Sourdough, Spring and Sunshine

Helloooooooooo... is there anybody there?

I know I've been neglecting my blog which is not what I planned.

It seems Twitter, Instagram and Facebook have taken over my online time, they just seemed to sneak in and take over... but now I'm aware of that I'm going to do something about it. 

The good news is that my laptop finally made it to A&E and should be ready by Saturday to come home... woohoo

The Geek Squad (and that's the real name for the guys looking at it) didn't seem to think it was that much of a problem. I thought I'd need a seat and at least a cuppa of strong tea to be told the bad news. Many of you might be thinking why on earth doesn't she just get a new laptop, but in my own defence... it's not going to cost a fraction of what I thought it would to get it fixed... but more to the point there is SO much junk, stuff crutial information stored on it, that I need it back to sort through everything and transfer it to a seperate hard drive at least. 

So what's been happening?

Well the craft fair last weekend went really well. 

It was a first for us but everyone made us feel so welcome. 

All of the other store holders were lovely and helpful. 

They nattered, exchanged experiences and expertise with the newies on the block which was very generous of them. They are like a little crafty community. 

And gues what?

 We were incredibly lucky to be next to the baker Vicky from 'The Little Sourdough Bakery'. 

She bakes a range of speciality sourdough pastries & breads.  Yummy!!!

Of course we had to sample her products (and bring home lots) to check them all out. 

The Blueberry and white Chocolate Sourdough Loaf was possibly my favourite.
But there were lots of wonderful goodies... 

Here's a link if you want to start drooling The Little Sourdough Bakery

Before we entered the Bon Accord Centre on Sunday where the The Crafters Roadshow was to take place the church bells rang out. I adore church bells but I'm not so sure the seagulls perched nearby do. I hope you're noticing that glorious blue sky. 

 In fact we've been having fantastic weather over the last week or so. 

The kind that I love during winter. 

Crisp frosticles with glorious sunshine and clear blue sky. 

Just perfect.

I've been posting photo's on instagram lately, so you may have noticed them or if not on instagram... I have the feed on my sidebar here on the blog, so that you don't miss them.

 This photo was taken in a local park. 

Duthie Park is a park of 44 acres which was donated to the city by Miss Duthie in 1880 and opened to the public in 1883. Mufftypup loves this park but then there are so many others in Aberdeen and fantastic dog walks it's difficult to choose a favourite.

 But don't dispair if you need a little spring... it's taking a peek.

(in a whispered voice...) there's actually a little warmth to that sun.

Yep I kid you not... you just have to make sure that you are out of the wind if its blowing. 

The birds are twitterbaiting (Bambi reference here) and sounding absolutely delighful plus there's little bulbs and shoots appearing everywhere.

I've even managed to dig a border during the earlier part of this week.

It's all looking good and certainly heading in the right direction with an extra hours daylight already. 

I'm keeping a close eye on developments!

 

So that's it for today... I know there was lots to tell you, but I know you're busy and that's possibly the end of your coffee or cuppa break.

I must dash... but it's great to see you again and I hope that I won't be so long with the next post.

Have a great day

Pass on a smile