tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54221374242802352752024-03-08T16:38:53.007+00:00Dog-Daisy ChainsProbably too much information from dogdaisy92Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.comBlogger491125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422137424280235275.post-64964337011153309582024-02-29T13:48:00.000+00:002024-02-29T13:48:20.300+00:00A Day in Gort <p> A trip to Gort. </p><p>Every year when we come to Ballyvaughan I meet up with two textile friends. Ester who lives near Galway always finds us a nice cafe and usually a shop or exhibition to look at, and Breda drives over from Dublin and we talk…and talk. Not as much about textiles as we used to. We’re firm friends now after 10 years!</p><p>So yesterday Ester found us <a href="https://www.thegallerycafegort.com/about_us">The Gallery Cafe</a>. and a lovely shop in Gort, a busy little town about 25 miles away. </p><p>It was pouring down all the way, and as I arrived in the square and parked I set off looking for the machine to pay. It didn’t say anywhere how much it was and I saw a man with his car window down and said ‘ I don’t know how much to put in!’.</p><p>‘Don’t put anything in, he won’t be out today. ‘</p><p>He was adamant. I said I’d meet my two friends in the cafe and see what they said, and he said it was a shame I was meeting two friends! I asked him where the cafe was and he said he was just after coming out of it and pointed me in the right direction </p><p>I asked the cafe owner about paying for the car park, and she said ‘oh he won’t be coming out today, don’t worry’ </p><p>We had a great lunch and talked for more than 3 hours. (No parking ticket) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56CiooPj57iPtHxWWixio9ack7DukbbgI7p2kGPzgjiCdLTomY5_5vol4VAG3yghNX5SD3UEoLiGDuA2aPLAlLEAvwrl4yPyBCgtHnPhGMw6hHEFbRrMTZR4d-FzVX0c-8wdMiXIzFWQEhOIceB1KZYf-N_u9Vs-hN5QnVsdpZpDhxB8i_XFvfkQYucS4/s4032/3D0BC374-A79F-4161-AF8E-3E365E15512B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56CiooPj57iPtHxWWixio9ack7DukbbgI7p2kGPzgjiCdLTomY5_5vol4VAG3yghNX5SD3UEoLiGDuA2aPLAlLEAvwrl4yPyBCgtHnPhGMw6hHEFbRrMTZR4d-FzVX0c-8wdMiXIzFWQEhOIceB1KZYf-N_u9Vs-hN5QnVsdpZpDhxB8i_XFvfkQYucS4/s320/3D0BC374-A79F-4161-AF8E-3E365E15512B.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>I had to be restrained and order small because we were out for a meal that evening. Beautiful bruschetta and salad followed by a very small cake. </p><p>There was a surprise when I visited the toilets! Rather an unusual water feature in the waiting area </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMi6LqBLbWd_2bbkVcrIqYHSeyMi6NN55CbbctlzW6ZDbCis9eIjukdJmCJv8waqlj44nosbY5ie9C6cZ_biVZ-HHFOjTKbAiIZ_vKMDuFzaaetxOmWpIdsmuu-X3lKyH8fpJVy33BeUr_67yV7KiNRl4GCocps8wfcsbW70uvi5k8s_kBh8MxoO64r5V/s4032/E03DA1DB-DC20-4E3E-9AC5-2D8BDCB5860A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMi6LqBLbWd_2bbkVcrIqYHSeyMi6NN55CbbctlzW6ZDbCis9eIjukdJmCJv8waqlj44nosbY5ie9C6cZ_biVZ-HHFOjTKbAiIZ_vKMDuFzaaetxOmWpIdsmuu-X3lKyH8fpJVy33BeUr_67yV7KiNRl4GCocps8wfcsbW70uvi5k8s_kBh8MxoO64r5V/s320/E03DA1DB-DC20-4E3E-9AC5-2D8BDCB5860A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hard to photograph. A deep well with goldfish. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p>Then we went to the loveliest shop, full of colour and pattern <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nineandfiftyswans?igsh=czFudTFhdXByaXhu">Nine and Fifty Swans</a></p><p>In the shop I heard the owner chatting noticed she didn’t have an Irish Accent, I also heard her say she used to be a feltmaker. </p><p>When it was my turn to be served I asked where she was from, Liverpool, and that’s where she did her textile degree. </p><p>I suddenly had an image of her in my head from over 20 years ago. I asked her name but I already knew it! Suzanne McCullough who had a residency at the Platform Gallery in Clitheroe, who made amazing sculptural Felt pieces. I met her a number of times that year, as I had work in the Christmas exhibition! In fact I think she even bought a handbag I’d made. </p><p>Isn’t that just amazing? In a little town in Co Galway, there was someone I’d met in Lancashire 23 years ago! </p><p><br /></p><p>As it was still raining hard Breda, and Ester and I couldn’t stand about much longer so we parted, sadly until next year. </p><p>Back at the car I was just about to dive in out of the rain, when a rather unsteady gentleman lurched over to me and asked me to help him back his car out. ‘Bang on the window if a car comes’ which I duly did. By then I was drenched! </p><p>Got lost on the way back to Ballyvaughan, turned on the satnav and it righted me by way of a tiny road with grass in the middle. I came upon a huge black goat with immense horns in the middle of the road, a satanic looking individual who had a load of chums all trying to decide which field to return to. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTOxem19c-w473bAE8a5zZ1d1Fzs_xoXI6PnUX4NbX7yG_7mG0b0hLll2LWKtrsxylvvcNcDqP3qF_2ACeYGV27Lkg5Jq6p0Yko6BYwZ9JKjFrUwK8a1VnmDS-doTCJnFka_UYjwp0mrXqRAMcVYFEuskBAU_lRQc5XMsPaZmbZHN8gfS1z7qI_BmSWZO/s4032/E3E752F0-C75D-4309-A022-123CA8286D92.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTOxem19c-w473bAE8a5zZ1d1Fzs_xoXI6PnUX4NbX7yG_7mG0b0hLll2LWKtrsxylvvcNcDqP3qF_2ACeYGV27Lkg5Jq6p0Yko6BYwZ9JKjFrUwK8a1VnmDS-doTCJnFka_UYjwp0mrXqRAMcVYFEuskBAU_lRQc5XMsPaZmbZHN8gfS1z7qI_BmSWZO/s320/E3E752F0-C75D-4309-A022-123CA8286D92.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I’ve sold a lot of brooches this year which has been very useful as we’ve had car repair bills and dog-dental-bills. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I have a lot of super loyal and generous followers on my Facebook page who already know all this! </p><p style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately this hasn’t left me much time for making larger pieces, so I’ve nothing much to show on that front, but each little brooch has been a distinct and unique work of art.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I’ve read a lot of books, 43, but not as many as last year for obvious reasons.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> I also decided that’s it’s ok to give up on books you aren’t enjoying and I returned at least 10 to the online library unfinished.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The stand out book of the year for me was ‘Piranesi’ by Susannah Clarke </p><p style="text-align: center;">It enthralled me. It’s weird but wonderful </p><p style="text-align: center;">Via the U3A, I rang handbells weekly and played croquet, and occasional table tennis, went on social outings and went to the drawing group alternate weeks.</p><p style="text-align: center;">When there were social distancing rules we rang the bells outside, near a fishing lake </p><p style="text-align: center;">This proffered trout was an unexpected bonus for one of our ringers one day. I might have snaffled it but I was walking 2 miles home in blistering heat, up a steep hill and I don’t think it would have been very nice. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFZ1nxKgaWTs8XdFaV-mpC4l35j2YeT48vMM_GrQkqL2JYVPokRWnJopbqwG8Lqoo4SB819hIQzST4JI58tXO_lhY3-SqhFMXDJEM_ud_GCe7r1uK-glBjKGF9U_--bC_AVNcomq-Y2BtmAh6NIgttxRxpfnvZEBkM_j8mSWE4PMipMpOXNY-St8EycA=s3065" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3065" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFZ1nxKgaWTs8XdFaV-mpC4l35j2YeT48vMM_GrQkqL2JYVPokRWnJopbqwG8Lqoo4SB819hIQzST4JI58tXO_lhY3-SqhFMXDJEM_ud_GCe7r1uK-glBjKGF9U_--bC_AVNcomq-Y2BtmAh6NIgttxRxpfnvZEBkM_j8mSWE4PMipMpOXNY-St8EycA=s320" width="316" /> </a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I tended to my Mum’s needs (a lot) and tried hard to be patient, and took her to many many appointments </p><p style="text-align: center;">I had my cataract operated on , my ‘second’ eye.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We managed 3 nights away in Northumberland and two in Malvern our Scilly Isles holiday was postponed again and we hope to go in June </p><p style="text-align: center;">Our usual Ireland break at the end of February was cancelled but we are hoping to go in 2022. </p><p style="text-align: center;">However I have to consider my Mum who relies heavily on me and lives alone. </p><p style="text-align: center;">We almost lived outside during the Summer and I enjoyed the garden particularly when it came to my70th Birthday when we could socially distance outdoors and we clung to the shade it was so hot .</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Born mid October and delighting us. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I didn’t think all the fuss people made about their Grandchildren was real but believe me it is a wonderful thing even though I’ve had to wait until the Grand old age of 70.</p><p style="text-align: center;">That green blob is an enormous stegosaurus my husband bought him for Christmas </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLwQQozWgRMZHghT2WtcPoXISV1XzTadV3l90jqIeaDUVRDKLZFPOFClIThGUtvNvknZ6E44D1GFeMoZpVeUIR2iHvKAHGlwxCCJR22sp2xcweXHBadiAJOJE_uwGIInrwQpkzZ4r3qHjECYeiWdgMSxlcaBszOLb5BA80ghqKy17GlPO40yhN-l7w4w=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLwQQozWgRMZHghT2WtcPoXISV1XzTadV3l90jqIeaDUVRDKLZFPOFClIThGUtvNvknZ6E44D1GFeMoZpVeUIR2iHvKAHGlwxCCJR22sp2xcweXHBadiAJOJE_uwGIInrwQpkzZ4r3qHjECYeiWdgMSxlcaBszOLb5BA80ghqKy17GlPO40yhN-l7w4w=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He is a wonderful little man and gives us hope and purpose. 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We returned from Ireland and by the end of the week we were in Lockdown. But not me...oh no! I am the official Gofer. I had to endure these scenes which I’m sure everyone is familiar with, but I had to show my Mum why I couldn’t quite get everything she wanted from the supermarket. <br />
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My husband is over 70, my Mum is 92 so it’s down to me even though I have type 2 diabetes. I am quite fit and my ‘numbers’ are good so I hope I’m not at risk. </div>
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My mum was in a state of anxiety and panic for the first three weeks, but seems to have made a complete recovery but is lonely. She goes to the local shop every day for a newspaper, which is probably not a good idea, but I think she’d go mad if she didn’t. </div>
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She has no internet so that’s the only contact she has with the outside world apart from phone calls. </div>
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This collage is from quite a few years ago and you can see that there are one or two virus like shapes there. </div>
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I thought I’d make a topical one just for fun, this may remind you of something! </div>
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This brooch received a lot of comments on my Facebook page and some people wanted to own one. </div>
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I had also been thinking of the food bank missing out on all the donations because people were so worried about getting enough food for themselves, that they couldn’t also buy extra to donate.</div>
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I usually take a bagful to church , as do others, but there’s no Church either. </div>
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So..I decided to make a number of brooches , to fill in my income gap ( as my teaching has been cancelled) and to donate £5 from each sale to the food bank. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I sold them all immediately and had a long waiting list. </span><br />
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So two weeks later I made another huge number. </div>
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This time, I was able to donate more than £100 each to two hospices, who are also experiencing income drops. </div>
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I felt useful, I felt creative and it kept me upbeat and motivated. </div>
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Someone made an unpleasant comment on my photograph, and I got an ‘angry’ emoji too. </div>
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I realise that the Corona virus has had a devastating effect on many hundreds of families, and that perhaps my brooches were in poor taste. </div>
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So I stopped. I still get requests so I may do a few quietly and list them in my Etsy shop. Of course, they’ll have to be more expensive to accommodate Etsy fees but that’s how it has to be. </div>
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The weather has been amazing and we have taken full advantage of the lovely area we live in. We are lucky to have a variety of walks nearby. </div>
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We have Moorland </div>
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And farmland</div>
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Tracks both high and low</div>
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We can look down from the moors onto our village and if it’s clear, you can see the sea and Blackpool Tower. </div>
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So to counter that we’re encouraging weeds. Aren’t these gorgeous?</div>
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It takes my garden a while to burst into bloom but there’s joy to be found in colourful leaves and the blue of the forget-me-nots. </div>
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This blurry photo fills me with joy. Once I only saw these in a museum showcase but now they come to the garden. </div>
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Global warming? </div>
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Just after that we had our usual trip to Ireland, which was the best yet I think, despite our sailing during Storm Jorge, remember that?<br />
We had a beautiful cottage opposite the sea, with a roaring fire and lots of room.<br />
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This Seamus Heaney poem was on the wall and describes it well.<br />
We didn’t see the swans this year, perhaps Jorge had driven them away.<br />
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Spots and dots was the first prompt , easy peasy and fun. </div>
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But I’m sorry to say I only lasted twelve days. I didn’t have enough time to devote to it.</div>
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Here are a couple I did ..</div>
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Garden tools. </div>
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How could I not do the ever present concertina?</div>
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Then it was Brian’s birthday. </div>
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Bittersweet end to January though as his brother’s wife died after a 6 year battle with Cancer. Fortunately we were able to see her and say our goodbyes but she didn’t know we were there. </div>
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His birthday card, posted two days before, had her name on it .</div>
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Then came the 31st and the most stupid, most pointless, most shameful thing happened. </div>
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We pulled up the drawbridge and became Little Britain for no good reason. I know many will disagree with me but I make no apology for my opinion. </div>
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I’ve been very busy with the U3 A a splendid organisation with a new branch in our area. </div>
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We were fortunate to be given the opportunity to work with Olivia Keith for three</div>
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‘Hedgerow weaving’ sessions. I’ll admit to being a bit baffled by it but I signed up because it sounded interesting. And so it was. </div>
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The first session produced this a shallow ‘ bowl’ made using Olivias materials. Then we had to forage for our own </div>
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And during the final session I made an obelisk, wigwam, plant support. </div>
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I also joined the new handbell ringing group. I’m not a bit musical </div>
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and my biggest contribution so far is sewing 20 calico bags with drawstrings to protect the bells. Everyone is a lot more impressed by them that they ought to be! </div>
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It makes you realise how many people don’t sew. </div>
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Yay! I got inspired again. </div>
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A lovely lady in America liked some old things from my Etsy shop and asked if I could make her similar. So I had a go. </div>
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The result!</div>
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I had to prepare for Woolfest with much making. </div>
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It was very, did I say, very hot. I didn’t do as well as usual with my wares , but I still enjoyed it. I met up with lovely Aileen Clarke and her family for a meal , and I stayed in the usual gorgeous B& B in Cockermouth. </div>
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Towards the middle of the month we visited my dear and very close cousin who had just discovered she was ill. </div>
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My Mum and I visited her and had a lovely afternoon. I took lunch, which she said was all her favourite things. </div>
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Despite the sad news we had a lovely day.<br />
She gave me a Birthday Present but also gave me a little Flower Fairy fridge magnet of the Sweet Pea fairies, which she said reminded her of the two of us when we played together as children.<br />
For my Birthday I received from various people, an obelisk , a passionflower plant and a large pot to put it in with a mini obelisk to support it.<br />
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I re planted my alpine bed which flourished later.<br />
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At the end of the month we went to stay in the Cockermouth B&B that I’d been in for Woolfest.<br />
It was so nice I wanted to go with B .<br />
We stopped in Ravenglass en route and had a ride on Ratty the little train.<br />
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During the stay we ate at the beautiful Kirkstile Inn, and the fabulous Asparva, Turkish Restaurant in Cockermouth. We visited Lanercost Priory where I lit a candle for my cousin and wrote her name in the prayer book. </div>
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And came across these beauties in the middle of the road. Suckling calf just visible.<br />
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On the way home we called into Grasmere where a friend of Bs was giving a little pre- concert concert with the new ground ‘Stir Ye Girls’, in the Storyteller’s garden.<br />
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At the beginning of August my cousins Grandson got married and my Mum was invited. </div>
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I got her suited and booted, and made sure someone would keep and eye on her all day, and took her to the wedding. </div>
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Two weeks later I was able to visit her at home for the last times to say goodbye, although she didn’t hear, and she died on the day we set off for our holiday to Lyme Regis. </div>
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She had the most perfect death, in her own beautiful home, with her daughters and husband around her. In my life she was my role model, as she was in her death. </div>
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So we had a bittersweet Summer Holiday but I needed it. My Mum was grieving alone and I felt guilty, but my son visited her and I phoned every day , as I do. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our apartment was once stayed in by Jane Austen . This would have been the same view. </td></tr>
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Lovely lovely Lyme Regis. </div>
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I felt refreshed and able to brace myself for the funeral which in the end was beautiful. </div>
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As deaths always do, it provoked the looking at many old photos, so I’ll end August with this beautiful picture of my Mum on her wedding day with my cousin as her littlest bridesmaid in 1950 </div>
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Thankfully I didn’t have too much work to do for Yarndale as I’d made far too much for Woolfest and had plenty left. </div>
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So I had time to have another go at sourdough..with better results. </div>
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I stitched a bit of Autumn Glory. </div>
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We had a trip to Conway to take my Mum to visit my other cousin, her brother. </div>
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Also in September our new U3 A started and I joined the walking group, the drawing and the table tennis . I’m hooked on table tennis! </div>
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I saw this on the first of the walks. Summer on the floor. </div>
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Then came Yarndale. A great success but still my last one! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made a brooch into a hairslide</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This lovely lady had dyed, spun and woven this amazing wrap. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New haircut, and colour.<br />It’s longer now!<br /><br />OCTOBER<br />The month of my Mums Birthday and my Dads anniversary.<br />We had renunion of Bs university friends in Alnwick</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Northumberland sunset</td></tr>
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The rest of the winter months passed by in a blur of buying Christmas presents..for my Mum to give. She gets so worried about it and nothing anyone can say or do will stop her. I did my best. </div>
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This year I’ve read 27 and a half books, made about 300 brooches, and taken up table tennis. </div>
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Vienna!<br />
(Very ...And now even more..belated post and the photos and memories are now tangled so please excuse )<br />
We Decided to have little break in June and chose Vienna.<br />
I’d always wanted to go and it didn’t disappoint.<br />
We set of on Sunday afternoon from Chorley railway station, and arrived around midnight from Gumpendorfer Strasse underground station and a shortish walk to our apartment. We stood on the steps of the station discussing which way to go, when a young couple broke off snogging to ask if we needed help! How sweet.<br />
It’s not the most beautiful area of Vienna but it was very convenient for the tube to all the other bits. We bought a 72 hour ticket and we got our money’s worth.<br />
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We were only asked for it once and I thought the woman was trying to sell me something and waved her away! Oops.<br />
The three days we spent there were full...we walked a long way and it was 30 degrees so quite tiring.<br />
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We set off on the first day walking down aforementioned Strasse towards the more elegant part of town, with glimpses of domed turrets ahead.<br />
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We passed a spectacular climbing wall with and Aquatic Zoo above it. </div>
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Then we caught a train and stopped to look at the beautiful Otto Wagner buildings, with beautifully decorated facades in different styles. </div>
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We had lunch in the Market where there was abundant choice of cafes.<br />
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We ‘did’ Vienna, seeing many things and missing a few others. Our feet were strapped up with plasters and I took painkillers to help me through! </div>
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We saw many artworks , assorted pics, of Scheile and Klimt.</div>
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Other places we ate were Silberwurt Cafe A lovely garden with a lively atmosphere in the Margherita Schloss area.<br />
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We enjoyed a three tier savoury meal and some very inexpensive wine. A perfect end to our trip. </div>
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<br />Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422137424280235275.post-54996851024725357112019-03-07T23:13:00.003+00:002019-03-07T23:13:45.364+00:00A Long Time...Well I'm flummoxed and a little sad. Technology has moved on and Blogger is slowly fading away. As I opened this up to write a new post I had a complicated message which seemed to boil down to the fact that google and blogger are no longer connected and I won't see comments any more.<br />
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Well..I've been away a very long time..end of Summer was my last post! Then I had a bad cold and then at the end of October my 91 year old Mum fell and broke her humerus and had to come and stay with me for 7 weeks as it turned out. Then it was the Christmas rush so I'm afraid my blog took a back seat.</div>
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I'm back now and we've just got back from out 10th visit to County Clare so my photos will be somewhat similar to those you've seen before! Here goes then..</div>
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Ive read some good books..</div>
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Found some extremely large and teeny shells on a beach in Ireland<br />
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Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422137424280235275.post-51336816629568561692018-09-02T15:50:00.001+01:002018-09-02T22:45:22.555+01:00End of Summer<img alt="" id="id_c9a9_2039_4b8b_bbf0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KUZ17TbGpxI/W4v4weBSLVI/AAAAAAAAMWM/RqGeU742FEIMXwydYjDTsVVpBz7WenNSgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" style="height: auto; width: 746px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br />
The last few flowers from the garden.<br />
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Blackberry muffins from the hedgerow.<br />
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A lovely three days teaching in Northumberland.<br />
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A visit to an old haunt, I stayed here 20 years ago.<br />
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A visit from a an old FB friend who likes my brooches.<br />
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The ‘dreaming spires ‘ of Wooler.<br />
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And a new lacy piece.<br />
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Goodbye August. Loved being with you. </div>
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When I studied City and Guilds Embroidery I was introduced to Natesh Titania Threads, the variegated ones.</div>
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<br />Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422137424280235275.post-91059915604285542422018-08-02T12:55:00.003+01:002023-05-22T23:09:22.976+01:00Hot weather but now cool. This post was started a few weeks ago but I've had trouble with the photos uploading. However a solution has been found, by me, in the form of dropbox.<br />
Do you find it confusing to switch photos between devices? I have extra icloud storage but so many photos its not enough. So Dropbox it is.<br />
Shortly after I wrote the last post the weather took a turn for the better, the lambs shed their plastic macs, the bluebells appeared and a very warm Spring began which I thoroughly enjoyed.<br />
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It's been so lovely to have walks in the woods again without having to bath Hetty before she can come inside!</div>
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The sheep and lambs have been a delight to listen to from across the road. I apologised for not being vegetarian every time I stopped to watch them They seemed very happy in the fields and some of them are still there. </div>
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A lot of the early Summer was spent with the house in upheave mode while we re decorated our 'everyday' room. </div>
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After all the paint decisions there was the carpet to consider, and while we waited for them to come and lay it (5 hours after they said they would) the rest of the house was upside down.</div>
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(her is Hetty modelling the faulty carpet)</div>
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We had a few reservations about putting back 'all the clutter' but since all the orange pine was painted in lovely colours it looks a lot less busy and I love my pots.</div>
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I found this gorgeous fabric for the curtains, which I had the devil of a job making , because it was so expensive I skimped, and it has a big pattern, but they look lovely.</div>
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Then the final incongruous indulgence.. an IKEA 'Poang ' chair. I've always wanted one, they are not expensive but I thought it would look out of place. You don't say 'out of place' you say 'eclectic'</div>
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All in all it's worked out well, and I love the whole room, and even though it was done on a budget it pleases me as much as if it had cost a fortune.Big thanks to my lovely husband who worked so hard to get it done.</div>
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It made me want to do a bit more sorting, so I emptied teh glory hole under the stairs. </div>
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I've read some interesting books,</div>
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and I taught a class of my own locally in mid-may and we had a super time with lovely people.</div>
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I've done a bit of sewing of brooches, but not much after last years full on production line.</div>
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We had a few days away. The first night was in Twickenham, where the 'Green' wasn't.</div>
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Stayed with my long long time friend Annie at her lovely house.</div>
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visited the gorgeous amazing Great Dixter Gardens,</div>
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It was perfect for the two of us, beautifully decorated and equipped, very central, (slightly hairy unpacking as it was on a double yellow line at a junction) a perfect place to explore Rye on foot.</div>
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On the way home we stopped to look at Canterbury Cathedral where Brian had his first student placement way back in the 70s. </div>
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His accommodation was the white building to the right of the main entrance.</div>
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He'd worked on the restoration of the Black Prince's tomb .</div>
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It's a fabulous building well worth a visit. The rest of Canterbury is mainly shops but there ere one or two other interesting sights and sounds.</div>
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Then it was my birthday and we visited an equally interesting pace, Manchester! Not quite as 'picturesque' but vibrant and full of the unexpected.</div>
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Number two son who lives there, found a great restaurant for us, <a href="https://allotmentbar.co.uk/?utm_source=tripadvisor&utm_medium=referral">Allotment</a>, where we had a series of delicious small plates. yum.</div>
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Back home again..Hetty found a prickly friend in the garden. Night after night she got very excited about him, but sadly , he/she disappeared. </div>
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The last trip to the garden at night isn't as exciting for Hetty any more.<br />
I spent a very hot but very delightful weekend in Llanidloes and stayed in Rhayader, where I picnicked in a park by this lovely river.<br />
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So far I've enjoyed a Summer of lovely long hot walks.</div>
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I've rooted out some old friends in the form of skirts and dresses from years ago, which now fit me again, and I've reacquainted myself with another old friend. </div>
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Even though Easter was so cold we managed a little posy for the table.</div>
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In fact it was so cold that these new lambs were in macs.</div>
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Now its warming up and things are galloping along in the garden in their own way.</div>
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The little things are the best.</div>
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The blackbird spent a few weeks sitting in a nest being waited upon by her beau but then disappeared and left nothing in the nest. We don't know why.</div>
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Our Felt group had a trip to the Lancashire Archives where we looked at old pattern books.</div>
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It's suitable for beginners and experienced learners. Wool provided.</div>
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I joined Chorley Walkie talkies walking group and had 4 long walks with them recently. They start and finish on a Saturday in Astley Park and there was a redcoat encampment there one week.</div>
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WOW say I...I have just realised that last week, on 29th April to be exact, it was the 10 year anniversary of this blog. I have enjoyed writing it so much and I love looking back over the posts, and the memories. I have made lots of friends through it over the years, both online and in real life.</div>
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The same day a year later makes it 9 years since my beloved Willow died. </div>
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Here is the very first post.</div>
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The Corofin Traditional Festival was cancelled so no concerts, and our usual trips here and there were out of the question. Ballyvaughan is in the Burren and the little roads over the mountains are narrow and steep and the snow made them quite dangerous even later in the week when it started to subside.</div>
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Last time I taught courses there we had a great time.</div>
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Its filling nicely but I could do with a few more so get in touch if you're interested or know anyone who might be.</div>
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This is my favourite.<br />
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Haha! I wrote that more than a month ago and then came unstuck trying to blog from my ipad app. So here I am at last on the trusty laptop. The blogger app has stopped working on my ipad and I cant find a way round it. its to do with updates, and it was so handy to upload the photos you've just taken.</div>
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Christmas came and went.</div>
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The one I did for my Mum was nicer. Just stars and silver balls, and the joke is, we always peel that horrible sickly sweet fondant off before we eat it.<br />
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Not vivid tropical fish but old fashioned Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing type fish. Its a book from about the 1940s of which we have a copy. In the book, Mr Crabtree takes his nephew Peter on fishing expeditions (in a full three piece suit and hat) and teaches him the ways of British freshwater fish, and how to catch them.</div>
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Ive sold all the freestanding ones and had a request for brooches so there are some in my shop.</div>
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The trouble is, they are not as easy to make as the usual brooches and require a lot more individual attention (not that the brooches don't have individual attention, they do) so have to be a bit more pricey. I daresay I could get in the swing of making them but I don't really want to just mass produce them.</div>
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Sometimes its good to recharge your batteries with an afternoon out. We regularly travel to this area and enjoy the peace. It's not too far away and refreshes the soul. Arnside, where we watch the train chug across the estuary and listen to the seabirds.</div>
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And here's Saint Hetty ..well.. her shadow from the back of the sofa, with the shadow of a beautiful glass snowflake made, and given to me by the very wonderful Chris Daley of Woodland Ridge retreats in USA.<br />
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I started this post in August and now it's the end of October and I'm just finishing it off.</div>
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Partly due to the fact that I can no longer use my ipad to blog since I updated it and blogger haven't updated their app .</div>
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I returned from Crafty Retreats at the start of June and had to knuckle down and get work done for Woolfest at the end of June.</div>
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including Harvey the delicate poodle, a regular visitor to these events. His feet never touch the ground.</div>
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I stayed in a gorgeous B& B where you didn't have to take your shoes off.</div>
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Number Six Castlegate. Lovely food, lovely owners and beautiful rooms.</div>
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Later in the Summer I had a close encounter with a sparrowhawk who accidentally flew into the kitchen.</div>
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Lucky escape. Not so lucky were my sea urchins from Symi. The sparrow hawk flapped them to pieces.</div>
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Woman seated at table=My Mum</div>
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Woman standing centre =my Mums best friend who sadly died on 11th September.</div>
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Man standing=my Grandfather who lived 100 miles away in Walsall</div>
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At the beginning of October we went for one night to Dovedale in Derbyshire on a uni re-union ..my husband's reunion.Here's a pic of the pretty village of Ilam. The building is the village school . Gorgeous. The Hotel we stayed in was lovely and the food was stupendous.<br />
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As soon as I got home I started my Mums 90th Birthday cake. Fruit at the bottom and sponge on teh top. I researched cake decorating on youtube and I must say I got pretty obsessed. I used all the equipment I bought! </div>
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Over a year ago I had an email inviting me to teach in France. I said Yes immediately. </div>
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It sounded lovely. </div>
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A week in a beautiful house and converted barn in the middle of the French countryside, teaching a handful of students who were there to enjoy themselves, beautiful food, accommodation and dogs and cats and a tortoise. </div>
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I was picked up at the airport and driven to lovely Mallety. </div>
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Past the old tree and up to the little group of buildings that make up Crafty Retreats.</div>
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Tiwi the tortoise kept us amused hurtling round the garden.</div>
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The lovely pebble piece and the ammonite were made by the amazingly talented Philippa one of the owners, The floral piece was made by another Jackie.</div>
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(There weren't many) He has to wear a t-shirt because he bites his fur if he doesn't.</div>
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On via the small town of St Leonard de Noblat where the cherry picker matched the exterior decoration of the houses opposite. There was a roofer wandering about quite happily without a scaffold or any protection.</div>
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The first factory shop was on a river and very peaceful. It was full of very Chic and very expensive porcelain.<br />
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I had a cute room with a lovely view. I should have been staying in 'the other house' but there was a bee problem so I was moved and it was lovely to be in the thick of it, listening to the chatter in the morning from the breakfast preparations, so I was very happy.</div>
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Acres of forest but sadly I didn't see any wild boars!</div>
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Meal times were a pleasure and we were all treated to a beautiful piano playing from Fran, so it made for a lovely 'last supper'.</div>
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Before I went I was worrying. Worrying about how I could sustain such a level of activity for a full week; would I be able to get up in time every day, what if I got bitten by midges, and so on..but I had the most amazing time and felt so well and happy all the week. Ate too much, drank too much and as usual, talked too much!</div>
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Just before Easter I had another super visit to Snape Textile group where I did two day classes. They wanted to make vessels so I had to practise before I went!</div>
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I usually use the dull and unloved colours for my samples on the day and in this picture you can see the one on the right in maroon and lime that I made on the first day, as well as the bright pink smaller one I made on the second day. </div>
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Here's a close-up. I thought it would be horrible in those vivid colours, but in the end I rather liked it.</div>
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I was hosted overnight by the lovely Sarah and her family. They have a super seating area outside and some unorthodox planters. Aren't they great?</div>
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The end of April took us to Wonderwool Wales. An enormous wool celebrating venue in Builth Wells.</div>
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Inside the Royal Welsh Showground I set up my stand. It was very hard work and not like anything I'd done before as it had huge white 'screens' behind it. I felt it looked a bit bare but showed off the goods I suppose. Bit blurry photo.</div>
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I used the above mentioned bowl with a little plastic container in it to add a bit of nature to my stand. I asked the owner of our B &B if I could pick some Ladies' Smock from their fields which were absolutely full of it, and it just looked perfect with a bit of a budding beech branch.</div>
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Waiting for one of the members was the delightful 'Bear' . I had to go out and be introduced to him.<br />
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<br />Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422137424280235275.post-16575125310976929992017-03-12T14:44:00.002+00:002017-03-12T14:44:22.568+00:00Late starterIt's the third month of the year and my first blog post. <div>
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I think I haven't felt anything blogworthy since my last post. Christmas and New Year were a bit dull and we were still recovering from our bad colds for ages. </div>
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I can only check my photographs to discover what I've actually been doing since my last post.</div>
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Ah I've remembered!</div>
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With a deadline of 20th January I had to get cracking on a project for 'Stitch' magazine. I obviously can't show it here but in June it will be published.</div>
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I also had to work for the most lovely Gallery that I deal with, and wouldn't you know? The deadline was the same date. Fortunately they were flexible and I made a few Fossil Brooches for them..not my finest hour.. sample below..to accompany their exhibition, details here <a href="http://www.sotagallery.co.uk/new-events/">http://www.sotagallery.co.uk/new-events/</a></div>
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As I look at that I realise it's over! Time flies.</div>
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I've sent brooches to Ballater to a Gallery there, and I've sent three wall pieces to <a href="http://www.ramsterevents.com/surrey-events-news/embroidery-textile-art-exhibition-10th-march-to-26th-march-2017/">Ramster </a>, the exhibition started yesterday. Here are two of them. My spies tell me they have been hung in the exhibition.</div>
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On Monday we returned from Ireland, out annual trip which I always enjoy.</div>
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Tense moment on the day we set off as the neighbours who were having Hetty suddenly announced their daughter had gone into labour a week early so they couldn't have her for the weekend. I managed after much panicking to find alternative accommodation for little Het for the weekend and they picked up later in the week.</div>
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We had a great time although it was very wet. I had lunch with my two lovely Textile friends, Breda McNelis and Ester Kiely who both drive a distance for our get together. We ate lovely food and talked nineteen to the dozen for three hours or more !</div>
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Here are some of the highlights of the trip to Ireland.</div>
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Corcomroe Abbey on a sunny but bitterly cold day.</div>
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It is amazing inside with beautiful stone carvings and tombs and monuments from hundreds of years ago.</div>
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I visited Thoor Ballylee, otherwise know as Yeat's Tower. Silent except for birdsong. Deserted.</div>
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To Be Carved on a Stone at Thoor Ballylee</div>
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And then one night, over the rocky road to Corofin, where a mountain of a man with the face of a cherub played concertina like an angel, accompanied by a Japanese guitarist, to whom he had taught English with a heavy Irish accent.<br />
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Concertinas from the tiniest just-for-fun to the most enormous. The best musicians who all have individual careers and CDs out.<br />
"People keep telling us we should make an album. We're only after thinking they meant together'<br />
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An actual selfie of me and my friend Denise on the bitter cold seashore.<br />
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I'm working really hard now for Wonderwool, Wales in just under two months time. I've set myself a very high target to meet , and although I'm really excited about going there for the first time, I don't know how cost effective it will be, by the time I've paid for B&B, stand fee, food, petrol, these first few pieces are 'lost leaders'.</div>
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Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422137424280235275.post-62611508147869316322016-12-27T15:49:00.003+00:002016-12-27T22:17:28.680+00:00End of the yearMy last post written way back in October ended with my looking forward to a workshop in Garstang. Well it was lovely and the town looked lovely too. It's a super little market town with a lot of independent shops, and I really wish Chorley had taken a leaf out of their planners' book when they decided to wreck our town with unsympathetic developments. I said this in the class not knowing that two of my students were from Chorley, but I think in the end they agreed.<br />
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Anyway here are some pictures from the day.<br />
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There was some really super work all different.<br />
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The two below both used the same source picture, so it shows that we all have our own style.<br />
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A Van Gogh interpretation.<br />
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The one below should be rotated. It's based on a David Hockney tree painting.<br />
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And here is a shop in Garstang all decked out for Halloween. It's a long time ago now!<br />
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He made an excellent job of the roof, and it's completely dry now if somewhat cooler, as the old wood and mortar between the wood and the slates, has been replace with battens and breathable membrane so there's very little insulation left up there between us and the elements, and the bedrooms are chillier. However, when all the loft has been cleared of a lot of the aforementioned 'stuff' that fell into it , we can put down some layers of insulation and that should make a difference.</div>
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It's a beautiful job and cost a fortune, so you can imagine how upset I was when the chimney above began to drip into the kitchen again. We all thought it was cured but it seems not, so at extra expense it has to be re-investigated from the other side, ie the neighbour's, who are absolutely adamant that they have no problems with it. It only seems to happen when the wind blows in a certain direction so it could just be a small crack somewhere.<br />
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I had a brilliant time at Yarndale.<br />
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I wasn't expecting it to be such fun as it was the third time I'd done it and I thought perhaps it might be good to have a break, but it was sooo good I can't wait for next year!<br />
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I met loads of lovely people , some of whom had signed up for my course in September which has been and gone, and some of whom were interested in signing up for my second course which is in November (I still have a couple of spaces left due to having to change dates) .The alpacas had a lot of compliments too. Vivian the baby was a big draw with her spotty face.<br />
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A grand time was had by all. Apparently , if you were walking about on the Saturday it was heaving, but I was in my little pen and enjoying chatting to people and selling pieces of work so I loved it. It's so wonderful to be complemented all day long.<br />
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We had a plan. Hetty went to a friend's house. We would go for lunch to a pub we'd seen in Far Sawrey (Near the Windermere ferry) called 'The Cuckoo Brow Inn' and then go to Kendal and pop into the Abbott Hall Art Gallery to see 'Winifred Nicholson in Cumbria' . My husband had restored a lot of her paintings for a book by Christopher Andrae which was published a few years ago.<br />
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Then we set off to Kendal but unfortunately the traffic from the North to the South of Kendal on a Friday afternoon is a nightmare and by the time we got to the Gallery it was too late to go in.<br />
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So in the end Brian went on his own the day after , as it was the final day.<br />
Shortly after that, an invitation arrived in the post for guess what? The preview of the Winifred Nicholson in Cumbria Exhibition in London!<br />
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The day Brian was hobnobbing with Winifred, I was having a fab time with a wonderful group of ladies teaching the first course I'd organised myself and I have to say it was brilliant fun.<br />
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Some came from so far away they had to stay in hotels. I was very honoured.<br />
I'm doing it all over again in three weeks with a different group.Still a couple of places left due to ..well circumstances!<br />
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The work on the roof still grinds on. I'm going to miss the lovely roofer and his assistant when he leaves (eventually). Last week his Father (a retired GP)turned up on a motorbike and his brother (a tiler) arrived to throw some rubbish in our skip (by prior arrangement) so we had three members of his family at our kitchen table. I'm beginning to think he's a member of my family! I'll be so glad when I can see through the windows again and walk into the garden without clonking my head on the scaffolding, and pay some attention to what we used to call the lawn. We need an industrial vacuum cleaner to clean out the loft . The skylight has been covered with a layer of thick grit and bits of old slate and new roofing felt so it's gloomy on the landing as thats the only natural light.<br />
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Brian is painting the woodwork so all is going to be very smart. e might even finish with a flourish and re-instate the Balls on the gateposts which regular readers might remember were lifted a few years ago but then recovered.<br />
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This weekend I'm teaching a workshop at Creative Threads in Garstang.<br />
I was convinced I'd be exhausted on Sunday when the clocks went 'back' but then I realised it's 'forward' so I'm ecstatic.<br />
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Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422137424280235275.post-45769855695631039172016-09-11T22:04:00.001+01:002016-09-11T22:04:56.349+01:00August. And a bit of SeptemberWell if I don't do this post soon it will be too late and in my dotage I will be wondering what I did with my life during August 2016!<br />
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First a gorgeous surprise arrived in the post from Mary-Anne Richardson of <a href="http://magpiesmumblings.blogspot.co.uk/">Magpies Mumblings.</a><br />
We've been blog friends for many years and it was a generous and beautiful and unexpected gift.<br />
Isn't it pretty?<br />
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Mid August I had a lovely visit from a college friend I first met 47 years ago.<br />
We are still close and had a very happy four days together. We had a super 'Beatrix Potter ' day, visiting Hill Top Sawrey and Yew Tree Farm. Connected with Beatrix. We crossed Windermere on the ferry and experienced the ridiculous and controversial new ticket machine, which was later the subject of a an item on the local BBC news!<br />
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Shortly after that we had a week in Dorset. Lyme Regis to be precise.<br />
When we arrived at our last minute accommodation we were a bit daunted by the exterior view at first.<br />
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We had a most beautiful relaxing week . It was a complete joy to walk about the town and down to<br />
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Lyme Regis is a lovely town. Real English seaside with something for everyone.<br />
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We did get the car out on one or two days , We went to Beer.<br />
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Lyme Regis harbour is so interesting<br />
The light is glorious.<br />
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There are so many lovely places to eat as well.<br />
We ate in<a href="http://www.harbourinnlymeregis.co.uk/"> The Harbour Inn</a>. A seagull swooped and ate half my hake!<br />
And one day we revisited <a href="http://www.theanchorinnseatown.co.uk/gallery/">The Anchor Inn at Seatown</a>. Still fabulous.<br />
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On our journey home we took a detour to eat in Wells at the most wonderful vegetarian restaurant <a href="http://www.thegoodearthwells.co.uk/restaurant.html"> The Good Earth.</a> Really worth a detour.<br />
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And the Town Cryer of Wells will offer all sorts of helpful advice like car parking tips.<br />
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Usualy at this time of year we are in Symi but not this year.<br />
I made a moussaka to help us get over it.<br />
I used nearly every pan and every utensil.<br />
It was worth it.<br />
Even better when we ate the other half a few weeks later, defrosted and reheated it was delicious.<br />
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Hetty had a haircut at a different place, much nearer home.<br />
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Then.... the scaffolding began.<br />
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By the end of last week every surface of our house was covered.<br />
We are having a new roof, some pointing and while the scaffold is up my husband is painting the hard to reach bits.<br />
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And meanwhile I'm preparing for Yarndale.<br />
Stand 17 . Come and see me.<br />
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We went to Oxford for a couple of days. Stayed in a cheap and cheerful Travelodge with a saggy bed but it was ok.</div>
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Our main reason was to visit 'Art in Action' the very last one. </div>
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We've been a few times before and had always said we'd go again, and as it was the last it was now or never.</div>
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Its a feast of every kind of art. Painting , print, sculpture, textiles, ceramics and so on. It was wonderful. </div>
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I took this one for my son's friend who does drawings on the underground. (I'll credit this photo when I find the catalogue!)</div>
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It was delightful to sit under lovely trees and listen to the music.</div>
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The Gardens at Waterperry nearly made me cry. </div>
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I wish wish wish I could grow things like this.</div>
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I have one delphinium which hasn't yet flowered!</div>
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In the Textile Tent I saw Carol Naylor, who once gave a workshop to our textile group and stayed with us.</div>
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I can't begin to convey the loveliness of Art in Action. </div>
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In the evenings of our trip we dined in lovely places found by my husband who was tasked with finding said beautiful places.</div>
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The Perch, Binsey was one such.</div>
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Lovely place, delicious food.</div>
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Oxford is a place I have often driven past and never explored. It's truly beautiful with so much history (obviously.) </div>
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I popped into a church where Cardinal Newman had preached and Gerard Manley Hopkins had been curate. </div>
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Just there..just passed by and there it was..amazing.</div>
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I liked this alternative to a brass plaque on a door, such a beautiful stone carving to announce yourself.</div>
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We met my cousin's daughter and her daughter in The Barefoot Bakery Jericho,where we ate lovely toasted banana bread and I bought a super blouse in a charity shop. Very very lovely stuff in Oxford Charity shops! Noa-Noa, Toast, White Stuff, Gudrun Sjodern.</div>
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I'd wanted to visit since I did a research project on The Minoans when I was at College, and it wasn't disappointing. Many of the objects are reconstructions but it didn't matter. There was so much to see.</div>
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The first part is spectacular enough, the natural history section.</div>
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Axe heads. I took this because we found a similar one on the beach at Cley in Norfolk years ago.</div>
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On the third days after visiting my cousin at home, we went into town and saw many sights and sounds and really too many people. </div>
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Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422137424280235275.post-54399859832710514932016-07-03T20:16:00.001+01:002016-07-03T20:17:16.151+01:00Two Woolly WeekendsI must apologise for the quality of the pictures in this post. They are a bit fuzzy. Taken with my ipad.<br />
On 23rd June I went and cast my 'Remain' vote in the EU referendum.<br />
Then I packed the car and off I set to Woolfest. Almost there I stopped on the shores of Bassenthwaite and ate my sandwich. I wished I'd got my swimming cossie when I saw people swimming past me. It would have been lovely.<br />
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I worked hard for about two and a half hours, setting up my stand, and I was very pleased with it. I put all the Herdwick brooches on my tree and called it a 'Ewe Tree'.</div>
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Then I tootled off to my B&B which was immaculately clean, but I was very unhappy to be asked to remove my shoes. Call me awkward but I think if you run a B&B and your rooms are for paying guests, the carpet should not be more important than said guests.</div>
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It was lovely, but one pillow? And cushions on the bed which were supposed to be removed 'before retiring'. I had a good laugh on FB that evening.</div>
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I woke up to the dreadful news that the UK voted to leave the EU. BIG SAD FACE.</div>
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However , Woolfest was a welcome distraction from the news. Many many people felt the same as I did. In fact out of all the visitors I spoke to, and there must have been hundreds, only one was pleased with the result.</div>
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Here's my Ewe Tree.<br />
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Here's my lovely Friend Angela who came to help me and provided conversation and big smiles through the day.</div>
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People bought the Herdwick brooches , wore them, went round the show and were asked where they got them, so I did very well.</div>
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Here are two lovely ladies who bought them to go with their outfits which had been woven by the lady in blue.</div>
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Later in the day, towards the end of the show, Hetty let out a loud yowl, ad everyone jumped, but it was because she'd spotted this Hebridean Ram making its way down the aisle.<br />
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I had a super weekend, went out on my own on Friday night and had a lovely meal in a small restaurant called 'The Front Room'. There I met a couple who owned a B&B round the corner. We got on very well, and the upshot is that I'll be staying at theirs next Woolfest! I've booked it and you don't have to take your shoes off!<br />
Woolfest was a wonderful weeken, the organisation is brilliant and I was on a massive high, having sold lots of stuff including 4 expensive wall pieces, and making lots of new contacts for exhibiting and possible workshops.<br />
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And I made another comedy Herdiwck piece, 'The Heelis Crew'.<br />
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On Friday I tootled up to Coniston to set up my exhibit at <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-36686702">Yew Tree Farm.</a> (Click link for more details)<br />
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This is the barn we are in, with a Spinning Gallery' where ladies who spun in days gone by would work outside to get an extra two hours daylight to work in, as the barn is very dark.<br />
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After fish and chips in the farmhouse I was invited to help feed the baby Herdwicks. I was so excited..it lasted about 30 seconds, they guzzled it fast.<br />
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Some time ago I was given some Shetland Wool by Jennie who I meet every year in Ireland.<br />
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It also had a nice table and we made felt together while our other halves were at their music classes.<br />
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She'd taken all the hard work out for us by preparing the shapes, and brought loads of lovely materials.<br />
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This was in the pub in Kinvarra , the Sunday night session. It was funny that we'd seen a TV programme about the woman playing the banjo earlier in the week.<br />
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During the week I met up with Esther Kiely and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bredamcnelistextileartist/">Breda McNelis</a> , two of my lovely textile contacts.Breda and I had arranged to do a swap, she gave me two of her lovely pieces so I was very lucky. (Pictures to follow)</div>
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Breda captures the colours and textures of the Burren so well in her work. </div>
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They are beautifully framed, and the piece I gave to her was lightly and rather wonkilly mounted on card. </div>
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Now, Hetty had a GREAT time while we were away.<br />
But she put on a little weight!<br />
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In Lancashire we have some amazing Textile Heritage and some of the mills are museums.<br />
Sadly , cuts in funding have threatened them with closure so I decided to visit them before they close.<br />
I had an afternoon at The Helmshore Textile Museum , and it was fascinating.<br />
It ceased production in the 70s (?) but there are machines dating much further back. The staff did a couple of talks about the way cotton fabric was produced, and it was fascinating, and a real eye opener about the harsh conditions of the workers.<br />
Below is the system they had for reducing the size of the cotton lengths prior to spinning.<br />
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The machines below we for rubbing up the nap of the woven fabric.<br />
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The Museums have been given a bit of a stay of execution but I fear they may eventually close.<br />
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I've made a bit of my own fabric too.<br />
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I'm quite pleased with this length of embroidery, the colours work well in real life.<br />
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Forgive the rubbish 'finger in the way' photo but how astonishing it was to open the curtains to snow a couple of weeks ago.</div>
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On the way home, the cross in front of The Chapel next door proved just how late the snow was.<br />
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The lovely wood below is Formby Point, where we went for an afternoon with my Mum.<br />
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It's owned by the National Trust and is a Red Squirrel reserve. The woods are really quiet and calm despite the huge number of visitors who were there. We saw a few Red squirrels and we walked down to the beach, over the sand dunes, Hetty had a good run off the lead on the beach and enjoyed herself.<br />
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I did a bit of household sewing recently ..amazing!<br />
I fell in love with this fabric when I went to the shop across the road from the Textile Museum, and I splashed out on half a metre, which I then managed to eke out to three cushion covers<br />
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I added some leftover curtain fabric and did a bit of random applique .<br />
I love the colours.<br />
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Other sewing has been done too..I've discovered a lovely new colour combination.<br />
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My new favourite : rose pink and olive green<br />
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