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  Everywhere is an abundance of moss at the moment and it looks so ancient and peaceful so I decided to check out what moss was all about and did some research. As always the research turned up lots of interesting facts. I did consider whether to do an indoor display of moss but I think it looks best outside. One of the interesting things I came across is that there are actually some inner city moss 'trees' being created to help absorb pollution! Moss requires shade and water to thrive and so not usually found in the city BUT somebody has worked out how to make a structure or even sculpture with some shade and water reservoir and these have the ability to soak up more pollution than hundreds of trees.  The photo above looks fabulous it is on one of my walks with Wallace and its part of a bridge next to a stream where Wallace often jumps in for a drink (I know he has to jump in to drink!!) It is castellated so it looks great all covered in moss. When I was a Brownie Guide I was...

In January I made two craft new year's resolutions. 1. To master socks knitting and 2. To re-master my Silhouette Cameo machine I have actually made 1 pair of socks in my life but I made one of the socks and then a few months went past until I made the other and now I can't remember how I did them. I have gathered together some patterns and needles and sock wool of various types in preparation for a bit of time to sort the whole sock thing out in my head once I have time to undertake a sock marathon. The opportunity presented itself when I was on a visit to my daughter in Canada recently and that means a 10 hour flight, taxi time and airport time and also a bit of time around the edges of my visit when I am up at early o'clock because of jet lag! As for the Silhouette Cameo - I used to be a bit of an expert about 5 years ago and had a user printer business for which I was always designing on drawing software. However the advent of a new computer and loss of all ...