It's all go

Once again, not very much to show for the last week in tangible form.   However, we’ve been far from idle.    Last Monday and today, Liz and I were curating the SRGB photographic exhibition at Dobbies Garden Centre in Southport http://www.dobbies.com/find-a-garden-centre/southport/.    It is well worth a visit if you’re in the vicinity – approximately 200 photographic prints – the best of the 800 or so competition entries in the SRGB First Print Celebration – a national competition.   It was great to be able to actually look properly at the prints – previously we’d been so busy labelling, mounting and framing that we’d only had time to glance at each one.    The images are so varied, from stunning Creatures of the World, Environment, Human Race, As Shot (unmanipulated) to Step out of the Box (Creative).   It would be really hard to choose just one favourite – there really is something for everyone.   Next year, I think I’ll try to raise my game and enter some myself!

It was lovely and warm on Thursday, so  I spent all afternoon in the garden, , picking through some more alpaca fleece – I’ve actually finished the big bin bag full of black fleece - there’s a bag of brown and a bag of white to go (not to mention a couple of boxes from last year still in the loft!).   It’s a bit messy to card it inside so I’m hoping the weather will be warm and still for few weeks so that it can be done in the garden or we’ll have to do it in the garden shed.    

I did have time to make a needle felted leaf shaped brooch which I’m very pleased with and at last I've photographed the bow shaped one I made ages ago.     I’ve also  put together some cards using needle felted and wet-felted hearts and leaves.    When I think about it, I started a nuno scarf – it is wool squares on chiffon and I’m hoping to decorate it with embroidery or beads, or both, so I have actually achieved quite a lot in the time I've had.   

At the weekend, my husband and I went to visit our daughter in Holland so, as well as being away from Friday to Monday, I spent Tuesday trying to catch up with myself – it all takes time.  I’m looking forward to catching up with the other branch of the family - our eldest grandson will be home from College for the weekend so we’ll see him and we are also singing in a concert.   It’s all go!  



scarf - work in progress