A sea of blue forget-me nots...

...they are almost past now but the forget-me-nots have put on a very pretty display in the garden for a number of weeks.

They are now at the stage where they want to stick their little seeds to your clothing and come inside...

Silently
one by one
in the infinite
meadows
of
Heaven
blossomed the
lovely stars.
The
Forget-Me-Nots
of
Angels.


(Longfellow)

 

...in one of my Scrapbooks I found these snippets about these dear little flowers....

 

 

 

 

....you do get a feeling of shyness when you look at one of these little flowers....

I sewed up the Beatrix Potter quilt tops this week ready to get quilted...so pleased to have these ticked off my list.

 

 

some close ups of some of the fabric...

 

 

My favourite rose has been picked and brought indoors....

 

 

love this container given to me by a friend...

 

 

and as this week comes to a close I hope I will have more energy next week ...still so much I want to do....

 

...we have repainted our bedroom, I have made new curtains and a little titivating has been happening, will have to take some photo's for my next post.

Have a happy week

xx

 

 A friend brought over this lovely bouquet from her garden ...perfect in our newly purchased crock, the white Brides Blossom smells heavenly...

 ...and almost forgot some of those little hym books from last week found a spot on the mantlepiece along with some UK trip memorbilia...the little robin is handmade Irish pottery.

 

..and because Christmas is coming up I found these lovely tin stars in a shop ...so have hung up first decos of the season...

 

 

 

 

 

My scrappy scrap books!!!

I am such a packrat!!  there is so much to love in this world!!! I love books, paper, cards, images...and some of my precious papers I keep in treasure boxes but others I cut and paste into scrap books, letters and cards I love from friends...how could I bear to just throw them away....a bit of glueing was done this past week.  The chemo treatments are making me very tired and this is fun and relaxing to do...just cutting out and arranging in books...

 

nothing is safe, even paper plates get flattened and slathered with glue!!

 

...oh that blue and white china......

 

 ...exquisite card made by a friend...

 

   some bright...

 ..other pages more subtle..  loved using some of the old music a friend gifted me last week...

 

...I like that poetry that touches my heart can be found in these pages....

 

 

 

 

I attach envelopes and the cards and letters are popped in...

 

 ...not all the glueing is lump or crinkle free...but it looks worse in the photo!

 

 

...beautiful words ...

 

a card from a friend with pressed seaweed.

 

 

 

 

I use old diaries etc, I don't always use proper "scrapbooks" as such.

 

 

...sometimes my enthusiasm gets away on me and I over fill them!!  I do like leafing through these and console myself with the thought that my favourite pictures are all together and it's reducing the piles of magazines around the house!!!!

 

 

There are general scrapbooks and themed ones!!! this is a Fairy one...

 

 ...maybe for children?....but one adult at least likes looking through it's pages!!

 

Over the years |I have enjoyed making little books..

 

 

 

This one is made from pages from an old book and stitched together, I used some paper napkins etc in this one that I liked..

 

I don't always do this alone, I have a special friend who sometimes comes and stays over, we chat and laugh and make a huge mess in the hut and have a wonderful time....

 

 

 

 

Have a happy week doing stuff you love.

xx