giveaway ... bear with me ...

here is a bear who has been around since 2004, one of the first things i ever made with joints ... now i have decided not to be sentimental anymore and send him home with one of you ...

so please leave a comment below, and if you want to come back and include a link to you blog or other, sharing news of this bear giveaway, then of course you will get another chance of being pulled out of the hat ...

now when shall i do the draw? well i want to give you a few days, but not make you wait too long ... how about next tuesday? tuesdays are not very exciting ...

look at him. he just wants a cuddle ... again!

Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Anniversary ...

i am thankful to be celebrating our 4 years of marriage, and am taking stiv out for dinner tonight,
thankful for my little healthy family,
and my stabs at creativity ...
thankful also for my blog visitors and kind comments over the past couple of years i have been blogging ...

Please come back tomorrow, for a giveaway, which you can have in time for Christmas, urgh did i say that word already!?

hugs
cat xxx

extreme machining ....

trying to get things done, with an 18 month old that wants a piece of everything ...

her very clear speach includes the following words -

sewing
made
needle
sharp
careful
stab
pins
mummy's
sissors
and yes, machine ...!

of interest to UK HErs, a petition, if you please ...
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Home-ed-families/

five fat hamsters .....

...sitting in a row,
four went to a local shop,
and one,
well i don't know !

where is he?

art on portland, dorset ...

pin cusion from 1 square piece of fabric ...
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

well it was windy on portland yesterday, and if you fancy both a bit of portland wind and some carcking local art see my paintings and more at the portland arts centre ...

http://portlandartscentre.yolasite.com/5th-december-exhibitors.php

shows all the exhibitors and the expo opens after the private view, and untill 20th december ....

have a look at the rest of the website while you are there ...

bound for the new portland arts centre ...

mary admires them, and now my old 'could have fooled me too' entries are going into a christmas exhibition ...

House Work ....

there will be no more blue paint on my house ...




becaue as you can see, damien and darren have been hard at work ... but dont worry, they didnt go up there in the high winds we have had this weekend !