Getting Back To Routine!!!!

I wonder I am the only one who finds it so hard 

getting back into the swing of things after a vacation.

I think today was the first "normal" one this week, felt good to 

get on with some routine & start to sort myself out, shake myself out

& snap out of holiday mode........

First my granny blanket has grown, not finished yet but well on the way

I think there's gonna be a scramble to see who gets this one, I'd really
like to keep it for me, but I just don't know !!!!!!!!!

I'm thinking she looks pretty possessive already.....
53 rounds done, I reckon I'll go to sixty then border it.

Had a huge pile of ironing to get done, & that after the usual chores this morning
so first I had an energy booster......Tea & cake......its my one weakness!!!

A sweet & yummy pear & almond cake, made it yesterday for sunday
dessert & had a piece stashed away for just this occasion.
I find using ground almonds instead of flour gives the moistest cake,
Give it a try, bet you could throw in a number of different types of fruit
or even some nice BIG chunky chocolate chips, oh yeah!!!
Any hoo moving rapidly on Aidan & I went elderflower picking

Now it finally feels like summer has begun, I love the smell of it & will
make several batches of delicious cordial to last
hopefully a few months, never does though we just guzzle the stuff down.
This was a batch from last year

Can't wait.......Last but not least though I won this beautiful book from Hazel
over at Quietly Stitching the week before I went to Rome.

Oh it really is lovely, I have so many ideas going around in the creative side

 of my brain

Pretty letter motifs, numbers also & some "best wishes" and others

Lots & lots of sweet flowers, I love it, thanks again Hazel xx

And thank you for visiting me here, its so good to be 

back at the blog again, next on the agenda is my best 

friend....my pfaff....she's a darlin

So see you soon 

Lots of love Karen