Twelve months ago I said to myself, "This will be your last bath of the year. Make it count." Life with Mr. C and our kitties continues to improve. The comforts of home are even more comfortable. May your coming year bring peace and joy. May this be true for everyone. 🙏

Happy New Year!

I couldn't sleep last night so I started hookin'. I made a froggy coaster for a friend's son with 2 strands of DK (3) weight yarn. I liked it so much I made a smaller one with 1 strand & a magnet for on our fridge. They're so stinkin' cute! 

🐸🤩🐸

https://blog.twinkiechan.com/2022/06/12/free-crochet-pattern-frog-applique-to-make-my-sketchbook-cute/

#crochet

I got a little behind on my Crochet Amigurumi Advent Calendar by https://instagram.com/allfromjade?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ== So, here's my version of another of the five patterns for Christmas Day.

I think this flower charm is very pretty. I'm definitely going to make more for Random Acts Of Crochet Kindness.

#crochet #amigurumi #RAOCK #kindness #RandomActsOfCrochetKindness #RandomActsOfKindness

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

Sweet dreams, Sunbeams! 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#Watson #cats

roast Christmas chicken -> bone broth -> chicken soup with rice, mushrooms, and sage 😋

#cooking #soup #SoupWeather 

I got a little behind on my Crochet Amigurumi Advent Calendar by https://instagram.com/allfromjade?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ== So, here's my version of one of the five patterns for Christmas Day.

It's a wee blue whale! 🐋

#crochet #amigurumi

haiku:

May I never lose

the delight I feel when I

see cows in a field.

© Osquer Campbell 2023 🌞❤️🌻

#cow #poem #cows #poetry #senryu

Mr. C says:

Update on us.

23:41 hrs

A mild warm day so we popped into town for a few supplies. The fields were showing signs of growth and there were dandelions and daisies... In winter!

Later, Fair Damsel made Cornish pasties for dinner.

Absolutely Sunbeamadelicious.😋

😊💫🌻🌞

I made lovely bone broth from the carcass of our Christmas chicken. I see soup in our future. 😋

I got a little behind on my Crochet Amigurumi Advent Calendar by https://instagram.com/allfromjade?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ== So, here's my version of one of the two patterns for day twenty-two.

"So long and thanks for all the fish!" 🐬

#crochet #amigurumi

Mr. C says:

Update on us

23:46 hrs

A restful day rounded off with a second Christmas Dinner and Muppet Christmas Carol.

A message of hope for a better world.

Let's strive to build one, Sunbeams.

😊💫🌻🌞

#leftovers #LeftoverDay 
 

My kind of after Christmas sale shopping: cheese, salami, brownies, dark chocolate and hummus with truffles! 😋 You read that right HUMMUS WITH TRUFFLES! 🤯

Beacons beckon - a

sole soul wanders in wonder

to an unsure shore.

from Twitter #vss365 #beckon #prompt

#senryu #poetry #poem

I got a little behind on my Crochet Amigurumi Advent Calendar by https://instagram.com/allfromjade?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ== So, here's my version of the pattern for day twenty-four.

I haven't been playing possum, just busy with Christmas. Today I had enough time for this little opossum.

#crochet #amigurumi

Crackers pulled.

Hats donned.

Prizes acquired.

📏🎲

#Christmas

Christmas dinner with Mr. 'n' Mrs. C 🎅🏻❤️🧑🏻‍🎄...

#ChristmasDinner is ready. Pull up a chair. We're about to put on 'A Christmas Story."

#AChristmasStory #Christmas

Mr. C says:

Update on us

18:09 hrs

Christmas dinner is cooking nicely and we're eating alone this year as Michel has the flu. We exchanged presents this morning although he kept his distance and it was obvious he wasn't up to a long day.

So a traditional English/American meal for us.😋🌞

Good morning, Sunbeams!

Bonjour, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

Christmas roses!

Mr. C says:

Update on us

01:25 hrs

Fair Damsel used one of her Christmas presents to make a Sunbeamadelicious mushroom & lardon omelette for me with a little added brie on hers as I don't eat cheese.

That's what you call thoughtfulness, Sunbeams.

All's well in our world.😋😊💫🌻🌞

December daisies

are a bright surprise after

the year's shortest day.

© Osquer Campbell 2023 🌞❤️😘

#haiku #WinterSolstice #flowers #Solstice

Merry Christmas!

from The Campbell Family: John, Osquer, Moriarty, & Watson

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

Sweet dreams, Sunbeams! 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#sunset

Mr. C says:

Update on us

23:35 hrs

A trip to Intermarché led to an unexpected meeting with a friendly visitor from the North Pole.

All's well in our world, Sunbeams.😊💫🌻🌞

Here's my version of the pattern for day twenty-one of my Crochet Amigurumi Advent Calendar by https://instagram.com/allfromjade?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ== 

This is the itty-bittiest bee I've ever made. 🐝🥰

#crochet #amigurumi

I got a little behind on my Crochet Amigurumi Advent Calendar by https://instagram.com/allfromjade?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ== So, here's my version of the pattern for day nineteen.

I think my bananapus is quite apeeling! 🐙🍌

#crochet #amigurumi

Blessed #WinterSolstice !

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

Sweet dreams, Sunbeams! 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#Watson #Moriarty #cats

I got a little behind on my Crochet Amigurumi Advent Calendar by https://instagram.com/allfromjade?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ== So, here's my version of the pattern for day sixteen.

The pattern is for a pair of these sweet cherries but I don't think I have enough of this shade right now for another.

#crochet #amigurumi

Mr. C says:

Update on us

20:30 hrs

A productive day.

Fed the animals, filled mini with petrol and bought groceries.

Dandelions and long grass (in December?) meant a treat of two wheelbarrow fulls for Limonaid and Little Goat.

Finally got the washing done.

Fair Damsel cooked.😋😊💫🌻🌞

Here's my version of the pattern for day twenty of my Crochet Amigurumi Advent Calendar by https://instagram.com/allfromjade?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ== 

I've made 3 different kinds of Heffalumps in my crochet career. Maybe I should try making some Woozles. 🐘🐘🐘🤔

#crochet #amigurumi

I got a little behind on my Crochet Amigurumi Advent Calendar by https://instagram.com/allfromjade?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ== So, here's my version of the pattern for day seventeen.

The pattern didn't call for it but I couldn't resist putting a smile on my little star's face. They certainly put one on mine. ⭐🙂

#crochet #amigurumi

I got a little behind on my Crochet Amigurumi Advent Calendar by https://instagram.com/allfromjade?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ== So, here's my version of the pattern for day eighteen.

I have some thicker yarn but I couldn't resist making the tiniest turtle.

#crochet #amigurumi

The nearby town of La Guerche now has its own McDonald's. McDonald's in France has a few different items that are not available in the US including macarons (or, as my friend Heather quipped, McArons) and cheesecake! 🤯

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

 

Sweet dreams, Sunbeams! 

Fais de beaux rêves, Rayons de Soleil!

🌞❤️🌻❤️😻😻😻❤️🐔

#Watson #Moriarty #cats

I got a little behind on my Crochet Amigurumi Advent Calendar by https://instagram.com/allfromjade?igshid=MzMyNGUyNmU2YQ== So, here's my version of the pattern for day fifteen.

This little ducky had a few fiddly bits but I think she turned out really cute! I named her Prudence after my favourite Beatles song.

#crochet #amigurumi
 

I couldn't resist using one of the new colours right away to make a flower. Mr. C thinks these would make nice ornaments.