Monday, March 31, 2025


Mr. C gave me The Granny Square Card Deck for my birthday. I'll #crochet 1 square every week with Hobbii Rainbow Cotton 8/8 yarn, size H (5mm) hook. This will give me 50 squares with 2 weeks to join them into...something before my next birthday. Week 7 - Diamond Square


Good morning, Sunbeams!

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻


"But, Momma! What do you mean 'Cats don't eat avocados?'" 🥑🙀


#Watson #cats 

Friday, March 28, 2025




Teatime with Mr. 'n' Mrs. C 🌞❤️🌻...


Who wants boxty?


https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/161679/irish-boxty/


#teatime #cooking


Good morning, Sunbeams!

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻

Every now and then, Moriarty deigns to lay on my chest for about 90 seconds, usually when I'm trying to edit something on my phone.


#Moriarty #cats 

Thursday, March 27, 2025


Every kindness,

however small,

is a seed

that can save a life,

a mind, a soul.


Osquer Campbell 2025


#KindnessMatters #kindness


I was sitting in my hammock chair when Miss Watson started plucking the ropes like harpstrings.


#Watson #cats 

Wednesday, March 26, 2025


#haiku


Spring drive - who would have


thought that a drainage ditch could


be so beautiful?


©️ Osquer Campbell 2025



Once again I was determined to see how many crocheted pretties I could eke out of one small skein of yarn. I got 5 coasters, 5 flowers and 1 little heart.

🧶

#RandomActsOfCrochetKindness #RandomActsOfKindness #RAOCK #kindness #crochetitforward #crochet 

Tuesday, March 25, 2025


Encore une jolie fleur - another pretty flower!

🏵

https://youtu.be/BpECi_7AT4A?si=Xn1WSVzu6B1ae8c7


#RandomActsOfCrochetKindness #RandomActsOfKindness #RAOCK #kindness #crochetitforward #crochet


Une jolie fleur - a pretty flower!

🌸

https://youtu.be/IVUPvmhGMak?si=5_XdjqiFC_PltFTx


#RandomActsOfCrochetKindness #RandomActsOfKindness #RAOCK #kindness #crochetitforward #crochet


More fun with variegated yarn...


https://youtu.be/Ium6UBEEpm0?si=wdCAmW5fK7_B9vqh


#RandomActsOfCrochetKindness #RandomActsOfKindness #RAOCK #kindness #crochetitforward #crochet 

Monday, March 24, 2025



Out and about with Mr. 'n' Mrs. C and Sarah 🌞❤️🌻...


Sarah drove us to The Prefecture this afternoon. After several years of wading through bureaucracy I now have my Carte Sejour (permanent residency - Green Card) which is good for 5 years. 🥹 It's a beautiful day. 🇫🇷

Sunday, March 23, 2025


Mr. C gave me The Granny Square Card Deck for my birthday. I'll #crochet 1 square every week with Hobbii Rainbow Cotton 8/8 yarn, size H (5mm) hook. This will give me 50 squares with 2 weeks to join them into...something before my next birthday. Week 6 - Jolie Fleur Square 

Saturday, March 22, 2025



Dans le jardin avec Monsieur et Madame C 🌞❤️🌻...


In the garden with Mr. 'n' Mrs. C 🌞❤️🌻...


While Mr. C was preparing a large pot of soil so I could plant my tomato plant, Watson's sister, Moya, stopped by for a cuddle. Don't tell Moriarty and Watson!

😻😾😾

#cats #garden 

Friday, March 21, 2025


Eggs are so cheap in France you can find them just lying in the street.


Out and about with Mr. 'n' Mrs. C 🌞❤️🌻...


We braved the wet weather to pop to the shops - no regrets but plenty of egrets.


#birds 

Thursday, March 20, 2025


To celebrate the Spring Equinox I'm supporting the creator of the Blessed Be Granny Pentacle, WomanWalkingAWire. People have stolen her pattern and passed it off as their own. If you want to make this pattern, please buy it directly from her. #crochet


https://linktr.ee/womanwalkingawire


#SunflowersForUkraine

#Ukraine

#SlavaUkraini

#SlavaUkraïni

#StandWithUkraine 


a lucky doll - une poupée porte-bonheur


#RandomActsOfCrochetKindness #RandomActsOfKindness #RAOCK #kindness #crochetitforward #crochet 


Ostara Blessings, dear siblings!


#SpringEquinox #ostara 


Mr. C says:


Fair Damsel made paella - a Spanish dish of saffron rice, chicken, mussels, and chorizo for dinner tonight.


Absolutely Sunbeamadelicious.😋


Hearing loud machine noises outside, I asked Mr. C if he knew what they were. He said it's an excavator and a tractor. They're fertilizing the field next to us.

🐮💩

I think we'll keep the windows closed today. Ah, country living!

#FarmLife 

Wednesday, March 19, 2025


#SunflowersForUkraine

#Ukraine

#SlavaUkraini

#SlavaUkraïni

#StandWithUkraine 


Once again, I'm obsessed with a new flower pattern and am having a grand time playing with different colour combinations.


#RandomActsOfCrochetKindness #RandomActsOfKindness #RAOCK #kindness #crochetitforward #crochet 


https://youtu.be/veZICNt3-R4?si=HPOKiiA-w9G8hLSI

Tuesday, March 18, 2025


Someone warn The Doctor! There is imminent danger!


#cats #TARDIS #DoctorWho 

Monday, March 17, 2025




Out and about with Mr. 'n' Mrs. C🌞❤️🌻...

A trip to town yielded both necessary supplies and unexpected treats. A detour took us past a lovely pink flowering tree we wouldn't have seen otherwise. It wasn't the only spectacular display of blooms we were blessed with seeing today.
 


Moriarty and Watson would like to wish you a Happy St. Gertrude's Day...but they're a little busy right now.


#StGertrude #StGertrudesDay #Moriarty #Watson #cats 

Sunday, March 16, 2025


#SunflowersForUkraine

#Ukraine

#SlavaUkraini

#SlavaUkraïni

#StandWithUkraine 


Trois Petits Amis

Three Little Friends


#RandomActsOfCrochetKindness #RandomActsOfKindness #RAOCK #kindness #crochetitforward #crochet 


Mr. C gave me The Granny Square Card Deck for my birthday. I'll #crochet 1 square every week with Hobbii Rainbow Cotton 8/8 yarn, size H (5mm) hook. This will give me 50 squares with 2 weeks to join them into...something before my next birthday. Week 5 - 80 Stitch Classic Square


Sweet dreams, Sunbeams! 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻😻

#sunset

Saturday, March 15, 2025


#SunflowersForUkraine

#Ukraine

#SlavaUkraini

#SlavaUkraïni

#StandWithUkraine 


Good morning, Sunbeams!

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻


I made a new friend last night.

Je me suis fait un nouvel ami hier soir.


Mr. C says he looks like a Sebastian. 🤔

I think he looks like a PopTart. 😂


#RandomActsOfCrochetKindness #RandomActsOfKindness #RAOCK #kindness #crochetitforward #crochet 


Mr. C says:


Update on us continued.


00:08 hrs


The lemon meringue pie went down a treat.

Absolutely Sunbeamadelicious.😋

🙂☄️🌻🌞


#SunflowersForUkraine

#Ukraine

#SlavaUkraini

#SlavaUkraïni

#StandWithUkraine 



Mr. C says:


Update on us


20:29 hrs


A cold day spent inside apart from a trip to Intermarche. Fair Damsel treated us to a mushroom & ham pie together with a lemon meringue pie for pi day.


The first pie was absolutely Sunbeamadelicious.😋


I'll let you know about the second one.

🙂☄️🌻🌞

Friday, March 14, 2025


Out and about with Mr. 'n' Mrs. C 🌞❤️🌻...


There were many shifting clouds today including some that looked like dragons.


#clouds 


Mr. C and I are preparing to celebrate #PiDay ! One pie is mushroom and ham. The other is lemon meringue. 

😋

Thursday, March 13, 2025


I rooted the base of some celery from the grocery store in water over the last couple of weeks. Today I planted it in a pot in my Skylight Garden. There are already 3 stalks that are several inches long.


#gardening 


#SunflowersForUkraine

#Ukraine

#SlavaUkraini

#SlavaUkraïni

#StandWithUkraine 

Written in 2017

 'And You Don't Even Know'


You're the reason I can't sleep at night, 

and the reason I get up every morning.


And you don't even know.


You are the one who can stop my heart,

And the only reason it keeps on beating.


And you don't even know.


You turn my thoughts into confusion.

You haunt my dreams at night.

You are my greatest inspiration.

You make everything all right.


And you don't even know.


You are the greatest trial of my life.

You are the only hope for my redemption.


And you don't even know.


You turn my thoughts into confusion.

You haunt my dreams at night.

You are my greatest inspiration.

You make everything all right.


And you don't even know.


I'm waiting for you.

And you don't even know.


©️ Osquer Campbell 2017


Hello, Sunbeams!

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻


Today I think Watson decided to try a different tactic - pretend to ignore Mommy's breakfast.


#breakfast #Watson #cats 

Wednesday, March 12, 2025


Sweet dreams, Sunbeams! 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻

#Watson #cats 


Mr. C says:


Update on us


20:32 hrs


An early start followed by an afternoon nap meant that I didn't visit the lake area today, which was just as well because it rained.


Fair Damsel crocheted, read, watered plants, and petted our kitties. Later, she served stew for dinner.😋

😉☄️🌻🌞