Happiness Award

I have been given this award by Allotments 4 You. This Award is given out to blogs that put that little smile on your face and make you feel that little bit better after reading a couple of posts!

There are a few rules with the award which are as follows;

I have to link her blog to me and I have done that above.

Next I am to list 10 things that make me happy.

(in no particular order)

1. Family
2. The Outdoors
3. Rain
4. A 'smiling' toasty Cat!
5. Making something myself
6. Nature
7. Being at peace to contemplate
8. A cup of tea and hot buttered toast!
9. Nature
10. Growing things.

Now all I have to do is pass the award on to some of my favourite bloggers...these would be;

Bee Haven Acres -- http://beehavenacres.blogspot.com/

Beyond the Sidewalks -- http://lifebeyondthesidewalks.blogspot.com/

On the Way to Critter Farm -- http://critterfarmgirl.blogspot.com/

Life at Cobble Hill Farm -- http://lifeatcobblehillfarm.blogspot.com/

Wrensong Farm -- http://wrensongfarm.blogspot.com/

Why not go along and see if these blogs make you smile as much as they do me.

Making a Curtain - Part One

We have discovered that one reason that our house is so cold is the fact that there is a draft coming in from the front door. This is not an old door, it is a brand new PVC affair that should be fine. But it's not. We have decided that the best thing to do in this case is to create a nice heavy curtain and cover the problem. We don't tend to use the front door, it being a farm, most people enter form the farm yard side, so there isn't a thoroughfare of people coming and going. We decided it was cheaper to make our own curtains and so bought some material.

Sable helped with the laying out of the lovely striped blue material on the living room floor.

She however didn't hang around to help me pin the thermal lining on the back! Now just for the record I have never made lined curtains before so this is all new to me, so if you are an expert curtain maker please look away now....

All I had to do now was sew the pieces together and then it was time to think about how to hang it!!

So now I have two projects on the go, one quilt and one curtain!!