Newquay Zoo & other bits!

It's been a bit grotty this week as far as the weather's concerned! Lily has been playing dress up hence the photo of her dressed as Upsy Daisy from 'In the night garden'.

We had a trip to Newquay zoo with the toddler group and got rather wet as there were some really heavy showers. Luckily there were some dry spells as well so we did see some of the animals.

This little otter was very busy supervising the alterations being made to his patch!

The lemurs were soon tempted out of their house when the keeper shook their bucket of food.

We were also pretty sure we saw the actor who played Andy Mcdonald in Coronation Street, if it wasn't him it was the spitting image of him and he did have a really strong Manchunian accent! I was tempted to try and take a photo but didn't dare in the end.

I know Newquay has had a lot of bad press recently and to be honest we only tend to go there to go to the zoo. It is a shame though as it does have some really lovely beaches. It's really awful what happened to the two boys but I honestly don't know what the parents are thinking of sending their 16 year olds off, unsupervised to holiday with friends there. I wouldn't dream of letting my 15 yr old, who's just finished her GCSE's there to celebrate or indeed to London or anywhere else. My older girls go there clubbing but were only allowed once they were 18 and they get asked for ID now at 19 & 22. Why can't children just be children these days, why do they have to grow up so quickly and be encouraged to grow up quickly by their parents after all you're not meant to be an adult until you're 18. Anyway enough said!

I made this Ava bag from a Tanya Whelan pattern using Globaltex fabrics. I found it a bit tricky around the handle but now I've tried it it'll be easier next time. Then I had a little play and made a coin purse and a crochet mobile phone holder to go in the bag.

I also went to a garden party, thsi week, in aid of Cancer Research and bought this gorgeous Grindley coffee pot, which matches the Johnson Bros plate that I bought the day before in our village shop's bric a brac section.

I also bought these tea plates as I have cake plates to match.

Some more pics and thrift.

A few more pics this time of Paignton and Torquay just to prove it was sunny for a change lol.

Paignton beach and pier.

A serious looking Lily with a giraffe in the background.

The only giraffe left at the zoo now after a fire in the enclosure in February 2006 when a one week old baby giraffe and it's mother died.

Watching the elephant.

A very inquisitive or greedy goat!

Torquay

A human statue in Torquay. This was a first for me!

Fountain in Torquay.

Torquay beach

And some more goodies found in Paignton: glass candlesticks, jelly mould.

Some Pyrex - 6 rose bowls and my first piece of black snowflake.

A floral tray, white rose patterned bowl, floral wee willie winkie candleholder.

Being a Judy Garland fan I couldn't resist buying Lily these 'Dorothy' shoes, even though she didn't need any new ones. Not the best photo, they are very sparkly but it's quite hard to get a 2 year old to keep her feet still especially when she has 'dancing' shoes on lol!

Follow the yellow brick road ................

Today I've done a little baking, chewy double chocolate cookies, what can I say .......

Yum!

Peekaboo at the zoo

Today we were going to a book sale at a church hall about 18 miles away. There was a slight problem as the local haulage firms in Cornwall had organised a fuel protest and a convoy of lorries and tractors were to travel very slowly up through the county on the A30 to the place that we were going. We got around this by going through all the windy roads only to find that the sale is next week, oops!! We then decided that as it was nice weather (for a change) to go to the zoo and whizzed down the A30 in the opposite direction to the protest. I am glad we weren't behind them as they were going at a snails pace!

Isn't he cute - this is Dougal one of the smallest sheep in Europe, he's only a week old and is a Breton or Quessant sheep, which are the smallest breed in Europe and until 1990 they only lived on Quessant a small island off the French Brittany coast. Their size is herditary and is because of sparse land and harsh weather. He is so sweet in real life.

It must be lunchtime .......

Time for a cuddle ..........

And finally a rest and ..........

a nap .......................

It's a sloth's life ...................