Thanks you all so much for all the lovely messages of concern about Higgins when he wasn’t well.  He really enjoyed all the kisses and cuddles I had to pass on and it seemed to work.  He’s finished all the pills, and is back on form, full of bounce and mischief. As you can see…

He really isn’t supposed to sit on the studio  sofa, given that he’s eaten all the corners off the indoor cushions, but somehow, using that ‘bottom that’s made out springs’, he gets there.

After a big walk this morning I tucked him up in bed  so I could sneak off to Norwich for lunch, a gallery and a little retail therapy.  The King of Hearts is a lovely destination for all of those things and it’s such a shame that due to lack of funds it’s due to close very soon.  After a bowl of warm and spicy soup we had a look round the Twenty by Twenty Exhibition, an eclectic mix of East Anglian talent covering print, sculpture, textiles and mixed media.

The retail therapy came courtesy of some of the little independent shops which are popping up in Norwich which is making it more amd more exciting, interesting and dangerous to the purse!  Mrs Bobobun wrote about this one a little while ago but I only got there today.  It’s lovely!

It’s full of all the stuff I love. I limited myself to a present for my daughter, and as it was so prettily wrapped up in tissue  I can’t show you what it is yet!

Can you guess?

And I also indulged my wrapping paper fetish. I’m always falling in love with gorgeous paper, and then can’t bring myself to use it!  This is double sided, so twice as nice…

Then there is The Book Hive…

..an extremely dangerous place for me since it’s full of books!

And you know what I’m like around books.  I bought this one….

I’ve dipped into it , there’s another blog post in my head already!

I had to drop in to see the lovely wool lady on Norwich Market… Really.  I had to.  I found two more lovely colourways in the wool I used for the fingerless gloves  in this post…

and some lovely bright sock wool.

I really need to knit myself some new socks.  All my old faithfuls have started to go into holes, possibly helped by having my toes chewed…need I say more?

But I mustn’t start anything else until I’ve finished my latest cushion. I’ve done the granny squares…

…but the latest one has been a bit more ambitious, and has required a degree of ‘frogging’ to get it right.  It be all ready for my next post.

Oh dear, there’s a beeping from the kitchen.  Time to remove the Blogger hat and put on the Chef’s apron.  I’ll leave you with the rose I rescued from the garden before the last bout of nasty weather…