Friday, 29 January 2021

Tom & Gerry

My beautiful big baby Tom died just over a year ago! Although it was a very sad time, I spent the last few months spoiling and loving him.  He was the king pin and ruled the house, Gerry was always in his shadow and I thought that she was just a quiet little cat!



I crocheted this frame around a hoop and found one of my many photos of Tom. I transferred the image to fabric and this now hangs in pride of place within the little lounge.

Now you know I said Gerry was quiet, she never came upstairs or caused any chaos.  Well, 4am this morning I was rudely awoken! The crying didn't work so Gerry knocked everything off the bedside table!  

Gerry and I spent a lovely summer together in the garden.  I do miss Tom as he was such a naughty but lovely boy but it's been so nice to get to know Gerry!  She even sits on my lap now most days! We are girls doing it for ourselves, me and my queen pin!

Thursday, 14 January 2021

Wrinkles

It was more than 5 years ago when I told my mum about a wrinkle I had discovered on my forehead.   I wasn't even 40 and certainly not ready for wrinkles!  My mum bought me some wrinkle cream and attached a note.  Lovely mum!  I decided to copy and embroider mum's note as it is fading.  I am 45 this year and I'm not as bothered about getting older, you can't fight it and as Mark Twain said... "wrinkles merely indicate where smiles have been!"


Sunday, 10 January 2021

Craft on!

I have spent a lot of time tidying my little lounge as it became my dumping room, full of....... I will sort that, tidy that and so it continued and every so often I would tidy the little lounge just for it to become cluttered again!  This Christmas, I had another tidy and as we were in lockdown, I was off work and it's too cold for gardening, I thought to myself, "I am going to light a fire, sit in my little lounge and start crafting once again!"