Dress for the wedding

My fabric arrived for my dress yesterday, I'm so pleased with it - definitely my colours! The fabric is by Amy Butler, she does the most amazing designs in brilliant colours and its a perfect weight for dressmaking!
Here is a swatch of the fabric and I'm going to make dress 'b' (red and white patterned one in the pic above).

A Week of Firsts!

Yep, this has been a week of firsts:

• First bikini ever bought- and worn... but not in public!

• First pair of 'short' shorts worn since I was probably about the age of 12.

• First time I played Disc Golf for the season - just like regular golf but with a frisbee instead, lots of fun but i think i'm going to need a lot more practice. I can do a par 3 hole in about 10 shots!!!

• First dress pattern ever bought and just about to start my first attempt at making it too! We have been invited to a friend of Sonny's wedding in July so i had the great idea of making my own dress... test out my new sewing machine and my rusty sewing skills! Wish me luck!

• First SOS package from home this week with a few shirts i had left behind, my more 'reserved' tankini (for public places!), the 3rd book in the Twilight series, Eclipse and the best of all Selvedge magazine - for those of you who don't know it, its an amazing textiles magazine with fantastic images and articles. There was lso a bonuc choclate bar each: dark for Sonny and crispy white for me.

Richmond Lake

This is Richmond Lake which is about 12 miles north of Aberdeen. It's so nice out there, everyone has their house on the side of the lake with their boats tied to their docks. Wouldn't be so nice in the winter when the ice freezes to 3-5ft deep!

More images

The top image is the outside cooking area, we have managed to cook out twice so far and i'm sure there will be many more over the summer. The bottom image is the creek opposite the cook area and the canoes that sonny and i plan to go out in when we next get a chance.

This is the view across the road towards the highway, look at the lovely blue sky!! :o)


Here is the garden that we have planted up. I'll keep you updated and let you see our garden grow.

This is our home for just now, its really comfy and is bigger than it looks.

SEWING MACHINE!!

I forgot to tell you, i got a new sewing machine! It's amazing!! Its a computerised Brother machine with 50 stitches and sews like a dream - it's my new baby!! Hopefully i'll be able to start making a few things and maybe even try my hand at making a few basic clothing ietems - if i'm brave enough! ha ha!

Hello again!

Sorry, it's been a while since i last posted something. We've been busy putting the garden together and planting our seeds - carrots, broccoli, spinach, beetroot, beans, tomatoes, herbs, peppers and i'm sure there's more. The strawberries are already up and flowering so we'll soon have some fruit!
The weather here today is BRILLIANT, we have for the first day in a long time no wind, blue sky and a very hot sun - 29C!!!
I went to my first American High School Graduation on Sunday, Sonny's cousin Melissa is leaving school and heading to college to do the equivalent of primary teaching - good luck to her!
The family had their first cook-out last week, they have made this great space down near the creek, well equipped with bbq's,tables and chairs, and cupboards full of everything you could need for cooking and eating outside, i thing we're eating there again tonight! I'll get some pics of it and post them for you.

The sun is shining!

Well, for the past two days we have had brilliant sunshine and temps of 20-21C!! I'm bathing in sunblock already and that's not even the summer sun! Ha ha! The blue sky is endless over here as the land is so flat and you feel as if it goes on forever.
Went for a walk round Wylie Park yesterday, its a camping ground but has a small animal park attached with HUGE buffalo, that paced the fence as we passed with the dogs - not so good! Just as well the fences are double the height of the buffalo! They also have deer, elk and lots of birds on the lake. There is another lake that only under 16's can fish in but the adults all 'help' the kids catch the fish! There were a few campers there but i'm sure in the summer it's packed out.
This afternoon i'm gonna go out with my camera and get you some pic of where we are living, it looks so much better in the sunshine - just as Scotland always does!

Sunset

Thought i'd share the first of amazing sunsets that we had last night. Sonny recons it was a 5/10!

Friday is cleaning day!

Had a busy day yesterday cleaning and tidying - i think that'll be the last as everything has a place now! :o) Also managed to sneak in another couple of chapters of New Moon by Stephanie Meyer - the second in the vampire series. Dorothy, you were right, the books are fantastic i can't put it down and Katy - get reading them!! ha ha! I had fun watching the chickens run about everywhere, they are so funny when they run. Here is a picture of Henry the cockerel.