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Just thought I would share these photos of our cat Ollie who was so so happy that I put the fire on when  I got back from the shops this afternoon . It was a nice sunny morning and then suddenly all change and it went gloomy and chilly and breezy! Still these kind of days can make you get on with some  jobs you have been putting off for a while and that's  what I did, I cleared the study! Yesterday  while out shopping I found the cutest little Christmas decorations ,the little deer and trees you see in the pictures above . Best of all they were only 99p a packet and they are the only additions to my stock of decorations that I intend to make this year, as I have enough! I usually love this time of year, the preparation leading up to the festivities but with mum lying so ill and increasingly frail I fear that this Christmas will see us going through the motions and thats about all . On Tuesday night we were just about to leave to go across to visit my parents when I spotted the s

 Winter visitors at Martin Mere  Well Halloween was quite a success with loads of kids big and small coming round for treats and they all looked great in some super scary costumes.  Peter nearly frightened some poor girls to death by opening the door and roaring at the top of his voice, obviously he's definitely into Halloween!  Martin Mere otters  Knitted halloween scaries for lucy!  Halloween fun with Lucy  Lucy's doll even had her outfit especially made! However the highlight was having my special friend little Lucy and her mum round for the afternoon and she loved all the little bits that I made for her. The day  before halloween we visited Martin Mere nr Ormskirk  to see how many swans had flown in ready for the winter and we were greeted with a lovely sight of many swans with their young families enjoying the mere. Also while we  were  there we were lucky enough to see the otters in their pen having a wonderful time playing and swimmiing whi