Wow, what a perfect day today was. It was so nice to see some sunshine for a change. The past fortnight has either been rain rain rain or cloud and murk.

I was in my studio this morning with the door propped open and my dog Missy sunbathing in the paddock the studio is in; every so often she would pop in and check in with me. The paddock is just the existing hedges and a low fence where there is no hedge with a gate. It's designed to keep Missy in as we're quite close to a busy road. Even my tortoise, Spike, put in an appearance!

As I was making beads and looking out of the window back towards the house, I had a real feeling of well being and that it was such a good day to be alive. My washing was gently drying on the line instead of being tumble dried, my animals were happy and I was making beads - my favourite activity! All the problems of this year with our house being repaired seemed a long way away.

Here's a picture of the house taken earlier in the year when the roses on the left were out, they don't show up very well but the house looks nice!