Brighton beach huts

The first day of my "staycation" dawned
hot and sunny and started with a walk
along the beach to one of my favourite
breakfast places Woodies.
I love the beach huts - very much a symbol
of Brighton.
No pictures of breakfast -we were so hungry
it was all gone before I thought of photos!

Blackberry harvest

Lavender's blue

I am just coming up to the end of two weeks
off work but at home before heading off to the
USA on proper holidays.
Theoretically that should have meant more
time for blogging but somehow it didn't work
out quite like that!
I have however been busy, catching up with
family, making cookies, gardening, sewing,
making apple chutney and apple and blackberry
puddings with the fruit in our garden and
visiting the Banksy exhibition in Bristol.
The pillows above are filled with lavender,
making my sewing room smell fantastic.

Jam today

Jam today and for many days to come following
our trip to the farm for raspberry-picking this
Sunday.
We had originally planned to go fruit-picking on
Saturday but were stopped by torrential rain
all afternoon. Sunday, however was dry & sunny
so we visited the farm shop for crusty bread and
ate ploughmans in the cafe there before picking
nearly four kilos of raspberries most of which are
now jam, some topping a raspberry & redcurrant
cake and some waiting to be made into puree for
freezing.

Black and White

Finished my niece's birthday present so can
now show you the finished product.
Meg's bedroom is black and white so that was
the brief for her quilt and here it is.