An afternoon of distractions in the craft shed

This afternoon, I went down to my shed for my regular Sunday afternoon craft session. On the agenda was making progress with my canvas for the latest project for our shared Craft Stamping Quartet blog. My lovely shed is down in my wild garden in a wooded area, on the way I had to snap this lovely rose - isn't it a beauty?

On the way down to the shed I spotted one of our resident rabbits go down a new burrow that has only recently been excavated near the shed and as I arrived down at the shed I disturbed a baby rabbit who was sunning himself on my verandah. Sadly I didn't manage to get a picture of him.

I started some painting for my canvas and while I was waiting for it to dry, I started a little tidying and found this beauty. This is a Burnet Moth and is one of my most favourite native species of moths and butterflies - this is a little bit of a ragged specimin, but look at that colour! I managed to catch him gently in my hands and set him free in the garden.

It wasn't long before something else caught my eye. I have this little bird house outside my shed. It has been there a couple of years unihabited. This year however, my favourite bird - the wren - has built a nest and is raising babies. She spent the afternoon to-ing and fro-ing feeding the babes and cleaning the nest. This is the best pic I could get, as my battery chose a bad moment to run low, excuse the quality.

To be honest I didn't make much progress with my canvas, I think I may have to give up trying soon and get on with something I can do! There was only one thing I successfully decorated - my hands!

But I did have a lovely peaceful afternoon. I hope you'll forgive my distractions from the crafty content, but I love the pleasures my garden provides.

Elaine xx