Oh I do love to be beside the sea at Bognor ......

Went to Littlehampton and Bognor today ...had egg and chips at the Blue Dolphin and a brisk walk along the promenade ...come with us ......x



How many press ups can you do Jim ...wink wink !!!......x

Clever Stitch ........

No not a textile post ......a clever little trick Jim taught Stitch ......x

Bloggy friends are the BEST..........

I am so lucky to have such great bloggy friends here are some goodies from Lisa and Kim .....Thank you so much ....xx

New hair ......Old work .........

Had my hair cut today ....on a whim .....what d'ya think ??

Here is some work that hasn't seen the light of day for a while .....thought I'd share it as I am in a bit of hibernation mode as far as work is concerned at the mo .....

printed organza with machine stitching and beading ....


This was melted plastics layered and stitched .......


Melted plastics machine stitched ........


Hand made paper in spiral shape then machine stitched........


Hand made paper machine stitched.........


I transfer printed the fabric then machine stitched the pattern........


The next are a series of weaving using everything from yarn to wire to stalks to cup cake paper to straw etc ....then making the weaving 3D in some way and then adding embellishments ..they were fun to do .........the inspiration was Godrevy Beach nr St Ives........

Come walk with us on this lovely frosty morning.......

Frosty walks are the best ..........x
Gracie tricks........


Gracie being Gracie.......


Breaking the ice.........

Off to Phuket.............

No not me !!! I have only been on a plane once and that was enough for me .....it's my eldest son,Ryan, he is off to Phuket in Thailand this evening to train in a Muay Thai (kick boxing) camp, training for the next two months....YIKES..children keep you worrying don't they ?? no matter what age ...he's 31 ....ah well what can you do ??safe journey Ryan ........xx

New Year Revolution............

Lots of revolutions on this boat winch .......Guess what we did today ??....

I never make New Year resolutions as I don't drink or smoke there's nothing to give up .......so I am going to just grab each day and make the most of it and send out some more love into the world and try and live 'in the moment' more ........so today we went to the coast to start the 'Carpe Diem' We went to my most favourite place (next to Wales of course) Dorset and in particular Chapman's Pool to do some fossil hunting.....here's what we found........xx

Yes we went to one of my best places .....Chapman's Pool

Fossil hunting .....I'm in heaven .....

This one's got your name on it Kim.....




Here's a big one ....I love the thought that these jurassic fossils, ammonites are 150 million years old and this is the first time since then that they have been exposed from inside the shale ...The cliffs are constantly shifting with tides and rain and wind........mind blowing eh !!!......



Jim and I went to Chapman's pool on one of our first dates 7 years ago......AAAWWW feel the love .....

Can you see the orangutan's face in this dead crab ? or am I seeing things ??

AWWW........sending out the love Folks ..........xxx

Phew climbing back up the hill ....is that a smile or a grimace from all that lactic acid build up ???

But with a pocket full of goodies ........we found loads of Kinder egg bits of plastic toys in all the flotsam and jetsom ......a REAL treasure ..Look out for them appearing on an ATC in the not to distant future.........

We went down into Swanage after for a well deserved plate of pea fritter and chips ....

Stone mermaid to complete a perfect day ........what have you done today ???......xx