It`s Not a Vicious Rumour...

.. we`re back and the sun is shining!  Mr Cough. Mrs Cough and Little Cough got the plane back on Wednesday (apologies to Easyjet passengers in the vicinity of Rows 5 on the Marrakech to Gatwick flight).  The weather is absolutely stunning and clearly my lovely UK bloggy friends have been telling porkies about inclement weather ;-)

Look - we can even wear our new skull and crossbone sun glasses and pout!

Today we headed over to near Dorcheester in Dorset as I had to pick up some batting and basting pins for my pink and orange Siblings Together quilt from a quilt shop there.

We then went on to nearby Abbotsbury and to the petting farm there.  It was idyllic.

With children at school, it was strictly pre-schoolers only. With Zaki insisting on wearing his dinosaur wellies, he looked every bit the young farmer, indulging in some country pursuits.

...oh, pull the udder one...

Move over Thelwell...

Look how beautiful England is when the sun shines!

So we`re very happy to be back and can`t wait for next weekend when I`ll be in London for the FQ Retreat!

I`ll leave you with a sneaky peek of the block I made last weekend for Susan as part of the Stitch Tease Bee. Susan wanted a `mish mash of colourful happy prints surrounding white wonky stars`.

I`m ahead of the game with Stitch Tease but have so much to do over the next week including finishing up the pink and orange quilt for Siblings Together and making my items for the Sample Swap at the FQ Retreat, which will somehow include linen and Liberty fabrics. I`m hopelessly hopelessly behind with blog reading and hope you`ll forgive me being MiA...tomorrow I`ll show you a few of the goodies which were waiting for me at my mum`s!