Origami anyone?!

So how are the summer holidays going with you? We have been busy – so far we have spent a week in sunny Cornwall staying at my parent’s house while they are on a fabulous cruise to Iceland enjoying the beaches and looking after their dog, Flora.

 Since we have come home almost everybody has had a sickness bug – nice. It has put a bit of a dampener on things. I don’t know about you, but I get really paranoid when everyone around you is ill. I have forgotten how many times I have washed my hands today. Oh, and the house is looking quite sparkly as I can’t seem to stop cleaning.

It seemed like a great idea to look after Flora at the time I offered. We have two dogs already, what’s one more? She is a good dog; not used to cats, but as I said gaily to my mother whilst cheering her off on her hols “we’ll just tell her NO! And she’ll soon get used to Willow (our precious cat)”. Yeah, right. Maybe I was wrong to be quite so optimistic....

Since ‘darling’ Flora has arrived she has:

1.      Howled all of the first night in our kitchen until I finally broke at 2.34am and brought her and her beanbag upstairs and next to our bed. (This has severely upset Willow, who cannot stand the sight of her and upstairs is usually her domain)....

2.      Howled every time I have gone upstairs and left her downstairs.... this first happened while I was putting Xavier in his cot for the afternoon nap. I festered with fury whilst seeming calm and sublime reading in my wonderful rocking chair then, once he was asleep she felt the sharp side of my tongue I can tell you.....

3.      Taken food out of my own hand (the cheek!) and considers anyone else’s food as fair game, yet steadfastly refuses to eat her own food....

4.      Decided that despite continuous rewards for coming when called, she will only come back when when SHE feels like it, not when I call her. Cav has refused to walk her at all as she won’t listen to him even a tiny bit.

So... the count-down is on. The parents arrive back in the UK today and are collecting the dog at the weekend. THANK THE LORD.

I love Flora really. Just in her own home and not mine. Sorry Mum.

Moving on, Tillianne and I have been busy making origami bookmarks, butterflies and dragons. Our plan is to sell them at a local craft fair.We have never done it before and it was really fun. Next time I will buy pretty origami paper like this but for our first attempts plain paper is fine.

You can find the instructions on how to make the heart bookmarks here.

Next we moved on to making a butterfly. The instructions we used were from here. This was exhausting but we were happy with the results in the end:

The final piece de la resistance was our dragon –what a nightmare! We had to take a break in the middle because we got mind freeze. If you fancy having a go you can find the tutorial here. Remember to persevere J

We may need some practice but there is definitely potential!

Have I mentioned that the ‘lottie is coming on nicely? We are currently having a daily supply of lettuce, rocket, radishes, cumbers, peas, courgettes, gem squash, tomatoes and French beans. Feeling happy!

Weed on my lovelies, speak soon

Georgie xxx