GARDENERS - TIME TO ARM YOURSELVES WITH SEEDS...
With bulbs starting to peak through, the flag is being waved for seed sowing preparation! Here's a sprinkling to get you going - Borage, Catnep (Catmint), Purple Basil, Sweet Marjoram, Lady's Bedstraw, Lovage, Betony, Pot Marigold, Lettuce (Mixed) Organic, Spinach (Matador) Organic...

Must remember to look at this website before I order any herbs.

Andrew has gone to Barcelona today – Theo is now into his second hour of afternoon sleep….Phoebe is at school and Im listening to James Morrison – what more could a girl want on a rainy afternoon in Badsworth

Went to the Country Living Spring Fair last week and came home with lots of goodies!!!

One being a candle of all candles – I have never, NEVER, had a candle that gave off so much odour for such a prolonged period of time! So I will now tell what it is….

Bay and Rosemary – a fresh and invigorating combination of herbal scents
From www.elitegardenlandscape.com
The contact is Becky Brickell wellinghamsoap@yahoo.co.uk 01435 883187

Must get in contact and re order candle and find out what else she does….

Theo was still awake at 9.15pm….what is going on!!!
Single, Married, Other….slightly disappointing ending.

NOTES FROM MY TUTOR REPORT

write the word beside the mark

need a bigger selection of pencils

combine collage with paint

bleach and paint, paint over wax crayon, old lipstick, any old household or fence paint can be used

"One of the best attempts I've seen at this exercise"

line stitches are technically things like running stitch and chain stitch

long sweeping lines that cross one another and big, free swirling shapes

don't think so much of neat lines

really breaking out and being expressive with the marks

put a copy of your drawing next to samples

"This is a lovely little sample piece that you should be proud of, a great beginning"

vitality

good natural eye for what makes a balanced design

like the long ends of thread left hanging

tear up strips of magazine or newspaper, twist it firmly and use as a thick thread

try garden twines and even dead creeper lengths from the garden (clematis is good)

elastic bands tied together in a length

strips of old tights and discarded clothing

think in terms of anything which you can get through a needle

Hessian and very loose fabrics make ideal backgrounds

the more you can express your own thoughts and feelings about what you see, or otherwise experience around you, the better you're work will become

a great start Rachel, one of the best first assignments I've seen for a while