After watching the Sewing Bee each week I am filled with ideas, inspiration and motivation to get moving on dressmaking projects of my own. Please don't tell me who won, I've not watched the final yet! It was on paperbag short week that I made a point of going on (and on) about making a pair for myself. So much so, that C...

 Long time, no post. Why? It's been a dreadful few months really, too much on at work which really dragged me down. Times like that force you decide where to direct your remaining energy and to take care of yourself. I know what's good for me, fortunately I know lots of things that are good for me but there's a limit to how...

I thought I could get so many posts finished and posted last week but nope, not one! How annoying. Here's the only set of pictures that have been readied. It's not due to be the hottest of long weekends, which is typical after the gorgeous weather this week but if it stays dry at least we won't be penned in.  Have a fantastic time...

 I'm more partial to searching out wild flowers on the ground but when we came across a pile of drying poop (presumably cattle) there was a lovely shiny beetle going about it's work which took my interest. Of course it was C who spotted it. We decided that as we don't get dung beetles in the UK it must be a beetle which...

 It's not often I wear a midi skirt and certainly rare I wear one with this much volume. Going back probably a couple of years I bought this in a blog sale. It's a lovely shirt dress with lovely sleeves, stiff collar and button down front. the shirt is big, swooshy and has a bit of weight to it, plus most brilliantly, pockets. It's...

 It's been joyful to welcome back old friends to the scene; flowers and foliage are appearing with increasing frequency. What an exciting time of year. No, it's not warm or blissfully peaceful like summer but there is plenty to see and hear. Birdsong is lovely each morning and a lot of the time during daylight hours. I spent a while trying to photograph skylarks...