Winter Hat III

It's Esmé again! Only I had no part in this hat's making - it was a hand knitted gift from my lovely sister. Apple blossom in silky soft cashmere-merino. It was worn all afternoon for raspberry picking (yes more Jam) and then later in the evening by a sleeping beauty in my cold car.



My sister wants to see more of me on my blog and the tricky thing about that is that 1) I am always behind the camera, like always, my dh just never picks the thing up and shots by the boys equal a picture of my left knee or sheepskin boot and 2) to be honest I am very scruffy. My children look pleasing on film but I tend to look like I am out dog walking. So I tried really hard to take a picture of myself and the best of about, ohh four (I get bored taking pics of me too - which adds to few of them) was this skewed one. Ta da. I wanted to show off the lovely necklace my sister also sent just for me but Esmé was trying to eat it so it is hidden.



Also sent were some lush soft and thick organic cotton PJ's from People Tree. I just LOVE organic cotton. I'd so much rather have only a handful of clothes for my babe that I wash and use and wash and use than 30 outfits from the supermarket. They are super duper soft and they stay soft. They really do. Provided you use a gentle washing products. And they are still so nice after 40 wears you can give them lovingly to another baby (hopping off my little passionate clothing soapbox).

Do you like my new quilt? Can you see it there on the bed? I love quilts. Especially hand made ones (I will I will I will ONE day make one and I get very excited thinking about it). This one is French and an early Christmas present (right). It has a wide dusky cotton/velvet trim and followed inwards by linen and then the rose fabric. It has been cold here at night so while I flicked this onto my bed to see how it would look before stashing it for Christmas (right) it just sort of looked so nice I left it there to look at for the day...... and then thought I'd see how it felt on my bed for a night and then, well, that was four days ago.

And Jam. More jam. Raspberry Jelly bejewelled jars. Delicious. Next on my list is Apple jam from a bit of er, more scrumping. I see some lovely neglected fruits further down the lane that require attention.