Well that was a mixed bag of a long weekend. Started grand on Friday as I caught up with my Bestie for lunch. She just happens to own a rather fabulous Italian Restaurant and was cooking on Friday, so I was treated to an equally rather fabulous lunch (as always, I know serious perk). The flowers are mine (a gift from her to me, I am worth it honest) although I wont tell you what she called me when I took this photo and said that I would be publishing it on my blog all in

Being your own boss does have some great perks, not least you can choose your own office and today as the weather is gorgeous - albeit according to the weather man for one day only, Darcy & Me took advantage and had a long meander around one of our favourite local places Ashton Gardens. Apparently it is hotter than Rome wey hey. Darcy wanted a selfie I am lucky to live in such a lovely place and days like these only serves to reinforce how I feel and how where I live makes me

Today we ambled over to Accrington and the Howarth Art Gallery. It is lovely to find such a beautiful building and gardens in the heart of Accrington. As you drive through a typical built enviornment that you would expect with an industrial northern town that is Accrington with a mixture of industrial architecture and rows and rows of terraced housing, you suddenly find yourself in an oasis of grandeur that is Howarth House. It was the home of mill cotton owner William How

Well its been a busy old week and a bit and zero crafting has been done. So apologies for the long post but its time to catch up. We'll start with our week jolly holly to the Cotswolds which was a bit of a disaster for Darcy & Me (ha). This is the first time we have taken her to our annual friends holidays and with 15 peeps and another dog, she found the whole thing very overwhelming, so the two of us spent most of the week in our bedroom and she spent the week sleeping on