NATIONAL PRIDE

SUNDAY 1ST MARCH IS ST DAVID'S DAY - A FEAST DAY IN WALES FOR OUR PATRON SAINT. SOME CHILDREN IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL DRESS IN THEIR NATIONAL DRESS AND MOST MEN AND WOMEN WILL WEAR EITHER A LEEK OR A DAFFODIL.

MY CHALLENGE THIS WEEK IS TO PROTRAY SOMETHING OF NATIONAL PRIDE FOR YOUR OWN COUNTRY - IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WALES!!!

I HAVE DONE SOME INCHIES OF A WELSH LOVESPOON - LOVESPOONS ARE GIVEN AS TOKENS OF LOVE AND THE CARVINGS ON THEM DEPICT DIFFERENT MEANINGS. HERE ARE JUST A FEW:

A SINGLE HEART - MY HEART IS YOURS

A DRAGON - SYMBOL OF WALES/PROTECTION

CELTIC KNOT - EVERLASTING

LEADERSHIP SAMPLER

DRAGON

ANGELA

GEZ

DEIRDRE

VIRGINIA

GUEST DESIGNER TIMAREE/LEADERSHIP

OUR GUEST DESIGNER THIS WEEK IS TIMAREE - YOU MAY KNOW HER BLOG AS FREEBIRD SINGS. SHE HAS CHOSEN THE THEME LEADERSHIP AS, AT THE TIME OF ME ASKING HER TO BE GUEST DESIGNER, AMERICA HAD JUST CHOSEN ITS NEXT PRESIDENT AND THIS THEME WAS ON TIMAREE'S MIND.

SO LET'S PUT OUR THINKING HATS ON AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.

ROSES SAMPLER

WHAT GORGEOUS FLOWERS YOU ALL CAME UP WITH THIS WEEK - HERE'S A SAMPLER

VIRGINIA
MANDY

GEZ

DONNA

ANGELA

ROSES/FLOWERS

I'M FED UP OF SNOW ALREADY SO A DIFFERENT THEME THIS WEEK!!!! LOL!!

I WASN'T WELL OVER THE WEEKEND AND DEAR OLD HUBBY BOUGHT ME SOME FLOWERS TO CHEER ME UP AND THEY'VE BEEN MY INSPIRATION FOR THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE. HERE'S A PICTURE OF THEM:

SO FOR THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE I'D LIKE TO SEE ROSES - IF ROSES IS TOO SPECIFIC I'LL LET YOU GET AWAY WITH FLOWERS, JUST THIS ONCE.

HERE'S MINE:

HAVE FUN!

WINTER SAMPLER

SUE

JANICE

HAZEL

LESLEY

GEZ

WINTER INCHY

For those of you in the UK - you'll know we've been hit under a blanket of snow the last two days- hence why I was "Snowed" under yesterday - Angela - wish I'd thought of posting a white square ! LOL!

Here's a picture of my dog Tara playing in the snow yesterday - she loves you to throw her snowballs so she can catch them in her mouth!

Anyway, on to the business in hand - this week's inchy - I'd like you to represent Winter - however you like. Here's mine:

OOPS

Oops - no new inchy today as I've been "snowed" under!!!! Hope to have one for you tomorrow!

Fiona
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