Here is a painting of my grandson Harry I've just completed. The original photo was taken when he was checking to see if it was time to leave for a day at the zoo. Such concentration - I just had to paint it!

The kitchen is in the workroom.

My poor workroom has become a makeshift kitchen, ready for the work to begin on Monday. Quilting stuff needed next week is now in the car and I'm busy making a list of things to take with me when I disappear off the scene till the worst is over. Lucky me - it was my husband's idea...... really! the kitchen didn't look quite as bad as this but half of it is now on the lawn!

Missing - one oven!

It's been a few days since my last blog 'cos our kitchen is being ripped out to make way for a shiny new one. I can't wait for the old 70's pink painted horror to be replaced by a streamline state of the art white with grey "granite" vision of beauty. One small problem though - the built in oven which should have arrived yesturday with the order has gone astray! funnily enough, no-one seems to know anything about it and since it was ordered in January, we find it all rather strange. A progress report will follow - when we get any progress that is!

I promised another doll and here she is - Gertrude, the slightly weathered fairy. I'm sure you will agree, she is quite monstrous but oh what fun to make, especially when I pulled in her facial features and this horrendous expression imerged - i have to admit that she reminds me of someone but I dare not say who! The pattern is one of Jill Maas designs and can be found on www.jan-horrox.com along with hundreds of other designs by equally talented designers.