Who knows how long I've loved you?

"Who knows how long I've loved you
You know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime
If you want me to, I will.

For if I ever saw you
I didn't catch your name
But it never really mattered
I will always feel the same.

Love you forever and forever
Love you with all my heart
Love you whenever we're together
Love you when we're apart.

And when at last I find you
Your song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear you
Make it easy to be near you
For the things you do endear you to me
Oh, you know, I will
I will."

Listened to this song this morning with the father of my children (It's Fathers Day, it was one of his gifts)

It doesn't "really" fit - we met in 1977 so I'm pretty familiar with his name by now - but it's such a sweet song. I turned to Etsy to make a treasury - but funnily enough there isn't much based around the White Album, so I used Sgt Pepper instead (and then found my two favourite pieces weren't even listed!) Here's the first...

Sgt Pepper Cats by QuernusCrafts

and here's the treasury:

'Listening to the Beatles with the father of our children on Fathers Day' by niftyknits

What could be better?

The Beatles Set dangercatdolls $70.00	The Beatles Sgt. Pe... thependantempo... $8.95	Beatles Guitar Pick... SurroundingsOn... $14.95	SALE Sgt Pepper'... MaskedRabbitCr... $39.99
Applause Sgt. Peppe... cohensgramma $35.00	John Lennon Mouse -... TheHouseOfMous... $35.00	Ringo Starr Sublimations $40.00	White Album, George... sanddan0593 $15.00
Sgt Pepper hartelart $30.00	Doll Clothes Beatle... enchanteddesig... $93.00	SALE St Pepper Lone... AtomicStitches $23.00	1960s Sgt. Pepper B... NeonMamacitaVi... $110.00
The Beatles Sgt. Pe... TNZsculptures $250.00	BEATLES - Sgt Peppe... itsourearth $24.99	Orange 70s Retro ... myclosetshelf $15.50	Beatles Sgt. Pepper... quiltnips $20.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

and my other favourite... sold by TheHouseOfMouse

Wildlife SOS

I don't need to feel guilty about watching too much tv because I'm invariably knitting as well. Mr Nifty has no such excuse! We both enjoy Wildlife SOS so when we discovered they were having an open day we knew we had to go.


This is Simon Cowell, the only-slightly-eccentric chap who runs the charity. Follow him on twitter.

We weren't expecting morris dancers - but I'm always keen to see a new side so I can figure out how to knit them!



There were various stalls and entertainments, but the highlight was a quick wander around the hospital. We queued for half an hour, but it was worth it to make the acquaintance of this little patient.



Isn't he gorgeous? I can now say I have stroked a baby hedgehog - not at all prickly, more like a medium stiff hairbrush.



There were lots of birds in various stages of growth, some almost ready to go back to the wild.





Wildlife Aid are keen to educate the public to watch and wait, as so many seemingly abandoned babies are actually perfectly safe and have been left to sit tight while the parents are off foraging for food.




And finally: Happy Father's Day to the father of my children, my first (and current!) husband. The tree he's sitting on is amazing, isn't it? A huge yew, split down its middle many years back but still living on defiantly. That's how we intend to be (well, maybe not the split down the middle bit!)