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That cat again....trying to jump in the window with me whoosing the phone around trying to get a picture of him. No cat splats on the window were made in the production of this shot. He used the cat flap instead.

Not the shot I'd planned and not taken by me either. I went out in to the garden to shoot, Parker accompanied in his dog like fashion. I bent down to shoot, Parker said 'why thank you I don't mind if I do have a piggy back' ... and proceeding to cuddle and nuzzle me for 10 minutes. I gave up attempting a self-portrait and handed the camera to a delighted looking Bertie who took 1,000 shots.

Introducing Frances, our boat. We've owned her for 4 years. We've never sailed her, set foot in her or even seen her until today. I know. Crazy.

The husband and I had lunch together today in town, and even sat outside by the river enjoying the lovely winter sun. Afterwards we pottered along the river admiring the boats and then remembered 'Frances' our boat. The husband said, 'I wonder where she is" and then happened to peer over the wall of the local boatyard and there - finally - we spied our boat. She's not looking very pretty here, she's a proper Swallows & Amazons boat...14 foot clinker with red sails. Pity we (a) can't sail and (b) clearly never had any intention of doing so.

No doubt we'll sell her and then the boys will really get in to sailing and will never forgive us and will need therapy forever.

Lots of fantastic photo opportunities today...a perfect, complete rainbow complete with twin straddling the road on the way home from school and a wonderful golden crescent moon tonight. Somehow I ended up with an iphone snap of my current crochet project, a Babette blanket.

I've had a Babette in mind for a while, but finally decided to tackle it last week. Ideally I'd have splashed out on Yet More Yarn but the stash frowned and shook its wooly head and decreed otherwise. So I'm making it using only my stash. I'm appalled at the very small percentage that the blanket is going to make in the stash. I've resolved not to buy any more wool until I am destashed, but that's going to take all year at this rate.

I love the pattern, but am dreading sewing in all the ends and sewing the 130ish squares together.