almost done

Rinda is hosting another link-up for the summertime photo scavenger hunt here on her blog, so do go over and look at some of the wonderful photos people have taken.

We had a water festival last week and our little town was buzzing with people. We were lucky enough to see a fantastic air display by this pilot.

It was hard to capture with my little camera but I did my best

 

The more sedate one that followed

We have until September 21st to finish and I think I have five left to get which includes a photo of me which is the one I’m not looking forward too!!

some cards

It’s been a very busy month so far but I didn’t forget the three birthdays in it. I made these cards using an online card class called Pattern Play to be found here for inspiration

a few more finds

this sign made me smile

I love this view overlooking the golf course

for most of the year this is a quiet little pub/coffee house except for one week in August, Folk Week

a few more photos for  Rinda's summertime photo scavenger hunt.

a few more finds

We had a lovely day out in London on Saturday and I managed to find along the way

this was actually quite near home

I thought it looked a little like a sitting down Scottie dog

on a walk to the tube station we came across this

I had already found a tower but had to include The Tower of London, we spent several hours in there.

These four photos were taken as part of Rinda's summertime photo scavenger hunt.

puzzle

a layout using a sketch by shimelle

my month in photos

template by Rebecca Cooper

a month of family visits, home grown vegetables and enjoying the summer

The magic tree

It’s the first Sunday of the month and time once again for Sian's Storytelling Sunday.

When we moved into our new bungalow we had quite a big garden and that first summer hidden treasures were slowly revealed. One tree had a lovely shape but we were convinced it was dead as the branches were so brittle.

Imagine our delight as leaves appeared and then beautiful star like flowers

We didn’t know the name of the tree so it became our magic tree.

Christmas 2009 I looked out of the door to find this had happened, our beautiful tree had died.

I know it was only a tree but you can’t begin to imagine how upset I was, we loved seeing that tree come alive every summer.

All was not lost however as our magic tree had left a little sapling. We watched carefully over the next few years as it started to grow and now this summer we can proudly present

 

son of magic tree!

To read more stories do go over to Sian’s blog here

time to myself

when I have a little bit of time to myself I go on to Shimelle’s blog, find a sketch I like and scrap some memories.

Starting tomorrow she is holding an online scrapping weekend so hopefully I’ll have time to join in. I look forward to seeing what everyone does.