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summertime passing - update on life

Very busy week entertaining friends, grand children, neighbors and in between this I've been sewing another quilt panel.
There's a sense of summer definitely ending... an almost autumnal bite to the air first thing in the morning and while weather forecasts suggest slight improvement in temperatures later this week it will not be as it was before... I've got some up and coming plans to fit in before I start college.. a London jaunt, a joint birthday party with my eldest grandchild... and a few days of cafe culture in Rome with Dr Fred.

I've been busy though flitting about home and Leeds, entertaining, slow stitching, quick sketching, and generally getting on with things.


I made a  fleeting visit to Leeds and took the grandchildren to Kirkstall Abbey for a little outing - Its a very peaceful place even at the height of summer and while I have been visiting the Abbey for over 50 years, to me, the ruins remain very grand with some amazing stonework.  I think the children were more interested in ice cream but we had fun anyway... in the evening I caught up with some old pals who I only manage to see twice a year - lovely meal out at Jinos thai place - worth a visit...

Then the little angels/terrors came to stay at Nanas, on their own, giving mummy a well earned break and we had loads of fun - it was usual chaos, baking - den building and visit to the llamas..


This week we also had a very successful house warming party - we invited all the village and discovered that we don't actually live in an unfriendly place after all!!! The girls were drafted in as slaves for the night tempting guests with home made buns, profiteroles, tortilla, flan and other delectable party grub and it worked - we had a very pleasant evening and made quite a number of new friends!

Old friends also dropped by and all in all it was a busy cake fueled week... and eventually the house emptied and I set about the task of trying to put together my summer sketch book ready for college.... I haven't done as much sketching or making this summer its been an odd one -  I have collected some sparse work and dug deep for inspiration.  I have some drawings, but not much, I've had a play with the dog heads and I look forward to doing more in the not too far future.


Little play with pen and 5 minutes (ink) continuous line drawing and a paper collage, I'd like to put this into machine embroidery if I find time...

I also almost finished another Row by Row panel - this one from Casper Wyoming - very close to where we saw the eclipse a little over a year ago - this piece needs a little more detail but I felt I needed to get on with sketch book first so its on the back burner for now.


Busy busy busy... not really any time for summertime sadness 😊😊

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