67 Years ago.............

....................Britain was two years into the war with Germany

This is the Radio Times for this day 67 years ago

Dragonfly........

I have never seen one of these......
well actually I have, but only a carcass of one!
This one was flying around our outbuilding!

A wet day............

.......cheered up by this beautiful Lily

Cards!

More cards for shop display!

I start a few ideas for others to adapt!

Decoupage - instead of using all the layers together

make two cards from each design

Peel Offs that can be embroidered.

First of all stick onto card/paper, these are on dark blue

Instead of embroidery, I added beads and layered as decoupage.

Teabread

Start this either the night before or at least four hours before.

Make a pot of tea using two tea bags with half pint (300ml) Water
(ordinary tea or try Earl Grey or Lapsang Souchong any sort of tea really)!
Leave for about five minutes.

Pour the tea over 4 ozs (125grms) Sugar and 8 ozs (205 grms) Dried Fruit
and leave for minimum of four hours

When ready to cook preheat oven on 180 degrees - gas 4 and line loaf tin
Add 2 beaten eggs and 8 ozs (225grms) Self Raisin Flour
to the tea, fruit, sugar mixture and beat well.

Pour into the lined tin and cook for about an hour.
Test with a skewer and if it comes out clean it is cooked
Allow to cool for about 10 minutes before removing from tin

When cold cut into thin slices and serve with or without butter

Will keep well for about a week in an airtight container

Down by the shed!

I just love terracotta pots!

Restoration..........

A rather cross lady came into where I worked the other day asking if we knew anybody who crocheted? I said I did and could I help?

Yes she said, someone had had an accident with a candle on a best tablecloth and could I repair

it.

from this to................

......................this

The cotton and colour were difficult to match, and the texture is wrong but it is repaired

I do hope she is happy with it!