Things are on the up here on the hill. Summer has arrived in Switzerland and as usual I am amazed by the fact that after months of complaining about the weather being lousy it takes only two days before people start moaning about the heat….that being said it was steaming hot in the office this afternoon…but I refuse on principle to complain about it.

Several of the ongoing problems here seem to be resolved or at least on the way…..I knew that it would just take time and hanging on in and plodding through the days taking one step at a time. Several problems are not likely to be resolved….particularly those concerning a certain elderly member of the family’s refusal to consider any senior living options – but I’m just putting them all in a nice little drawer somewhere in the back of my mind and refusing to worry about things I can’t control.

I’m snowed under with work….counting down the days to an audit in 2 weeks time….but I think it’s all doable and I know it’s going to be wonderful when the audit is over….at least I hope it will be…that’s what’s keeping me going. I spend a lot of time on the train just imagining how wonderful the sense of relief will be!

Anyway in between the hectic I managed to make some blocks for Katy for the Stitch Tease 2 bee. I love the newspaper fabrics and haven’t found many chances to use them, so it was fun to make these blocks!

I really find my zen when I’m sitting at the sewing machine. I should really make myself sit down at it every evening – I know it would do the world of good. What I tend to do when I come in – and which is every bit as good, if I’m honest – is wander round the garden, ignoring the weeds that are springing up everywhere, and seeing what has burst into flower that day. Today was a really good day in the garden – a lot of my favourites are flowering…

Gorgeous aren’t they? I’m enjoying them while I can because I know a lot of them will be shredded by the first big thunderstorm that comes along.

I hope the sun is shining where you are too and that life is on the up!

Helen

A Siblings Together block for Di aka Quiltova….

Easy sewing to ease my way back to the sewing machine!

It felt good and as the days go by things are getting sorted out and moving forwards. I think I can almost see the end of the tunnel…..and along with other things, there is the FQR retreat at the end of it!

Helen

No, not me…

..my garden every year in early June. Not by design, but I confess that I do always tend towards the purples and blues at the garden centre….

Thank you so much to all of you for your recent comments and support. We are OK. No-one is dying, but there is just a bit too much ‘life’ all coming together at the moment. I’ve worked out that in a month at least some of it will look better…simply because things have to be resolved one way or the other by then.

I’m hanging on in and trying to take time to take pleasure in the little things that make life good.

I hope you are too!

Helen

The Rhein (Rhine) Falls near Schaffhausen, Switzerland – today, after several days of torrential rain.

Rather a metaphor for my life at the moment.

Trying to feel the zen…..

….and hoping to get back to the sewing machine before too long…

Helen

Hello all,

I’m still here, but for the first time for 6 years my entire (very small) family are here in Switzerland, so sewing and blogging are not really making it to my list of things to do.

I was a little concerned about how things would be..there have been tensions in the past…but people seem to have mellowed and so far so good, it’s working well. Life’s like that sometimes isn’t it? The things you can’t wait for fall a little flat and the things you view with trepidation turn out to be pretty darned good.

It just shows that you never really know and that life truly is full of surprises.

Maybe tomorrow the sun will even shine – now that WOULD be a surprise!!

Have a nice weekend,

Helen