We have been waiting in anticipation for the last week and at last our first lambs have arrived. Vera is one of our original Manx Loaghtan sheep which we have had for three years now and she produced her twins without any fuss. She is extremely proud of them. It is now four days [...]
Read more... Posted in: Jelly Roll Quilts, Life in Cornwall No CommentsBack in Cornwall and I do believe the sheep have missed me - I know I have missed them. And we all know this feeling - great to be away and meeting lots of lovely people but oh how nice it is to be back curled up in a chair with quilt and cup [...]
Read more... Posted in: Life in Cornwall 1 CommentAfter the hectic past weeks of judging and then sewing the variations of the gorgeous winning quilts for the Dream Challenge I'm taking some time out to enjoy the weather and the garden. The weather in Cornwall has been fantastic and the veggie patch is looking pretty good [...]
Read more... Posted in: Life in Cornwall 3 CommentsHappy Easter to everyone. The weather couldn't have been better and I hope you all had a lovely holiday. We have had one of those rare holidays when all the family managed to get together. Our sons Robert and Mike managed to get down plus Jack a family friend who is studying in Plymouth. Nicky, [...]
Read more... Posted in: Life in Cornwall No CommentsAs if on cue when Lambing Live starts on television our girls suddenly realise it definitely is time. Vitalia is the first this year - one of our friendliest Hebrideans. She has given birth to twin girls Bella and Blossom. Mother and babies are doing well and I will try and get some [...]
Read more... Posted in: Life in Cornwall 1 CommentThe icy weather has been with us too long and for the last couple of days we have been totally iced in with treacherous roads. So I have been going through my summer photos trying to remember what it felt like to see green everywhere instead of white. Also I have lost the lead which [...]
Read more... Posted in: Life in Cornwall No CommentsHere are Nicky, Rob and Freddie who were down in Cornwall for the week. They spent a few days in a magnificent apartment overlooking the sea at Newquay and then came and spent a few days with us. They came at just the right time as we had to move all the Hebridian sheep into another field in readiness [...]
Read more... Posted in: Life in Cornwall No CommentsAND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT……….A QUESTION. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THIS……………………………………… TO BECOME THIS? AND THE ANSWER… It takes as long as you can order your Fingerless Glove Kit from us which contains a ball each of my Hebridean wool and my Manx Loaghtan wool together with instructions for [...]
Read more... Posted in: Life in Cornwall 2 Comments Tags: festival of quilts, fingerless glove kits, Hebridean wool, Manx Loaghtan wool, primitive sheep woolThe Malvern show is over…… Quilt Market in Minneapolis is over…… and I arrived back in Cornwall to find the my newly planted orchard looking spectacular with the bluebells providing this astounding blue carpet. The sun is out - the dogs have just had a long walk - Nick, the chickens and the sheep were very pleased to [...]
Read more... Posted in: Life in Cornwall No CommentsLambing is well underway and here are our first Manx lambs with their mum Valda. They are only a few hours old but already standing and looking quite sturdy - well okay a bit shaky on their feet. Nick has been working furiously to get the barn finished in time with a lot of [...]
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