It has been a week since I last posted  (where has the past week gone??).  It has been very warm here, not that I am complaining but it means one has to take life at a slightly slower pace (I don't need much encouragement to do that).  I have been out in the garden and done a little but as we are in a drought area (even after the constant rain in April/beginning of May) I haven't planted any bedding or 'thirsty' plants.  I have few tubs and some veggies.  I'll be able to manage those by watering from the water butts and washing up water etc.

On the sewing front not a lot has been done as my sewing room is a tiny room at the front of the house and gets absolutely stifling so I've been doing a little handsewing here and there. Mainly making Jubilee brooches for the female members of the family and diamonds  for the male members. DH refuses to wear one as he is an ardent Welshman so I have got to try and draw a small dragon for him!!!

We had a lovely meal in the garden yesterday with three of the grandchildren and respective parents. It makes such a nice change to be able to sit out in garden to eat.  Somehow it is more relaxing.

I'll put a couple of photos up of some bits and pieces I have been doing recently in swaps I' m in on the PP Craft Forum.  These were for a postcard swap with the theme of Trip Around the World.  We had to make cards of something that made us think of the particular country.  The top postcard was my interpretation of India. Spices for the wonderful Indian curries.  The second was Russia and  is a Matryoshka doll and the third was Denmark and is of Lego bricks as Lego originated in Denmark.  In the next post I will put up some pics of the lovely cards I have received so far.