Friday Chat Day

 Hello friends

Hope you are all well and welcome to a photo heavy Friday Chat Day.

Last week we celebrated Elliott's birthday with a trip to 
Huckleberry Woods Farm near Faversham, Kent.

It's a charming place, not commercial at all with a variety of animals,

alpacas, donkeys, chickens, turkeys, geese pigs and sheep.

As mentioned, we had booked a 'walking Teddy Bear Sheep experience'.

From the website we had sort of expected little lambs - 

what we got was great big sheep!

I hope this photo makes you laugh as much as us, 

Elliott's sheep had a mind of its own and as for mine, it refused to walk.

I didn't mind I still got to walk with Elliott's.

I loved all the different breeds of chickens,

they were so smart, obviously used to visitors with little pots of seed.

One of the two donkeys who competed for our bags of carrots.

A trio of Teddy Bear sheep.

Another angle of the farm, it felt very homely and a step back in time.

There was an area for tea, coffee and homemade cakes which we 

made sure we visited.

All in all not quite what we expected but we loved it and we would go back again.

We then took a drive to Herne Bay, goodness it was blustery.

We walked along the pier and had ice cream in the bandstand - how British is that!

It felt good to be at the coast and we agreed it was like a little holiday in one day.

Crochet:

Thank you for the lovely comments on last week's crochet cushion.

I've been commissioned to make 5!

Prior to starting those I'm finishing a WIP - joining squares, 

this is my coastal themed blue blanket which I've 

decided to call Sea and Sand.

Right now it is just about Bella size, quite a few more rows to do.

I will have more time to complete this project than normal as 

I'm going away today for a long weekend.

Actually going away!

My sister booked a trip to St Margaret's Bay near Dover and I honestly cannot wait.

We're taking all the essentials -

crochet, chocolate and wine! 

Work has been full on and stepping away for a couple of days

will be the perfect tonic... oh yes that reminds me - need to take gin too! 

Telly:

I've gone from being able to watch so much telly to just an occasional film.

The Current War - Amazon Prime

Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, the greatest inventors 

of the industrial age engage in a battle of technology and ideas 

that will determine whose electrical system will power the new century.

Mr Cumberbatch plays Thomas Edison.

(Does this man ever sleep? He seems to be in everything!)

So the technology side got a little confusing but I did enjoy the film

and, if it is even half way close to the truth, then what a 

fascinating and possibly scary period it must have been.

Charity Kit:

I haven't forgotten it is Charity Kit Day on Sunday,

I'm scheduling everything before I go away.

It will be live on the blog 7am Sunday.

And here's a little sneak peek. It's something different this month.

Oh yes, I will be sending the kits out a day or two later because of being away.

No garden news this week because it looks quite scruffy

and the weather has been dull and grey.

It feels like we have plunged into Autumn and yet it is still Summer.

So that's my week, wishing you all a lovely weekend.

Please stop by on Sunday to take a look at this month's kit

and I will be back next week with my weekend away pics

and a whole new lot of waffle.

Take care friends.