Saturday Pootling!

We had a joyous day out today car booting and picnicking in the park ! I love walking through York so I added a few picks of my favourite sights along the way. I love quirky buildings and doorways.

Here are some of the cool things we saw at the car boot::Here are some of the cool things I bought! ::

This collectors ash tray is going to be a saucer for my cat Otty! We often joke that he goes off to the 'Pussy Cat Swingers Bar' on an evening and smokes kitty cigars and dines on fine mice! It seemed appropriate that it advertises 'Players' cigarettes! I don't think the antiques dealer would be too happy if she knew I bargained her down so I could make it a cat dish!

I found these quirky stamps on a very cool vintage stall. The stamp on the far right is very very fine in detail - I've never seen anything like it before- it stamps well too - I think it might be one that has been used for a detail in a book. It pictures a building - possibly St Paul's cathedral.

I couldn't possibly come home without at least one set of buttons!This is one of my favourite buildings in York. I love the sand blasted red bricks and the blue windows. I have no idea how or why my computer has decided to underline the last three sentences and no idea how to undo it so please ignore!

Somebody had such a lovely day that he didn't want to go to bed! oh and a quick knitting up date ... have been so busy with returning to work :-(, buying new a new house and trying to stay on top of my current one that knitting has been very slow, but Teeny Weeny Otto bear is coming along - here he is so far (please excuse the rubbish photos the light is rubbish in our house on an evening) ::