40 not out

Happy Sunday everyone, today Peter and I have been married for 40 years.  Can you believe it 40 years.  How did we get to be old enough to have been married that long?

We treated ourselves to a lovely weekend away in Norfolk.  The Victoria Inn in Holkham to be precise.  We stayed in the Ancient House and our room was Waterden, you can see all the rooms on the link.  It was roomy and comfortable, lovely toiletries, complimentary Prosecco in the fridge, whats not to like.  The Victoria does really good food too, we ate far too much but we did do lots of walking on Saturday.  It was a beautiful, cold day, unlike today which was WET.

Chimney pots on the Ancient House

We walked about 14 miles, my phone ran out of charge at some point around the 8.5 mile mark (I took too many photos on it) and we walked for a further 3 hours.  Here are some of the views, love Norfolk, where the sky reaches the sea.

and here we are 40 years ago - baby faced

Here's to the next 40 years.......... love you Peter xx

Knitting - Simply White

Sharing with you today another finished item

Pattern - is Oliver from Patons Play Days Book

Yarn- is some white double knit from my stash, the label is long gone, but chances are its from King Cole

Buttons - I picked these up in our local charity shop for the princely price of 50p, I think they add something to this simple cardigan.

Yesterday afternoon Rachel and I went through all the baby items they have been given and made a final list of the things she still needed to get.  She definitely won't be needing any vests or baby gros for the foreseeable future!  I've a request for a couple more cardigans and other than that its just things like sheets and nappies, so they are nearly ready for this baby to come.

Last night I cast on another plain white cardigan, this one is a wrap over, There seems an awful lot of stitches at this point but I'll keep going. I have some more cute buttons, again from the charity shop.  I actually don't remember the last time I bought buttons from a regular shop.

Today is our 37th wedding anniversary. I'm really not sure where the years have gone but they have. I can honestly say I have enjoyed them all.  I am so lucky to have a husband that indulges my passion for knitting and puts up with all the clicking, also says how lovely everything is and points out yarn offers online, what a man!! Love you so much xx

Our day