Quilting at Shambellie House

A marvellous and inspiring exhibition at a beautiful house...hopefully they will succeed in their aim for a study and work centre.

The next Scottish Quilters exhibition is scheduled for September 2020 at Shambellie House, in New Abbey near Dumfries. I wonder if I'll have that half finished quilt of mine done for then...
started 1997 in Y Bala...

A few days away

We were invited to stay with friends further south, so no internet...it was good to be taken to some interesting places and not have to keep up with the housework!

I'd have appreciated it more if our friend wasn't such a hard and fast driver....on relatively small roads. My back's damaged bits are playing up,so that one side of my neck is like a board..and HURTS!!..Especially when being jiggled about in a car..then between midnight and dawn chorus.....4.30 am,by the way!

Still,we had lovely misty views. England is over there...honest!

We cut and run early,only to eventually discover that our lovely chiropractor is on holiday......
tomorrow's job is to get to know another.  At least in the future, I'll be able to travel on the bus for treatment....

sunset

After a cold wet and windy day....

corners

John from Going Gently blog has asked people to send photos of their corners...worth going to have a look...they are fascinating...and mostly so tidy!!

Here are  my corners...definitely not tidy!!

I didn't send the last one....

kiln mending

A start!  Now I have a vertical side wall and a sealing door...next to tidy these,and finish the kiln floor and outside rear wall.

The eye has it...and other things...

Right eye cataract op done...here's to the other...with luck will be done within three months.

Its a good thing we'd done the gardening jobs,and he'd done his shed roof...he has to Behave and be a patient Patient for two weeks...No dust, gardening, bending,lifting, OR bike rides !!

We had a walk around Hannahston before my ride today and had difficulty identifying a small tree...any suggestions?

I just did our basic round the block ride..its about 11 miles/a little over 17km...of course it rained a little...but not enough for the pot plants at home.

On this route there is what some call the local "Last of the summer wine" seat..which had a shelter built from old doors around a garden seat, used by local ex-miners.
This succumbed to the weather and a new one has been built,with name plaques for the original members.

next blog...

I miss it...I found many blogging friends that way,wandering around the blogosphere....