Flower of the Fal Schooner - Stitching Sea and Sky

      So now we're on to embroidering the sea and the sky . This might take us a long time to stitch . 

                                              It was a dark and cold November night .

                                                          The year being 1912 .

   

Great Grandpa Captain Joseph had not gone on this trip , he was back  home in Flushing , fast asleep in his bed .

One of his three sons Captain Stanley and four other men were on this trip  . In her last years the Flower of the Fal was carrying coal and general cargo .

This night , they were just off the Isle of Wight  . They were on their way , we think , from Hartlepool  to Devonport Plymouth  and then on to the coal yard in Flushing Cornwall . 

Great Grandpa's  three sons often went on board  along with other men .

 On this night , I am told , there were just a crew of five .

💐Great Aunt May said  that she went with them  on a trip to Antwerp when she was a young girl . We wish she was still here to tell us more of her happy sea stories .💐

Anyway .... The men were fast asleep in their bunks . One of the crew would have been on watch .

It was a very cold ....... dark , but calm night ...... 

The Birds and the Bees

Time for an update !   It's been a very busy time out in my garden and then I had Flu which knocked me for six !  I have still worked on this little scrap of embroidery . A little more every day .
 I,m using crewel wool . I,m calling it my Cornish Folk Embroidery with Crewel Wool .  It's what I do . It's the way I love to do my embroideries .
As I stitch I feel all my cares and worries melt away .
 The sun is shining in the big blue Cornish sky , any clouds just passing us by .
Happy families down at the beach , ice lollies , sandcastles , surf boards , pasties and fun !

  And so I stitched , and brought in my friends . The Blue tits are nesting in that bird house .

                    The fat Owl who lives in our towering Pine tree .

 We have had a pair of Ravens nesting up there too this year . It has been beautiful to watch them raising their three chicks .
 I will have to put them in here somewhere ....and my grandson says " What about the Woodpeckers that are nesting up there too ? You must do a Woodpecker ! We love to see the Woodpeckers ! " .... I will have to put hem in somewhere too !

                            ........and the Badgers ....beautiful creatures .

  " Don't forget my Sweetpeas ! " says my husband " Our garden seat and the towering Giant Echium with the buzzing bees ! "

                                              Sorry it's a bit blurred ! 

                                   Beautiful fox quietly passing through .

          Blackbird hopping through the undergrowth . They have a nest nearby .

 I might change him slightly, change the colour of his eyes and feet ...and finish filling in the trunk of the towering Pine tree .

                                          Another little Blue Tit  .

        The new garden seat .  A nice place to sit and do my embroidery , close my eyes and listen to the birds and the bees .
   Hope you are enjoying the sunshine . Hope it is not too hot for you , take care . Drink more water . Keep cool .  Enjoy !  x