My apologies for my sudden disappearance, there. I had a bad few days with the fatigue, and we decided rather at the last minute to pop over to Madeira for a blast of funshine before the Scottish Winter properly sets in. I have been enjoying:
pleasant surroundings . . .
new friends . . .
beautiful colours . . .
outdoor swimming. . . .
tasty food . . .
and, of course, lots and lots of knitting.
All very restorative.
I will be back with another post at 8pm this evening – at which time I will announce the launch of SOMETHING FUN! Watch this space!
KDD & Co 
Greetings from Trás-os-Montes (north of Portugal)!
Oh…another portuguese :)
I’m glad you enjoyed this beautiful island :)
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Greetings from Portugal!
I hope you didn’t fall into the huge Madeira hole someone made there…
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Reminded me of our silver wedding spent in Madeira in May. Love the knitting Best wishes Heather
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Oh your pictures in Madiera are lovely!
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I am sorry you were feeling bad – but if you are going to be fatigued better to do it in a bit of sunshine. I hope you feel better now.
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Lovely pics, the pool looks very inviting, Madeira always reminds me of the Flanders and Swann song
“have some Madeira m’dear” which I have on my ipod along with the hippopotamus and london omnibus songs!
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My stress level drops just looking at your pictures. Especially the cat!
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nothing better than a sunny holiday AND tons of knitting! So glad you were wisked away ;)
…and what IS that you are knitting? It looks beautiful
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Gosh, Madeira…. the climate looks a bit like Perth – the bougainville comes out here in January when it is so so hot it is impossible to knit without squishing up your tension into a felted mess. I am looking forward to hearing all about your new project.. Have a peaceful time…
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so happy to think of you floating under the bougainvilleas. i am about to pick up where i left off on a godzilla room project which entails an upcycle of madeira embroidery inspired by your great piece on the topic some years back
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Had started to worry. Glad to hear about the Popover. And glad to hear you soaked in the sunshine.
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Fab photos….
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Excellent….was hoping that you’d gone somewhere nice.
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Good to hear you are doing better after a little holiday. I’m anxious to see the surprise!
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Can’t wait to read what your have in store. And I am totally jealous of your trip. We just had 5 inches of snow this past weekend. Not ready for winter quite yet.
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Woo, Something Fun!! Looking forward to it!
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Glad you took some time to rest. Woo hoo… anticipation
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Oh – lucky you! It’s amazing how much better some sunshine makes us feel!
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I thought you must have ‘gone off’ somewhere! Trips like the wool week are a great strain on you, but your holiday looks really good. I am envious of the warmth and rest, good for you xx
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Hope it did you a power of good… now I have to wait patiently for five more hours! :)
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Madeira is on the list of places I want to go! As is Edinburgh :-)
Looking forwards to 8 o’clock!
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We in New England just had a bizarre, huge storm which left one to two feet of wet snow! Hundreds of thousands without electricity. Thanks for sharing your Funshine! It lifts our spirits. As do all your posts about Scotland, random thoughts, and wooly things.
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Ahhh – that all looks wonderful. Excited about later post. Hope Bruce had fun while you were away too :o)
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Good for you, Kate. It looks wonderful.
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Glad to hear you’re feeling better after a bad bout! Your pictures of Madeira are beautiful–can’t wait to see more!
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Lovely Kate: When I read “Madeira” I thought of Jane Ayre, but looking the pictures, ooh!! now it has a completely new different meaning to me ( more modern, happier and less melancholic). What a lovely place to recover strenght.
crocheting
Verónica
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Sorry, Jane Eyre!!!
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Oh, yeah, sun, warmth and food and so close by. Nothing like a little break.
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It looked heavenly! But there is ‘funshine’ here today in Edinburgh too :) Looking forward to your post later! x x x
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My mom had a Madeira-work table cloth and napkins from a 1961 trip from the U.S.A. Sigh, she died recently and I only have a napkin left. The quality of the fabric is to-die-for and I remember the arduous process of ironing it all for big dinners, dampening, into the refrigerator and then a hot iron with lots of starch…..the smell….heaven….and a beautiful table…
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I love your new friend! And swimming outside. Of course all of it looks wonderfully restorative. And knitting. I so look forward to your blog now, that I check it daily to see, and was concerned when noticing your absence for a bit, but am happy to read part of it was FUNSHINE! Sounds perfect.
Martha in Idaho
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Yay! glad you had a lovely break. Look forward to this evening’s post. (Peerie Flooers is DONE btw – will post about it as soon as it’s blocked.)
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Good decision! Looks very relaxing there. I will be here at around 8 p.m. :-) Keep up the holiday spirit!
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So glad you had a good time in Madeira, it’s good to hear from you again! And very much looking forward to the evening post to come :-)
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you really know how to take care of yourself kate. that has to come first. and all the rest of us benefit.
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oh Kate, so glad you had a wonderful time!
Donna
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Enjoy the sun… I may have difficulty concentrating on spinning class tonight thinking about FUN to come. One of my classmates is a needled fan too, she was wearing her “get off my” cloud last week. I know what we’ll be talking about as we spin tonight.
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Good for you Kate! Looks lovely there – we had kidlets trick er treating in the horizontal sleet. Can’t wait for our surprise…
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Madeira…………ah, sun and an island.
The knitting on your lap does look promising, do we get to see it?
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How exciting – Madeira (have to look up exactly where that is LOL), and of course the something fun! Glad you enjoyed yourself!
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Portugal – I knew that LOL!
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