On Sunday afternoon, Malcolm pointed out that there was a rowing boat coming down the river
which was quickly followed by several more
but perhaps the rowers in the last little boat weren't too sure of their stamina, as they also had an outboard motor (and none of the boats rowed back up the river, we saw them later being towed behind cars!)
the swans have been spending a lot of time out on the estuary, with only the occasional one appearing in the dock. I realised that I don't know very much about swans, and whether they migrate ...... like me, you can find out more here
the seal, as ever, entertained us ......... but every time I got him in focus he vanished under the water - on several occasions showing me his bottom as he went!
on Sunday evening the seagulls made a great deal of noise over in the river
while dozens more sat out on the sandbanks
yesterday I layered up the Father Christmas wallhanging
and finished making up the kits (except I realised later that I had forgotten to put in the red buttons for his coat)
I keep forgetting to take photos of the progress of Mrs Billings, as I have been stitching away on the hexagons for the last border in the evenings. So yesterday I remembered to round them all up and count them - I have enough of the coloured pyramids and almost enough of the calico ones for another side, with several coloured ones left over to start the third side
then today I made another Father Christmas, and layered it up as well. The one on the left will be used at the workshop to show the students how to hand quilt it, but for quickness I shall machine quilt the other one
all this sewing requires a lot of stamina, and Malcolm made sure I didn't flag this afternoon, bringing me two tiny cakes
and a mug of hot chocolate
and finally, for all my cat-loving friends, this afternoon I took this photo of the nasty little beastie cute little cat just for you !