Wholesome Crafting

 My sister gave me a video call the other night, where we talked of this and that and not a lot of high import, when I remarked that I had been just about to have a look at building up the little window bird feeder I had been given for Christmas.

So, I did a little unboxing  - or rather un-tinning - and upon finding glue and screws in it, I said "Ah ok, I'll leave it for tomorrow."

The idea of doing something with my hands of the degree of complexity of the world's simplest Airfix model had completely psyched me out.

My sister wasn't having any of it. "Come on. We'll do it together!"

And so we did!

It was tricky, although not as painful as I imagined, and I did make one or two cock-ups, but the little structure began to come together. I did some gluing. I did some screwdrivering. 

After about 40 minutes, it was all but complete and I was just waiting for some glue to dry before I could put the roof on, which I did later.

Video call crafting! Not something I thought I'd be doing that night.

Si

All text and images copyright CreamCrackeredNature 11.01.22

False Widow False Positive

I was working hard on my latest tricky culinary project - heating a tin of soup without burning myself - when I noticed this little character on the kitchen wall.

Not the best macro shot there's ever been

Initially I got rather excited and wondered if it might be some sort of steodata type false widow spider. But looking at this and shots I got on my mobile phone I'm now thinking this is a young garden orb spider come in out of the cold that isn't.

It was so warm today that when I went running I had sweat dripping off me like I was a neon clad Niagara Falls.

I'm feeling quite sneaky and proud of myself, sorting out thrifty crafty Christmas gifts from my photographs. Going to visit the photo shop in town tomorrow to get a few blown up to A4 or hopefully larger, and framed. Just hope it works out.

Si

All text and images copyright CreamCrackeredNature 16.12.15