Had enough now......

..............by last Monday I thought we were just coming to terms with losing our special dog Poppy............only to be called at work by the husband to inform me not to panic but our super biker son Max had been knocked off his bike in the village..........by a car............he thought it was just a sprained ankle!..............an ambulance drive,two hours in casualty,lots of lovely nurses and doctors and what seemed like too long in theatre later we discovered that he has broken his tib and fib just above the ankle..............my husband then decided to drive back home at 3 in the morning and ran over and killed a cat in the process...........we have had enough..............thank god it was just his leg.......it could have been worse...........I don't care that he may be in plaster for upto 9 weeks(Max may not agree)!..................but I just want to be somewhere like this.................
............in-between lying somewhere like this for a long time...............

...............and here for a while too.....................

......................roll on the summer hols!!!.........

Rachel x

Poppy...

................last night we lost our dear dog Poppy.........the day started out well.......a day off from work.......busy doing errands as I normally do on a Tuesday.......the weather was wonderful.......we planned a bbq in the garden.......our super friend Mel turned up...........I managed to find the garden table that I have been needing for ages (free)!........Poppy made everyone laugh at the shops by turning the car alarm on and off in the car park whilst she waited for her daddy...........later she managed to beg some chicken from a softy.............we walked in to the village to pick up some wine and on the way back we realised she had managed to escape and follow us..........it happened very suddenly........and she was gone........

.....the best dog in the world......we will so miss her........

Rachel x

Quilting and Doodling.......

............Ive finally got around to finishing this quilt........ ..............the main part was made last september but I only got around to binding it this weekend..........

..........the weather was not so good this weekend so I decided to sit in the sitting room and sew till finished...........

...............it was origionally a tablecloth and I backed it up with an old candlewick blanket..............

............I used strips of lovely material from a jellyroll of moda fabric I picked up from the sewing shop in Redruth..........

...............this morning I have been doodling with my Janome........... inbetween chasing artists for our up and coming art exhibition......it's getting very exciting!!!...............

........bye for now........

Rachel x

Things I'm into this week.......

........well I'm always into this one.......this week Jody picked up this baby bouncer for Eva.....aka Jiggy............we had the most hilarious time watching her get used to it and then very quickly getting the hang of it (excuse the pun!)................. ................and as she continues to grow and thrive I started work on a rag doll for her.............I'm really back into crafting at the moment.............

............as it's my day off today I can have a proper breakfast.......I'm really into this......muesli topped with honey......warmed in the micro for a minute and a half..........

...........and lastly these beautiful peonies..........I have had a small peony plant growing just that little bit bigger each year for five years and this year for the first time actually cut these heads knowing that the bush would still be ok without them.........

........bye for now

Rachel x

Drama and Egypt........

This past week Max has been partaking in a Drama Festival at The Eden Project. The festival was produced by ISTA (The International Schools Theatre Association) and chose Cornwall for their latest work with middle schools. Open to children between 10-14yrs from various countries: America,Egypt,The Netherlands,Germany,Switzerland,Azerbaijan,France Norway and Turkey as well as children from our primary school in the U.K.

...........the children took part in ensemble work and workshops culminating in a final festival performance on saturday afternoon...............

................'The Seed' sculpture(placed in the new education centre) was the stimulus for the weeks work...........

......after this wonderful performance we took a quick walk around Eden before returning home.......

............a wall of fridges................with magnets!.................

............Max has already been here!...................

............some exhibitions.....................

......Max had the best time..............

...........some pictures of our on-going project about Ancient Egypt at the school where I work..................

..........we have made a model of the Nile Delta..........

.........bye for now.......

Rachel x

...........today has been spent entirely in my sewing room...........bliss.................I have a little radio/t.v in there so I can keep up with what's happening in the world whilst busy crafting............

......................as I mentioned yesterday I decided to make myself a camera bag.............

..............using all recycled fabric,some interfacing to create a good shape,elastic in the sides to secure the camera when in there and some extra padding too, I made it so that the camera strap can be used as a bag strap when inside so I didnt have to make an extra one.................I'm pleased with the result......................

..............after trying that gypsy top on the munchkin yesterday we realised it was a tad too tight around the middle!!!..........she's a good eater!!..........I needed to put in an extra panel into it and a the same time made her another one in some fabric I bought last year but didn't use.....until now.......I love this pattern................

........back to work tomorrow.........never mind............

.......Rachel x

Back...

.....well yes I am back.........it's been a long break since my last post and a long winter too........lots has been happening around here......work,no work,a growing baby,not a lot of crafting but lots of winter soups and broths have been made.......a few sunday lunch get- togethers............lots of fires have been made............but now the weather is warmer........gardens have been dug,seeds have been sown,plants are now growing......the baby Eva continues to thrive..........and I have started crafting again.......... .......I decided that my new camera strap was too boring and like most of my accessories it needed my stamp on it...........so I made me a new one.........

...................I'm now going to make a new case too.........

...........One good thing that has happened is that I have re-connected with my youngest sister Beverley........she's four years younger than me and lives in the north west with her partner Rachel and family of dogs........we lost touch because, well I don't know but it has always been a thought that we would sort it out someday and I'm so glad that we have......it was really strange to hear her on the phone...kinda like going back in time............................

.............there is one thing that I am so excited about that is going to happen in October of this year.......our primary school is going to hold an Art Exhibition..........we are handing out a small canvas to as many local artists and whoever wants to take part to create a piece of art on.....it can be in any medium...paint,pencil,charcoal,ink,water-colour,oils,mud! or even blood!!!! only joking about the blood (I think)!!! and will be signed on the back so that no-one knows who's is who's.........we have managed to get a local auctioneers to run it for us and our local gardens Trevarno Gardens near Helston has agreed to let us use there rooms for free..........how cool is that.......we are so excited.......my friend Vicky has done all of this work so far and we have all been busy enlisting as many artists as possible...........this is in it's very early stages at the moment but we are hoping it's going to be the start of a good fundraiser with a good reputation...........our school already hosts one of the best cross-country events in our part of the county so we are hoping that this could go the same way............more on this to follow................

........................now back to crafting.........our little munchkin Eva is growing all the time and is such a happy baby.....always smiling and giggling........she loves watching faces,she loves watching the dog as she skoots about and she loves looking out of the window.......we already have favourite songs that we sing with her and makes her laugh.....but best of all is when she is looking at her mum........it's wonderful seeing the strong connection/bond that they have.......she is so special.......and I am so proud of her mum Jody on such a good job that she is doing bringing her up on her own.........I don't say it very often...life flies by so quick but I think it's good to acknowlege something that you are thankful for....well done honey............ ........so I made the munchkin a pretty gypsy top for the lovely spring weather.........

...............this picture was taken a while back now but is one of my favourites...........another thing to be thankful for is my sister Ruth who is coming down for a visit this summer............something else to look forward to.............

........hope you are all having a super bank holiday too

...Rachel x