We've just come back from spending 4 days in Herm at the White House hotel - a lovely break. the Battle of Britain annual air display was on whilst we were there - the views were a bit distant but i took a few photos of the red arrows. We stood on a hill above the hotel - quite a climb up but well worth the views! The photo below is from our hotel room looking north.

The view north from the hotel look out point where we stood to watch the air display.
Chanook (don't know how to spell it) helicopter and condor!



I'm going to try to turn this view into a contemporary embroidery!!!

When we arrived at Belvoir, we were the only ones on the beach until about 10.30 am - then there were only about 20 people there all day. I had 2 swims in my own private beach pool!!!

A view from Herm looking towards home - just behind the trees!!!
View from our hotel room looking west.
We had a lovely break - lots of walking, food and wine!! We're off to France next so I have to sort out my textile work and decide what to concentrate on whilst in France. I think I'll take indigo dye stuff, discharge stuff, silk paints and wax pot and see where I go from there!! Hope you like the photos Ant and Gemma - bring back holiday memories?

I tried to edit the wedding blog I posted last week and ended up deleting the lot - so here are a few different wedding photos!! The men all looked very smart . Antoinette and Gemma's friend, Helen were bridesmaids and both looked beautiful. You can see one of the bags I made hanging on Antoinette's right arm. You can tell Ant and Gemma are sisters - both have the curly payne hair!!
This photograph shows Mum, Gareth, Antoinette, Tim, Gemma,Myself, Sam and Dad.
This is a picture of the Payne side of the family-unfortunately, Antoinette and Gareth are missing.
This is a ckose up to show my hat - it was made for me by a local milliner and was a real work of art. Gemma helped to choose the style and I was delighted with the end result! The photo is of myself with my niece, Rachael.
Gemma and Tim outside the church- I had an old horseshoe from one of Tim's horses so I covered it in ribbon and stitch small white sea shells onto it - we collected the shells in Herm last year! I also made Gemma's small jacket which she wore for the church service.

This photo was taken as everyone threw rose petal confetti at the same time - it looked lovely!
Antoinette helped hand out the rose petals to everyone as they came out of the church. Antoinette was a real hero during the week before the wedding - helped cook, clean and prepare various bits for the wedding.
Sam and I looking very relieved that the day was going smoothly - after all my needless worries!!
This is a photo of Gemma's godmother (our friend), Diane, who was such a help in the lead up to the wedding - kept me sane most of the time!!
It was a lovely day and it's now back to normal. I'm looking forward to going to Herm for 3 days next week - a treat after all the wedding hype. We are also going to France towards the end of the month and can't wait to get there - I want to get going on various sewing projects but have to decide what to concentrate on first! After visiting the Quilt Show at the NEC a couple of weeks ago I'm full of inspiration but should really set something out on paper first - something I'm not very good at as I'm too impatient to plan properly and end up with too many confused ideas - not getting started on any one thing properly!! Help!!