Caterpillars & Butterflies

Ahh well! The house is a tip, there's washing everywhere, I've still not fully unpacked after our holiday and here I am playing about with a new craft gadget. At least it's a job completed (not much of that round here lately!)

I found out about it via The Linen Cat blog (the cats & rabbits on the banner are rather melancholy looking I always think!) but I got mine on ebay - cheaper, but still from same original company.

Well, what could possibly be wrong with the rather nice set of Very Hungry Caterpillar game cards Granny kindly bought for A (and me!)...

.. just look at those corners, no use for a set of playing cards!


Ta da, my corner cutter in use...


...sorted!

And at last, we have some butterflies visiting us in the garden...

A Large White


A Small Tortoiseshell

Blogging is proving very good for improving my local wildlife & wildflower knowledge!

I apologise for the not especially good photos of the butterflies. My excuse...

... somewhat hampered mobility due to new leg adornment so couldn't get very close. I'm looking forward to when he can walk on his own!

Off now to get some housework done so that I don't completely waste his nap time. A is currently watching telly and being a "wobbly chicken wobbling about in it's nest" - ie she needs the loo but telly is just too absorbing at the moment!

Results...

Ahh well, I am a little disappointed, my biscuits were last! I think they were perhaps just a little too large for the ladies of the WRI, they tasted absolutely delicious to me!



They are the ones at the top with the green "commended" ticket. The red label indicates 1st prize, obviously the lady who won believes in eking out her cherries!!! My biscuits do look rather out of place, I'll aim for a more refined effort next year.

My tablet was "highly commended" which isn't too bad considering it was slightly over done. There was also a little more competition in this category.



The local nursery had entered a farmyard drawing from all the children. My daughter won a "commended" ticket for a picture she did when she was still just 3.



It's equivalent to 5th out of 71, not bad! I'll take a better picture of the drawing once we get it returned from the nursery.

It was a showery cold June day so I didn't take many exterior pictures though I did like these orange sheep.



As you can see from the photo my camera is starting to fail, I'm getting an out of focus hazy patch on the right hand side of all my photos. It's time to investigate buying a new camera, not a task I'm relishing as it involves more expense & more time-wasting in checking out reviews to get a decent not too expensive model as I am frugal and do like a bargain which takes me tenuously on to my next picture which is of my most recent charity shop haul featuring a new craft toy...



... a bead loom set, all brand new and unused. Fantastic! I also got a nice stoneware jar and a wooden clackety dinosaur for the wee fellow. Talking of whom...



... here he is having a great time guddling in a fountain today with big sister close by. Look at the beautiful cloudless sky, I hope the sunny weather lasts for a few more days!