Life is just a .................

My husband came home with these when he went out for the papers this morning. They are so beautiful I just had to take a photo of them. Correction - they were so beautiful but didn't last long.

I have come to a halt with the cover of my book so have started on the pages. I thought it would be good to include some dye plants that would have been used in Anglo-Saxon times. Above is woad which gives a blue dye.

This is Dyer's Greenweed and below is Weld, both of which yield yellows and greens.

This last one is Madder which yields red dye from it's roots.


I am planning some collaged pages to go on the reverse of the main ones and below is the first of these. I have only placed the various bits and pieces on the calico page and the arrangement may change but it will be similar.

I had intended to be authentic and accurate with the content of this book but I have settled for a flight of fancy instead - far less demanding!

The sky outside my window is a very funny colour - it's blue!! - I should be outside. It is wonderful to see the sun again and the wind is dying down, thank goodness. I have spent the morning propping plants up and cutting others down where the wind has bashed them about so much.

Hope tomorrow is fine too, but that may be too much to ask.