Best Shot Monday - Little things

Some little handmade gifts for some lovely ladies I meet with once a month.  They each left our gathering wearing their fun flower brooch!  The year before they had a crocheted snowflake each and one friend couldn't make it so this year she had both, hence the snowflake in the picture with the parcels.

Thoughtful Friday no. 117

"The only true gift is a portion of yourself"

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Would you believe it?!!

The lovely daughter no. 4 in Paris had a birthday last week and I had been planning for some time what to do!  Post didn't seem to be getting to her apartment so we decided I would send to the Lanvin office!  So far so good.  What do you send to the gorgeous who love beautiful things?  Beautiful flowers of course!  So having scanned the websites for delivery to Paris I found one and ordered a delightful bouquet of pink and white flowers to arrive on her birthday.  I also made a card and crocheted a necklace and sent that off too.  Did they arrive?  No No No!!  She got the card on Tuesday this week but there was a hole where the necklace had been taken out!!!! Boo Hoo I say and she did too when she found out.  So all alone in Paris and no presents!!! But she did get a beautiful cake from Lauderie from her colleagues at Lanvin so not all was lost.  And today I got a refund from the flower company who could not explain it at all.  And another crocheted necklace is in process so we will celebrate when she is back next week.  In the meantime, here are some other things I have been up to lately;

Same pattern and different colour combination yarn and I am very pleased with the results.  They are now packed up and in the UK postal system so I sincerely hope they do better than the stuff destined for Paris!!  

Best Shot Monday - checking in

Just to say that I am still here although not in blogland very much at the moment.  I have been finishing a big job and had to stay focused plus busy trying to get some creative projects finished for Christmas and I have a hubby who likes to use my computer each evening and at the weekends!!!  Guess what I am hoping Santa will bring him for Christmas?!!!!  As Arnie says "I'll be back!"

Thoughtful Friday no. 116

"The real voyage of discovery consists not

 in seeking new landscapes

 but in having new eyes." 

– Marcel Proust

Best Shot Monday - I'm back!

I've been away for the last 10 days or so in North West Wales on retreat.  Every day I took a 3-4 mile walk in the beautiful countryside.  It was a real gift.

Best Shot Monday - I'm watching you!

Thoughtful Friday no. 115

“Until you value yourself, you will not value your time.


Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”

M. Scott Peck

Best Shot Monday - Departures

While this cannot be construed as a 'best photo' it is nonetheless where things are at today!  For at 4am we got up to take daughter no.1 to the airport for a new job opportunity in Dubai!! It's been a tough couple of years for her workwise with the recession (the media has cut back drastically) but this is an amazing opportunity.  Another goodbye and another daughter overseas (that makes 3 of them now!) has left me feeling somewhat emotional but this is a great opportunity and one I hope turns out to be truly fabulous in every way.  And she'll be back for Christmas so.......no need to get too emotional.... although you just can't help being a mother can you?

Thoughtful Friday no. 114

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, 

and paints his own nature into his pictures"

Henry Ward Beecher

Best Shot Monday!

I'm going to try and have this as a regular feature on a Monday each week, both to help me post more regularly but also as an incentive for me to improve my photography skills!  So here goes: