Some years ago, I made a quilt for Stuart, and every so often he kindly lets me borrow it to show off to friends. I had asked to borrow it again, so that I could show it to Kay, as she was interested in how it had been longarm quilted. Having shown it to her last Friday at patch'n'chat, the quilt is now safely installed on the spare bed, until I return it
Rather than a duvet, we have a comforter on our bed ....... we actually have two, a summer one and a winter one. However they have seen better days, as we bought them when we were living in Indonesia - and we have been home for over eleven years!! So I asked Kay if she would make a new one for me. I chose an all-over design - you can read about the quilting here. I got the comforter from Kay on Friday ....... but I have to put the binding on, which will be a long job! So for the moment the comforter is folded across on the spare bed
After a busy morning sewing, I decided to go for a quick walk after lunch - and of course the camera went too! I was delighted to find sheep in the field at the bottom of the road, as there are no sheep in rest of the surrounding fields at the moment - Billy the Farmer, who would normally have ewes in the field across from us, is laid up after falling off his horse at New Year and breaking his back, and the elderly farmer who came to my rescue last year when I found a tiny lamb in the middle of the road sadly died last summer, and his farm is lying empty.
I was taking some of my "arty" photos ........
....... when I couldn't persuade the camera to focus on this dried nettle - I guess it just couldn't pick it out from the busy background. Then I had one of those "lightbulb" moments ...... I put my hand behind the nettle, focused, then took my hand away
I then used the same method to capture this rosehip
but I didn't need it for this beech nut
I like how the moss is growing on top of the lichen - and I like the colours ..... an idea for a quilt perhaps?
You know that quite often I have close encounters with large lorries when out for a walk, but today I had just turned back into our road when this monster roared past!!
To finish, a spllash of colour ...... a tub full of crocus outside the house at the end of the road