When Smokey sings ..........

I have had a perfect afternoon.  The minded children left early today leaving just me and my now 3 month old grandson Jack (where did that time go????) .... we settled down on the sofa on a grey afternoon for his 4 o'clock feed and I decided to watch the BBC Electric Proms programme from Sunday with Smokey Robinson.  For someone who hits 70 next year he was fantastic.  His voice is still so mellow and wow what hits from the Motown era .... my favourites My Girl, Tracks of My Tears, Going to a GoGo, Tears of a Clown, Baby Baby and loads more.  I remembered every word and so did the audience at the Round House .... what a night that must have been.

A Bit of a Do

This weekend our daughter Laura was bridesmaid for her good friend Hannah. They met during their midwifery training and struck up a firm friendship which ended up with Hannah living with us for while until they finished their degree. The plans of the past couple of years came together perfectly in Newmarket on Saturday when the sun shone beautifully for the happy couple. This is the little church on the hill in her home village of Moulton .... we were unable to take photos inside but it was typical traditional English country church with lovely oak pews vaulted beamed roof supports, stone pillars and stained glass windows and decorated in her favourite colours of purple... hydrangeas and night scented stocks.

Following the service we drove the short distance into Newmarket itself to the Jockey Club Rooms for the reception ...... posh or what !!! On arrival we sat on a patio overlooking this garden sipping Pimms and noshing on canapes while the photographer organised everybody.
This is my lovely Lala

The happy couple on their way back to the car following the ceremony

Our table centrepiece made by the chief bridesmaid and Lala was very kindly permitted to bring ours home as a keepsake.

Cutting the cake

The whole day was absolutely perfect and we were privileged to be included in this family occasion.

We stayed over for the night in a hotel close to the venue and joy of joy to make my weekend I found a car boot sale just ten minutes up the road on Sunday morning!! It was at Fordham just over the Cambridgeshire border and it was huge ..... bagged a few bargains including some FQs of Christmas fabric, two vintage embroidered tablecloths and some new boxed toys for the children.

It was a nice change for us to have a weekend away although I am very much a home bird and don't like to be away for long .... missed my crafting however and now have to decide what the next project will be. Here are some more bags that I finished last week while I was childfree .... I had some thick check wool fabric that I didn't know what to do with so had a brainwave and used it for these ... I made some matching detachable flower brooches too that are pinned on the front.