What is sunshine for you?

After a really rainy summer here in the eastern part of Norway you hear people say; Sunshine, what is that? I started to think a bit about it and around it and sunshine can be a lot of things.

When I was traveling in Scotland this summer with my mother, she had to stay at the hotel in Inverness one day, because she was a bit tired. I went on my own to Culloden Moor a place for a very sad part of Scottish history.  They had a very good museum at the place, and you could also have a walk at the moor with your own GPS-guide, or follow historical dressed guides on the moor. I went alone with the GPS guide and my umbrella and got quite an historical walk in the heavy rain. It made the history alive! When I got back to town, cold and wet, I saw a figure in a window and had to buy this. When I turned it upside down it was named Sunshine! (It’s a Willow Tree figure.) I warmed up at once!

Sunshine can also be a friendly smile, a hug, a cup of coffee ,  a sweet,  a wild –flower,  a phone call,  a sms , an e-mail, and finding a long forgotten fabric you saved up  to use on a special  project. Sunshine is all the small things that make us warm and life worth living!

Have a nice week!

Holiday, - a journey in inspiration

This summer I’ve been traveling a lot. First I followed my 80 years old mother down Memory Lane in Scotland. We visited her Scottish best friend who celebrated her 80^th birthday when we were there. They have been best friends for around 60 years and even all their grandchildren are now older than they were when they first met. Incredible!

We traveled a lot in the southern part of Scotland before we went north. We saw a lot of fantastic handicrafts in small and big shops, but what made the biggest impression on me were the heather gems. I wish I was the one who had this idea first!

Have a look at the pictures on this page and see how they make them, and have a look at thevideos. Look at all the different fantastic colors.

These colors we met in knitwear, in wool products and in the woven fabrics. I  was even  in danger to start spinning yarn   when I saw the wool-colors.

BACK ON TRACK IN BLOGLAND AND WORKLAND.

I’m alive although I haven’t been blogging for a couple of months. I’ve been enjoying my holiday trips, my meetings with friends and until now unknown family. I’ve had two months without any hard work, but now the normal life has reached me.

I’ve been a part-time student for two years with all expenses paid by my workplace so now I have to work full time counseling and teaching. I love it, but it takes some time to get back in routine.

I‘ve only finished some UFOs for my daughters this month (and nothing done in June) except for this book cover for my work list. I got this embroidery from my friend Lise some time ago and now was the perfect time to use it.

This was just a small writing, but next time I‘ll tell you a bit more about my summer in Scotland, in the States and in Norway.

Have a nice week!