Come take a walk with me :)

Helloooo everyone :)  I have a new love in my life ... a Nikon Coolpix P900 .... as you allll know I just love taking photos of everything ..lol and I was wanting a better camera zoom wise than my old camera, as I couldn't get the shots I wanted of birds eg Robins .... is actually all their fault really ..lol , I have been trying for ages to get a decent shot of one when I have been out on a walk and my camera before couldn't get close enough on the zoom ... sooo I was looking and looking for ages umming and aaahhing as to what to get ,when I happened to visit a certain  well known camera shop (Jessops)  when I called into MeadowHall last week and fell in love ..lol and promptly walked out, after paying of course ahahhaha ... with my new precious ..... 
I still have got the old one and DH has claimed it for himself now ....
Soooo this morning bright and breezy DD1 and I set off to Cannon Hall for a wee stroll before it got busy as the day started really promising with the sun streaming through the windows
We got there before 9.00 am told you it was early ...lol especially for a Sunday and started to tootle round to the sound of the birds tweeting and chirping and the odd raucous noise from the rooks and crows .
The first shots I got in were of a ... Squibble .....and boy did I get a good one ... I said to DD1 .. photography is 50% skill and 50% good timing ...lol ....
I spent a good couple of hours pootling round ( with a pit stop for a cuppa ) and got some fabulousssss shots if I say so myself .... I even.... wait for it .... managed to get loads of a couple of Robins whoop whoop ...... I have to admit I am impressed with this camera ...lol especially the picture of the moon I took the other  night ....
sooo while the kettle is brewing ... well you didn't think I wasn't going to make you one now did you ??? I shall bob up some photos for you to enjoy ....
I have done some stitching this week .. and worked on a WIP from awhile back Melicent Turner by LHN .... I will even show you that update too coooo ...lol

Look at the difference with this zoom

Squibbllleeeee

now this is definitely a black sheep

Magnolia tree

the first wee robin singing his heart out

any idea what this bird is ????

what a pose ...

just love this shot ....

the early bird catches the worm

apple blossom

don't expect to see this in a kitchen garden every day ...

the magical garden gate

Cannon Hall taken from the other side of the river ...

this is a heron ...honest ...

Just had to take this shot ...

Yeahhh some stitching ..lol

even closer of that what is it bird ....

well I hope I haven't bored you with it all ..... and you have enjoyed your wee walk .... I took just short of 400 photos today and all of them as good as these ones .... but picked out my favourite ones of them all .... and now I am ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...lol
I have bobbed over to see a few of you and have been getting bounced back emails saying my email is not recognised ???? I have tried to sort it out but don't think I have been reet successful as they say .... I have checked and they are showing up on the blogs ??
I suppose I had better sign off and get some sleep and squeak to you all again soon :) take care one and all :) love mouse xxxxx

As busy as a Spring Bee

Hellooo every one ... I hope this finds you all well and not toooo thirsty from the lack of cuppa's recently ...lol ... but the kettle is on now and I have cookies .... soo pull up a chair and join me for a feast of spring photos and some stitching to boot too ...lol
OOO where to start .... well my wee car is back fixed and sporting a new bumper and I am happy to have it back ... as the rental car and I eventually got on it was nice to have mine back ....
I am almost back to my normal cream crackered state hheheheheheh .... My shoulder is still giving me problems, but less as time goes on .... I am doing part time at work and loving it to be honest and I am allowed to continue with my new hours as well ... so I get to work at 10.00am and leave at 3.00pm which is after rush hour traffic and before the home rush hour too ... so no long queues whoop .. and to top it all I have lost just over two stone too .... :)
 I have been busy stitching and finished my section on Gillies and Frances's RR and managed to drive there to Frances's to hand deliver them the weekend before last weekend... (hope that makes sense ..lol) ... it was  lovely to see Frances and enjoy her wonderful hospitality too ... I even managed to get a few photos of her wee birdie visitors to her garden too :)
I stitched and made up the Spring Sampler Drum Keep that I showed you in the last post from Dulaney Woods Treasures and boy was I impressed I managed that ...lol ....
I have stitched a wee gift for someone ... which I can show as the photo doesn't show who its for and as they don't know they are going to get it either .. win win .. hahahah  and I loved it so much I am doing the same design for myself too ... just need to get it started ... I have finished a second Thread Keeper by LHN for myself just need to make it up .... coooo can't you tell I have had time to stitch hahahahah and I have even dug out the Melicent Turner Sampler by LHN ... yes that one I started many moons ago and have enjoyed re stitching on her today ....  soooo you can see I have been a wee busy bee ...lol
I went for a wee tootle today and managed to grab a few photos of the first wee duckling I have seen this year .... it is soooo adorable ...lol
Annddd I have been sorting my room out a bit more and I can now sit down there again hahahahahah......  can only do a wee bit at a time ... so it won't be an over night fix ... ( read farrrr tooooo much stash ... NOT ...lol) I have been kitting up charts as I have been going along too .. don't seem to have made even a wee dint in my stash .lol
I have  been perusing the quilting magazines and think I have finally decided on what I am going to do with my birthday squares ... soooo hopefully soon I will be able to show you the start of it :)
okkk I am thirsty again ... so I shall make another brew .. and get the photos ready for you

Spring Sampler Drum Keep

I did the wee Robin and tree for Frances's RR

Wee Robin at Frances's ....

Cherry Blossom down by the canal

Swan on the canal

This one is for me ..lol

going to use Green Wool Felt to finish it off with

The wee gift for some one ....

I did the row starting with M for mouse ...lol

Helloooo

Mrs Robin outside my kitchen window

Finally got Mr Robin in the tree by my house phew ...

first wee duckling I have seen on the canal this year

Melicent Turners Sampler by LHN

The moon this afternoon/evening

Sooo there you go folks ... brews up and there are more cookies .... I am going  to bob round a wee bit more now I can actually type with out it hurting .. :) so watch out heheheh ....
I have also found out some charts that I am going to sell too, so as soon as I have got my act together I will bob a page up on here .... will post to anywhere and I have paypal ...lol ....
I think that is all for now .... hope you all have been busy stitching too ... take care one and all and will squeak to you all again soon :)