On Saturday afternoon, Malcolm headed over to town, to have a potter round the shops. As the weather wasn't very good, I elected to stay in the flat. When he came back, he handed me this box of Christmas cards
we have been invited to have a table at this year's Christmas Fair in Jedburgh, so Malcolm has been busy making more of his driftwood trees. I offered to make some of my little folded gift boxes to hang on them, for which I needed inexpensive Christmas cards. I made a start to the first box, then realised I couldn't remember where the second fold went ........ but all was well, as my first ever Tuesday Tutorial, way back in 2010, shows how to make the boxes. You can find it here. After a great deal of measuring, marking, cutting and folding, I had a pile of forty boxes
Malcolm declared that he would reward me with a scone when we went out for a cuppa on Sunday morning, but I declared that a scone was not enough for all the work! So after Malcolm had ordered his fruit scone .......
........ I consulted with the waitress. What did she have in the way of chocolate cake, because only chocolate would suffice. She had tiffin, but it had a white chocolate topping, and you know that I don't like white chocolate. She also had rocky road, which I was going to have, when she suggested a little something from the dessert menu ........ chocolate brownie baked cheesecake, with fresh raspberries. By the time I had eaten this, my sore fingers from all that folding were feeling a lot better!!
and I washed it down with an excellent pot of Assam tea
we were in the lovely restaurant where we went for Malcolm's birthday dinner in September. I do like this section of one of the walls
I popped to the loo before we left, and I took the camera, as I remembered from a previous visit that it was rather splendid
as we left the restaurant, I paused to take this photo. I wonder if in times past shoes were made here?
we thought we should go for a walk on the beach, to use up some of the excess calories, but on the way I spotted some more things to take photos of
an ornamental air brick
a stylish detail on an old lamp post
I love these old stairs
a memorial plaque
it was rather windy over on the beach, and these little boats were flying along
we tried not to laugh when this boat tipped over
but he soon recovered
this chap preferred to supply his own power
the waves were crashing in
after being almost blown off the beach by the chilly wind, another cuppa was needed ........ and somehow we managed to eat a mince pie as well!
back at the flat, I was going to do some more practice on my sample of two-colour brioche knitting, but when I read the instructions, I realised that I needed stitch markers ....... which of course were all at home in my knitting basket. Still, I am making progress with this rather complicated stitch
I don't know if we saw three different herons over the weekend, or the same heron three times!
and of course we have to have swans
and a cygnet
and to finish ........ I thought I might buy this little boat (complete with lobster pots) for Malcolm's Christmas ...... but for some reason he wasn't too keen!!