As you can see this is mostly a tale about two bloggers meeting but do not fear there is some stitching and of course back by popular demand .....Master Bentley ....lol
As some of you may know Beth has come over from across the pond with her mum and has been touring ... First France then London and yesterday she came to York .... well what was a mouse to do except clear her diary and pootle over in the mousemobile to meet up with Beth and show her and her mum around the beautiful city of York :)
I set off really early to get a parking space and managed it with no problems at all ... which makes a real change on a Saturday morning .... may be they knew I just had to have a space heheheh .... I managed to get some chores done and out of the way and had time to nip into The Craft Box and also The Viking Loom which hasn't much stitchy stuff in it that I do these days but did have some threadwoxs threads in and some lovely fabric that I just had to have ;) but don't know what for yet ...lol
We had arranged to meet outside the York Minster and had sent each other photos of what we looked like and it worked ... we found each other really easily .... and first things first we went for some" Pub grub" where Beth had her first taste of Yorkshire Pudding .... after we had eaten I took Beth and her mum on a whistle stop tour of all the best places in town ... We went to the Shambles, the river, Cliffords Tower and saw some WOLS that were on show in a Church between the shops .... and finally back to the Minster were we had enough time to wander round most of it , where we were treated to the wonderful sound of the Minsters organ and Choir getting ready for the service ....I think the best bit in there was the Chapter house which is built with no central support ,the roof was fabulous and the stained glass windows were gorgeous ... we stopped in there for a wee while taking it all in and sitting where the bishops etc sit when they have their meetings ........ They are currently re doing parts of the minster and we saw the stone masons work shop and all the stones had different signatures on, so that they will know in future years when they have to do it all again who did which bit ..... we even went below the church and saw the foundations and the restorative work that they are having to do to it .... We didn't go on the tower tour though ..... Beth was taking photos left right and center too and you can see hers on her blog as she has updated before me ...lol
if you are good you may spot me in not one but two photos ;)
We had a wonderful day , and the weather was kind to us in fact I came home with a pink nose and cheeks ... freckles will follow later ...lol I hope we can meet again as we got on so well .... in fact Beth's mum commented I spoke the same as I wrote heheheheh ...
I have managed to finish the RR section that I picked to do on DJ's RR after the Toad visited on Wednesday night .. had to reverse stitch the top of the porch and it was a toad as I took a photos .... see below ..lol ..... so that is ready to be sent on to its next stitcher and I also did some work on the Sal with Sally and Lainy and on the Needleworker too ....ok doke I had better show you some photos .... and yes there will be one of Master Bentley.....
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| the minster peeking at top the houses |
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| the front of the minster |
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| just look at that detail |
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| the minsters garden |
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| two week old owl :) |
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| the Minster rose |
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| toad that visited the mouse house !!!! |
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| found this funny .... |
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| owls that were on show in the wee church |
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| he looks fed up ..lol |
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| gorgeous expression on the wee barn owl |
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| Famous rose window of the Minster |
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| The fabulous ceiling of the chapter house |
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| The Minsters organ |
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| just loved how the sun was shining through these |
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| Beth to the left and mouse to the right |
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| BOOOO .... |
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| DJ's robin so far |
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| this is the bit I did |
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| so far on the Curly Q sal :) |
oh go on then ... you had better get your magnifiers out for this one though hahahahahaah
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| just a small stash enhancement |
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| Progress on the Needleworker by LHN |
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| giftie from Beth :) |
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| Goodies won from Chiara |
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| RAK from Melanie |
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| Stuffing tool made my Melanies DH :) |
and on top of all those goodies from Chiara , Melanie RAKed me with a beautiful machine stitched needle book and the lace bit inside was done on machine by her too ... and look at that bit of bling ...lol ... she also included a stuffing tool made by her DH ... that is going to be very useful ;) and all because I inspired her to go to the White Peak embroidery shop ... I said if that was what I got for that where else could I inspire her to go hehehehe .....
and on that cheery note I had better say good night and hope you all have a wondeful stitchy week and squeak to you all later .... thanks for popping by :) love mouse xxxxxxx
