The astonishing colours of sea creatures were captured in these shots taken at Chessington Theme Park yesterday.  I like the way my dyed yarns relate to the anemones...and as ever, I got terribly excited when I kept on thinking of what I would paint etc. etc.  We had a great day, seeing a good friend with her new baby, and then having fun on the rides.  Mind you, I had to extricate myself from the House of Horrors as there was a swirling tunnel and I felt myself beginning to swirl as well!!!  My son and partner finished the Marathon in 4 hours.  Fantastic....what an achievement...congratulations xx

During Jack's party I thought I'd get away from it all and do a bit of spinning......but, no, several boys appeared....and were absolutely riveted.  I couldn't believe how quickly they learned.  After trying to teach adults to spin....the contrast

  was staggering!!  They were so interested and loved the colours and yarns - it was quite exhilarating!! Maybe the textile gurus of the future?  Who knows?  They certainly said they wanted to come back for more.  And then....look at the night sky in Jack's bedroom...it's fantastic!  Today my son and his partner run in the London Marathon.  Good luck to you both xx

My usual, calm start to my day.....walking the girls.  It is particularly good now that Spring is upon us.......when I look at the growth in the woods I always think of weaving.........I'm up to the hills again in a few minutes, and the sun is shining brightly .... AT LAST!  Jack's party went with a bang and the remnants of the sleep over contingent are still around.  Kids grow up so quickly I feel I just have to grab each moment with them.  I'm sure time was much slower years ago!!  Enjoy your day x

Finding old friends.....it's really good to get out all my bits and pieces.  I didn't realise that I had so many crocheted flowers....I must now think what to do with them!  Also I have masses of dyed fleece so perhaps I should discipline myself to do a certain amount of daily spinning and felt making -  the days are just not long enough.  Yesterday a friend from the Guild came round.  It's brilliant because she lives literally 100 yds. up the road.  Her love of textiles and colour sense is so like mine - it's great - and we both have so many thoughts and ideas.  She moved in last summer so we are both 'new girls'!  Today Jack is having his belated birthday party with several boys having a sleep over....should be fun!!  By the way big Jeeves doesn't look too stressed with the outside world does he?

I spent a couple of happy hours ironing some of my dyed fabric and placing it in its new home......now the sun is shining and things are warming up I am thinking about stitching and patching.  I am also looking forward to starting a new on line course which is all about ripped stitch ... so watch this space.  Well - the boys went out yesterday and had a good old prowl before returning to the safety of their  new home.   As my friend said "They're very cute.  Where else would they get such luxury?" !!!

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As you can see I'm in a blue/green mode, so am painting everything within sight!!  I do like the effect of painted window frames.....I can always paint over them when I feel a new colour coming on.  I am enjoying playing around with the dresser and quite like the multi-coloured look.  Meanwhile my boys wait patiently (the cats) to be let outside .....so I have relented and plan to open the doors later today.  Hope they don't run away.......fingers crossed!  I'm off to a knitting group in our local library today.  It's quite a strange place to meet because obviously there are people there trying to read.  Oh well - it's worth a try but probably I'll start my own group here eventually.  I was in  Bexhill yesterday and my old group are going to come over  for an extended cake eating session + knit day!

More moving in pictures.  As you can see the animals don't look too stressed!  The cats haven't been outside since the end of December as they have been moved from pillar to post.  I'm feeling extremely mean, but their big day is coming on Thursday when I'll let them out.  They'll either go mad or simply stay inside.  They have enjoyed looking out of the window and I have to say they have been very well behaved boys..........Today we hope to get the telephone working so things are looking up!!