Return of the Traveller

 Hello again
Been out and about, and then I came home.. Here's some ropes, from North Yorkshire

And something a bit rope-ish

Hello again
More sooooon

Loitering..

Cat likes the tent..
Such a good toy

Jo Budd Workshop

 At her studio in Bungay, which is conveniently close.
I have long been an admirer of her work and it was interesting to see her methods
Above, Heather's samples

 Mine on the right. We did all manner of resists-by-medium, watercolour technique on rather unlikely fabrics with a pigment-and-binder system, and monoprints.. That was Saturday

 Sunday, iron to fix, wash out (not needed I think) and pin to the wall for looking.. The lovely Hannelore Baxter was Workshop Slave, made lots of tea and ran around madly all weekend

 Nice bird from the garden, which was a fantastic mix of bees, butterfies, vegetables and huge water-butts.  It rained (lots)

 Some of my less-promising samples encouraged into a semblance of use by cardboard L shapes and advice

And a moment of sun, shadow from vetches..
And now I'm Really Tired

Quilters' Guild Area Day

 At Fleggburgh.
That's in East Norfolk, for you foreigners..
 A jolly good time was had by all.. 40 people (mostly not Guild members, but that's how you recruit new ones, surely),  made modern Cross blocks with Heather, then Noughts (spots and circles) with me,  interpolated with lunch, teas, coffees, cream cakes, soup, sandwiches, raffles, and a competition..
We don't have a speaker, too static, and pretty costly for the amount of amusement derived..
We also displayed Modern and Contemporary quilts, including the Journal Quilts above

 And shopping, of course

 Working hard before lunch..
We provide soup-and-sandwiches lunch, not least because I think it's sad to see quilters eating soggy sandwiches from crumpled paper bags during the lunch break.. I think it's nice to feed people, and it's surprisingly cheap..

More hard work.. Sadly, I didn't get to make an image of the finished products, but I know all had a great time and went home with new skills....

Roadkill, Pink Pumps

Hooray, ducks are out again!

First brood of the year.. 10 ducklings this morning (and one very cross mother duck, as we were mowing the yard)

Shade and Light

Plants and scales by the bathroom

Light and Shade

In the morning, the mist takes the landscape away
In the sunshine, the gargoyles grin

Friday

Shelfie..

Hello there

Spring, which seems to have sprung with a light and summery step, has dragged me, not unwillingly, into the garden.. So, too busy to post.. However, here are some things to keep you amused

 Roadkill - see if you can guess..

 Snail flag

 Cat eating yoghurt with her paw

And a trolley shadow..