All photos generously provided by my daughter, Shelbie (budding photographic genius that she is). Stunning, dontcha think?

London Bridge

Random Londoner with a smashing hat.

Vintage shop on Portobello Road.

This little beauty was just hanging out, watching all the hubbub that is Portobello Road on a random Saturday. We had to stop and say hi.

How gorgeous is this stand? (Again, on Portobello Road). They had amazing olives, cheese, tomatoes and, well, basically all the ingredients you could ever dream of needing for the perfect antipasto (Hi Tony!!!).

Her Majesty does not want visitors coming in the back door.

But our favorite castle, by far, was in Pembroke.

Shelbie, perched high atop Pembroke Castle.

Lambs, of course the lambs.

Happy Friday everyone!

After entering the numbers in my trusty random number generator (”Bob, can you pick three numbers between 1 and 119?”) I give you our winners (and, can I just say I got the biggest kick out of reading what accumulates in your cups, drawers, chairs, bedside tables, etc.).

1. Susan said – “Best I can do is the chaise in my living room. I used to sit there; then my DH missed me (while he sat on the other end of the couch)………..Oh, and the current project, a baby blanket for Warm Woolies……”
2. Jane said – “I usually have a collection of broken toys, books that need to be taped/repaired, and wayward craft items (like googly eyes) that have fallen off of projects cluttering up the place.”
3. Sarah Says – “Let me see . . . hand lotion, 2 bottles of hand sanitizer, half a dozen chapsticks (?), roughly 20 mismatched markers and highlighters, Hello Kitty shot glasses (don’t ask), a very old radio, a picture of my DH and me in Yellowstone, miscellaneous software install disks and some candy. And that’s just on top of my desk. I am scared of the drawers.”

Congratulations Ladies! Now, if you would all be so kind as to contact me with your email so that I may get your prize yarn to you, that would be great! Thanks so much to everyone for playing along. Until next time…. and there will be a next time. You know how I love a contest.

At the bottom of The Great Keep. 

Inspirational. Our spring break, in one word, was just inspirational.

Staverton – MCN Fingering

Knightsbridge – MCN Fingering

Peppered Rocket – MCN Fingering

Surrey Crescent – Merino Fingering Superwash

Ginger Biscuit – MCN Fingering

Bosherston – MCN Fingering

Raspberry Bubble – MCN Fingering

These and many more will be available in a shop update, tomorrow, April 19th at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Hope to see you there!

The only pictures I seemed to be able to snap of her were when she would stand still enough to be taking her own photos.

All the museums in Britain are free. Free. Oh, the excitement! Here’s Bob at his favorite.

The iPod cozy goes to Bath.

I’ll be back with a proper update, but in the meantime I have mountains of laundry, an empty refrigerator and loads of yarn to unpack in preparation for dyeing tomorrow.

It’s good to be back in blogland, I’ve missed it here.