Jaunty jig

I'm feeling a little smug...just returned from a little family jaunt WITHOUT webbed feet...perhaps even a little tannage! Sweet!

It was a few days over "the border" in Northumberland, and ultimately was spent between beaches and castles..thought you may like to see a few photos!

Bamburgh Castle...certainly has the "wow" factor when you arrive in the little village of Bamburgh...

Loving the zingy green leaves against the weathered rock....

The beach view.... wonder what chances the sea fairing marauders thought they had! 

The universal activity that will keep kids of all ages happy..wave watching...followed by splashing in the sea with nothing but your undercrackers on :)

The Holy Isle of Lindisfarne was my favourite...a causeway cross took you over to the little place, where St Aiden arrived from Iona and set up a monastery. This is the castle perched on the end of the tiny Island....

Delighted by the bright pops of colour against the weathered wood... Salty air makes for wonderful sculptures!

And impossible not to smile at the dormant boats just waiting for that incoming tide and a wee "lift"!

Hope you enjoyed the little trip too :)x

A wee trip! ...and a nice surprise!

Bonjour! Its been a bit longer than normal for a post..so much going on!
I've been away on a gorgeous holiday together with the whole family... a big house on the west coast of Scotland, which mum and dad hired for the week as a lure to get all the siblings and their young uns together...it worked well! :)
Such a lovely time was had by all...we started off in flipflops and tropical sunshine and ended in snow and wellies. Yup 4 seasons in one day!

castle ruins 

rugged coastlines and meanders

nature love 

bright blooms suddenly appearing from nowhere!

Oh! And a thrifted find that had to be carried around all day! 

I needed a table for the trade fair I'm now getting ready for, and spotted this in a little charity shop on one of our days out! So funny standing at the harbour throwing stones with a little side table to rest my bag on...felt like royalty! :)

And then I came home to the welcome of an email telling me one of my handmade books has been featured on Imaginative Bloom! How coooool! Sooo delighted to have my winged girl amongst such other beautiful sewn work. I'm a big fan of this website and the art that is shared here. So I am VERY chuffed!

And last but not least..if you're still with me.....

the next time I post I'll no longer be a Trade Fair virgin.....eeeek!

Its a crazy amount of last minute organising (atleast I have a table now!)..but I feel so GOOOOD about it all. This is the next step, a MAHOOSIVE one....but my BIG girl's pants are on and I'm ready for whatever is to come!

Wish me luck :) xx