tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post9086466222389939055..comments2023-12-23T08:33:56.895+00:00Comments on JuliaCrossland: A Feeling For SpringJulia Crossland Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882769819060746645noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-987516318471628092011-02-08T11:15:30.987+00:002011-02-08T11:15:30.987+00:00I love Nigella's minty choc chip cookies - wit...I love Nigella's minty choc chip cookies - without the minty bit - they are a main feature in our home.<br><br>I love your posting all Springy and wrap around comfort and your crochet colours are absolutely gorgeous.<br><br>take care,<br><br>Nina xxxTabiboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09778168901706224335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-56551111054074622232011-02-07T10:30:37.995+00:002011-02-07T10:30:37.995+00:00Hello Julia, What a lovely, Spring-like post this ...Hello Julia, What a lovely, Spring-like post this is. It's cheered my morning. At this time of year my little ones and I like to go bulb spotting in parks and in our garden - looking for the spots of colour from aconites, miniature iris, little cyclamen - all those good things. Hurray for Spring<br>xxsilverpebblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01456289271322986540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-45283309405369279432011-02-06T11:39:32.350+00:002011-02-06T11:39:32.350+00:00I've just stumbled across your blog and it is ...I've just stumbled across your blog and it is beautiful! I love that shawl and a tutorial would be great (not that I can crochet, but one day I might figure it!).bibbitybobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16894332792872941816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-10862447108042676742011-02-04T03:49:29.632+00:002011-02-04T03:49:29.632+00:00Please, please do a tutorial on the Sea Pennies, I...Please, please do a tutorial on the Sea Pennies, I am learning how to crochet and knit and they seem to be on the easy side, no? They are lovely in any case.<br>This is my first time visiting but will come back often for more eye candy, next week for sure in hope of a tut! :)<br>Warm greetings from Mexico ~S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02423784103489878929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-90898925448963321872011-02-03T23:33:09.568+00:002011-02-03T23:33:09.568+00:00Have only recently stumbled across your blog and a...Have only recently stumbled across your blog and am fairly new to crocheting so YES PLEASE to a tutuorial for the shawl-especially liking the idea of joining as you go! Tulips are jolly to behold at this time of year!joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14229452348476176703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-42689119448499420742011-02-03T23:30:36.463+00:002011-02-03T23:30:36.463+00:00Hi Julia! I have only recently stumbled across you...Hi Julia! I have only recently stumbled across your blog and enjoy popping by now regularly to check in with you! I love tulips but they just never seem to last long enough when cut in a vase. Am loving the idea of a tutorial for the shawl so YES PLEASE do one!joeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14229452348476176703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-82101503193740376962011-02-03T10:56:55.139+00:002011-02-03T10:56:55.139+00:00Love your Sea Pennies shawl. I would love a tutori...Love your Sea Pennies shawl. I would love a tutorial,& thanks so much for a fab blog.<br>Love Carole from Rossendale, Lancashire xxxCarolenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-22348732281488977582011-02-02T16:24:25.701+00:002011-02-02T16:24:25.701+00:00A lovely cheerful post to greet our lengthening da...A lovely cheerful post to greet our lengthening days. I love flowers too but my favourite is the daffodil.<br>Your shawl colours still made me think of the sea...on the beach with toes in the sand..bliss!<br>Jane xJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11742664269417361941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-75661351967383476392011-02-02T14:53:39.832+00:002011-02-02T14:53:39.832+00:00Well, your blog cheers me! Such cheery thoughts. I...Well, your blog cheers me! Such cheery thoughts. I havent been camping for about 3 years now and really feel the urge to go. Love your sea pennies and YES I would love a tutorial. I have learned how to do your popcorn flower squares and am umming and ahhing over whether to do them as my next blankie... what do you think? xxHazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07391187914615955281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-80116022447101063552011-02-02T13:18:00.745+00:002011-02-02T13:18:00.745+00:00Beautiful post Julia............The tulips look so...Beautiful post Julia............The tulips look so bright and cheery, just what the doctor ordered for these dull, depressing days!<br><br>The cookies look scrumptious. I am trying very hard to stay away from temptation so the bears have had to do without for a while also...cooking biscuits and not actually getting to eat them is a definite no no!<br><br>i am loving the sea pennies shawl. I wore my shawl to death last summer. So great for the early mornings and late evenings in the garden. Have even had it wrapped around me under blankets on the sofa on the really cold days when i cannot get warm!<br><br>You know I think you may start a shawl trend in blog world!<br><br>I am longing for the days when the windows and doors can be opened! Ahhhhhhh joy!<br><br>Have a super day!<br><br>Much love Vanessa x♥coco rose♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/00708755502453874593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-50149642984223901042011-02-02T11:21:05.375+00:002011-02-02T11:21:05.375+00:00We had a glorious day here in my wee bit of Scotla...We had a glorious day here in my wee bit of Scotland yesterday, very windy mind so got some washing out but at three pm just to remind me it's not spring yet, I had to grab it back in during a huge hailstones shower which turned in to rain and hasn't stopped since. Tis wild today!<br>But for a moment there, with the sun out and the windows open letting in some fresh air, I could feel myself daydreaming....camping in April for us too. Yippee! I have aquaintances who start this month, serious sturdy campers they are. Yikes!! Can you imagine?<br><br>Can I have a biscuit?<br>xx::cupcakesandbiscuits::http://www.blogger.com/profile/09715002013671389532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-91760413678655680092011-02-02T10:18:30.356+00:002011-02-02T10:18:30.356+00:00I bought tulips yesterday, or rather half did when...I bought tulips yesterday, or rather half did when he went out. I never used to like them particularly, but just lately, probably due to seeing all these lovely bloggy photos with them on, I have taken rather a fancy to them and plan to plant loads this autumn. My other half reminded me we planted a couple of dozen in one particular spot in the garden last year, so I ook forward to seeing them, especially as I had forgotten all about them!<br>Strangely enough, unlike most people it seems, I don't mind the long winter days, the never ending greyness/dampness/cold. I tend to hibernate with lots of knitting projects, or crochet projects, a stack of new books I've saved for during the year, and just relish the different seasons that we are privileged to have. I try not to look forward too much, life whizzes past as it is without wishing it away any quicker. I just enjoy each season as it appears, each day as it dawns. And when it looks a bit grey, well, there is always the blogland SPLASH OF COLOUR for the month to look at. I'm off to add mine now.Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730681978813655624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-11131860362890262002011-02-02T09:26:39.615+00:002011-02-02T09:26:39.615+00:00Did someone mention camping? CAN'T WAIT!!!!!Did someone mention camping? CAN'T WAIT!!!!!Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269721218424514656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-63069064055040918572011-02-01T22:33:18.640+00:002011-02-01T22:33:18.640+00:00Hi JuliaOnce again a lovely post - cookies look go...Hi Julia<br>Once again a lovely post - cookies look good. What cheers me up - well bulbs peeping through the soil, marmalade bubbling on the stove, lovely walks by the sea, and most of all the sun shining! have a good rest of the week.<br>JillxJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624731220833585981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-78064515403627329162011-02-01T21:48:29.040+00:002011-02-01T21:48:29.040+00:00Oh please - a sea pennies tutorial would be a deli...Oh please - a sea pennies tutorial would be a delight!<br>For my spring time cheer - snow drops peaking through the leaf litter, tiny tiny green buds appearing on the trees, longer light in the evenings, the feeling of anticipation from the garden and the hens laying more eggs<br>xHawthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064786032612487652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-90481157145539633662011-02-01T21:15:57.487+00:002011-02-01T21:15:57.487+00:00Funny how such small things can make us cheerful.....Funny how such small things can make us cheerful... our house is in front of a hill with the sun rising behind, so in the winter no sun makes it in because it is just too low in the sky. The last few days a few little rays have made it over the hill into the living room... made me very happy! haha, small things indeed! hope you enjoyed your cookies, they look yummy! jenny xxxJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09849651744135031680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-21693955797510418522011-02-01T21:13:14.042+00:002011-02-01T21:13:14.042+00:00Hi Julia, such pretty tulips, the cookies look del...Hi Julia, such pretty tulips, the cookies look delicious and I love your shawl.<br>Over in NZ we are opposite in our seasons so I'm busy trying to make the most of the last of summer at the moment. I posted some lovely summer blooms on my blog the other day - http://mummy-adventures.blogspot.com/2011/02/summer-blooms.html Enjoy :-)Katiehttp://www.mummy-adventures.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-28928488998219884632011-02-01T21:06:06.011+00:002011-02-01T21:06:06.011+00:00I love a cuddle up on the sofa with my children an...I love a cuddle up on the sofa with my children and a blanket,pussy willow hanging on the trees and the first snowdrops peeping through the soil. You'd be so proud of me this week Julia,I've reminded my elderly mum how to crochet and got hooky myself making some flowers to use on my cards,have also given a fellow blogger the link to your heart banner. Have a great week,Julie.xJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557387266933824296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-36181885442127812132011-02-01T20:45:00.204+00:002011-02-01T20:45:00.204+00:00It does seem a long winter doesn't it , how ca...It does seem a long winter doesn't it , how can the nights draw in so quickly yet take so long to draw out again :-( I love your shawl, oh yes please do a tutorial for when I finally learn to crochet - I have only learnt to do a chain so far lol.<br><br>hhmm what cheers me, wine, cakes, flowers on the table, bright blogs and snuggling up watching films with the kiddies.Scented Sweetpeashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836203205845306983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-25624345573298282462011-02-01T20:27:58.876+00:002011-02-01T20:27:58.876+00:00Lovely inspirational pictures!Lovely inspirational pictures!Bibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13246428227691589916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-68307913784341197302011-02-01T19:57:03.035+00:002011-02-01T19:57:03.035+00:00I'm with you on the tulips I normally get temp...I'm with you on the tulips I normally get tempted this time of year. They always look so cheery in their bright colours. <br><br>I'm also very tempted to go and get Nigella Express off the shelf and make some cookies but I'm going to resist as after your success with the GL book I ordered my own copy and so far so good - it's working :-) Thank you for sharing your success.<br><br>Perhaps tomorrow I'll treat myself to the tulips.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558136842116499641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-87619135181731822482011-02-01T19:27:24.959+00:002011-02-01T19:27:24.959+00:00Hi Julia , Lovely post .Your shawl is looking so p...Hi Julia , Lovely post .<br>Your shawl is looking so pretty...love those colours :0)<br><br>I would like a tutorial.<br><br>Yay camping ...we invested in a tent last year and the boys had a ball . Bring on spring .<br>Jacquie xJacquiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05070925194308020019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-71201341137976576772011-02-01T18:47:07.322+00:002011-02-01T18:47:07.322+00:00Hi Julia! Tulips are my favorites! They bring the ...Hi Julia! Tulips are my favorites! They bring the spring!<br>Your coocies look really delicious! I'm happy to hear that you continue that good 'diet'!<br>I wish you sunny days! TejeTejehttp://www.nerospostandpatch.woedpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-44224887478033490052011-02-01T18:46:24.164+00:002011-02-01T18:46:24.164+00:00I love your tulips, they are so cheery. Sunny day...I love your tulips, they are so cheery. Sunny days with clear blue skies always cheer me up, and the little signs of life in the garden that signify all that is to come.Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096921570548041500.post-61184016497281653782011-02-01T18:11:15.351+00:002011-02-01T18:11:15.351+00:00What a heart warming post Julia. Small things make...What a heart warming post Julia. Small things make such a difference at this time of year just a ray of sunshine on my face makes my heart sing!<br>Jo xThe Flower Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12773494343028521876noreply@blogger.com