Little Details

Carolyn has a weekly meme on a Thursday for Little Details. My offering is this week is a padlocked gate taken when we were at Lindisfarne Priory on holiday.

Why not join in with the fun and look for some little details in your life.

The Snow Child - Book Review

I have just realised I never got round to posting my review of this book that I read a while ago for my Book Club.

I really enjoyed this book. It is a bit like a fairytale, indeed it is based on a Russian fairytale, and you have to read it like that and not try and delve too deeply into it. It is set in Alaska in the 1920s, Jack and Mabel have just moved there for a fresh start in a remote homestead. The land is harsh and they are haunted by the loss of a baby many years ago. After they make a snow child a little girl appears in their lives, but only in the winter never the summer. The child seems to help them adjust to their surroundings and to find happiness again. But with all good books there is a bit of  a twist at the end - but I will not spoil that, you will have to read the book.

I would definately recommend this book.

Lindisfarne

When on holiday we went over to Holy Island and visited the Lindisfarne Priory. You can only cross the Causeway at low tide, so have to be careful. We have been before but it was good to go again.

And of course we brought home a bottle of Lindisfarne Mead, which is lovely.

Little Details

Carolyn has a weekly meme called Messy Little Details. My photo for this week was taken on one of our walks along the beach on holiday. I like the tangled mess of the seaweed on the beach.

Why not pop over and see what others have posted?

Summer of Colour Round-up

Here are my 6 pages for the 2013 Summer of Colour challenge. I am pleased that I have actually finished a challenge. My favourite colour combination is number 5, although I do like the effect of number 4. The one I like least is the last one.

What about you - which is your favourite?

That is Summer of Colour finished for this year but put the date in the diary for next year

Summer of Colour Weeks 5 & 6

Now I'm back from my hols I am catching up with some unfinished summer projects. The first is Summer of Colour , The colours for week 5 were Candy Apple Red and Yellow. I used Inktense Colour Blocks for the background and then again used images from napkins.

Week 6 (and the last week) was Sage and Sepia, I used Distress Inks for the backgrounds (although the colours don't really show up very well in this photo) and more images from napkins.

Tomorrow I will post a photo of all six weeks for 2013 Summer of Colour.

Little Details

Joining in with Carolyn again with a Little Detail. This was part of a fence at Keswick and I really liked the the detail.