Walking with Tilly

 Tilly and I out for a walk.

Weather's good, it's Good Friday, we have a few days to get away, so we're off to the south coast.  Be back soon, with photos.

Lesley

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Not Exactly The Most Exciting Post But Can Someone Please Help?

This is not the most exciting post in the world but I'm completely baffled by this linking thing. 

How do I link something from another blog so that it appears on my blog and links back to their blog?

Oh crikey, does that make sense?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

Lesley

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Magnolia, Camellia, Grape Hyacinths And At Last, Some Sewing!

The Magnolia has been beautiful this year.  I took these photos about a week ago when it was at it's most glorious.

The poor camellia has suffered.  Last year, I moved it to what I thought would be a better place for it.  Although I watered it everyday, fed it and used camellia compost it has only produced six or seven flowers this spring, the rest of the buds fell off (that may have been frost).  The leaves have gone a bit yellow but with a bit of TLC maybe next year it will do better.

I love the colour of these grape hyacinths.

So here's what I've been up to in the last couple of days.  One of my favourite things to do is, sew all the scraps I have together.  There are no rules, you don't have to be that precise, (well just a bit), and you end up with a whole new piece of very interesting fabric.  

Just a few scraps........

Tah dah!  Pieces of fabric for my future project.

Do you know, I've been quite overwhelmed by the lovely comments you leave.  They make my day and I find I can't wait to see who's been visiting and I have nine followers too.  If it wasn't for Gill at Gillyflower I may well have left blogging behind but her encouraging words gave me the push I needed to keep going.  Thank you Gill and thank you to everyone else, this blogging malarky brightens my day.

Enjoy the sunshine.

Lesley

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Box of Smiles

This box arrived a couple of weeks ago.

The postman said it had made his van smell.  I wasn't sure if that meant he liked it or not!

My house smells lovely.

I need to get on with some sewing and start using the lavender but in the meantime, I've left the bag open.  

The smell of lavender just makes me smile.

Thank you for the wonderful comments, they make me smile too.

Lesley

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In My Sisters Garden

I love going to my sisters house.  She's a very keen gardener and will happily leave the housework until much later, who can blame her with the weather we've had this past week.  Here are a few photos I snapped while there.

The smell from these hyacinths was just wonderful.

I have lots of photos waiting in the wings to show you.  I've got a bit behind with my posts but it's going to have to wait until Wednesday as The Col has a couple of days leave.

My sewing room is feeling neglected too, I must try and sew something very soon.

Tilly had just seen a squirrel, good thing it was up the tree!

Be back on Wednesday, in the meantime, have a lovely week, even if the weather isn't quite as good as it has been.  Although, I think Gillyflower in Kent is due to get the best of the sun, lucky you Gill.

Bye for now

Lesley

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