Now I know that I don’t usually post twice in a day, but earlier I really wanted to tell you about the starlings, but since it’s Thursday and time for gratitude, here is my second offering today.

As usual I’m joining with Emily of Ms Emily’s Home for Full-Grown Nerds (note her new blog) and others for Three Things Thursday. As she says…

*three things that make me smile: an exercise in gratitude – feel free to steal this idea with wild abandon and fill your blog with the happy*

First, I’ve finished my first blanket for the Sixty Million Trebles project. When I’ve made a few more I will have a fine excuse to go and visit Danielle at The Make It Shop in Manchester because she is acting as one of the collection points. One particularly great thing about this blanket is that I made it entirely from yarn given to me by Itwasjudith over on the blog Wee Story Book, so my gratitude goes to her too.

blanket #1 9840 trebles (i.e. stitches)

Second, I was given some glorious red crab apples the other day – these are going to brighten up the apple juice I’m making.

honestly, these are crab apples, not cherries

Third, beautiful mornings. I am trying to remember to take my camera with me when I go swimming so that I can photograph the view from the car park in the early morning light when I leave (it’s dark when I arrive). This one was taken on Monday:

early morning Aberaeron

So, those are three things making me smile this week – what about you?