Owl be keeping my latest crafts a secret…

Sod’s law, innit? I’m actually getting some crafting done and I can’t post about it until after the 14th February when it’ll be sent to the very lovely Annie from overmilkwood. Annie actually mentioned that she’d left a comment on the entry featuring my Give a Hoot mittens but it hasn’t shown up and since Hannah had already mentioned this I’m now slightly worried. If you’ve posted a comment and it hasn’t shown up please would you mind sending me a quick email so I can do some investigating? I do love getting comments and I worry that I’m missing some.

My lovely husband and I went to Stockholm for a few days last week on a very belated (well, it’s our first anniversary in three weeks!) honeymoon. It was absolutely marvellous and I’m trying very hard not to do that really dull tourist thing of coming back from holiday and showing everyone 50 bajillion boring photographs but I feel I have to share this one.

Great Grey Owl - Skansen outdoor Museum, Sweden


Those are the two Great Grey Owls resident in Stockholm’s Skansen open air museum. The female (Ropia) is on the left of the picture and the male (Bert) on the right, and Bert got so close to me I could have touched him. Seriously! It was absolutely amazing until they both ate some mice which wasn’t so pleasant.
Stockholm was lovely if very cold and definitely somewhere I’d like to experience again.

I will be back as soon as I have blocked out the most recent items I’ve been working on. My friend Eileen had a baby a few weeks ago and I’ve made a really lovely little lace hat for her daughter plus I must show you blocked photos of the Give a Hoot mittens.

Posted under general crafty updates, knitting, swaps

This post was written by Vonnie on January 21, 2009

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2 Comments so far

  1. x vInTaGe VioLeT x January 21, 2009 9:38 pm

    just testing to see if my comment will work!
    i’m owl swapping too and dying to show off what i’ve done so far!

  2. narkeymarkey February 10, 2009 9:29 pm

    wow, i love skansen!!! my brother lives in stockholm and we try to get over once in the winter and once in the summer – it’s like two different countries depending on the season. did you go in to see the lemurs – i love that you can get so close to them :)

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