At this time of year, in late spring and early summer before the summer solstice, everything is so beautifully green. The leaves are lovely in the autumn, and earlier in the spring there is blossom, but this time of year is wonderful too. As I’ve said before, it’s…
I’ve said before about autumn being one of my 4 favourite seasons, and I could say the same about this time of year. When late spring starts to gently roll round to summer, it is beautiful. Not yet high summer, with its heat and parched lawns, but still…
We’re now into April, and the trees and hedgerows are springing into life. There is blossom on the trees, and although it is not exactly warm, it’s not freezing cold and it’s been beautifully sunny. I really wanted to make something, and I hit on the idea of…
Often one of the first signs of spring I notice is usually buds in the flowering currant outside my kitchen window. This year, it was early February when I first noticed little pink buds at the ends of twigs. In my little bit of Norfolk, it feels very…
One of my favourite things to do at the moment is to make colours schemes from photos that I’ve then while I’ve been out. Where I live is beautiful. And although there is a lot to be said for just enjoying what is there in front of us,…
Back in the autumn, I made a little embroidered autumn wreath in an embroidery hoop. It was my plan to make one for each of the four seasons. I haven’t yet made the winter one, and while February is most definitely not spring, this week has felt like…