February 2026

February-Fill-Dyke a poem by William Burton beautifully describes what it’s like here at the moment, out on the Lincolnshire marshes. It has been very cold with a raw easterly wind and days of rain. This has driven me to spend more time beside the fire sewing, resulting in three new card designs: Firstly ‘Little Black Cat’ made with a pretty floral fabric by May Morris who was a talented embroiderer and designer, daughter of William Morris. Secondly ‘Sing a Rainbow!’ a bright posy based on my ‘Lazy Daisies design’ and thirdly a new colourful version of ‘Antiquity’. All are available to buy individually here.

Despite the cold and wet, the days are noticeably getting longer, the daffodils are up and the snowdrops are flowering, the rooks are already nesting in the churchyard, and the robins are paired up ready for Spring!

January 2026

The new month and New Year seem to have brought with them new temperatures! Here on the Lincolnshire marshes the air is now bitingly cold and the thermometer is showing daytime readings only just above zero. The birds clear all the food I now give them twice daily, always a sign that things are pretty tough for them out there.

After all the busyness of Christmas, January brings calm, and an opportunity to look ahead and take stock. The calendars newly hung, with birthdays and other milestone days written on them, also hold many mysteries in the blank spaces.

I am now stitching spring flowers and beehives, bunnies and little lambs, as I am always working with the next season in mind!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

December 2025

Living on the flat Lincolnshire coastal marsh, the sunrise, its timing and position is an ever-present part of my journey through each year. Almost as far as it can be from its summer place, the sunrise now it fills my kitchen window with its wild pink brilliance. The Pagan feast of Yule, celebrating the turning wheel of the year, as we move from darkness to light, sits easily alongside Christmas, both appearing in the strange darkness of December; a time full of mystery and merrymaking.

I have sold more Christmas cards than ever this year, but I have re-stocked the website so there is still a good selection to choose from. Most Christmas things will not now be re-stocked when they are gone.

I wish you a very happy Advent and a joyful Christmas.