Diary pages week 6

I'm a bit behind posting this ....in fact a week behind, 

never mind..

I'll probably fill in round the hyacinth with some doodles sometime, 

but I'm happy with how it is for now.

 ..and I had a couple of blank pages to fill in between weeks 6 and 7, which fitted in well with the fact that I went to a writing workshop, so I filled the pages with some ramblings. I think I've shrunk this so much that you won't be able to read them!

Boat news

The news is there isn't much news at this time of year. 'Hope' is out of the water, propped up with bits of sticks and wedges. We go down there now and then to do maintenance, repairs etc. It's usually pretty cold, but yesterday the sun shone, hooray.

 

Sticks and wedges.
Boatyards are scruffy places.

The view from the cockpit, a 'sea' of boats!

Tool boxes at the ready

Arty photo of some rope

My tools for the day ...

A blurred picture of a hole in the floor inside the boat

The hole on closer inspection.
It was my job to get that water in the bottom out!
It's a long way down there..
hence string, rag and bucket (see picture above)

Arty photo of our boats propeller

Rusty neighbour

Rewarded at the end of the day
with a beautiful sunset across towards our mooring.

Parsnips and Books

How about this for an impressive parsnip?

Harvesting parsnips is always a surprise, all you can see on the surface are little green bits, underneath might be tiny scrawny things (lots of mine are!), or HUGE like this one..

..that's only a teaspoon, in case you're wondering!?..

We went over to my parents last week, and every winter she puts this little book on display, then puts it away in the spring. It's titled 'Things to enjoy in winter'.

It's beautiful.
What's particularly amazing is that I made it, many years ago. I made several, about 4 or 5 I think, and gave them to people as Christmas presents, they were a fairly major labour of love, I hope some of the other people appreciate them as much as my mum does!