Showing posts with label roses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roses. Show all posts

Thursday, May 12, 2016

It may be Misty in the Tarn but even

7.30am, it is pleasantly warm, misty and damp this morning and  I love seeing leaves shining with the morning dew dripping. I know the sun will be shining later today but we are also due a storm later, so I had a stroll round the garden to see what's been happening overnight. I wasn't disappointed  either. xx


 My Sambucus  Nigra Black Lace is starting to flower
 such tiny petals
 My hosta is untouched this year, partly because I have raised it so high the snails don't stand a chance of getting to it.
 I was given a Lemon Tree as a New Years gift and little lemons are on there way, look forward to adding  a few slices to my Vodka & Tonic later in the year.
 Weigela
 Nature is amazing just look at the detail on this rose, wish you could smell it.

 I think this is a fairy washing line and they even left a peg, wonder if i disturbed them

I have forgotten the name of this tree :(

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Happy Valentines Day

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” – Charles M. Schulz
“I wanted to make it really special on Valentine’s Day, so I tied my boyfriend up. And for three solid hours, I watched whatever I wanted on TV.” – Tracy Smith
“It wasn’t love at first sight. It took a full five minutes.” – Lucille Ball

Friday, February 14, 2014

Nana they're not Pink!

 My granddaughter Poppy will be moving soon and she will have her own bedroom, as she loves cats I thought I would maker her a few, well I did and but they had no faces and they looked very boring and characterless.





I gave them red eyes at first and they all  looked as if they had severe hangovers so I unpicked and did black ones with whiskers.
They dont stand up so I made a few circles on a few so they could sit on a shelf, I looked for a small box to sit them in but have not found anything suitable yet.
then I thought maybe they would look good hanging, a mummy cat and kitten, some I filled with lavender and some with rose petals and a few with just the poly fiber.
 Mummy cat below looked shocked that I could even think of unpicking her eyes so I left her well alone and she thinks she is purrfect!

I should have checked first with Poppy!!! yes they are lovely Nana but they're not PINK!!!  

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Embroidery fun with Ribbon

Twirled Ribbon Roses, French Ribbon Knots, Spider Web Roses and Needleweaving Bars.  Been an age since I did these, forgot how relaxing and fun they are to do. The A-Z Embroidery Stitches book I bought for my daughter last Christmas and borrowed it back just to have a browse and saw the ribbon embroidery and felt I just had to have a wee play, and as I was making my granddaughter Poppy a few outfits for her doll I thought I would try it out on a top..... might add it took me for ever and I won't be in a hurry to do another, the top took minutes but I reckon it took me a good 4 hours off and on to finish the embroidery. Fun book and perfect for beginners through to advanced.



Rose scented Sachet


Another Rose scented sachet


 Top and trousers made from an old scarf
Pants from an old T-shirt, the poncho is a doily with the centre cut out, bias trim round the top with pink ribbon tie,and a little pouch bag made from the left over centre. Ta da

Friday, May 24, 2013

Come What May

Have to say not the best May weather wise I have experienced here in the South of France, in fact it has to be the wettest, coldest in the 15 years that I have lived here, the fire is still on and I am sitting here with  a big polo necked jumper and thick socks. My mind is telling me it should be t-shirt weather, sitting on the patio putting the world to rights over a few glasses, perhaps a BBQ  and watching the sunset. Still the birds are singing their little heads of and the garden is blooming and everything is very green and lush, and I really should not complain. 

I  managed to get a little gardening in and discovered one of my white roses has a tinge of pink which is really quite interesting.

Picked our first crop of green beans
Made these little kimono slippers for my girlfriends baby due soon

Now these are quite something else they remind me of chicks hatching and although I have no recollection of planting these have found their common name is Sicilian Honey Lily and if you are feeling brave try saying this  Nectarscordium Siculum.  The bees adore these and I love the way they hang upside down.
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What else, oh yes I got these fabulous vintage scissors at a car boot sale a couple of weeks ago and they are still remarkable sharp which surprised me.
This allium called Mount Everest given to me by my daughter, and  I have to say I was very sceptical at first but the plant opened and is quite beautiful, next year I hope to have a few more.
I had a custom order last week for a Ring Warming Ceremony pouch, and as I had never heard of this ceremony let alone made a pouch for one.  I googled it to find out a bit more about it, and for the ceremony the rings are placed in the pouch  and are passed around  the wedding guests and they then say a prayer/blessing and then it winds its way to the groom, kind of sweet, this is what I came up with and hope she likes it.




So May although wet, cold, dull and grey wasn't so bad after all, but please summer come soon.
Have a great weekend xx





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