Just a note

Hello...

 I wanted to let you know that my dear friend Eileen passed away yesterday evening.....

She never asked me for anything, certainly not to undertake responsibility for her, and be her primary carer. In fact she never wanted me to know how ill she was because she knew I'd be upset. When I did find out and found her in a hospice, where she'd spent a month with no visitors, I made her a promise - As her own children were not going to be there for her, I would...I would take the journey with her and be there till the end...
  I kept my promise...3 long months and 7 heart wrenching hours by her side yesterday have left me numb,exhausted and brokenhearted

My wonderful son and lovely husband have supported me and helped me throughout my quest to honour my friend and you lovely people have been amazing, keeping Eileen and I in your thoughts and prayers, giving me the strength to continue when many times I felt overwhelmed and out of my depth. 
To you all - I thank you with all my heart.

In the midst of all this there has been much going on and yes, much neglected... My adored great nephew Ross is in hospital as I write and our family are once again in turmoil...I've long forgotten what normality is...

Tomorrow I have 2 posts scheduled and then I am taking a little timeout. I won't be visiting your blogs for the next few days but I know you're fine with that. 

Hugs to you all

~ Ros ~




 

Green

Hello there ...

I'm popping in with my photos for this week's prompt at

Our Beautiful World

Kirsty has chosen the word "Green" 

I love just about every shade there is of green

 I'm lucky to live in a country that is full of greenery... My own garden is surrounded by trees inside and out and we have had so much rain this year that everything keeps on growing

It's a tough job keeping it all in some sort of order and something I have little time for right now, still the butterflies like it

The ducks on the ponds don't mind it....

The alien looking ferns continue to unfurl with every burst of intermittent sunlight enjoying every  drip drop of rain

And even the sea rocks love their coats of green

What's not to love? Green is restful, green is beautiful

Share your photos with us at Our Beautiful World and go see what everyone else is sharing this week

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

 

Birthday Boy

Hello there ...

I've managed to find a few hours to catch up on DT projects and today I have a card to share ... A really quick card that I made for the hubby of a friend yesterday ... 

I can't believe I actually remembered his birthday, even if it was last minute...

As I said this was a quick card ... I pulled out some inks to sponge a BG and then used Wplus9 stamps for the sentiment and the little paper pieced yachts

This week's trend challenge at Just Us Girls happens to be sponging so I'm going to enter my card there

The sun is shining here for a change and it really makes everything so much better... I spent the morning with my sick friend in the nursing home and soon my crafty friend Pat is coming over

Wishing you all a wonderful day

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 230

Hi there ...

It's time for a new challenge at City Crafter and normally it would be me to set this week's challenge but due to the fact that I am spending more and more time at my friends bedside, I haven't had a lot of  inspiration or inclination for anything ...

Thankfully my lovely friends at City Crafter have stepped in and they are taking over my spot for the time being ... Thank you lovely ladies

So this week Stella has set us the challenge of "On The Border" (with a photo of her homeland too)

 

Photo Credit

The challenge is to add a border anywhere on your project

Well I guess I have a stitched line border as well as a hand cut grassy border 

I watercoloured the flowers and the grass and the little dog was sitting in my bits box... He was coloured with copics and a white gel pen 

 

Our Guest designer this week is our winner from week 314 Brenda (Inspired to Stamp)

Brenda and the team have more inspiration for you up on the blog ... hop on over and take a peek.

Wishing you all a wonderful day

~ Ros ~

Play...

Hello and good morning!

Play is the prompt over at Our Beautiful World this week...

We're looking to see your photos, here's mine

Doggie play

Kitty Play

Animal play

Risky play

 

Girls play 

Boy's play

 

Guy's play

My play

Hop on over to the blog to see what everyone else is sharing...

Have a beautiful day!

~ Ros ~

Double D Challenge

Hello, I'm back again for the new challenge at 

Double D Challenges

 

Team Diane is hosting a Gingham challenge and here's the tile board for your inspiration

Much as I love gingham, it's not something that I've used for a while - In fact I don't use many papers or ribbons anymore but I did manage to come up with a use for some of those gingham scraps I had around

Balloons... Birthday balloons tied to a little Cameo cut fence 

I did a little sponging there too and added a sweet little cat who is eyeing up those balloons

Our team all have a different creative style so please hop on over to the Blog to check out the projects - We hope you'll be inspired to join us 

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~