Llandudno

Hello My friends

I thought I would share with you some pictures of where I live.....

This is Llandudno....

Image no 1 is the promenade in the snow, No 2 is the bay from the Great Orme and No 3 is the West Shore from Marine Drive (Great Orme).

Llandudno is on the North coast of Wales and the town is found between two headlands - the Great Orme and the Little Orme. The town grew mainly as a Victorian tourist resort and many of the buildings are Victorian although there is a bronze age mine on the Great Orme.

The name Llandudno is a Welsh name Meaning Church (Llan) of St Tudno. It is pronounced with the welsh double ll which doesn't easily translate into an English sound but is somewhere between L and Cl.

Most of the attractions here are summer based for the tourists and tend to be traditional such as a Punch and Judy show and cable car rides, but there are more odern additions which J really enjoys like the Ski slope and the Taboggan run.

All in all, I love it here and I hope you have enjoyed having a peek into where I live - I challenge you to do the same.

J is 5!

Look at my lil chap! With his fifth birthday appoaching I decided to take Jacob, his friend Adam & Adam's sister Chloe to Anglessey Sea Zoo to celebrate. We had a lovely couple of hours looking at the sea horses and little sharks, browsing the gift shop and playing on the bouncy castle.

Jacob was 5 on November 18th - Happy Birthday son!!!

Exchange with Ronel

Hello My Blogland Buddies

Here are a couple of pics of the piece I stitched for my recent exchange with Ronel and the bits I sent to her.

I made a needlebook and decorated it with blackwork using a pattern from Just Cross Stitch magazine. And most of the goodies I sent were charts as Ronel had said it was hard to get hold of charts in SA. I also included a customise match box kit as I know Ronel likes papercraft too and some mini hama beads.

Apologies for the picture quality - my camera was poorly and I was borrowing mum's which I didnt find very easy to use.

The Wanderer Returns

Just letting you know that TERRY is home for a few days so I will not be about in blogland. Will return soon with pics of 2 more finishes and J's 5th birthday x

Exchange from Ronel

I was having a bad day on friday until I opened the door to the postie and received this....

I 'met' Ronel via blogging this year and not only was I impressed with her stitching but also her gorgeous photo mosaics which she uses to display her work. These are her images - shamelessly stolen from her blog.

I received a lovely fat parcel full of goodies including silk thread, a rose scented sachet, heart charms and a pink tape measure but pride of place are this needlebook and scissor fob. They are so perfect I actually had a little cry. This is my first needlebook. I have made a few but always for other people so now at last I have one of my own. See the initials - I have been LE for so long but I got married almost 3 months ago and I am now LC and this is the first time I have anything with my new initials on.

Ronel Thank You. I hope the parcel I sent for you arrives soon. Please forgive the stolen pics and I hope to be able to exchange with you again.

PIF and a posting

Hello My Friends

Thank you to Lindylou and Nika for signing up to my pass it forward. You will both receive something from me in the next 12 months. Please email me your postal address or leave an email here and I'll contact you.

There is still one more vacancy so if anyone is interested please let me know or the third stitch piece will be offered as a giveaway on here.

And note to Ronel - hun your exchange piece is on its way

x

Pass it forward -2 days left

Anyone else interested in receiving a stitched piece made by me?