AWOL

Well, I disappeared there for a while.
 Still been stitching and had the intention to blog , but didn't quite get around to it. So now I guess it's time for a major catch up , but don't worry I will try and split it up so you don't lose the will to live ,lol .

 So , in August we took a family break to the East coast. Booked pretty last minute , and we took a risk in going for a caravan close to the sites' club. Yeah , it was a mistake. Very loud until very late.
 Otherwise though , we had a great time . It rained solid all day Tuesday but the rest of the week was dry , occasionally overcast but not enough to cause us problems.

 On Monday we went to Skegness Naturelands Seal Sanctuary . Lots of other animals as well as seals , but I took way too many photos to show them all here . Here are just a sampling of the pics.

Had a fabulous day .

Later in the week we visited Mablethorpe Seal Sanctuary. Again lots of animals and birds , but I have to say I was disappointed in the place . It wasn't very clean , but very full and it was very much a case of being an attraction rather than a sanctuary. I much preferred Skegness. Still ,a few pics from there too.

On the last day , we packed up the car and walked across the sea front to the town for a last look round , last ice cream , donuts and slushes ,lol. We were awe struck to see seals just off the beach . One of them was fishing and the kids got to see it enjoying its' catch . Got to be the highlight of the week .

 That's all for now . I will schedule another couple of posts to catch up with stitching etc.

 Thanks for reading .
Cath

Goodness

Where has the time gone. I can barely believe that the first week of April has been and gone already.
   We are into the first week of the Easter holidays here , and so far the weather has been lovely.Dry days with lots of sunshine  . So , we have been busy out and about . Today was a relaxing day (sort  of) though we did have to alter and fit a fence panel which took rather a long time , then a walk down to the post office was in order.
 In between these "little" jobs , I have managed to get some stitching in. I will show my current project next time though as I have some older ones that need to make an appearance first .

   The elusive wolf for my daughter.

  Named square for Love Quilts

 Any child square for Love Quilts

   Leaving gift for my Daughters' teacher who is going to specialise in teaching French .

  Named square for Love Quilts.

  The project I am working on now is for my daughter too ,then back to LQ stitching for a while . I do like the variety of squares .
  Other news to come , but next time .

 Thanks for dropping by ,
 Cath

Outings (4)

Our last day out was to Twycross Zoo. We last went around four years ago , and I have to say that this years visit was much better.
 We missed the giraffes , but the new animals made up for it. they are modernising and improving the zoo , and there was more to see and it was easier and better set out . For me , the rides being gone was a bonus as the kids last time wanted to spend more time there than looking at the animals , not so this year. They did spend a bit of time at the playground , but it gave us a rest .
 We got there before opening time and had pre-booked the tickets so went more or less straight in.
Let the pictures do the talking - well , mostly ,lol.

  Meerkats + baby meerkats = super cute .

 The zebras are housed where the giraffes used to be .

 Love the flamingos and their reflections.

 Prairie dogs , almost as cute as meerkats .

 What you lookin' at ?

  Lorikeet Landing is a new attraction. So new that they were still treating the wood of the building etc.
  You get to walk around the aviary with the birds flying free and at set times of the day you can buy little pots of "nectar" to feed the birds with . It has to be the highlight of the day . Me and the kids all had a great time and went round twice with the food pots .

 At one point , I had two perched on my head.

   Lemurs.

   Those funny leaf things are actually butterflies. The butterfly house was a little disappointing to me, I had hoped for lots more butterflies and lots more colour .

  The finch house was brilliant though , and those little guys got pretty close if you could stay still for a while.

  And , back to the meerkats. We stopped back to check out the faves on our way out , and got there in time for feeding . Good to watch , if a little gruesome with bits of chick everywhere .

We then spent ages in the gift shop while the kids decided what to buy , nothing new there , they always seem to take forever when making  a decision.
  A fantastic day out which we all enjoyed , hope to go back in a few more years and see what else they have added .

 After that , we enjoyed a couple of days at the coast , but no real pictures as that was my time to relax. No cooking , no picnics to prepare and no pots to do . Heaven !

Thanks for dropping by ,
 Cath