Live blogging … here’s The Mister right now on the start of a birthday dinner from Orange Kitchen for his mum tonight.

And he’s well and truely an orange husband now … when he saw this photo he said “wow, look how green everything is”! I’m sure there are still people that look at our kitchen and say “god it’s so orange.”

On our way out to the Batman Marathon at Reading last night we stopped by the trees to see how much cosy love they’d got during the day. Plenty!

Was talking (well waving and squawking and goo’ing and gaaa’ing) with Aidan on Skype today and he sent over this picture of him and his cool dude dad in their sunnies.

So last weekend The Mister’s niece started blogging and today I got an email from my niece. Pretty cool.

The Moggie’s kitties have grown so much, and they’re lovely and soft and friendly and didn’t mind a pat at all.

I made a tree cosie! Just a tiny one, like a little tree bangle really but it was SO FUN!!

First we had to fight our way through the steaming hot crowds in Cuba Street – after the non-stop rain we had yesterday and the misty start today it was amazing how gloriously hot and fine and blue the sky has turned out today.

Then we found the trees that were having cosies made for them. A few people were scattered around on park benches knitting and a couple of trees were already adorned. It was a case of rumage through the bag and find yourself some wool and needles … now then … any orange?

Yes! Then it was time to park up on a pillow and knit away for the world to see. Many people stopped and stared, had my photo taken by loads of strangers … maybe I’ll be on the news … and The Mister did very well to sit with me for the 40 minutes it took me to make my cosie. Except for when he went around to the People’s Garage to get me an exceptional cup of coffee.

Friends of ours came along and saw us and sat for the last few rows – I even gave Mrs Moggie a turn for a couple of rows and she was pretty good. We got an invitation to go and pat the kitties when I was done in return! Next up I had to put my cosie around one of the trees. Someone from work came by as well and took a few photos!

It was great fun and I was very content sitting there on the footpath knitting away. I wanted to do a Xero-coloured one next but we had to go. At least going to see the kitties was something worth leaving for. We’re going back to Cuba Street soon to see if my cosie is still there and how many others there are by now.