full but got distracted again!

But I did go to the Craft Club last saturday which was nice.

We were making some dimensional concertina cards.

Great fun making these.

And my desk for the day.

Such concentration!

That was a nice day.

Dog funnies next obviously!

Of course I'm not quite as bad as that!

This might be closer!

Now the next two could easily be Daisy and Alfie......given half a chance.

Have a great weekend everyone and

 thanks for stopping by.

And if you would like some more smiles you just need to pop over to see what our other friends have been doing this week at Annie's for
"This Week's Smiles" and you can also share your  smiles too.

Angela x