The day after

We had a wonderful time at the See Us preview last night, meeting up with felllow blippers, some I had met previously and some I only met online till yesterday. For once there was no need to worry about taking other people's photographs, something I'm always very hesitant to do, as on this occasion we were all at it, photographing each other as only blippers do. The band ended up in many pictures too. They were called Star Wheel Press and came from Aberfeldy. They provided the accompaniment to much blip chat going on. As we only knew each other by our blip user name that could be slightly embarrassing at times!

I tried to capture some of the pictures on the wall too in the process. The book is full of pictures and only a fraction of them were on display, but everyone could pick up their copy of the book and it was very flattering to be asked to sign my double page spread for other people. For a picture of John and me there check out this picture by another blipper 

After all that excitement it wasn't easy to get up early this morning for the meeting of the Thistle Quilters but I managed it and was rewarded by a gorgeous talk by Helen Cowans and a show of her beautiful work.

On my return home I did some gentle stitching and dog walking and decided to dedicate my blip to my Soldiers and Sailors (the official name of this plant is Pulmonaria saccharata). as the macro shot of the inside of one of the flowers (less than 1/2" across) proved fascinating and seemed to somehow sparkle, thus reflecting my present mood very well!

See Me Blip

On this beautiful spring day, the first one we've had so far this year, I was going to treat my Blipfoto followers as well as the readers of this blog to a sunshine picture of flowers and below you can see some of the contenders for the top spot. But before I could even start to think about which one to pick John arrived back with the papers, among them the latest edition of our local one, the Peeblesshire News, a once weekly publication, also published on a Friday. Idly I leaved through it looking for the latest local gossip. And suddenly I was staring at my own face and one of my own journal quilts. What a treat! I think I actually gasped.

I'm in there as a local Blipper who has made it into the See Us exhibition organized jointly between the Blipfoto site and Creative Scotland. I did know this was going to happen but had been sworn to secrecy so far. An official photographer (John James) had been to the house some time ago to take my portrait (you did a great job!) and it must have been Blipfoto who contacted the Peeblesshire News. And tonight my own John and I are going to the official opening of the exhibition in Edinburgh during which event I will also receive a copy of the book published to accompany the show. It's in the Creative Scotland Exhibition Space on the 1st Floor of Waverley Gate. The exhibition will be on there till the 27th May and will then travel to a venue in Glasgow.

To say I'm pleased is a serious understatement; over the moon and elated cover it a lot better and by that beautiful serendipity that makes life worth living, the quilt they are featuring in the paper above is called Spice of Life. You bet!!

I also wanted to share the flower pictures as they reflect the happy mood of the day. Above more blue chionodoxa, putting up a gorgeous show and multiplying every year, to my great delight. We must go and buy some white ones too now we know they thrive in our garden.

primrose

And the soldiers and sailors have appeared out of the ground too, like good little warriors!