BACK AGAIN . . .

Sorry, I've been AWOL again but too many horrible emotional things happened last year and I've just needed some more time to get back on track again!  It's funny when you've been on that so often quoted 'emotional rollercoaster', it leaves you not quite knowing who or what you are and priorities all change place on your Agenda!  I'm not the first, I won't be the last and I know things will fall back into place!

Enough of the doom ~ let me wish you all a somewhat belated HAPPY NEW YEAR and I hope you all had a great Christmas and enjoyed all your festivities.  I expect you're all fed up with looking at pictures of the fluffy white stuff  BUT you have to admit it was sooooo pretty . . . 

So many bad things happened last year that I never got round to showing you the work we had done in the back garden, our horrible black iron railings and uneven patio slabs were all removed and instead we now have wooden ones and matching decking with sunken in lights all round it . . .

The wooden pergoda matches too . . .

BUT this is the best part ~ my new sewing room . . .

There is a stone path that leads down to it and you just might be able to see the edge of more decking which again has pretty sunken lights.  We've put an enormous corner sofa in there with all my favourite cushions, a big fluffy rug and in the corner is a TV so I can watch all my craft programmes and listen to my favourite music in peace (visitors by appointment only)!!!

It has electricity and heating which can be set on a timer so lovely and toasty for first coffee break of the day, I can take the bunnies down there with me and we positioned it to give maximum light and be just perfect for sewing . . .

These are my recent finishes, one before Christmas, one during Christmas and 3 since ~ all need to be finished into wall hangings, flat folds, pillows and as and when they are I will show you the before and after and all the finer details!

This is my current project . . .

I would fall of my chair if any of you knew what it was and I shall keep you in suspense until there's a bit more to show!!!

Thank you to all of you that have stuck by me and been patient, many of you were not and it's so disheartening when the 'followers' number keeps going down.  I have not been actively reading posts so please don't take it to heart if I've not visited you, I'm back now and looking forward to a happier year ahead.

Thanks for stopping by

HAPPY STITCHING

xxx

OK, SO A 'BIT' OF SNOW . . . .

OK, so yesterday's 'bit' of snow was nice, pretty, christmassy and I can cope with  BUT this is taking it too far :

nearly 2ft of snow overnight
 

Winter Wonderland in the back garden

My sewing bench

'My driveway is there, somewhere?'

How beautiful you're all saying, how pretty, what fun for all the children?

NO!, the driveway has disappeared, we cannot open the garage and if we could the roads are so laden with snow the car would be useless, over 5,000 schools, most airports and all public transport are at a complete shutdown and to top it all our central heating packed up over night and no Engineers can get here until at least tomorrow!!!

Even Tilly, after being moved in to the house this week from her summer hutch, is begging to go back to the garage where it's probably warmer!

AND the forecast ~ more snow, I think Siberia would be warmer than here.

On the positive, snow makes the house so bright that cross-stitching is great, any excuse to make cookies is great, having everybody home safe and ? (I would say warm!) is great and Oh! I so don't want to admit it but it is sooooooooooooooooo pretty!

HAPPY STITCHING

xxx

'MUM, IS HE COMING'?

'Mum, is he coming?  That white fluffy stuff's arrived!'

'Please, please Santa, I've been really good!'

'Still no sign, this is getting boring!

I'm a busy bunny, things to do .......'

'Wake me up, when he arrives!'

KEEP WARM EVERYBODY!

Happy Stitching

xxx