Do you like my Hat.

Hello, sorry I hav'nt posted for awhile but I have been a bit busy. I went shopping on Tuesday for a hat for my daughters wedding and this is the one I found and loved, it is a fascinator and feels really comfortable and it makes a real statement 'Mother of the Bride' Kathleen came with me and I think we went into every hat shop there was and I tried on a lot, we were both absolutely exhausted when I finally found this one and could hardly walk we were so tired but it was worth it to find this lovely hat, I hope you like it.

Shabby Roses Cushion

This is my Shabby Roses Cushion it matches the quilt that I posted last week, the pattern is again courtesy http://jennyof elefantz I have loved doing the cushion it was a lovely thing to sit and do in the evening because I could hand quilt it and it will look lovely in my bedroom. I have been to sewing group today and I showed this cushion in the show and tell bit they all loved it I showed them the quilt last week. We are having lovely weather at the moment lots of warm sunshine but it still gets quite cold towards evening but summer is trying very hard to get here. The flights here seem to be slowly getting back to normal, a lot of people are arriving home very tired but glad to be home, there is no place better.

A Lovely Weekend

What a lovely weekend we had here, the sun shone and it was warm enough to eat outside. I did quite a lot of work in the garden, the picture you see is a pulsatilla it is so pretty, I bought it last year and I forgot where I had planted it but here she is in all her glory. I have been sanding and re-waxing a chest of drawers from my bedroom and I am really pleased with the result it looks like a different piece of furniture. I also painted my mirror with the gold metal frame. Tony finished the shelves in the bedroom which I now have to paint and he hung the mirror with the cherubs which looks charming, so my bedroom is coming on. Yesterday Kathleen and I went shopping we had a lovely day first we did the charity shops and then we had coffee then we trawled the shops looking for a jacket to go with my dress for the wedding and I found a lovely cream one, I also tried on headwear not quite sure yet what to go for. Then we did the weekly shop, a day well spent. What do you think of this volcano business is'nt it awful all those people stuck in the wrong place all over the world, the dust cloud does not appear to be getting better although there is talk of maybe some longhaul planes taking off, of course the crews and planes are also stuck in the wrong countries I do not envy the people who have to sort that lot out. Hope you all had a good weekend.

All Finished.

Hurray! I have finished all the hearts for Kate's wedding favours all 60 of them, they look lovely I have layered them between tissue paper with fragranced bead satchets they will all smell of roses, I made two extra satchets for Kathleen to hang in her wardrobe as she loves the smell of rose. I was eating my breakfast this morning minding my own business when there came a knock on my kitchen window Guess Who! yes that b+"!;#~ computer was giving trouble again but, fear not it is now sorted and as long as Kathleen can remember which password belongs where we should be o.k. Tomorrow(Friday) I am catching up with all the housework that I have missed doing whilst we have been playing with the computer. Can you believe it I am going to be ordering tickets for the Malvern Quilt Show it does'nt seem like 5 minutes let alone a year since I was posting about the great day we had last year, time really does fly.

Another busy day

This lovely old tree is in a park near us I love all the gnarled old roots. Well!! Kathleens computer is up and running after a little help from the BT engineer to get her connected to E.mail, we just phoned them and they took me through it and once she had e.mail back she was happy, so now she has all the important bits and can happily blog away. To celebrate she made us a huge salad and a good old cup of tea and then we went to the garden centre well two actually. Now my car is a little peugeot 205 which luckily has a back seat that goes down to create a good space which is a good thing because yesterdayKathleen bought a tree, yes! thats what I said a tree! it was quite a long tree with branches which when inserted into the car decorated Kathleens head and ears she also bought quite a few other plants and a shrub so my little car does work hard. When we got back to her bungalow she asked me to reverse in so that the neighbours would'nt see that she had been shopping again, when we went out on Monday she said she di not want much but it took me five journeys to take the bags and stuff in. I am not going round today I am having a rest.

Oh What a Day.

Kathleen is back and Boy! do I know it. We went out a 10.0.clock this morning and I arrived home at 6.0.clock this evening after a full day of computer repairs, shopping, eating and Laughing, and we still cannot get her computer going, we need an expert because she has had it cleaned and so we have to re-install everything and we dont have a clue how to do that. We really are a pair of idiots when it comes to technical things but we will sort it somehow. I was quite rested last week and after one day I feel the need for a holiday but, I would'nt change anything she is great.

My Beautiful Daughter

Yesterday Kate and I went shopping for her Wedding Veil this is the one she chose the lady is just fluffing it out it, she looked wonderful, I of course got a bit emotional but I felt so very happy to see my baby all grown up and about to start on this incredible journey of marriage.

We had a lovely day shopping for all sorts of things and we had lunch and chatted about all things wedding, it was a truly special day one I will never forget. I have started a photo album that I will fill with before the wedding photo's and other bits and pieces that she can treasure and show to her own children in years to come. Our children are a very special gift.