Reasons to be cheerful

Our lovely little stove is proving to be a real draw, we seem to have been down at the allotment almost every day this week, just catching those precious sunny days and pottering about making it really special.

We had visitors on sunday, 2 of our daughters, Nikki and Pru, who had to spend the time outside with her new puppy, but still had time for a cuppa with her dad.

And then there's all those baked bean lunches to be had......

On Tuesday I got to try out the potential of using the summerhouse as a studio, well sort of....

I was making a pattern for a new cover for the rocking chair. Any suggestions on how to make a shaped padded cover would be most welcome.

In the afternoon I finally got to use my desk for sketching..... just the view from the doorway, it was magic.....

And today........ I'm so excited..... I dyed 4 small samples with the walnut husks that we brought back from France last year and the colours are beautiful!

One of the things I love the best about our little stove is the smoke that you can see from the chimney outside. 

So it's  goodbye from the square window, until the next time.

Oh and just one more thing, blogger is not sending me notification of all my comments, so please excuse me if I haven't responded as I often don't find them till I write another post