I've had 3 helpers in my sewing room this week. One helped me stuff some bears and these two took a nap at my feet... :-)
I still managed to turn these.....
....these. They are made in memory of a man who lost his life in a road traffic accident and are for his 4 daughters and his mother. They are made from 2 shirts, two pair of pyjama bottoms and a pillow case, all of which held special memories to his family. I hope they bring them a lot of comfort.
That's all from me for this week. I hope you are all well and happy. If you leave me a little message I will do my best to pop by at yours to see what you've been up to this week.
What a week it's been here at Sewing by Annie's. I've had a lot of sewing and there has been so much to smile about so here goes...
The twins have had a professional photo shoot to go in their profiles and what gorgeous photos they are too...here's just a few to share.
Our little fur baby has been meeting lots of the younger members of the family and, as you can see, they all love her to bits. She has settled in so well.
This her best friend by far. We have Maisie, our son's dog staying with us at the moment and they have become really good friends [although taking a photo of them sitting together sure was a challenge :-)
They love playing together and often do zoomies around the garden.
I've managed to snap a few autumn colours from our garden for you this week...there is lots of colour at the moment but the leaves/flowers are dropping fast so it wont last.
I seem to have found many funnies to share with you today so please enjoy a giggle on me. I hope you will all leave me a comment and then link up to your own smiles below.
Another week has passed and as always I have lots to smile about to share with you all...
It's not the most flattering photo of me cos I'm in my nightie and have bed hair but it's so full of love that I love it. This was taken at 6am on Tuesday morning just after we had done our Wordle. Theo put his head on my shoulder and looked up into my eyes and said 'I love you Nanny'....magical.
This is Gina at 34 weeks....she looks a picture of health and as long as she rests lots she is fast approaching a time when they will be happy for her to have the baby....she's doing all the right things to 'cook' the little one for as long as she can.
I think Gina and Theo aren't the only ones to miss Mark while he's been working away. Their Cockerpoo Maisie likes to cuddle him and looks up into his face with so much love.
I love this photo.
Our garden is now full of Spring flowers so I've taken a few pics and put them together into 2 collages to share with you...
...I love Spring with all it's new growth. It makes my heart sing.
Finally here's a few funnies for you.
I hope you have found something to make you smile too and will now share your smiles by linking up below.
What a gorgeous sunny week we have had and the Bank Holiday weekend was filled with smiles [there's lots of hem this week so be warned].
As promised, on Wednesday, here is the collage of some of the many snaps I took during our trip to Dorothy Clive Gardens on Tuesday. The Rhododendrons and Azealia were stunning as was the Laburnum arch .....there seemed like miles of stunning blooms everywhere we walked and the very best bit is that now I have lost 2 1/2 stone I am finding it easier to walk further and enjoy more.
Theo enjoyed a weekend at the coast with his mummy, daddy and Maisie dog and I really love this photo [I will give a little secret away and say Maisie's lead has been cropped out of the photo]. Happy memories were made.
After a night over and a day at Legoland the twins enjoyed the sun in their back garden when they got home.
Lulu has been trying on her new school uniform and they redid the pose they did for her first day at infant school....she's still a girl with attitude :-) She's really looking forward to starting her new school.
Our own back garden is full of blooms now....but on a slightly smaller scale to Dorothy Clive gardens :-)
I must say we really have enjoyed sitting out in it in the sunshine this week.....and watching our new visitors.......
We had a good tidy up in our garden and pulled up all the old tulips but in doing this we disturbed some very special little visitors....if you zoom in right in the middle of this photo you will see a busy little bee. We have a nest in the ground beside one of our fuchsias....sadly one of the little darlings stung my hubby on his hand as they were defending their nest.
I found this on the internet...
These large, hairy bees are generally black with varying degrees of yellow banding. Look closely at flowering plants and you’ll probably spot several species. Common bumblebees include garden, buff-tailed, red-tailed, white-tailed and field bumblebees.
They are social insects, living in colonies of up to 200 workers. Queens hibernate underground during the winter, emerging in spring to find suitable nest sites – for example, abandoned mouse holes. Each queen builds a nest of dried grasses and then lays about a dozen eggs that hatch into workers – sterile females.
The workers gather pollen and nectar to feed later batches of grubs. New queens and males hatch at the end of the season and mate. The males, workers and old queens die; new queens hibernate. Bumblebees are not aggressive and will only sting if they feel threatened. They are important pollinators of many plants and fruiting trees.
Apparently the male bees don't have stings so it was a female bee that stung and as we plant our garden with bees, insects and butterflies in mind I feel very honoured that some have set up home with us. They usually only nest for 4-6 weeks. We have now put a metal cage over their nest to keep Milly away so she doesn't get stung. I am really enjoying watching the bees flying out and coming back with their little legs covered in pollen to take to their queen.
I hope you have enjoyed my smiles this week and will now link up to your below.
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