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My Sunday Snapshot Do Cats get Grey Hair Too?

February 28, 2021 by Anne Sweet 11 Comments

My dear old Sabrina is now older than me in cat years. I think we currently have a competition going on who has the most grey hair. Do cats get grey hair too?

My dear old cat came into our life nearly twelve years ago along with her brother Salem. Her Mum was a ginger cat and his Dad black and white. Both our cats were black and white but when the sun shines on their fur you can see streaks of ginger. Lately though, I’ve noticed Sabby getting more and more grey hairs, even inside her ears.

She’s so old all she does is feed and sleep, often by my side, and in this photo she’s enjoying one of my hand made blankets. If I am ill she will curl up next too me, often giving me a nudge every now and then to check I’m okay.

With old age comes other stuff though. She has started forgetting to use the cat litter and doesn’t like going out, so that means a few accidents happen. She also brings up her food a lot too. So she’s not an easy cat, but I still love her.

Her brother Salem passed away in 2018 after we discovered he had cat cancer. Here’s a photo of them together when we first got them.

two little black and white kittens in a box

Last week I said I was going to take more photos, well I’m sorry but I didn’t really. Apart from the kids, the cats and the house, I’ve really nothing to take photos of. I did go out this week but we went straight to the surgery so I could have my vaccination. Maybe inspiration will strike soon.

Back to the grey hair. I was going to let my hair grow out grey. I’ve not dyed it for a long time now and it has really changed. But, the grey is not growing as much as my natural colour…oh hello natural mousey brown, I’d forgotten what colour I was! I have decided I don’t want to go grey after all. So this week I’m going to invest in a home dye and try and match my original hair colour a little more.

My Sunday Snapshot, a Lovely Model for My Shawl

February 21, 2021 by Anne Sweet 9 Comments

This week I finished a shawl I’d been making. I’ve wanted to crochet a shawl for a long time but some of the patterns seemed incredibly complicated for something that was just basically a triangle of fabric. So I kind of followed a pattern and adjusted it to make it a little easier. In the end I think it was the wool that made the shawl stand out, I’m loving working with wool that changes colour at the moment, it’s so much easier than having to change it yourself and tie in all the loose ends. When finished I needed a model and Boo was more than willing to show it off.

She put it on at an angle and I was so tempted to straighten it up but I resisted.

Nothing to See Here

I was never very good at capturing moments on camera, maybe it’s because I grew up in a non digital age and every photo had to count because you had to wait to have them developed and pay for each one? I keep saying I will take more photos and I’ve bought so many digital cameras which are gathering dust. I know I’m not a photographer, I just don’t have the ‘eye’ to make a photo special. But, I really do need to take more photos. I look back on all the photos I took this week and, well, nothing apart from Boo modelling my shawl. I did take a photo of a pencil drawing I made but I put that directly on Instagram.

It was Graham’s birthday this week, I have no photos of his birthday cards or cake, presents, or even the lovely meal we had. I need to take more photos!!

Next week when I join up with the Sunday Snapshot linky I’m hoping to have tons of photos to choose from 🙂

My Sunday Snapshot

My Sunday Snapshot – The Boy is Strong!

February 14, 2021 by Anne Sweet 8 Comments

I’ve cheated a little for this weeks snapshot. I made My Little Man strong by using an app. This is my boys face, nothing else belong to him.

A photo of a strong boy in a super hero outfit in front of a chalk board with a drawing of huge weights.

We were messing around as one of his school party ideas was to make a ‘face in the hole’ picture, but he wouldn’t make one himself so I used an app. I haven’t really taken many photos this week so I chose to share this one.

Feeling Strong

It is hard to keep feeling strong during these difficult times. The whole world is a difficult place to be right now and sometimes it’s better to switch off the news and just get on with it. Then life at home can be difficult when everyone is cooped up inside all the time. The weather doesn’t help either, it’s been so very cold. Some have enjoyed the snow, other’s have had their lives disrupted by it. We have had to endure no heating for a couple of days when our boiler broke down.

Some people are going through hell right now, coping with so many things, grieving not only loved ones but normal life itself. And then there are those that are sick, which is awful for them but lets not forget the families waiting for news, to hear if their loved ones are going to be okay. It’s difficult to be strong.

What can be we do to be strong? All we can do is what we do every day, live our lives as best as we can and wait and hope that this pandemic will be over at we can all get back to some sort of normality. And if our normality changes forever, then we will have to deal with it. Sometimes, the longer you fight something the harder it becomes to accept. Then life just gets harder and you are fighting all the time.

It’s okay not to be strong. We all have times when everything gets too much and we feel like crawling into our shells. There is nothing wrong with that. Our strength and determination will re-appear someday, it might be different but we will cope.

More of my Sunday Photos

My Sunday Snapshot, Confession! We are Really Missing School

February 7, 2021 by Anne Sweet 13 Comments

This is not one of my photographs, I have taken from last weeks school newsletter. It’s the Little Man when he was at school and it has made me realise just how much we are missing school.

Really Missing School

It’s been a tough few weeks and I’ve come to the conclusion that our main problem is that we are missing school. This has come to a real shock for me. I’m one of those Mum’s who countdown to school holidays, love having my kids around all day and I am very hands on with their home learning. But, it’s not all about me and my kids are unhappy, and when my kids are unhappy, I am too.

The girls have not been to school properly for nearly a year now. We tried when they went back in September but it didn’t work out. They couldn’t cope with all the new rules and felt unsafe. The school compromised with a safe place for them to go for an hour and half each day. They didn’t learn much and I complimented their education at home with Ed Place. It wasn’t great though, they missed their friends and school interactions. The Summer holidays arrived and lock down relaxed, but they were still too anxious to go out. We did have a friend around on each of the kid’s birthdays. That’s all the interaction they have had in real life.

Computers

All three children now spend most of the day on their computers. Once, computer time would be limited but now they actually get their lessons onlines. They attend classes on Team meetings and then write and submit their work online. Once they are finished they play with their friends…again through their computer screens. I don’t want to deny them this interaction even though I feel they have had enough time glued to their screens.

I try to break it up with other activities like baking, family games and even helping with the housework. It’s so difficult to keep them off their computers though.

Home School

I love having my children home and I love teaching them. I can help with practically everything they are learning (yes, even algebra.) My weak subjects are geography and physics but I’m willing to learn with them. I’ve told them this but they don’t want my help. Even when they get stuck, asking Mum just isn’t a welcome option. The Little Man is better, he will let me help him. I found out last week that even though he was attending school all day online, he was not submitting his work. So we knuckled down and got that done.

As much as I love having my kids home, and I would rather have them here and safe, it’s started to get to me not having a moment to myself. Having teenage girls, they don’t go to bed until I do, and they are here all day. Even if they spend a few hours in their bedroom in the evening, I still have to make sure they are behaving, showering, eating, going to bed at the right time. I would like a break sometime. I do miss that peace and quiet I had after the manic rush to get them off to school. I do miss not having to worry about lunch, just grabbing something when I could. Now I have an hour to make sure everyone is fed and ready for the next lessons to begin.

And as much as the girl’s complained about school, I know they are missing it now, it’s been way too long. And it looks like Star won’t be going back at all.

It’s a different story for The Little Man. He went back in September. His school was brilliant and they did really well at keeping the virus at bay. He loves school, and they spent a lot of time outdoors (As his photo above shows.) He misses his friends and teachers and even though he loves his computer he has become so bored of it.

So, that’s my confession for this week. We are really missing school!

My Sunday Snapshots – The Measure of cake and Snow

January 31, 2021 by Anne Sweet 9 Comments

This has been a difficult week and even though I was sliding down slippery slope I really thought I’d reached the bottom. But no! It ended with a massive crash. The good news is that things are on the up now. I think we really did fall to the floor and now it’s time to start picking up the pieces. Well, I hope so, fingers tightly crossed. The week started good though and there was a fair measure of cake!

chocolate decorated cake with nuts and candles that spell Happy Birthday — Mocha Hazelnut Cake

It was my eldest son’s birthday and I think he enjoyed his cake. I made it following the BBC Good food recipe and just for good measure I made another cake for the kids. This was just chocolate with buttercream and chocolate sprinkles and Star helped me to make it.

measure of cake, this time chocolate with white buttercream and chocolate swirls.

Never mind the Cake, Let’s Measure the Snow!

Last weekend we had a snowfall and I shared some snowy pics in my last post but I loved that my Little Man was obsessed with measuring how deep the snow was with his ruler.

four photos of a little boy measuring snow with a ruler

I think the deepest snow he measured was 9cm which was on the trampoline. That’s not a bad snowfall really, I’m glad it didn’t last too long though. As well as measuring the snow he also made two snowmen with his brother.

It snowed again yesterday but it didn’t stick around which I was grateful for. It’s nice to experience a snowfall in winter, but I wouldn’t like to have to live with it for any length of time. It disrupted the beginning of the week for us with Graham not being able to get the car out of our grove to get my daughter to work. I was surprised that the shopping delivery turned up, but he did although he was nearly an hour late. Then he got stuck. I guess that’s what we get for living at the bottom of a hill.

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