The garden is both lush and battered after the storms on Sunday evening.  I’ve chopped the damaged lupins and foxgloves down and have read ...

Today I went to Bridge of Allan (near Stirling) for the World Textile Day.  I can’t think of anything better to do on a soaking wet, foggy, ...

Whilst walking on the moors the other day DH said; “How can there not be life on other planets.  I mean, just look at the amount of life h...

With DS away on a play date DH and I took Daisy up into the hills, just 5-10 minutes drive from our front door. Northumberland is aptly nam...

Have you been wondering where I am? Blogging can once again resume as the exhibition at Bailiffgate Museum Gallery in Alnwick is now up and...

  Some of the little quilts at Loch Lomond were taken from my paintings and drawings and printed onto fabric before being stitched and bead...

Hello from soggy Scotland! The Loch Lomond Quilt show has one more day to run, over the last few days I’ve met lots of lovely people – old ...

I promised some colour on here, too long ago. Time seems to be speeding faster than ever atm, did someone press fast forward? Amongst othe...

Last Thursday was my birthday – I love to have a “special” day and I spent the morning happily painting. In the afternoon the sun came out a...

Its Beltane and we should be dancing barefoot in a meadow.  Wearing hawthorn blossom in our hair and being courted by a young knight in shin...

The studio prepared for painting…DH commented ”It looks like a scene from Dexter”. I should have started with red paint.

  One 3,000 word essay to organise and submit Two textile commissions Three magazine articles Two exhibitions in the next two months – p...