Spring is on its way at last

First of all, yippee!! I have my laptop back! I don't really know why it crashed but the laptop doctor has cleaned it up and installed the extra memory and it's fairly singing along now :o)

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Did you have a good weekend? Mine seems to have been really busy and, what's more, the sun came out! On Saturday my friend Ann and I went across to Newark to see the Nolitex exhibition at the Town Hall. The exhibition is excellent and the standard of work is very high. Unfortunately we weren't permitted to take photographs but if you live anywhere near Newark (that's the one in Nottinghamshire UK) it is well worth a visit. One of the contributors, Liz Welch, who is a highly accomplished artist has more images on her blog here and here. What was refreshing was that we were allowed to handle some of the felted pebble pieces, some of which unexpectedly made a noise. It was well worth braving the terrors of fiding in a lift to reach the top floor!

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An added bonus to visiting Newark on a Saturday is the general market. It was much busier than this photo suggests. What do you think of the elegant buildings in the centre of Newark? Beautiful aren't they?

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On Sunday the sun decided to come out and play for a while so we manged to drag ourselves away from the internet and popped out to our local National Trust property, Belton House. The sun was a little bit fickle but when it did come out it was glorious.

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The snowdrops have certainly erupted since the snow melted away only a week or so ago.
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I took quite a lot of photos of the reflections in the stream and the large lake at Belton. The reflections in the lake particularly reminded me of textiles. I have a feeling I may be using reflections in one of my monthly Journal Quilts before too long.

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On the subject of Journal Quilts I have almost finished my JQ for February and I know what I am going to do for March so I am on target so far. Phew! Hopefully I will finish February tomorrow so I will be able to blog it then. It's not been a total success (technically) but it's been a learning curve. The other project that I can't yet show you is now finished and will be in the post in a day or two so I will be able to show you that when it reaches its destination.