Went to harestanes to see my good friends photography exhibition today, and boy i was not disappointed the grandure of the borders landscape is only beaten by the highlands. You need to see his work for yourself  to appreciate how good he is in capturing the photo we would all like to  take.

Less than two weeks to go to the galloway country fair where i will be showing some of my work,   mirrors, boxes, tables and some smaller things.                      

Well a new week an ah still here folk moanin their arse's aff about what crossing borders  do for me?  Well over the last 3 weeks i can tell yae ave run ma ass tae the bone, organising a stand at the border union show for all of you and you can't get even get aff yer fat lazy arse's and reply to the invite on the forum. so if you want me to bill you all, then start by getting your money out to cover my costs of over 6 hundred  of your right regal pounds so that you can have the privilege of selling you art work to the largest gathering in the borders of the year, but if you still think that we don't do anything for you then just look in the mirror and ask yourself how many members did you promote over the last couple of weeks and if you can come up with same answer as myself then yer a bloody liar?   you should all be a shamed that you expect a committee which is made up of makers themselfs to drop all their  own work and run around everyday at there own expense to promote you when you should be doing that for every member .


more to follow jist awae tae read andy capp

Well i'm back at textiles & things at coldstream today hoping for a good day weather and sales wise then on to the barbi looking forward to that and tomorrow i'll be looking back on it. 

Right todays the day of the big barbi hope the weather stay's dry (come on big man dae yer best) Will be good to catch up with friends old and new. Let you know later how it went.

Well the first night of textiles & things has passed and it was very busy, but just when you thought you had missed the rain on it came for 10 mins but after that boy what a lovely night it was.
Janis kindly went and got us some chips which only slightly filled a hole but they were good. Finished at 9pm home by 10-30 glass of wine then crashed out. 

1 day to textiles & things hope the weather stays fine 

2 days to the unforgetable crossing borders bbq hope to meet new members as well as all the old codgers from last year, bring your own food to bbq and drink and have a great time.

I will have some garden furniture made from red oak at ruth hands open studios at coldstream this thursday, friday and saturday.    5th - 7th aug.   if your in the area there is cream tea's on offer.  see you there

First time i have done the show and it went really well, quite a lot of work sold on the stand and there was a lot of interest in the group as a whole which i think is a positive thing for everyone who is a member, a big thank you to all took part for the good of crossing borders looking forward to next years show already so everyone be prepared for it.