The grand entrance to Yarndale

I was able to take these photo's early in the morning before the visitors arrived. What an entrance. As soon as you walk in the excitement builds up. You know it will be something spectacular. 

Look up at the thousands of hanging bunting flags forming a tent like appearance. 

Spectacular mandalas suspended high above to give the impression of a false ceiling. 

Security staff getting briefed on their days duties. It's all very professionally organised. Events companies bring in their staff from all parts of the UK. 

How cute are these sheep. 

Lots of goodies to buy. It was £20 to get in, but the souvenir brochure is very substantial, with lots of information on all the traders taking part. 

This is a photo I took when it was very busy. Lots of heads in the way. 

If this has whetted your appetite for more woolly inspiration, come back for a look inside the main hall. 

Thanks for popping in. See ya soon. Toodle pip.   ilona

Let's go to Yarndale.

Good morning. It's bright and sunny here in North Lincolnshire. A tad chilly so it's time to layer up. Let's make a start with posting the photographs of my visit to Yarndale, held at the Skipton Auction Mart. So, Yarndale is a Festival of Yarn and Woolly Creativity. Because I was there both before and after the show I was able to get photographs before the crowds arrived. This is what greets you when you arrive. The whole area was blitzed with knitted and crochet artistic creations. 

There were mandalas hanging in the trees which didn't photograph too well against the grey sky. As I walked around the town There were strings of bunting everywhere. The venue is next to a college which local people use as a short cut, just follow the bunting. There was a shuttle bus running people back and forth from the railway station. It was decorated with mandalas in the windows. 

I had a chat with the driver, of course. Why wouldn't I. He was proudly showing off the firms brand new bus, only one week old. The owner of the bus company, and himself, are the only ones allowed to drive it. Oh wow, it is fabulous. As I was walking around the town later I saw him three times. He flashed his lights and gave me a cheery wave. 

 

A far cry from Stevensons Rockets that I used to drive. The old Routemasters which had done 20 years in London. What a difference eh!. No power steering. separate drivers cab. Conductor on the back. Photo from Wiki. 

All aboard for the Yarndale special. Hold tight please. 

Come back if you want to see some more of my woolly Yarndale pictures. They definitely have the WOW factor. Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

A busy two days.

 Good evening. In case you missed me, I've been away for the weekend. 

I went to Skipton on Friday night, arriving at the Auction Mart at just after 9pm. It's a big car park there, no barriers and no security, so easy to sneak in. I chose my spot, tucked away in a corner. Yarndale is a two day event, all about woolly things, crochet and knitting mostly, with other crafty stalls as well. I had a nice surprise. I was recognised at the show. Three people approached me to say hello. They have been following my blog and yoootooob channel for ages. Great to meet you, Sue, Alexandra, and Liz. 

Saturday morning I was up early and went for a walk before the show opened. I spent the afternoon there, and went another walk around Skipton in the early evening. It starts getting dark about 8am these days, so I stayed a second night and was in bed by 9pm. 

This morning, Sunday, I was up at 7am, and after breakfast I went off to Grassington to have a look around there. I found a circular route on the map to give me a six mile walk. 

And now I am back home. It was a smashing weekend away in the Yorkshire Dales. Lots of photo' and three videos to post, when I get them sorted in the next few days. 

We'll catch up soon. Toodle pip.   ilona

The art gallery in a church

Good morning. It's the end of another week, and it is sunny outside. I am feeling all the joys of spring. 

Yesterday I had a look at the new exhibition at the 20 21 Art Gallery in town. Wow, look at the size of these canvases. The pictures are very big, and displaying them on an even bigger board shows up the start contrast between the colours and the black background. I think we are lucky to have this facility in our town, even though Scunthorpe is not a particularly arty place. 

The blurb. 

Dom Heffer is a tutor at the Feral Art School in Hull. You can read about it here. They also do online courses. 

Hello Dom. 

Here is a link to the exhibition on the 20 21 Art Centre web site. 

Now I have things to do. Thanks to those who commented on my previous posts. Good to see people taking an interest in the changes coming our way.

See ya soon. Toodle pip.   ilona

Watch what happens next. (edited)

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BREAKING: Digital ID to be made law for all adults in the UK. The proposals are the government's latest attempt to tackle illegal immigration, with the ID serving as a form of proof of the right to live and work in the UK.

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Let’s be clear: this is not about “convenience” or “security.” Digital ID is the foundation of a social credit system, designed to monitor, control, and distance the state from the public and WILL NOT stop illegal migration. Since 2020 I’ve been warning that lockdowns, jab mandates, track and trace, and vaccine passports were never temporary - they were the blueprint for forced Digital IDs.

Daniel the Blackbelt Barrister gives his understanding of Starmers plans.

I've been shopping today. All stocked up again for me and the cats. Car filled with petrol ready for my next trip. Car booked in for it's annual MOT test in early October. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Check this out.

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Dijjjeeetal!

 Whitney Webb makes sense of it all. She is an investigative journalist who is well clued up on the current situation, has been for many years. Here she speaks to The Coast Guy. Her words have been transcribed for Wide Awake Media, and reposted by Godfrey Bloom. I copy and past some of it here. You can read the full tweeeeet and comments here.  

Investigative journalist Whitney Webb: If people do not comply with digital ID, it will fail. "It is the cornerstone of the entire UN Agenda 2030. Without it, the programmable, surveillable money won't work... What they want to do in the online virtual world will not work. So much of it will not work if we do not comply with digital ID."

"If you want to change the direction the world is going, you need to figure out how you are going to set up your life so you don't have to comply with digital ID."

"We don't need this biometric digital ID surveillance state that's going to be used not just to surveil what we're doing in real time, but also to predict what we might do in the future." "That is the world they're setting up. It is very bad, and we should opt out. And we can opt out."

Neil Oliver offers his take on Digital ID's.

It all comes back to money. The corrupt money system is teetering on the brink. Their only way of maintaining the illusion they're rich is CBDC. The only way CBDC happens is via digital ID. If you say no to digital ID the illusion disappears. 

Digital ID will not be mandatory at first. Our lives will gradually be made more awkward without it. Then it will be mandatory. They will drive this agenda through fear. Refuse to comply and you will be ostracised. Digital ID is a trapdoor into a digital prison. 

This is a recent video (8 hours ago) of a chat with Neil and Gareth. Digital ID's are on everyone's mind at the moment. Blair is pushing them through, and Starmer says if we bring them in they will help keep track of all the foreigners we have here. In my opinion that's pie in the sky. I can see thousands of our guests absconding and hiding themselves throughout every corner of the UK. They are not going to sit around and let it happen. 

The Government will go for the easy pickings first. They already have a lot of information about us  stored in massive data bases. It should be easy to contact everyone through their mobile phones, ipads, and computers. We will be rounded up first. 

In the meantime let's not make it easy for them. Let's not lie down and let them ride roughshod all over us. Use cash wherever you can. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Moving on - Film

Good evening.

My entertainment tonight. Maybe you would like to give it a try. It didn't pull me in immediately. Here we go, a couple not getting on together very well, no married bliss there. Ten minutes later, I'll stick with it. Glad I did. Enjoy. Click the link, Play on youtube. 

27K views 2 months ago

   • Moving On [Complete]   2021 DRAMA Anthology with contemporary themes. "Rosie is losing her remaining hearing, and is desperate to look for new ways of hearing, unfortunately she's not getting any support."

The surprise ending is the bonus. 

 Catch you tomorrow. Toodle pip.   ilona

How deep?

 Good morning. Sunny outside but with a chill in the air. It's Post Office day at the church so my first job is to go there and withdraw a few quid from my bank account. I need some spends as I will have to get some food in this week. 

Then I have options. Maybe I will get the bus to town and walk back. Maybe I will visit June. Maybe I will drive to town, visit the Arts Centre, and pick up food from Aldi as I am passing. I will definitely have to mow the lawn because it is looking scruffy and I need to fill up the brown bin for collection tomorrow. There are a lot of other 'maybes' but I have put them on the 'probably won't' pile. Another day will be along tomorrow. 

I saw a man kneeling on a grass verge the other day, his car was parked nearby. I wondered what he was doing. Long straight road, not much traffic. Then I saw this come up on my screen, and the penny dropped. That road has a lot of daffodils on each side of it in the spring. A lovely show of yellow, in and out of the village. Could it be that he was planting more bulbs? I shall have a look when I next go that way. 

Now to the Post Office. Must keep using it or the man might stop coming, then everyone will miss out. Older people with no transport rely on local services. 

Thanks for popping in. Don't forget, no fighting. 💏💏💏

Toodle pip.   ilona

Mandala number 3

 Hello there. I didn't take many photo's of this work in progress. This is how it started. Choose the centre piece and build the layers around it. The dark blue button is a fraction bigger than the others so the beads around it slightly bulge out at that point. Plastic rings wrapped with pink and green thread. 

The large metal circle was given to me. I did a blanket stitch with blue thread to cover it, and went around it again with orange thread. I started off with a large hoop, but changed it for a smaller hoop. 

Fill in the gaps with red and gold studs. Add some wide orange braiding and put some pink and green  French knots around the outside edge. I wrapped the outer hoop with blue ribbon, and I had some felt in exactly the same colour to cover the back. 

I have an idea for another one but it will be a bigger hoop with a different design.  

Crafty Club this morning, and a walk this afternoon. It's been a lovely sunny day. 

There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of pheasants around the moment. It won't be long before those horrible people come along with their guns and dogs to blast them out of the sky. They call it sport. In my opinion they must be sick in the head. . 

That's all for now Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Stop fighting.

Good evening. The weather has been much better today, slightly cooler but no rain. I knocked up this video this morning. 

Mayze getting some sun by the back door. I put a soft and comfortable bed just outside the back door for her, but she seems to prefer the hard mat. 

Yesterday I made some bunting. I have lots of fabric so I ought to be using some of it up. Bunting is easy to make.  

After lunch I decided to go and see June. I thought she might like the yellow bunting to decorate her room. I parked about a mile away from where she is staying. It's a nice walk across the fields. This is the old Police Station at Winterton, now turned into a private residence. It's a big building. There was a man cutting some branches off a tree next to it. I asked him if he lives there. He said yes. I said I am pleased to see that it is under renovation, and not being knocked down. I was hoping to get into a conversation with him but he wasn't forthcoming with the chat so I gave up. I would have liked to discover a bit about the history of the building.   

The only picture I can find of it is this one. Copyright Fred Roberts. Taken in 2005. 

When I got to the place where June is staying I found that she wasn't there. A staff member said she had been taken to hospital for a check up. He didn't know when she would be coming back. I left the bunting with him, with a note. He will put it in her room. 

Then I went to the Co op and bought an ice cream, and set off walking back to the car. 

Here's a bit of made up fake news for you. 

Older motorists and drivers above the age of 70 could find they "won't be allowed to drive" due to rules around DVLA driving licence renewal.

Mayze is waiting for a cuddle so I had better sign off. Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona