Off on our Jollies!

We are off on Holiday tomorrow, no where exotic just good old Shropshire. We are doing a house swap with my mother in law. She comes up for the week to look after Princess Lucy and we get to stay in Church Stretton for the week. We plan to visit Leominster and Hay-on-Wye as well as Ludlow. There will be plenty of photograph taking I can tell you!
Don't you just love this tree?

Would you like to win a pet portrait? well PLEASE pop over to my Emporium blog here to read details or direct to the Rather Lovely Sheep Raffle. There are some other great prizes to be won.

So I won't be around much for a week but I Will post ablout the holiday when we get back and also do a felt flower tutorial for those that want it! Please pop over to my school log blog to see a lovely old photo.

Bye for now!

Lazy sunny Sunday

Gosh yesterday was HOT!

We again spent the day in the garden.

The grass in the orchard was cut by Hubby, and at about 4pm I couldn't resist it any longer.

Tools down and I went to lie on a blanket under the apple tree.

The sky above me was as blue as blue could be.

High in the sky the house martins were busy swooping in circles giving an aerial display.

And on the apple blossom the air was a buzz with bees and hoverflies, collecting the nectar and helping to pollinate the flowers.

Lucy spent the day with us too.

she kept trying to find a spot not too hot, not too shady

eventually she went to bed!

bluebells, sewing and sunshine

The above photo was taken this evening before we came in after a day in the garden. It was so warm today but we started to move some plants that need to go before the builders move in.

The above is a close up of the felt flower I made for last weekend. It was so easy to make, I will do a post about it one day. And below a book cover for a friend's birthday. This is the second one I have made this month and I enjoy making them. They are a bit fiddly but look good when finished.

(Sorry, blogger is playing up tonight so the photos wouldn't go in order and it would not check my spelling either!)

Lucy helped me in the garden again today.

We have bluebells in the orchard. I am afraid there are more Spanish than English but I have not the heart to dig them up.

May is my favourite month in the garden, we seem to have lots more blossom on the apple trees this year.

Last Sunday we went for a walk in the woods across the valley from our house.

Across the river and into the bright lime green of the new growth on the treesThere a millions of English bluebells there.

I took lots of photos and then played around with giving them a brushed edge on the computer. The blue is all natural though, I mean it looks lovely on the photos but in real life the blue was just so strong.

Back in the garden and a photo of the lilac looking and smelling so wonderful but it will be the last flowering for this small tree as it will soon have to go to make way for the extension.

I have put a new post on the school log blog to. Read it here.

What have you been doing in the sunshine today?

let me take you back in time.....

to 1940.

Saturday was a bright and sunny day.

We arrived on the bright Green open topped bus

The village was busy.

The atmosphere was great.

Lots of vintage cars.

The Women's Land Army were there in force.

There was a Spitfire in the car park.

And some interesting things on show.

These boys looked familiar.

Now I never thought I would post a photo of my face on this blog.....

.....let alone my legs!!!!!

But I bow to blog pressure!!!!!

Not as glam as some of the ladies I saw, but I made an effort.

it's almost here...

......the 1940's weekend at Haworth.

I am very excited.

We plan to go tomorrow as it seems to be a better weather forecast for Saturday. We will arrive by steam train and get the vintage bus up the hill into Haworth.

Unfortunately my mum hasn't managed to finish my 1940's sweater-I will have to wear it next year!
These are some of the things going on over the weekend.

There are dances on Friday and Saturday evening.

The Lancaster fly past on Sunday and the children evacuees arrive by steam train on Sunday too.


They even have some classic films showing.

but I watched this film to get me in the mood!

Will be back with photos soon.

Sunday night....again!

It's Sunday night again.

Does anyone else get that 'Sunday night feeling' the sort of 'back to school' thing?

Last Monday it was the village Gala

I had fun on the tombola and won some prizes.

A knitted duck, a flower brooch and a handmade bar of lavender soap.

On the way home I spotted this window.

It's the studio of textile artist Gillian Travis. Her work is lovely and I have been in touch via email and am very excited about trying to get myself onto one of her workshops. Visit her website here.

Another lovely artist I 'found' recently is Richard Bell. He said it was OK to post one of his sketches here.

Pop over to his website and take a peek at Wild West Yorkshire. I love his work and if I pull my finger out want to get back into my own sketching again.

This chap has been stealing the bird food!

This weekend we spent most of the time in the garden. This is our lilac. Unfortunately the lilac and the garage behind will have to go when we build the extension.

The cherry tree in the orchard is in flower and the apple tree next to it has big fat buds.

Looking the other way, up past the old apple tree, you can see the cherry and apple tree and Bob's grave behind the bench.

We cleaned both greenhouses and the cold one is ready for my tomatoes and cucumber plants.

The forget-me-nots have seeded all over the place. They look great against the purple azalea.

So although we didn't get as much done as we would of liked, It looks a lot better than it did last weekend! Time tonight to put my feet up with a magazine.

I have been doing a little sewing, just a little.