July seasons

Sooo I swithered and swithered about what i should take a picture of for my seasons in 2026. I then decided to take an overview of each side of the house, we will be moving in a few years and I want to capture the house as it is. 

OK July is a bit miserable to be honest! So grey and damp but humid 🤷‍♀️ set for another heatwave this weekend 🤦‍♀️ garden looking lovely roses are blooming but my carnations are floppy 🤷‍♀️ first time out on balcony fot a week, a bit of a crash but I think im coming out of it 🤞

January right

February right

March right

April right

May right 

June right

July right

January left

March left

April left

May left

June left

July left 

The mindfulness of it all

Ok I'll brush the dust off the blog, but hey a week is not too much of a gap ... I've been on holiday the last two weeks and again have been reminded of the mindful nature of patchwork. We had a totally disastrous holiday, the hotel was Fawltyesque in it's awfulness, and we paid a lot of money for it. So Mr Budsmam and me came home feeling a bit deflated and a bit down. So what better than a day or two of sewing to set the mind to rest? Honestly I don't know anyone who does any kind of craft who does not refer to it as their 'therapy' and it is. It's difficult to be raging furious mad with something when you are wrangling with elmers glue and a 'flange' what a wonderful word 'flange'is. So here are the results of my mindful sewing fest: Et voila, two blocks for the pile o fabric skill builder block of the month: The above complete with several flanges The below with lots of curves: So now I am chilled and the memory of hideous, nasty smelly hotel is distant thanks to the healing powers of thread and needle.