The Moon and Mars in Torquay Harbour

The beaches are open to four legged friends tomorrow.........Amie will be pleased. Beaches mean ice cream. It looks as if she is getting stuck into a tooth pick here, it's really the remains of an ice cream cone. A LARGE ICE CREAM....no chocolate flake...........


Mars is there, it shows up better if you look at the reflection in the water.


We were night owls last night...............



walking along the sea front ...........................


and wondered how long the peaceful calm would last before the weather changes.

Doggy beach days start again tomorrow..........................

Windy Winds in Teignmouth, Devon

This is result of my spinning practice, wool washing and carding paddles.


I'm not the greatest spinner of yarns, but it did knit up.


It's a one off and I really like originality, not sure if the ducks do.


Amie went for a walk around Teignmouth yesterday and ended up at the quay.
I love the view of Dartmoor in the back ground every time we cross the river.


The front door of Windy Wings.......... it wouldn't be fair of me to show someone's cottage on here, hope they forgive me for their front door. It's in a very narrow lane in Teignmouth, to see the name on the door made a large smile cross my face. Person after my own heart.........they have a sense of humour.


Last of all I couldn't resist this.........if anyone moans at me for taking it.....moan on, I won't mind......................
I hate having to try and quickly side step these things. I move slower than most (not all people before I really get moaned at) buggy drivers.
I always give way, or get run over....I cringe when one of the motor "things" comes near me.
The two ladies driving here, gave me a wide berth, for which I was thankful.
I think they were more interested in chasing each other along the sea front.
I can't tell you which one won, as they disappeared in a flash like a couple of Formula One car drivers.

Castle Cove, Dartmouth, Devon

While the weather lasts we are out and about.
I can't think of a nicer place to spend an hour or two.
Watching the waves from Castle Cove.

Save Castle Cove on the banner draped over the bridge?
It's in need of restoration. I couldn't have got to the bottom of this beautiful cove.
Shame as I would have loved to.

At least you can share the view.............




SAVE CASTLE COVE!

Tatty old 20th century gong wall clock

A while ago I told you about finding my pictures on a web site that sold old tat.
My word for dust collecting stuff.... I'm sure there is another word for it but for me, calling it old tat works!

I know it happens so I shouldn't really have been so annoyed,
Soggibottom's clock, picture, part of a beam and the wall, look hard I expect you'll see a cobweb.

I deleted the old post of my Nana's 1920 clock.
Here it is the picture again with a new title. It has one gong missing, as we stopped the film too early.
I love this clock.................... I remember it on another wall, in another house and a time when I wasn't tall enough to reach it.
If any one knows more about it than we do, we would love to hear from you....apart from the same picture appearing on an Eastern European site..................

Soggibottom's fluffy bits

I suppose I should put something that I have "made" on here.
This is the washed wool you saw in the tub a while ago. I know...rubbish spinner eh?
The finished article is coming along..........really, believe me..... honestly....


I started to knit with the ball of wool. That I had spun with a drop spindle (made by Tony) and it was fine....well no it wasn't.
It was very thick with fine bits.... but that was o.k. very rustic, that's my excuse!
I am never going to master drop spindle spinning, say that when you have had a glass of wine, or two.
I have now taken it off from this needle and re wound it. Using a larger pair of needles, I have made something. You'll have to wait as I haven't had time to sew it together yet. Fun doing something I have never done before though......be brave and try something different.



Now I can go back to the normal stuff................. Something different.

Fluffs is a Soggibottom cat, but she's not my cat, she really belongs to Steve.
How many of you have done the same thing with your kids pets?

If you haven't you will!!

We've looked after her here for about six years. No matter how much coaxing, carrying outside, love and attention she has always had. Her real owner arrives and she decides to explore the big wide outside world.........................

Fluffs and I spent the whole morning, messing around in the garden. I came in from the garden and thought CRACKED IT!
Jump for joy after all the years of trying to get her out and about.
No way..........................she has been asleep all day, she must be about 19/20 years old, so maybe you can't blame her.

Birthday Boy

Tony's birthday today.

He has decided he is 29 and sticking to that age.

It's been two and half years since we saw Steve at Soggibottom. Has he changed?
.....kids never change in the eye's of their Mum and Dad.

I'm not going to tell you how old Steve is otherwise it would make me an awful lot older than 29.



This is the view they were looking at..............



You know us here at Soggibottom, love to share things................

Free and a give a way

With this little dog, never in a million...........


Nearly 12 years old and still walks the walk.............. that is Amie, not me ........I lost the walk along time ago........do I care........



This is a place called the Hackney Marshes, in Newton Abbot, beside the river Teign.....



Amie still plods along, so do we........


I said I would give links to other great blogs a few days ago (or was it last week?). I will, but need to mention all the lovely people who click here without ever leaving a comment. I KNOW YOU CLICK GUYS!
Thank you, so pleased you share Soggibottom Cottage with us. The blog never was about making anything. It's about the cottage. But if you ask me to make something I probably can WITH SOME THOUGHT......as long as it has nothing to do with a paint brush..........

YES, to True Blue Canadian
I will have time to make another bear. I've been making bears all summer.
I can't always blog them. They aren't mine to blog....
I have been knitting, and spinning, or is that trying to spin........? ? ?
I am an absolute rubbish spinner.....how do they do it?
How do they make it look so easy?

Hi Sally, give Scobby a huge huge and hope to see you soon x x x ........................As you might have guessed my email's are still not as they should be....before I forget........for Caroline at Uniqart Spuds, get theirs in the end. We had chips for tea!