Thank God it's February

January is always one of my least favourite months. It's long cold and dark, and I'm more of a summer kind of guy. This year has been no exception. Added to this the fiat broke down on the 3rd of Jan and was in the garage for 6 weeks!! Thankfully we have some very good friends who lent us one of their cars; after cheekylemur lost the keys to the loan car from the garage, but the less said about that the better.

The house has taken a bit of a back seat as I've been mostly chopping wood for the fire and making jewellery. Somehow while its been sooooo cold its seemed a lot more productive to get some jewellery done!

As ever with jewellery its a matter of personal taste but hey if at the end of the day you make what you would like than chances are other people will too!

Next on the house front is to do the floor in the kitchen and finish off the electrics and lights and stuff. As the weather warms up a bit I'll start to tackle a few of the smaller jobs. The good news is that this last few days the weather has really perked up a bit and there has been a really hint of the first signs of spring. Starting with the crocuses outside the front door! yipee