My Week.....

13th September 2015

I have had a good week and apart from a couple of days the weather has been beautiful.....

......more blackberry picking, jam and bread making this week, forgot to take a photo of the wheaten loaf and it disappeared very quickly!! Will share later in the week when I make another.

Lots of walking and some gardening in the park....

...still a lot of colour....

.....sunflowers planted by local children, sunflowers always make me smile....

.....busy bee.

All the usual household chores......

....a visit to The Knitting and Stitching Show in Manchester with friends....

....wasn't planning to buy, but couldn't resist...

...fabric for a sling bag for my trip....

....all this for just £3....

....just had to buy these printing blocks....

....recycled silk yarn and threads, LOVE the colours!

I have used some of these threads....

.....spread some on my felt...

....used my embellisher, 

....not sure which side to embroider!

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Today decided to make some silk paper...

.....spread the stripping on baking parchment, spray with water, place parchment on top and iron....

....repeat process until the paper is thick enough....

.....sprayed with water and sprinkled Brusho, turquoise and orange...

....more to do on this.

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I really enjoy a 'smoothie' every day and one of my favourites is blueberry, raspberry and strawberry with a globe of stem ginger and coconut water....

....DELICIOUS....

My Virginia Creeper is looking fabulous at the moment.

More crafty news next week....

A Woodland Walk....

7th September 2015

Another beautiful autumn day......

....wonderful colours....

....so beautiful growing wild....

.....amazing how this log, left in the woodland, has been enhanced by ferns, moss and fungus....

......quite magical as the sun filters through the trees.....

.....and we walked 10564 steps!!!

Did I say before this step counter is a little addictive??

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I have actually finished knitting my FIRST sock!!!

It has only taken a YEAR and is not perfect but an achievement none the less!!

Hope the second doesn't take quite so long!!

A Walk Around Marton Mere....

5th September 2015

The weather has been glorious this week, autumnal nip early morning but wonderful sunshine later in the day, really warm in a sheltered place, so we have been out and about.....

.....today went around Marton Mere, fabulous clouds....

.....beautiful variety of colours in the grasses.....

.....so many blackberries, apples and pears along the path.....

.....a view of the lake....

....all the ducks waddled away when we approached....

.....a view from one of the 'hides'....

.....a Heron standing so still in the middle of the lake....

...using my zoom, slowly becoming used to my new camera!!

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Made this for a very special couple this week.....

......cotton, linen, Kantha and blanket stitch.

Also made some damson jam and more bread, yum, yum!!!

Simple Pleasures from the last few days.....

1st September 2015

Cannot believe it is September, August flew by....

.......I have had a great few days......

....we picked blackberries and RD made jam....

....so I made bread to go with it....

.....Paul Hollywood would probably say'a bit dense but good flavour'!!

Lots of seeds and goodness and makes lovely toast!

Being creative using a variety of papers/fabrics....

.....my own papers and pressed Cow Parsley.

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A barefoot walk on the beach at 9am this morning....

.......a very moody blue sky....

....wonderful clouds....

.....luckily no rain today.

The last of my pleasure was finding this old hand embroidered linen, two cloths for 50p in my local charity shop.....

.....finally RD has walked in with a bag of damsons to make more jam!!