Tuesday, August 23, 2011

BACK TO REALITY - Part 2!

Okay nearly up-to-date! After Shetland went on plant dyeing, felting and weaving 4 day course near my Mums which was wonderful. there were 10 of us situated beside the river Wye in a glorious setting with Jane Meredith as our teacher. She is inspirational and does a variety of courses - if you are interested look at her website www.plantdyedwool.co.uk . Hoping to go on her Dabu course next year. She has an amazing garden full of vegetables and plants that can be used for dyeing. We made pieces of felt, found out about different fleeces, learned to card and spin wool, and wove a few pieces - I am hooked!!!!

Our view over the river Wye

The other direction

Dyeing wool

Plant dyeing garden

Dyed wool drying

One example of my weaving!


I got the sad news that one of our dogs had been run over back in Nairobi and along with various other stresses, not least of them being that I was missing David terribly! I decided to come back to Nbi 2 weeks early. Before that however, I made a quick dash down to Devon and met up with Mikes mum, Dorothy and spent a lovely day with her, meeting up in Tavistock. She kindly agreed to accompany me to take a second look at the house on Dartmoor that I had fallen in love with as needed to take pics to show David. Isn't it gorgeous - just us I think!

View just outside Postbridge

Sitting room

Kitchen

Door from sitting room to garden

Garden with stream at front of house

Back garden - nothing a good strimmer cant sort!

Spent a lovely evening with Alison and her son Freddy in Tavistock then dashed back.

Had usual 8 hour wait at airport as bus gets in so early, uneventful flight then the 2 hour nightmare that is usual Nairobi traffic to get at last back home and back to David.

Been lovely being back but frustrating as process of selling house seems very slow and time is now not on our side. We have until the middle of November and if not sold by then we have no house, no income etc etc - gulp! Also may lose house in uk! But hey, life is fuller if there are challenges to meet!!! x











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