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Autumn crafts
35 energetic children came to the Sanctuary cafe for a morning of crafts. We printed with sponges cut into leaf shapes, and with...
Flowers
These were brightening the upper garden at Quarry Bank Mill when we visited last week. A herbaceous border runs in front of the...
Yarn wrapped hedgehogs
I am preparing a craft for a half term workshop, celebrating autumn. In ancient Egypt hedgehogs were cpnsidered sacred, due to their...
Busy Lizzies
I couldn't find out the significance of the name "Lizzy" - it seems simply to rhyme with "busy" which refers to the abundance of flowers...
Purple poppies
Ten people met in the community room at Lymm Sanctuary hub today, and we painted our Christmas tree a pale green, and put one member's...
Halloween
Keate House residents made this seasonal artwork using stencils. They recently received an award from the National Activity Providers...
Autumn collage
Six residents joined me today for a collage celebrating seasonal flowers, fruits and vegetables.
Dahlias at Cragside
These beautiful flowers, introduced into Europe from Mexico in 1789 and from Spain into England in 1803, were blooming in the formal...
Herb robert
There are plenty of these pretty pale pink flowers about still, growing close to the ground. I outlined the flowers in watercolour crayon...
Chrysanthemums
I am planning to include seasonal flowers in next week's harvest collage, as well as root vegetables and apples.
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