This morning I walked up to Freeport to go to the craft session, did walk back as well today but had some lunch up there before heading back. The road leading to the cemetery looked very much the country lane, very peaceful too.
Thursday, 31 May 2018
'rustic' wall picture and more gardening
Last night I started cutting the papers I had bought last week to get started on the scrapbook that I intend to make about my birthday trip the the Humber Bridge country park.
This morning I walked up to Freeport to go to the craft session, did walk back as well today but had some lunch up there before heading back. The road leading to the cemetery looked very much the country lane, very peaceful too.
The craft session today was making a wall hanging from the blocks of corrugated cardboard from the centre of the material batches. Stripping back the surface to see the lines and then adding texture. Not usually my sort of thing but I really enjoyed it and am actually pleased with the result and will put it up somewhere. She gave us all a couple more centres so that we can play with them at home. She had done most of the stripping for up today to save time.
After a bit of a rest when I had walked back I went out with the intention of clearing the border near the trees which was like a very overgrown verge! Plenty of sticky week and nettles in there too, so went to get a long sleeved top on.
There was so much stuff to clear, just pulling and clearing today, didn't actually dig any roots out. This was the first pile of debris, had a couple more loads like that before I was finished for the day.
During a break to make a drink I took a picture of the tamarix, not flowering all over but it does have one feathery branch. I have another one that hasn't flowered at all this year but it is alive,, so hopefully it will next year.
There is a long way to go with that bed but you can see the wall at the back now!!
Not planning on doing much else today, have met the Fitbit targets!! Charity shop tomorrow.
This morning I walked up to Freeport to go to the craft session, did walk back as well today but had some lunch up there before heading back. The road leading to the cemetery looked very much the country lane, very peaceful too.
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Scrapbooks, walks, crafting and gardening. You really do put us “normal” people to shame :-)
ReplyDeleteThe hanging has turned out really well. I like that as it’s unusual. Amazing what you can do with an old bit of cardboard and an artistic eye. I’ve got plenty of cardboard, it’s just the other attribute I’m missing.
That’s a fair bit of gardening for a couple of hours. Bet your brown bin, or whatever colour it is up there is rather full.
Is that the same tamarix that got snapped off umpteen times in the past?
Quite a busy day in the end. Like I said, I haven't really got into that 'natural' craft but did enjoy it today.
ReplyDeleteI was actually sweating by the time I had finished today, most unladylike!
I can't remember which tamarix, but it could well have been that one, amazing it is alive really.