Just a quicky

I have been busy with sewing Su's wedding dress, she is coming around for her final fitting, then I can get back to my cross stitch.

I have now got the sewing bug and hope to make myself a dress in the next couple of weeks, if I am up to it.

I am having my 1st chemo this afternoon, I have been told I will feel Ok for a couple of days before it hits me. So with the joiner in fitting skirting boards and me slowly going under it is looking to be an interesting time in the next few days, will be back tomorrow with more muses. Mean while keep your blogs going I love to keep up with you all.

Another Sunday update

It has been dull and wet here for the past week.

I have spent my time between hospital visits, ( 3 times this week) and making Su's wedding dress, most of the dress is done, I hope to have it all sorted by the end of Monday.

The weather has helped the garden, above is a dahlia, with rain drops on, I love the bright red pompoms, below is our front corner garden, the plants looks good, I love the red Saliva and Kev loves the Marigolds.

Kev has finished painting the walls in the hall, and I have had fun putting things on the wall, the cross stitch below is one I did a couple of years ago and reminds me of Tom, the markings are very similar. I still think of him most days and ask Grace if she stills misses his as we all do.

Back to my cushion front, I am on 59 out of 100, I have just the last harlequin to finish, I do not know what to do next, I have 4 more patterns to add, I want to look again at what patterns to us to finish it.

Whilst in the hall I took a quick snap of our bookshelf. We have books in every room of the house, In the hall I keep small amusing books, easy to pick up and glance through, we have books on Wales(for Kev) and England (for me). I confess to owning most of these, but the Golf book is defiantly Kev's.
On Tuesday I have my first chemo, I have packed a bag with things to red, sew etc, I expect to be in the hospital most of the day and then home to rest.

But first we are off the the New Forest on the bike with friends this afternoon ( it's Su's mum and dad in-law to be) we get on well and all have a love of bikes. This time I will take my camera and get some photo's, fingers crossed the sun will show its self.

Happy Birthday Mum

Today would have been my mum's birthday,
Below is the last photo I have of all our family together,
it was at my younger brother's wedding, I'm on the end in the black hat.
I had 6 brothers and 2 sisters, this was taken in the 80's, mum loved that coat, my brother was still in the army at the time. My dad died not long after this photo.

This photo was taken when I was 16, we went to Stonehenge, it was at the time when we could walk through the stones, today you are only allowed to walk around the area. This photo brings back memories of a good time, I was lucky and had a good childhood. The hand writing on the photo is mum's this was taken from her album, scanned for me to keep. And yes my skirt was that short, them were the days.

It has rained here all week, good for the garden and the general water levels.

It's raining in Hampshire

It has rained today for the first time in weeks, just a light summer rain, but good to see.

I have been sewing today and for the past couple of days, I am making a silk wedding dress for my daughter Su, I have just the bodice to complete, normally I would make that first, but the pattern is not quite right so I have made the skirt and attached it to my dressmaking dummy. I am not allowed photo's yet, so below is some of the flowers in our back garden.