Rain Rain go away!

I don't know about you but I'm throughly fed up with the horrible weather

so here's a reminder of what we should be getting 

with all my best wishes for a nice sunny

Weekend.

Gillxx

And the Winner is…..

Morning All.

Hope you've all had a good week, I know I have.

Mr T has been away on a course this week so

I have had time to myself which just

occasionally I really enjoy.

Does that sound bad?

But I'm sure you know what I mean,

eat when and what I want, watch what I want and

not have to worry too much about housework as I don't make 

much mess and little one isn't here that often. 

She will be here even less after the weekend as

 she is moving into her own flat---again.

Anyway

Aren't these colours lovely.

I was taken out for a Birthday Afternoon Tea by one of my friends

to East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens.

I love this place and it has acres of gardens to wander around.

And something different around every corner.

I'm hoping to capture the changes through the summer

but we will see.

I love the way they store their fire wood.

and 

I definitely want one of these in my garden.

The orangery at the back of the house has a different 

colour scheme every year.

I have a real thing about succulents--

I love them so I need to find a place

for a display like this.

Sorry I've got carried away haven't I, what you all want to know 

is who has won the giveaway

Well  I got the Mr to pull a name out 

of the hat and it's

Susan from Southern Fascinations

Congratulations

so if you can let me know your details please

I will post your parcel out to you.

Including your pin cushion and from vintage

linen and lace.

Thank you to those who took part and all

Birthday wishes hope you all have a great weekend.

Gillx

Spring Giveaway Win

My garden has come alive over the last week 

with flowers and plants coming out everywhere.

Even Mr T has got his legs out while we give the summer house 

a bit of a face lift 

and I made it a door hanger to brighten it up inside as well.

I also received my fab brooch which is my Giveaway win

from Dog Daisychains and goes perfectly with

my new jacket. 

Perfect!

So don't forget my own giveaway ends on the 10th.

See you then.

Gillx

Birthday Flowers and Giveaways.

Today is my Birthday ,

I won't tell you how old,

 but Mr T and I have also celebrated 31 years of marriage this week

so that should give you some idea, 

although of course I was a child bride (Lol).

So my house is full of beautiful flowers from my children

and we have had a lovely lunch at Holkham Hall

with our some great friends where Mr T was 

drooling over this beauty.

The big Norfolk skies were a brilliant blue

and I should have put sun cream on.

Our friend Martin Wall is a fantastic artist and

 I have shown some of his work before 

in Februarys scavenger hunt

but this is his latest gorilla.

Wiggo a go go is currently at Holkham Hall for a large cycling event

over the weekend and as he is Mr. T's  hero he just had

to have his photo taken with him.

These Gorillas are for a trail around Norwich during the summer

called Gorilla a go go which I'm really looking forward to and 

 which Martin has painted 3 gorillas for.

After the trail finishes they are all auctioned off for charity,

I only wish I could afford one.

I got an e-mail this morning to say I had 

won 

one of the fantastic  brooches in the

Giveaway over at Dog Daisychains.

What a great day I'm having sooooo

to include you all in my celebrations, to 

say thank you for being such great people

and helping me through what has been a difficult

start to the year for me and my family

I'm having my own giveaway.

The prize is a set of pins from

 Just Another Button Company,

a pin cushion made by me to put them in

and one of their needle threaders.

  

There are no hoops to jump through, just be a follower and leave a comment below. 

 Although please make sure

you  either have a blog or leave an e-mail address so I can get in touch with you

if you win.

Entry will be open until the 10th May

and 

Good Luck.

I'm off for a glass of bubbly before my dinner

so see you soon.

Gillxx

April Scavenger Hunt

It's time for this months Scavenger Hunt which is run

by green thumb at Made with love.

1. Six

6 star war figures in Norwich, no idea what they were doing there

but it had everybody humming Darth Vader's music.

2. Night Light

Cromer Pier after having been to watch Strictly's 

Pasha and Katya dancing

3. Big

4. Plastic

5. Texture

6. Curl 

7. Pink

8. Take off

Part of an art exhibition in Norwich.

9. My Town

The church which sits in the middle of the town.

10. Sport

The spotlights at Norwich City's ground

11. Dinner

That was the dinner that was!

12.Something I collect

My small collection of houses most of which are money boxes.

It's my Birthday on Friday so I'm trying to get together a little 

Giveaway to celebrate. 

So see you soon.

Gillxx

My Week in pictures

1. Chewbacca? in Norwich !, 2.Just a little green house, 3. Tangled but lovely, 4.I don't need help from a tree Thank You. 5.Spring at last, 6.Vintage fabric from M-I-Ls stash.  7.Ready to go to Sew Scrumptious For "dress a girl from around the world", 8. Roses from the lovely Mr T.

We Won!!!

The Norfolk Horticultural Society has just had it's Spring show

and part of that show is the Cator Cup.

This is a craft competition for sections of 

Norfolk W.I. which the 

Erpingham and Calthorpe section entered and 

We Won!!!!!!!

This is what we won.

 If your section wants to enter then you have to choose 5 different crafts 

from the given selection  and to make them to fit in with the 

theme for the year.

This years theme was Seasons and we choose Autumn.

We decided to do 

1. A Handmade card

2. Floral exhibit (i think everyone did this one)

3. A hand knitted article

4. 5 homemade biscuits

5. A Photograph

This is how our entry looked 

With the card which picked up the colours from

the photo beautifully, 

I also made a card but we all decided this one

went better with the other items.

The knitted tortoise was getting ready for hibernation

And our fabulous floral exhibit which scored 20 out of a possible 20

So it was only right that the lady that did it should collect the cup.

This was the entry from  Caston which came a very close

second just 1/2 a mark behind.

 Their season was Winter.

This was third, the stump work embroidery on this was

fabulous.

This one was fourth and won the peoples choice award.

I think it was my favourite as well as the

toadstools and leaves at the front are all sugar craft

but looked so realistic I really had to look twice.

It was great to see everyone's different take on the theme

one of them did the football season which I thought was very clever

and the work was amazing-

so many clever and talented people.

We are now feeling very proud and of course had to have a glass

of something to celebrate.

Gillx