Brenda Dayne
@brendadayne.bsky.social
Host of Cast On, a podcast for knitters.🧶Lover of books, art, birds, wildflowers, heritage textiles, women and Wales. Insufferable and correct.
I am deeply, deeply in love with the driver of this car.
October 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I am deeply, deeply in love with the driver of this car.
The last flowers of the season. Cosmos, calendula, sweet peas and cornflower, all grown from @higgledygarden.bsky.social seed.
September 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The last flowers of the season. Cosmos, calendula, sweet peas and cornflower, all grown from @higgledygarden.bsky.social seed.
Woodstove weather has arrived. Rejoice with me.
September 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Woodstove weather has arrived. Rejoice with me.
Cool and damp today, so fire. But still technically summer, so Pimm’s.
August 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Cool and damp today, so fire. But still technically summer, so Pimm’s.
I am 65 today, and this is my birthday treat.
June 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I am 65 today, and this is my birthday treat.
My favourite question when Lilly comes to visit is, “Grandma, can we bake something?”
Baking included a little walk yesterday to collect wild garlic for cheese scones. Kitchen trashed. Granddaughter happy. Scones delicious. A good day.
Baking included a little walk yesterday to collect wild garlic for cheese scones. Kitchen trashed. Granddaughter happy. Scones delicious. A good day.
April 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
My favourite question when Lilly comes to visit is, “Grandma, can we bake something?”
Baking included a little walk yesterday to collect wild garlic for cheese scones. Kitchen trashed. Granddaughter happy. Scones delicious. A good day.
Baking included a little walk yesterday to collect wild garlic for cheese scones. Kitchen trashed. Granddaughter happy. Scones delicious. A good day.
I bought this book on making lampshades and have read five pages and now want to make outrageous lampshades full time as my new day job.
April 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I bought this book on making lampshades and have read five pages and now want to make outrageous lampshades full time as my new day job.
The cakes were good, the day fine and we scored a positively Seussian lamp for a reasonable price. Although I did have to rewire it when we got home.
April 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The cakes were good, the day fine and we scored a positively Seussian lamp for a reasonable price. Although I did have to rewire it when we got home.
Another tootle-the-countryside weekend, picking up stuff I found Marketplace. (This might be becoming a problem, but does not yet require intervention.)
Yesterday, a lamp took us to Tanygroes, and the promise of cakes carried us further, to St Dogmael’s Abbey.
Yesterday, a lamp took us to Tanygroes, and the promise of cakes carried us further, to St Dogmael’s Abbey.
April 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Another tootle-the-countryside weekend, picking up stuff I found Marketplace. (This might be becoming a problem, but does not yet require intervention.)
Yesterday, a lamp took us to Tanygroes, and the promise of cakes carried us further, to St Dogmael’s Abbey.
Yesterday, a lamp took us to Tanygroes, and the promise of cakes carried us further, to St Dogmael’s Abbey.
Scored this beauty at a vintage shop in Tredegar. I mean, look at her. Solid oak, 1920s, £25. The drawer sticks a little, but Tonia says that’s easily sorted, and the lining is pretty near perfect.
March 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Scored this beauty at a vintage shop in Tredegar. I mean, look at her. Solid oak, 1920s, £25. The drawer sticks a little, but Tonia says that’s easily sorted, and the lining is pretty near perfect.
Just home from a full day tootling the Welsh borders. No injections. No currency. Hell, we didn’t even have our passports. Waved hello to Shropshire from a vast distance, laughing at our own audacity.
March 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Just home from a full day tootling the Welsh borders. No injections. No currency. Hell, we didn’t even have our passports. Waved hello to Shropshire from a vast distance, laughing at our own audacity.
First snowdrops spotted in the hedgerow! #wales #springwatch
February 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
First snowdrops spotted in the hedgerow! #wales #springwatch
My cat usually needs a full charge before working the night shift.
January 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My cat usually needs a full charge before working the night shift.
Just started watching Shetland and am gobsmacked by the knitwear. It’s SO good, and so plentiful. There is fine, fine handwork in nearly every scene.
December 28, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Just started watching Shetland and am gobsmacked by the knitwear. It’s SO good, and so plentiful. There is fine, fine handwork in nearly every scene.
Mom’s quilt is on the wall and it feels like Christmas.
December 20, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Mom’s quilt is on the wall and it feels like Christmas.
Garden carnage. #stormdarragh #wales
December 7, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Garden carnage. #stormdarragh #wales
Happy Thanksgiving to my Colonial Cousins in the US. To everyone else, Happy Secular Pie Thursday! #secularppiethursday (I did not bake this pie but would absolutely eat two slices.)
November 28, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to my Colonial Cousins in the US. To everyone else, Happy Secular Pie Thursday! #secularppiethursday (I did not bake this pie but would absolutely eat two slices.)
November 20, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Eight seconds of zen.
November 19, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Eight seconds of zen.
Just getting the hang of things ‘round here. #proofofcat
November 16, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Just getting the hang of things ‘round here. #proofofcat