October Break

in South Wales - part 2

There is another place  I would like to share with you -

St Fagans National Museum of History 

(or Museum of Welsh Life - an open air museum) near Cardiff.

The Museum is in the grounds of St Fagans Castle and gardens, late 16th century manor house, which was donated to the people of Wales by the Earl of Plymouth in 1948.

Here over 50 historical buildings, including a medieval church, shops, farm houses, toll house, hotel among many, from all over Wales, have been re-built, and the project is still not yet finished.

We were lucky that we had a bright and sunny day for our visit;

I leave you to enjoy the walk:

The beautiful modern wool applique wall hangings in Llys Llywelyn - 

medieval prince's meeting hall, which depict parts of Welsh history,  were apparently designed by local school children.

This is a wonderful place, set in beautiful grounds - 

not to be missed if you ever happen to be in the area.

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October break

in South Wales - part 1.

Last week we spent some time away, staying in a holiday cottage, 

overlooking Dunraven Bay .

The land in the distance is probably the coast of North Devon. 

Beautiful beach for walks, 

and exploring.

There in the woods, behind the cliffs, are the remains of Dunraven Castle; 

today there are only small remains of walls, but the walled garden is still maintained.

 

Despite the very bad weather forecast for the whole week, we had some dry, but dull days, which enabled us to explore (not so great for taking pictures);

we visited the small market town of Cowbridge,

where just behind the busy High Street you can find small oasis - 

 Physic Garden, full of medicinal plants.

Not far from Cardiff is a property owned by the National Trust -

Dyffryn Gardens.

Unfortunately the house is closed for repairs,

but we spent lots of time wondering around the gardens,

enjoyed lunch in the restaurant, and spent some money in the second hand book shop.

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October, October..

I can't believe that it is 2 months since I ventured into the blog land; 

LIFE just gets in the way sometimes........

So, to catch up - our granddaughter was 18 in July and shortly after my last post she got her A Level results, which were very good, so at the start of this month she left us for a university of her choice.

It seems only like yesterday when we were making fabric projects together

She is all grown up now and we miss her .......It is always hard to "let go", 

even for grandparents, but of course we are very proud of her!

Back to sewing - I am still hand quilting "Butterfly's Ball" (it is a large quilt!), 

but nearly at the borders now.

I have been missing applique, so little playing with some blocks. I pulled this fabric from my stash,

(the green one with pink flowers - I am saving that one for the border) and matched some others from the stash also,

and bought few more to compliment.

                     

 New applique blocks are emerging:

Autumn has arrived, although still some colour in the garden, just about. 

These pictures are a couple of weeks old, but I still would like to share them.

I have pictures from our trip last week to share, 

but that will be another post shortly.

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