sublime ridiculous

Last week we were bathed in sweat 24/7 … this included our last night in Spain in a wonderful air-conditioned hotel room which was just too noisy to sleep in (many thanks to the wonderful night staff of the Alicante Holiday Inn Express who helped us relocate to a quieter room at 2.30am for a precious few hours of sleep).

Today, it’s back to the reality of summer in Scotland. Rain. Grey skies. Cagouls. Socks.

It is, however, a nice change.
And we are on holiday :)

<—from this to this ^ (yes – those are ice crystals on the window)

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design-a-day d26; beachcomber collar complete

design-a-day d26; beachcomber collar complete, originally uploaded by ebbandflo_pomomama.

This is a completely new design - ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce "beachcomber".

My husband describes it as what you would see washed up on the beach (but with fewer flies and not smelling of seaweed).

In a nutshell, it is freeform wire crochet with a mixture of huge beads in glass, jasper, shel and bone, with a double ultrasuede thong.

It's big .... it's bold .... it's totally new for me ...... and I like it!
I want one in copper.

Design-a-day April challenge day 26.