OUTSIDE – Page 7 – RAINBOW HARE

April and May

April was cold and full of grass. I’m pretty sure that it was the coldest month of the year so far. We had frost most nights and snow on two days. May couldn’t be more different – very hot and sunny. But although it’s officially Summer now, all around Spring is still Springing. I don’t remember it ever arriving […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 105 (blue)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays again – I feel as if Sundays are coming round more quickly every week! This week the world is very much bluer than we’ve seen it in a long, long time. A couple of days of torrential rain excepted, we’ve had wonderful blue skies and the woods are a carpet of […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

“Oh, to be in England now that April’s there | And whoever wakes in England sees, some morning..”

(Home-thoughts from Abroad, Robert Browning) WATER On the fourth day of the fourth month, four visitors arrived. EARTH Our hungriest, noisiest neighbour has taken to breakfasting on the ground. [Edited to add: This little bird is a Green Woodpecker. You can learn more about Green Woodpeckers here]. FLOWERS Pretty little wild things that don’t mind the morning […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wandering Camera

Today, I’m linking up with Soma over at Whims and Fancies for her second Wandering camera linky party. Weatherwise, we’ve had a very dull and gloomy month and, since I’ve been without my actual camera, I’ve been rather avoiding taking photos. One morning, however, when there was a break in the rain we took Poppy to […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 93 (Wool, Water and taking a plunge)

HAPPY NEW YEAR! And welcome to another a year of Wool on Sundays! I hope you had a lovely break and I’m really looking forward to catching up with everyone’s yarn projects. My crochet blanket for the Winter is slowly growing – too slowly, I fear, for this Winter, which according to the forecasters is […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 82 (Yellow September)

Welcome to another Wool on Sundays :) I really have never known such a yellow September – long may it continue! This sunflower is over three metres tall. It was self seeded and grew by itself and it’s the tallest we’ve ever had. Her sisters, which I planted, seem dwarfed at a mere six […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 79 (Another Textured Yoke Cardigan)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays 79! After the screen issues, my computer is back. I’ve been telling everyone it is fixed as it now has a new screen but this morning this happened again…. If anyone has any suggestions of what is causing this, please let me know. I’m, today, wondering if I’ve just paid […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 32 (a sneak peek)

phone photo peek Welcome to Wool on Sundays – 32. I have finished my coloured yoke cardigan but my camera has gone away to Nikon to be looked at (and I hope to get fixed under its guarantee) so I will make a post about the cardigan when I have my camera back and can […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays 24 – (A Flowerful Blanket)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays 24! And thank you very much to everyone who joined in or visited last week. At last I have the long awaited post – The Flowerful Blanket! In the end I decided to stick with my twelve blocks. I very nearly went with the suggestions to make more blocks and […]