Blooming gorgeous

I'm enjoying the sunshine here in Essex, and so are these beauties.

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Going round in circles...

This week I have been mostly...............

............hooking

Haiku

Little viola -
Faces turned toward the sun
Sweet, pretty, dainty






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Let there be light!

Finally we have some springy weather!

I am just recovering from what has been a rather sicky weekend, first Ella was sick in her bed, and then for the rest of saturday night, then I came a cropper on sunday night, then Danny on monday, Yuck!
I missed the first day of blue skies and sun on monday as I was curled up in bed, but today I felt the strength to climb out from under the covers and get some washing on the line.

I've made some vegetable soup for dinner from some leftovers languishing in our very naked fridge, potted up a few primulas I bought last week, and got the camera out to take some photos.

new Rowan yarn in ice-cream colours from colourway- now I can finally make a start on a granny blanket.

last weeks bargain, which I found whilst wandering round a antiques centre with my mum and dad. A super soft 'comfy' quilt, a little worst for wear on the outer edges, and not normally my colours but for £9.75 I just couldn't leave it.

Now I have a dilemma.

Do I......

A) As my mum suggested, use it as a base for a new quilt.

B) Sew a band of fabric round the edges to cover over the damage.

C) Cut off the outer border, leaving the middle as a smaller quilt and bind the edges, and use any of the the undamaged bits of the border for smaller projects.

D) Any other ideas?

Ho Hum, Back to work tomorrow.

R is for..............

....Ranunculus.






You don't get much for 39p now-a-days, but whilst in Tescos last monday - shopping for a few essentials (milk, bread and Battenberg cake) for my elderly grandparents, I spied these beauties, reduced from £5. There was a couple of broken stems, but I could see their potential

......and Rob Ryan



My lovely limited edition laser-cut (my blurry photo doesn't do it justice) . Rob designed these especially for valentines day, and I managed to get my hands on one before they all sold out. My sister Libby introduced me to Rob Ryan's work a couple of years ago, and last year started doing some work experience with him. Since then she has started working for him a couple of days a week, and loves it, lucky girl!

doodle bug

For christmas Ella received what I think must be one of the best colouring books about, fabulous doodles. I love her first attempts at filling it in, I especially liked the flower she drew on the bottom photo to the right.

longing for spring.....

       

......waiting for bulbs to bloom

......loving my christmas present from my sister Libby, a printed tile made by Hazel Nicholls.

     .....adorning the bulldog clip holding this years calendar

                                

Photo by Csabesz  

.....and wanting to drive my new car with the sun shining and the windows down.

Snow days...

winter wonderland....

who'd of thought the view of the college car park from our bedroom window could look so pretty....