Gone walking

I took a walk with scruffy gentle dog the other day and for once I had the sense to take the camera with me and look at what I found....

Wonderful, wonderful, white pom poms of dandelions. All dotted far and wide over our local field.

They were looking absolutely gorgeous and fragile with their feathery heads. For what is considered a weed it is an impressive flower. I am trully blessed to have such a magical place to walk our four legged friend. Just look at this 'secret garden' door that borders the field. It makes me want to push it gingerly open and creep through.Even scruffy gentle dog didn't seem to recognise the field as the same one he walks round daily.

On the health front our dear little girl did well and all the chicken pox spots have gone. We only have two stubborn scabs on in her hair. So thank you for all the good wishes.

She has moved on from chicken pox. Yeah that is so last fortnight we now have a cold and could be teething (she was up at 3am and didn't go back to sleep until 7am!!!!). Ahhh the life of a toddler ...fast moving and never the same day twice.

Spots unfortunately not the polka dot kind

My little one has Chicken Pox. She's 17 months old. Too, too young. Although it seems the general consensus from others is that its better to have them young. She has them on her head, around her mouth, in her ears, up her nostrils, under her armpits and between her fingers. Basically anywhere you would prefer them not to be she has them. Her legs and her arms are pretty free of the yucky pussy spots. She is being so good and isn't scratching them too much but oh they are miserable looking.

We are therefore house bound so we are doing lots of colouring, drawing, sticking and reading. I haven't seen anyone other than my husband for the last few days. However he came home early today and I took the opportunity to escape from the confines of these 4 walls and take scruffy dog for a walk and my camera.

Cow parsnips have never looked so beautiful.

Bright big flowers and busy bees

We enjoyed ourselves last week. We were totally spoilt and my parents loved spending time with their grandaughter which meant I managed to get a little bit of time to sew.

So I did it. I managed to finish one of my Cloth Kit dresses. Its quirky. It has mistakes and its slightly on the baggy side (my fault not the pattern). Some might say it resembles a very pretty sack but I love it. I think my little flower liked it too.

The buttonholes were probably the fiddliest bit and I am supposed to put some buttons on the back to make it less baggy but I have decided not to. I'm frightened I might ruin it. However buttonholes aren't as scarey to do as I thought they would be I just need more practice. Roll on the good 'summer dress' weather. Now where is that other kit?