Happy Birthday to me .......

Yes yesterday I was 55 ........YIKES where has the time gone........we went to Wales and had an amazing time ........here's me with my favourite horse, LLew and me with my surprise birthday pressie ..we are now a 2 caravan family..now we can tour Wales too .....I had the most amazing box of 'goodies' from Kim but that is a post in itself...thank you Kim my bloggin' buddy........xx

Happy Birthday to my singing mermaid ......25 today ....

Shouldn't you be singing into these.....?????



It was a difficult day .....the day Sophie left home ....


She always had an enquiring mind ........


Xmas Princess.....not being upstaged by a xmas tree .....


Even had a horse named after her ....



Today is my daughter Sophie's birthday........singer , mermaid, princess ......Happy Birthday Doll.......Love you ....xx

Sophie singing a couple of years ago.....

Posted Postcards.........

Some postcards and an ATC already on their journeys ....It's funny I was making lots of reds and orange cards in Winter and now moved onto the blues in Summer ....my theory must be right then that I go to warmer pallette when I'm cold and cooler pallette ...etc......x

Happy Birthday Ryan...Happy Solstice.....Happy Monday (not the group)......

AWWW...Cute ...I remember those days as if they were yesterday.....
Please note the hat ....



Still wearing a hat .......



Part of the clan ......






It is my eldest son's 31st birthday today .......can't believe where the time has gone .... he was born on the Solstice ...the longest day in more ways than one !!!....Happy Birthday Ryan.... love you .....xx

We went round to his place yesterday for a double birthday BBQ as it was his girlfriend Cassi's birthday yesterday too. He has just moved out to the sticks in a lovely typical English country village. The row of cottages were part of converted stables. They look out onto a lovely communal grass area then at the front is an old churchyard and church .....very quiet !!!.........perfect for a Sunday afternoon.
Happy Solstice.......xx

Nearly the Solstice.........

Not long to the Summer Solstice.....wish I was going I have never been to the solstice even though Stonhenge is only about 30 miles away ....maybe next year .......it's the only time they allow people into the stone circle ....when I was a child you could picnic amongst them but now when you visit the stones are protected by a rope circle to stop people touching them ...OUTRAGEOUS .....I am a stone toucher as well as a tree hugger ...still you can touch the stones at Avebury.....xx

What's on your mantlepiece???.......

Just sitting catching up with my blogs ...busy week at school has got in my way of blogging ....very inconvenient!! So i'm drinking my coffee and thinking 'what shall I post about today?' when I glanced at my mantlepiece..... the morning light on it was lovely so Eureka !!! ....What's on your mantlepiece??......( Blimey it needs a dusting!! )xx
Thanks to Kirafor giving me a blog award i'm not going to pass it on in a conventional way as I have too many favourite blogs but I am going to pass it on in my own way ....so watch this space ....xx

Ruby's ATCs and Singing Sophie in Sherborne ...oh and a Sombrero...

Ruby would like to know if anyone would like to swap ATCs with her. She has made 5 for swaps ....my camera has run out of battery though and my phone has started taking strange coloured photos any ideas why ????so will post pics of actual cards when all equipment playing ball again ............She is just too cute in the hat and clip on earrings that we got from the jumble sale ...

Ruby being creative ....
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Drove a 150 mile round trip to watch and listen to Sophie singing in Sherborne Abbey last night . The group were singing Rachmaninov's Vespers by candlelight(all in Russian too ...)It was quite amazing in such a beautiful setting..... Ruby came with me ...........although I'm sure it wasn't her chosen music style she was really good and listened for over an hour ...well done that girl or girls should I say....the sat nav took me a strange way home through the heart of Dorset lots of narrow country roads ........quite picturesque in the day I guess but not ideal at 12 O' clock at night......sorry my camera's battery was exhausted when I went to take some pics of the event ...story of my life ....had to use my phone had the cheap seats as you can tell!!!.........






Augustus or Artoogus as Ruby calls him......sporting a fine sombrero that we got at the jumble sale .....

Kew, Puffer fish, Tree hugger........and the biggest Lily pad in the world....

mmmmmm.........Augustus is the same colour as the puffer fish....... is that why the puffer is so interested...........

Augustus sat in the clam shell and dreamed a dream of one eyed mermaids ..........

On the tree top walk learning lots of facts about trees...........

I have always been and always will be a tree huggerrrr..........

Little tree hugger eNOrMouS....tree..........

Augustus very kindly shared his picnic with the butterflies that looked spookily like little birds........well baby owls to be more precise........ they WERE Owl Butterflies I guess!!!......

They don't do things by half at Kew ..........hope it doesn't give him nightmares..........

See what I mean mAsSIvE greenhouse little me .....even littler Augustus.....

Arty shots ...has to be done .....

mmmmm little legs there Jim........

Arty photo of Pagoda .............

Huge Chinese lion dog ........

and the biGGeSt lilly pads ........ Had a trip to Kew gardens today with loads of yr 8's.... Augustus enjoyed himself eNorMOuSly he sat in a clam shell, walked the tree top walk saw the biggest butterfly EVER and amused a puffer fish......

A GrrrrrrEat Day...........Augustus and the Puffer

An old Wallhanging.......

This is a piece I did for my degree show about 3 yrs ago now .....it's a fabric collage of bits of knitted fabric I made ....

Pressie from Heloise and Augustus LLewellyn- Jones comes back from Wales

I received this amazing brooch from Heloise I hope this pic shows its amazing sparkliness
along with a bag full of wonderful colourful scraps of fabric look out for new work ......it was a blog givaway that I was so lucky to win thank you Heloise ...xx

On the road again

Yes Augustus and us have arrived back from my beloved Wales....he had such a fab time that he has now taken a welsh double barrelled surname no less !!!!We went to a Rugby match in the capital of Wales....he did his best to sing the Welsh national anthem but it was a bit difficult......we have both decided that we will go to welsh classes to brush up on the language ....he had a ride on a horse and stayed in a caravan in a field ....went to a horse show and even drove the car.........oh and I nearly forgot the most important bit Augustus FELL IN LOVE ....with a pink haired tattooed one eyed mermaid ...
He did have a love rival though (see pics below) but I think Augustus is far more handsome ....we had to leave her though but I am getting in touch with her person so watch this space .....
Meeting Daz
Meeting Comet
He wanted to be one of Bramble's pups
Oh Heck Comet's a big horse....

The love rival ........!!!


COME ON WALES....................!!

Meeting Llew...........

bit of culture in Cardiff........

Back on the farm........( he had to wear his Welsh flag like the supporters)

Having a rest with Daz and Kirsty my niece..........
My Dad, brother (on Comet), Kirsty and me and the dogs of course ....

Jim has finished his song with Augustus's help so check out his blog.... All in Good Time