Autumn is my favourite season. As I drove to class on Saturday morning the light through the pinoakes was breath taking and I couldn’t resist a shuffle through the leaves! Every one of those leaves was asking to be stitched. I will be teaching oak trees at Koala Conventions in July in Brisbane. I have […]
Read More..>>I know that you are all wondering. Yes, I did see snow on Christmas Day. The snow here has been patchy but we are expecting a big snow storm tomorrow just as I am due to fly out to Myrtle Beach. Everyone here thinks I am a little crazy as I thrill about the powder […]
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Comments(3) I have been dying to write a (cranberry) ‘bog blog’! While in Boston my students were telling me all about the cranberry bogs and how beautiful it is when the cranberries are harvested…..and you know how obsessed I am with berries!
So off we went with Kathy Dacey to find a cranberry bog. We were […]
Read More..>> Comments(1) I know that I have been a bit slow with the blog. Sorry! I have been thawing out from Paris in the beautiful Florida sunshine. Last Monday Vi and I went to “Sea World” to do some research for my new underwater blanket. I didn’t have my camera man but I think my photography is […]
Read More..>> Comments(5) I don’t think that I need to tell you very much about this subject. I think the pictures say it all!
Doug has done such a wonderful job with the photographs! Here is the only one I have taken for the trip. We sure needed the cafe au lait to defrost. Doug has now returned to […]
Read More..>> Comments(5) It is hard to decide on which to tell you about first - food or fabric!. We went to Sacre Coeur early on Saturday morning and found that the streets below the church are filled with fabric and trim shops. I loved the ‘fashion dolls’ at one store. They were beautifully crafted ‘mini’ french fashions. […]
Read More..>>Our first afternoon in Paris we had lunch in a delightful restaurant overlooking the Paris Opera.
Then we went for a walk along the passages (arcades) designed in the nineteenth century to give the Parisian ladies, in their beautiful gowns, protection from mud and horse-drawn vehicles. They run between the Grand Boulevards and the Louvre. They […]
Read More..>> Comments(3) There is one word for Paris in December - cold!!!!!! We had 3 wonderful days in Paris and stayed in the Opera District. It was cold and grey, about 5C but the wind chill factor huddled on the top of an open air tour bus was about -5C! It even drizzled a bit but you […]
Read More..>> Comments(0) Just thought that you might like to see some of the beautiful glimpses of London at Christmas. The cold weather certainly adds to the atmosphere and there is a definite bustle of Christmas shopping. I was amazed at the number of men Christmas shopping! We visited ‘Harrods’ (madness) and ‘Fortnum & Masons’ and many of […]
Read More..>> Comments(4) But wait Fiona……there’s more! We have a great little apartment in London with a bed that folds up onto the wall and a kitchen! It is great value and fun. Our first day, however, started with snow. Just a brief snow flurry but cold and wet so we decided that a museum day was in […]
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