S shapes

I've been to Manchester today to take my old sewing machine to be repaired. It is a Bernina that my Auntie bought in 1977 but it was a brilliant machine until the foot pedal stayed permanently on top speed. I want it so I can carry it to the craft classes I want to go to. I do have a workable Huskavana but carrying a computer sewing machine is not good for it.



S shapes

I just love the shape of the branches in my friend Barbaras' willow tree

It is a very old one and she prunes it twice a year.

I assume that is how the branches have got so twisted.



(Not to do with the shapes but just news)

Two more photos of different Willows with their lambs tails

I saw them on the way to Manchester.

And finally My cake stand

I am so pleased because I managed to find some plates on ebay that match the ones my mother bought in the eighties. One of them was broken and repaired by dad and the glue had gone a nasty yellow colour and I have been looking, on and off, for a few years to find a matching one Then suddenly on ebay I came across 4 plates so snatched them up not even bothering to haggle for the price. They are Moss Rose by Paragon

The cake stand was my grandmothers, passed on to my mother and then to me. I can now use it when we have parties. ( Roland says I've got to have High Tea with friends now) and I've got extra plates for sandwiches.