by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 123 (A Helping Hand)

Welcome to another Wool on Sundays :) You may remember that before I went wandering about the North West of England with my camera (pictures in my Wandering Camera post) our garden really didn’t look too bad… When we got back, it looked like this :( Now, with Mr RH and I working day and night (well, […]

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by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

August – Wandering Camera

My camera is not usually very good at wandering – most months it gets about as far as the garden – but during August it has been out and about to the point that I’m in danger of never finishing a post! So, today, I’m going to share some pictures of our recent holiday and the chaos […]

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by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 122 (Abandoned)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays and thank you to everyone who visited last time :) I’m sorry to say, although I haven’t actually abandoned it, I’ve still not finished with the ends on the rustic lace blanket. We went on holiday and I had thought I’d take it with me but I decided it was […]

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by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 121 (ends)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays – sorry I know it’s really Monday this week – and thank you to everyone who visited last week :)  The blocks for the rustic lace are finished but, unfortunately, before I get the the end there are the ends. I was happily avoiding them by working a border until […]

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by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Dog Days

  ***** dog days plural noun 1. the hot period of the summer reckoned in ancient times from the  heliacal   rising of Sirius (the Dog Star) 2. a period marked by inactivity[source] Word Origin C16: translation of Late Latin diēs caniculārēs, translation of Greekhēmerai kunade …1530s, from Latin dies caniculares, from Greek; so called because they occur around the time of the heliacal rising of Sirius, the Dog Star ( kyonseirios). Noted as the hottest and most unwholesome time of the year; usually July 3 to Aug. 11, but variously calculated, […]

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by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Of flowers and fairgrounds…

If this were a gardening blog, I should not be short of things to post but I fear it would get very repetitive – weeding, clearing brambles, weeding, clearing brambles, weeding, clearing brambles… Luckily it is not a gardening blog so, I will spare you pictures of all the nettles and brambles and just show selective successes! […]

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by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 119 (dull)

Welcome to another Wool on Sundays :) Thank you to everyone who visited last week and thanks especially to those who linked up. In case you missed them, I’ve copied the links below… 1. Kim 2. Maria 3. Opat  I’ve made a small amount of progress on the Rustic Lace blanket but I’m questioning my colour […]

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