Indian Summer

Here in parts of the U K we  are having an Indian summer,this a selection of photos I have taken in the glorious West Country, at home and away.

Home




Away

Warm temperatures mean sea mist



This is the reason that I always pick up discarded fishing line.

The following away photos were taken in Brixham Devon which I have blogged about before.It is a busy fishing port which recently featured in a 10 part SKY ATLANTIC  series. The narrow back streets were once the haunt of smugglers ,but they must have  been very fit.










I was able to resist searching through these boxes JUST.


This shop selling carved wooden items has been there for years ,but I have never seen the owner sat outside before.Perhaps the presence of TV camera crews may have something to do with it.






October 1st  and record breaking temperatures,it was great to see so many family's enjoying the beach.

As I am not a sailor I was not out with my husband in one of the distant yachts  He and a friend were out for seven hours but as there was little wind did not travel far,
The ferries that cross the bay were packed



And Wilson found a lady friend called Lucy to swim with , this is Lucy's owner trying to persuade Wilson to give him the ball.


Over at LMM there is a photographic prompt RED
so off I went and in a very short time I had taken these.














We used to call people like this Men of the road,I hope I am not doing him an injustice,but he did seem to have some very strange  belongings.
We had a detour on the way home today as my Husband had bought  4 wheels+ tyres from EBay,as his car had failed the MOT.
We had to travel down to Cornwall which is a beautiful part of Britain ,this added about 100 miles to our journey home which was not great on such a hot day. We did not get near the coast but we were up on the moors and at one point we were surrounded by wind turbines all motionless and silent.

and when we eventually got  home another flash of red when my husband cut the grass.

I will finish with some cards I made last week






Random image

I would also like to thank everybody who sent me Birthday Wishes.

Talented Artists And A Birthday

Yesterday I had a lovely surprise when this collection of ATCs  arrived in the post from Dallas ,Texas. They were from my dear friend  and talented artist Jackie who can you believe is a newcomer to ATCs .


And even the envelope was decorated inside,
I also had a visit yesterday from another talented artist ( I am not biased) bearing an early gift for my birthday.

Now you have to agree this is very good for an 11mth old.
Mummy and Daddy  had added gifts as well


This is a delightful necklace  with as you can see sewing inspired charms.
As it is my birthday today I spent a little longer wandering around in my dressing gown  feeling lazy. I was quite pleased when I spotted this random heart on my sleeve .

I have been using the red fabric for sewing but this is just a tiny scrap which happens to look like a heart.
This afternoon I made another twinchie I was offered a day out ,but the thought of just pottering in the studio was more appealing.This twinchie was made from the inside packet of a cereal packet. I had the iron out and I wondered what would happen if I heated it, the answer was that it fused together and actually became quite strong. It would have been better to leave it as it was but I decided to sandwich it with Angelina fibers . The effect was ok but it lost the luminosity.


my Tim Holtz mini stamps came in very useful

and with a small battery light inside it looks quite nice.


todays random image