January

 Hello dear friends...

First off let me say a big thank you for the lovely Christmas cards and birthday cards I received. It is so touching to know that you are thinking of me.

I hope you are all well and safe? The dreadful sight of the fires in California has shocked everyone. I can never begin to imagine how people cope losing everything, my heart goes out to all.

Christmas here was a quiet affair with just the three of us and our Anniversary was celebrated with dinner at a Greek resturant. Ian wanted to get away but honestly it was far too cold with so much flu and covid still about, we were better at home.

My birthday was not so quiet as I had visitors all day which completely wore me out, so much so that we abandoned going out that evening. However, we are making up for both the anniversary and our birthdays (hubby's birthday being in a few weeks). We have booked a 5 day break on our favourite Island of Majorca in April. As well as that we are taking a 7 day cruise in July.

As I'm sure you are aware, cruises have a few formal evenings, which I used to dread, but this year I decided to make my own evening dresses, something suitable for my age and something to cover my scars - I thought you would like to see them.

This one is a gorgeous shade of blue in shantung silk so it shimmers

Excuse the machine in the background Lol! I make up my own patterns but fitting them to me is quite a nightmare - I don't have a proper dummy, this is just a shop one and we are not quite the same size.

The belt is very sparkly but it doesn't pick up on the photo.

And the second one

 

This was harder to photograph - It has a sew on Diamante and a godet at the back. The top part is a fine crepe, lined and the skirt is a scuba crepe. They look really nice on, and I'm looking forward to wearing them - It's been a long time since I dressed up.

And the cost?  

They each cost around £10 to make, so worth the effort. I can sew fine with a machine but the hand sewing is very difficult for me and takes the longest time.

I also have a painting to share, a moody seascape. 

I had my 2nd shingles shot on Monday and had a very bad reaction to it so I've been sick all week. Then yesterday we had very high winds due to the storm, the morning was dark and wet, so what came from that was my moody painting

Let me know if you'd like to see more of my creations and I will share when I can.

Be safe my friends,

Till next time

~ Ros ~