There were suspicious noises and curious noises when we tried to get some photos of my new dress.  The friendly sheep were sneaking up on me.  They are not even my sheep. The empty section next door is hos to a range of animals that come and go as the neighbors try to keep the grass down.  The sheep are usually content to...

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 While the sun was shining, we bundled the kids into the car and headed to the beach to see Grandma and Granddad.  With buckets in hand we were off on a beach walk.  Sticks were collected for magic wands and growing gardens.  We saw tiny washed up jelly fish.  When armed with a camera, E takes a little more time to see what...

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I was so taken with the colours I received in a swap a few months ago, that I set myself a challenge - to use them all, all together, in one item.  The end result, a very large cushion cover, where the colours were governed by happenstance alone. I started with 130 coloured triangles and a plan to try colour wash.  In the...

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I am totally enamored with a two year old called Abraham.  He's a rose.  My husband gave me this rose for my birthday last year.  It's called Abraham Darby and finally has enough flowers for me to cut swathes and bring them inside.  As I get to grips with gardening, I am discovering why standard roses are desirable - easy to weed around. ...

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I was fortunate enough to find these Maudella patterns in the op shop recently.  It was an introduction to the beauty of both Maudella and non printed patterns.  I had never heard of this brand but was delighted to hear about the cottage industry beginnings of this pattern  on the BBC website.  Who would have thought that a Yorkshire woman toiling in her...

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