Thursday 3 October 2013

After travelling....

Travelling...
Oh dear how many of us like to go to the other side of the world, the bottom part for me,  as I am on 'top of the world' here in the UK when I last glanced at the  globe. Now to get to the other side takes  a lot of planning, scheming and lots of hard work!

It is for that very reason ' hard work' that I have not written a blog for a long time. I like to take this as my excuse. First it was coordinating  my plane ticket from the UK with hubbie's one from Qatar...then it was contacting all the family to hear if it was a convenient time / days...all this emailing and planning left me tired even before the plane took off. Then there was 7.5 hours to Dubai, then a quick grab of a coffee in maddening crowd then off again for another 9.5 hours...In my 'younger days' it was fine, but now as age set in the old bones walk slower and the body gets tired...BUT I survived to tell the tale and here I am♥

How lovely it was to see friends and most of all family. We are 5 siblings (see previous blogs) and we all talk at the same time so you have to be on your toes when visiting...but we had a lovely time. Then there was Cape Town....blue skies and friendly faces everywhere.

Sisters - a bond that binds us together♥

 Sisters - a bond that binds us together♥









Some lovely South African 'fynbos' and proteas in my son's house in Cape  Town









 I experienced  a lot of new ideas and colours during this lovely time spent with the sibling. Colours and ideas to inspire any person who is creative and has a will do make something out of nothing! I saw this (Sister Veronica made one for a BBQ and brother Ben added a flower) and thought it was too cute and simple not to mention. Take an old tin, remove and sharp edges, wrap a paper serviette around it, tie it up with string or raffia, add a little flower / roll up some serviettes- and there you have a lovely space saving instant serviette/napkin holder - the photo of  Table Mountain just went with the occasion-always to be remembered by me.

Serviette / Napkin creation and as a bonus -
lovely Table Mountain.

I have so many things to do at the moment but after travels there is the back to reality and work.....my head is spinning - after 5 weeks - one week to recover from 'Jet-Lag' another week to get the washing done.....the garden....the emails etc etc and that is why I am only easing into everything now!


Have a super duper day /  weekend 
and remember, always the bright side up, 
no matter what the weather!
Happy Crafting and creating♥
Luvvies xxxx