Showing posts with label weekend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weekend. Show all posts

Sunday, 16 March 2014

Portals into the Past...

Good afternoon everyone - and what a great weekend it has been.  Decent weather, albeit a bit breezy and chilly, family round for a lovely dinner yesterday, and a BBQ planned for later this afternoon (eldest sons having mowed the lawns and tidied up the garden in readiness).  It was quite an early start for a Sunday as we were up at 5.45 to watch the first Formula 1 Grand Prix of the 2014 season, quite a race, with our favourite driver coming in 7th place.

With the blue skies we are having I am once more transported in my mind's eye back to beautiful Spain, so thought I would share a set of photos I took of doorways/entrance ways whilst on our recent holiday in Al Andalus...

Cordoba...







Granada...










I find it amazing to think of how many people have walked or looked through these entrances, what tales these buildings could tell if they could speak...

Helenxx

Saturday, 24 November 2012

Autumn Views Challenge week 9 and some creative chaos...

Morning everyone! 

Well, Autumn really is slip-sliding into Winter, here is my Autumn Views photo for this week:


Most of the leaves have well and truly drifted away.  We have had cold, windy and very wet weather for most of this week so not really unexpected.  I will post my final photo next week when the challenge will come to an end - well it will be the end of November after all!  I have loved doing this challenge, thanks so so much to those of you who joined me.  Im already eyeing up views for the challenge next year!!

Well, this morning my DH has nipped over to IKEA with my brother - they are getting a display cabinet for my darling Mum.  No room in the car for extra passengers, so I have taken over the dining room table with a bit of creative chaos:


I love using felt


 
 
I fell in love with this fabric when I "spotted" it in our local craft supplies shop!
 

Lots of snippets of left over fabric, I will keep them though, I often find a good use for the scraps left over from projects


So I suppose I had better make a start on sewing up some of this lot!  I am just planning a quiet day of sewing and chilling out with the family - such a treat after a some very manic weeks at work.  It is often the simple things that bring the most pleasure don't you think?

Have a great weekend!

Helenxx