Where to start....

Well, it's been very hot and we've been inundated with peas, beans and courgettes. The great success story though is the sweet corn, which has been fantastic after a ropy start.

Our trip to Art in Action went well, but we didn't manage to see everything we wanted to because of the heat, but we did enjoy the trip and also the visit to Dorset on the way home.

This wonderful carving really took my eye in the woodworking marquee and no sign to say please don't touch, so I did!

Lots of hat makers in the textile tent, but no quilters this year.

No sooner back home than our first visitors of the summer arrived. They were walking parts of the coast path and although we were tempted, it was just too hot, so we provided the transport and the food!

My next trip was up to Birmingham to the Festival of Quilts. This year I decided to fly rather than suffer the train journey, so the journey was very smooth despite the threat of the hurricane!

Although I can't get to the meetings as they are too far away, I am a member of the Exe Valley Contemporary Quilt Group. Our group quilt, entitled, Triassic Trio won third prize in the Group Section even though there wasn't a single Meerkat in evidence! We were each asked to make a strip representing a rock type found in the West Country, and my strip was Serpentine in the bottom right corner.

It was a wonderful show and I thoroughly enjoyed myself looking at all the quilts and meeting up with friends. The organisers had obviously listenened to our criticisms because this year the lighting was very much improved and there was more space around the quilts. However, more space came at the expense of some of the seating and getting a chair was a struggle at times.

Then we had to get ready for our next set of visitors, just day trippers this time! A wonderful walk around the Lizard from Church Cove to Housel Bay, with a cup of tea at the hotel. On the way we saw exotic plants, gannets diving and blackberries ripening!

The colour of the sea was so beautiful!

After all the visits, I managed to finish my quilt for the exhibition at Cowslips and spent a lovely day stewarding and having a lovely lunch with my DS.

The idea came from an old photo of some slate which I thought would do really well on the theme of "Layers!.

Now the weather has started to get hot again, sewing will have to wait because we're off to the beach!