frayed at the edge

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the first hint of last autumn

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very profound!!

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little sparrows

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any excuse to show the Singapore hottie!!

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what was I cooking?

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a painted elephant in Melbourne

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The Chinese Garden, Sydney

Pretty in ........

..... not pink, but turquoise!!

 

have you ever tried to take a photo of your hand and foot ...... it's not easy!  If the toenails have been painted, and the Kindle has lots of books on it .......

 

and the ipod has lots of music ....

 

it can only mean one thing - WOOHOO - we are off on our (very early) summer holiday!!  And yes, we're going to Majorca (again!!)  We leave here at 2am tomorrow, for a leisurely drive down to Newcastle Airport, and all being well we will be in our villa by lunchtime.  We will be away for three weeks, but just so you don't get lonely without me, I am going to schedules posts for Monday to Friday for the three weeks.  For each day I am going to select a photo at random from the folders on my laptop.  I have to admit that I have been very lax about filing my photos away on my external hard drive, so there are photos going back to our holiday in Australia and Singapore last year!  And no doubt the odd donkey or lamb will make an appearance .......

I know that there was no Friday cake last week, and I wouldn't want you to be deprived this week, so here is the most wonderful lmp which I had in Majorca last year!

Spring!

It has been wet and windy here, but it has also been much milder ....... and suddenly the garden is bursting into life.  Some of the plants look a bit muddy, where they have been splashed by the heavy rain

 

but there is one thing that is showing no signs of growth.  This wisteria was planted by the previous owners, and has only ever put out a few leaves.  We eventually moved it to a sunnier spot, where it put out a few more leaves, but I think that it is now on a shoogly nail ........

 

........ I tried in vain to find a suitable link to explain shoogly nail (or shoogly peg).  I think the original saying was "his jacket's on a shoogly nail", meaning that his job was in jeopardy (shoogly meaning shaky), but generally now it means that something or someone is for the chop!

 

I shall be back tomorrow with some exciting news .......

Shopping!

When we were in Hawick this morning, we saw a new shop

 

of course we have to support any new shops, so we went in for a browse.  The shop is full of all sorts of lovely things, with lots of shabby chic furniture, old china, sets of crystal glasses ......

 

I spotted something which I thought Malcolm would like, so I sent him to wait outside while I bought it.  He had to stand in the rain for quite a long time, as the shop owner was very chatty!!  However, he didn't mind so much when he saw this 1930s barometer (which has been painted with Annie Sloan chalk paint)

 

of course I bought something for me too!  A rather quirky magnetic notice board

 

if you are visiting Hawick, do pop in to the shop, which is in North Bridge Street (the same street as Fun 2 Do).

and now, back to Home is where the heart is.  I wanted a curved line to meander between the two rows of words, so I got out my flexible ruler

 

I used a reel of thread to make the curves

 

having transferred the words and curve to the fabric, I added some little flowers and hearts along the curve.  Tha last stage was to pin the applique pieces in place

 

all I have to do now is start stitching!