Amie's Cookie Jar

Know your own cookie jar.
Amie knows where her cookie jar sits .

That's me

That's me.
Yes........ that's definitely me.

Tidy Tails Time Again

Fast asleep before she goes to see Auntie Melonie at Tidy Tails.


On the way out from the hairdressers with Auntie Melonie
(Amie always waggs her tail when she goes in).


A clean SWEET SMELLING Amie.


She doesn't really mind being clean.

Great British Bird Watch Today

This is the second year that we have taken part in the bird watch.
Wish we had seen more birds this year, but we think that a Ginger cat and our neighbours unkempt tree hasn't helped.
Unkempt tree should be great for the birds, but young Ginger (not a friend of Franks) takes to hiding in the tree ready to pounce. We think the birds are wary. Shame.......
Neighbours - CUT YOUR TREE BACK....... no good feeding the birds if you are also feeding the cat..........

CAT (face) BOOK

Mohair dyed with onion peelings PART ONE

It's been a few days since I posted a length of white mohair and onions.
This is what it was about.

Don't need the old recipe book in the background.
Or the bottle of beer............
You do need plenty of onion skins. (just the skin)
More you have, deeper the colour.


A pan of boiling hot water.
Try 10 cups (English, American, doesn't matter (or ten mugs).


Add the onion skins, after you have stopped crying.


15 minutes and the colour of the water should look something like this after you have strained out the onion skins.
You can use red onion skins colour will look just as good.

Goat and Onions (dyed mohair with onions) Part Two

I always have a sinking feeling when putting mohair into hot water.


If you haven't seen Shaun my kitchen timer before, here he is.
Watching over my simmering mohair for 10 minutes.


Blog of wet, hot mohair in the sink.
Rinse clear of the onion dye with warm/cold water.

Not dry yet but different.
Now you will have to wait till it's dry and see how the bear turns out.
When I get around to making it.