And here we are a quarter of the way through September with little to show for the months which have passed, the Tour de France was good, the Olympics even better but stitching has been slow! Late spring/early summer was busy I went to Madrid for a few days in April followed by an unscheduled hospital stay and a week recuperating. May saw me spending a week walking on the Amalfi coast in Italy followed very closely by a three day exhibition at St Jean d’Angely and a week walking near the Pont du Gard.

The wonderful exhibition space at St Jean d’Angely.

Italy, coastal walks and visits to Pompei, Naples, Vesuvius and Capri to name but a few….

What to do with a run down town to attract visitors, rock formations, Pont du Gard and pottery.

At the end of June I participated in open studios, unfortunately there were loads of different events the same weekend so few visitors, on the plus side I tidied and painted the interior of the garage to create a showroom.

During the summer I didn’t walk very much but I did realise that by not walking I wasn’t stimulating my ideas, must walk more….

While walking I love discovering new paths and places to visit and sometimes there are surprises along the way like this couple or even the altar cloth in a church which was built in an old barn in the late 1990s.

Last weekend I participated for the fourth time in the local art festival, artists display in houses and gardens around the village, Saturday’s storm didn’t help visitor numbers but Sunday was brilliant and I really appreciated the positive feed back.

I have kept more or less up to date with my journal quilts on the subject of hidden:

Then there have been two 15 by 15 reveals on my subject of children’s books.

Last but not least two new pieces which I exhibited at the weekend:

And , finally as I pack away one exhibition I am preparing fro the next….