blue skies, iris and a new wood store

The whole week has bathed us in sunshine - wonderful . The iris have flowered

and it meant the cottage painting project continued - azure skies paint !















a revamped woodstore has a spring garden on top now - with blue pots and bulbs in flower

February days

We often have days in February when the light is so clear  you feel yourself physically emerging from the winter. The last two days have been just like that - wonderful.

 Yesterday we enjoyed walking out from Badralloch towards Scorraig  On the way we stopped to gaze down onto the beach at Gruinnard.
 Today  we were tempted to go walking again but Spring fever overtook us and we began to repaint our cottage -  "Azure Sky" - so even if the winter returns for a little while we will be surrounded with a sense of summer skies !

dry stone walls and blankets

This is one of my favourite places to sit and sketch - sheltered by the stone wall and looking down Loch Maree. Over the months I became fascinated by the myriad of colours  found in the natural stone.

 

So I began a stash of these crocheted granny squares using my own hand dyed merino wool. And now the basket is overflowing

So it's time  for some  stone wall construction of my own. It's an ongoing project but I couldn't resist a sneak preview of my latest blanket in progress !

February lights

Time out this week in Oxfordshire ensured that February began all lit up........