An Award to pass on.

This is just a quickey to thank Judith properly for my lovely award and to FINALLY pass it on. I was really chuffed and will display it with pride. She is right ...it is wonderful to have all these new friends who share our interests and our life.
My problem is I am useless when it comes to links and things so I have to wait until someone is free to sort me out.

Judith from My Life and Creations

It is so difficult to decide who to pass it on to .... old favourites or newer friends? ... but I have decided and here is my list.

Sending to:
Pam
Kit
Chell
Darcy
Ally F

I hope you accept, display it and pass it on. There were no instructions so I am assuming the normal conditions apply ... links ... and letting everyone know ... that last bit I CAN do lol.

I have finished my LO's that were part of an experiment and I am really pleased as I did no scrapping on Saturday ....6 LO's in less than a week .... a record for me. I will snap them and post tomorrow.

Take Care xx

CATS ...dont you just love them.

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What are you doing????????


OK ...We are awake now



I am NOT amused

The bed ....yes there is a bed under Sayba and Sid ... usually holds one or two of our smallest cats ...that is to say really small ...as Phoebe is only the size of a 3month old kitten yet is two.
Smudge however, did not think it was funny that I was using a flash at 1 am lol
Just thought I would share
Take care xx

Week 10 ... WOYWW

Wednesday has come round again and I'm ready to report on my desk and my own progress ....mojo wise.
After having a mojo famine, I tried an experiment ...fueled by Julia's thoughts on the subject of creating. Instead of pondering long and hard over one LO, as I normally do, and having other LO ideas fly in and out of the space between my ears but rarely managing to stay there ... I decided to work on several LO at the same time, moving papers around between a group of selected photos. The idea is to think about them all at the same time. When it comes to journalling and embellishments the same sort of process applies. I suddenly realized that it is exactly what my daughter ...and probably most of you do ... when preparing for a crop. I however don't ... I seem only take the bits for one and maybe a half done one to finish. Most of my time at a crop is spent chatting... yes I am one of those irritating people that can put you off attending again ... but I do try to chat about scrapping lol.
The result has been interesting as I only started yesterday. So far I have prepared ...4 SLO's and a double .... by tomorrow they should be 3/4 done and ready to post by Saturday ...well that's the theory. If it works I will have done more than I have ever managed in less than a week. I have to say that they all have a heritage theme.


Now ... for those of you who have a weak disposition and are naturally ... or compulsively... tidy
LOOK AWAY NOW


This is my area at the moment ...I have just left it to do this . I have bagged them up by LO ....just in case a feline, or two, decide that they are comfy enough to sleep on.

Last but not least ...Ben and Jake went to Ireland for a holiday, to visit their other Nana and these are three of the photos I was sent ...there are so many ... you may get more later.



Not sure why the first two are small !!!!



Hopefully I will be back in a few days, with lots of LO's done

Take Care xx

Flutter by ... Butterfly

Another beautiful day ...how lucky can we be ...three in a row. Yesterday I managed to get the washing done, and a tiny bit of house work..only the essentials though ... the bits that wag their finger at you.

I grabbed the camera and chased some butterflies this morning and then had a little play with the results.













Not sure how I have just done this ... there is probably an easy way to get this collage from Picasa but I just kept pressing things and it sort of worked ... I think it was what I was trying to do ... but I like it ... must try and remember what I actually did lol Click on the photo to see the delicate beauty of these wonderful creatures

That cat has been back by the look of poor Felix's ear but I have chased it down the path a couple of times, with hose in hand and water on full power .... while shrieking like a banshee. Try not to visualise it .... not a pretty sight especially the morning I was still in nighty and slippers.
I have decided I do need a Super Soaker so that's my next considered purchase. I think 'IT' is very slowly realizing that my garden is not part of 'ITs' patch, as he is becoming a slightly less frequent prowler.

At long last my bank bits seem to be sorted which is a weight off my mind but I will not believe it until I see it all in black and white ... on good old fashioned paper.

Still no mojo but then I haven't cleared my head of all its worries yet. I spent some time looking at papers today and just got more frustrated. I have decided that the background paper I chose is great but .... nothing seems to fit with it. Again that maybe a cluttered brain ... only time will tell.
I think I might just put everything away and start again ...maybe tomorrow.


Take Care xx

Chillin' by the Sea

Today was another of Scotlands rare Summer days .... Sun blazing all day ...well for us it was blazing .... I know for anyone who does not live here, it would be just warm at about 23 degrees ... but to us its ... HOT. Ideal weather for doing loads of washing and doing some gardening ... was it ****... (excuse the language). We jumped on the bus (a 10 min ride), grabbed a Chip Buttie at the Shore Head, a cake from the Bakers and a drink to wash it all down and then walked along the beach, picking up pretty stones, until I found somewhere to sit and eat. I just chilled, took in the view and breathed in the wonderful sea air. I know we live further along the coast but there isn't a beach there and some how the air is different. Things are still not sorted with my bank...today do I care? .... I'm giving up for a few days ...its on record that I've tried to sort things and so I'm preparing to do battle again soon ...but not today ...I'm just chillin' and letting the world go by.
This is me ....... on my rock ... in front of the sea wall ... and the view from my rock !!! In the distance is Largo Law and then I watched the tide roll in before making a move homeward. A GREAT day. Maybe all this relaxing will help with my mojo ... yes Julia, I think it is the things on my mind that are causing the block.

Take care xx

PS I have not forgotten that I have got 2 awards to claim and send on ...thankyou again ladies xx

Week 9 .... WOYWW

I blinked and the week vanished ... as has my mojo. It's sort of lurking in a far corner of what could be laughingly called a brain but when I sit to create it retreats futher. I have the beginings of an idea for a LO of my Mum in her teens but I cant yet form the LO in real terms. I'm thinking spots and you will see why when thought turns into an actual LO ... soon I hope.

Is it really Wednesday ... already? ... I'm sure it is only Tuesday.
Sorry for posting so late but at least it still is Wednesday.

It is strange but my mojo has never truely come back since Del was Cat napped and then just when I had a glimmer of inspiration at the weekend, Lucky extiguished it with her regergitation of supper, over my work area. Those cats of mine have a lot to answer for.

Well, in order not to have an empty area, I turned to one of my other loves ....cooking.
So this week I covered my area in ......... FOOD .... lol. Good old fashioned stuff.
Here are what is left of a batch of basic scones ... made with naturally soured milk..they are best eaten on the day they are baked ... with butter and jam ... thats why there are only 4 left ... out of 12 .... YUM.The other is my Healthy( ish) Flap Jacks. They have no added sugar/honey/or syrup but I have yet to find a way of reducing the fat and keep them at all yummy in flavour... well you cant have everything.
Lastly these are two papers from a range I had forgotten that I still had ... I was so excited as I loved 'Wild Apparagus' and the bling is my treat to myself.

Thanks for dropping by ... shame we couldn't share a buttered scone over a beverage of your choice lol.

Take Care xx

I should have stayed in bed !

Thank goodness Saturday is no more ...what a rubbish day. Who ever said that Internet and Telephone banking is the way to go should be shot ....bring back old fashioned Bank Managers.

I have been trying to sort out a problem for the last two weeks. It was actually my mistake to start with but the bank has admitted that the rest of it was theirs. On Saturday I found it still not to be resolved. So, after numerous calls requiring me to use the key pad choices that rarely apply and finally ...after refusing to touch anything ... being put through to a person whose mike was so close to their mouth that the speech was unintelligible, I was in tears with frustration. I finally got through to someone who spoke clearly... who took my telephone number in case I was cut off ... again ... and seemed to be sorting it all out until I was ... yes you guessed it ... cut off yet again. Strangely, about the same number of minutes as the last time but I was only slightly stressed as I knew she would ring back. Well .... I waited ....and waited ....nothing happened and by this time it was too late to try again. I can only hope she sorted it and felt there was no need to ring this crazy lady back. I have to wait until Wednesday to check if its all gone through. I think this calls for a long letter ...but I'm not sure who to !!!! and I will wait 'til its sorted before I put finger to key.
It was now was 12 ....and I realized that I had been on and off the phone for one and a half hours to an 0845 number that is not included in my 'free' package...grrrrrrr ...... and I still needed to pop in to a Tescos for a few groceries.
I don't drive so its a 7 mile bus journey and a short walk but the ride is quick and mostly picturesque so I actually enjoy it. Jacket on ...trolley in hand and other hand on door knob was the signal to the heavens ... to empty its heavy load. I thought I would wait for it to stop but for the next three hours it poured.

I decided to forget about shopping ...I could improvise and I had all the bits for supper ... Veggie Curry ... Yum ...well that was what it was supposed to be but ...maybe due to the stress of the day I made it far too hot. We like mild dishes and for us this was tooooo hot. The addition of cream helped, as I had no yogurt but still only I was able to eat it. Jay and Vicki had to put up with a visit to the 'Chippy' !!

On Friday I mentioned, in passing on here, that I had a glimmer of mojo ...well that is all it was but I did choose some papers and a LO was forming in my mind. What a shame that I left them out on the table ... Saturday was about to finish in the way it started ....badly... Lucky threw up, all over the table ...and my papers. How can such a tiny cat's stomach hold so much food ??????

OH I feel so much better sharing that all with you

When the rain stopped I had to stand in the garden and breath gently to reduce stress so I took these flower photos and I thought I'd share them with you too



Oh dear ... this is a long post ....sorry ... but well done those of you who got to the end lol

Take Care xx