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Yup, we're over halfway through June, but finally the Great British Summer has put in an appearance.  It's been blissfully warm - even dare I say it, hot! - for the last couple of days, and let's hope that carries on over the weekend.  The photos above and below were taken at St Aidans RSPB reserve which is within walking distance for me, and I think that purple flower is a Common Orchid.  There are lots of them dotted around, among a sea of white daisies and mauve thistles, along with all the beautiful seed heads of the grasses.   It's the ideal place to go for a quiet early evening stroll, with just a few twitchers and dog walkers for company.  Apart from hundreds of birds that is, squawking away and occasionally giving you the Evil Eye and a hiss if you come too near their babies.   It's not been the weather to stay inside, so I haven't got much crafty stuff done.  I tacked a layer of polyester wadding on to the back of this patchwork, som...

SATURDAY:  I had a list of things to do today and they didn't include much cleaning.  However, I got stuck into sorting out heaps of fabric and half-finished projects, and a corner of my sitting room now looks massively neater.  I should've taken a 'before' photo really, but it would've merely been a picture of a mess. Now things are in clear plastic tubs and neat-ish piles, and I feel a whole lot better for it.  I'm convinced that if your head's in a muddle or you're stressing about the million and one things you imagine you ought to be doing, then you need to do one of the following.  Or preferably both.   Go for a long walk.   Clutter clear a section of your home.  By a section, that could mean a kitchen drawer, a shelf, your wardrobe, maybe an entire room.  In my case it was a bookshelf that acts as a sewing/fabric storage area.  My fabric stash is now divided up in colours.  The yellows and greens together.  Reds...