Back from a long long break ....

Made some curtains, but not the patchwork

grew some bulbs in spring

garden survived a hailstorm!

managed to keep an orchid alive for a year and grow new flowers!

Sad ;( finished brownies, and the unit closed none else wanted to run it.

Francesca's installation at college

made a gift for a friend

a paper gardenia I made

Ellies birthday cake

Two special birthdays for the girls this year

Ellie on her birthday with grandpa

a party to mark the occasions

Baddesley Clinton very near to us, Ian and I spent our wedding anniversary visiting.

Francesca's off to university

a room with a view in wales

first homemade soup of the year

a felt rose made into a brooch

sunset over our garden

first patchwork this year!

looking after Pedro for the day, went a walk in the rain!

Countryside

Today is another sunny day, so after I baked these Ginger Cookies

and this Lemon meringue pie,

I walked across the fields behind our house.

This is the castle, is in our town. I feel very fortunate to live surrounded by this.

Tonight is Brownie meeting night and we are finishing off Craft badge by making Mexican Gods Eyes. I will post pictures soon.