Very sad news in the papers yesterday about the death of a man who had reopened on of my favourite childhood places in Canterbury. Mr Charles Lambie had the vision and drive to re-open the Westgate Towers and make them a popular tourist attraction again and I have heard very good things about the cafe/restaurant that is based at the towers.

http://medievalnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/westgate-tower-museum-in-canterbury-is.html
ent.co.uk/Westgate-Towers-set-summer-opening/story-11997044-detail/story.html

I am sorry to hear of his death and now worried about what will happen to the Westgate now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-UmCyT_-m0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tvdhw4Ju4M&feature=related

As children we often went to Canterbury and when we went there were several regular ports of call :- the Cathedral, the museum in Canterbury library and the Westgate Tower with its gardens.

Back to work

It was back to work today after a week off.  A week in January with mild sunny days.  Whenever I talk about my time off and holidays I always go on about the beautiful places we have been to etc etc.  But there is one place we go to every time we have a break - the local recycling centre/rubbish dump.  It really is every time without fail I am beginning to feel that it wouldn't be a holiday if we didn't go.

I was rather busy yesterday so I didn't get to do anymore on the decopatch cat, Apart from choosing the eyes - I found a pair of blue eyes and a cat nose which were the right size in my box of assorted eyes etc for teddy bears and other soft toys.  I cut the backs off the eyes and the nose so they are ready to use.

This evening I made a couple more lavendar sachets - empty ones so there would be no issues with export.  Because they need to be filled later I have put a fastener on the back and a button for decoration.

 This is a link to a treasury I have made on Etsy.  I love making treasuries mostly because I really like looking a beautiful things.  It is very inspiring looking at the work other people are doing.
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTUzMTc1OTV8MTgyOTAwMTYzMA/secret-delight?ref=pr_treasury

A couple of days ago we went to the City of Canterbury and took a walk in Westgate Gardens, as it is winter the shapes of the trees can be seen - I like trees.
http://www.canterbury.co.uk/Canterbury-Westgate-Gardens/details/?dms=13&feature=1&venue=3030588


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate,_Canterbury

As a child I was often taken to the Westgate Museum (which is now open again) and to the gardens by the river Stour.