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

Augustus has arrived.........

Augustus is here.....( along with amazing goodies......Thanks Kim xx)I am posting some pics of Augustus getting to know us here in the UK.
Stitch always smiles for the camera he's such a show off ........
Don't worry Gracie will protect you ......

Augustus thought he might help Jim write a song ....

Me an Augustus .....Jim is in the process of songwriting in the background.......the song is called 'Dandelions and Daisies' ...look out for it soon......
The Teenies were delighted to meet Augustus ...they all have the silliest grins on their faces
and were jumping up and down with excitement ....it was difficult to get them to keep still for the photo.......x

Birthday ...Burgerman.....Buddha

The postcards are from Emma at Little Bit of Everything she is doing a birthday swap and these GLORIOUS postcards are the ones she made for Jim and me...I love the colours I hope this pic does them justice ...Thank you Emma ...

Went to Winchester today and found an exciting exhibition in the library by Jon Burgerman called Brain Drain....very colourful graphic type images ....some of the paintings were done on cardboard and fabric shawls with his funny little images on






The Buddha ATC cards have been inspired by Hannah's Buddha from the last post

Indian Summer of Love.........and Buddha....

Hannah and I traded cards The wonderful Buddha she made for me and I made her Indian Summer of Love ....thanks Hannah for the swap.....xx

Car Booty....booty......

A Handsome Fella...don't you think....


And it works too ....


This is Gracie's favourite pastime in the garden ...digging a MASSIVE hole underneath the wisteria

Went to the Sunday car boot sale thought I'd post two of the treasures I got today ... ...an Indonesian puppet all complete I couldn't believe my luck when I saw him and the second a computerised sewing machine for just a Tenner !!! bargain...... and it works ....Later went to the allotment and planted runner beans and peas then went swimming and later walked the dogs in the cool woods .....what did you do today?

Remember Dorinda and the Ganesh wallhangings ???....

Decided to imortalise Dorinda...I have a vision that this will be a textured embroidered piece for my textile show in October thought I'd have a circus /fairground theme .......even thought I might have jugglers... fire eaters at the private view .....mmmm maybe not with all that fabric around ....
Progress on Ganesh wallhangings....
The wallhangings 'hangin' in the playground to dry.... They are now in the second stage.... the children have batiked the edges( look at the video how confident they were at batiking the edges they are only 10 ...thought they did brilliantly for 1st time at using a tjanting) and used coloured dyes for the borders the next step is shisha mirror work and tassels .......will make the shisha stitch a bit simpler for 10 yr olds though ......xx

Proud Mum bit .....

Sophie my daughter third from the right......



My daughter Sophie is a freelance classical professional singer. this week she was singing at the Royal Albert Hall in the group Enchanted Voices as part of the performers at the Classical Brit Awards.........here's the publicity photo....( she is the third from the right you may recognise her from an earlier post)...it's televised on Tuesday evening too....in the other photos they are in the recording studio recording the Christmas CD. she sings for various groups and travels all over the world singing...I am as proud as punch !!!