winters beauty

Fantastic set of photos, NP. Your water feature not only has beards but runny noses as well :) Your dogs are beautiful and I love the photo of you with that little sleeping face beside you - made me smile :)

Good luck for the competiton tomorrow and, when I have my glass of sherry later on, I will raise it to your success. Take care.

Loved the pics nosey, they look really good with their icy beards. That photo of you with the little black pug, is beautiful , worthy of a prize. good luck for the competition tomorrow.

Great blog loved the ice

Love the pics nosey specially the bearded wee men Lol also just adore the "girl " sculpture. The dogs look so happy they are lovely , Best Wishes for tomorrow hope you win:~))))

Absolutely love the expression on the little face in the last pic of your dogs.
Your sculpture photo`s are smashing, I`m not sure I`d like to meet No2 in the moonlight tho, your pals look happy and cosy....
Good luck in the competition......

Great pics Leigh super beardy sculptures at your fountain and in your garden what lovely happy dogs you have there Good luck with competition at the exhibition tomorrow

Great pics NP - the one of Sid really made me laugh....but then I'm biased lol and when you said 'every silver lining has a cloud' - ha ha...I'll have to remember that one! Best of luck with your exhibition - as if you need it!!

Our dragon has an ice lair at the moment too - good luck with the competition, nice to see your talent reaching the masses.

love the lady with the sunglasses np , good pair of boots on too, i think the bearded ones look a bit frightening lol, good luck for tmoz bring home the prize to show us on GOY

thank you so much i like the diversity of what you all liked which makes the world the interesting place it is i guess. thanx for your support and if you know me you know there will be a large blog on here day after tomorrow.ofcourse ill be well chuffed to win but i look at that as a bonus as just to be in the top 20 is great for me.take care thanx again bye for now .

lovely Blog Leigh ... We wish you the very best of luck for tomorrow ( not that you will need it ) enjoy yourself and have a wonderful time , don't let them keep you there .. Did you get your good luck card ? , don't forget to cut out and put the lucky piece in your sock LOL.....

ofcourse i did and i will .its already worked as im back with melly so its all good thanx so much amy xxx

That was the best news Leigh , :o)))))

they look wicked with snow.....love the water feature......good luck with the competition....

looks good with icicles potty, happy newyear to you and yours ;o)

Good luck to you with your entry Nosey.

thanx again everyone and yes that is the best news amy x x how did your chair out of concrete go sandra bye the way ?

looking back sid looks realy surprised. blanche looks quietly evil lol forget rotties and pit bulls she is 10 pound of tazmanian devil . she has no fear. that bottom tooth jutting out slightly gives away her true nature and as for me every lining has a grey cloud lol .

Good luck to you in London. Your sculptures look even better with the snow on them.

thanx dotty x

wonderful. despite the problems of ice and snow they can add an extra dimension to the garden.
good luck with the london trip.

thanx seaburn and thanx everyone for your support again . it means a lot to me xx

Great pic's NP....all the best for today.

thanx philc im gettin all excited now im going in a couple of hours and been weighting well over a year yippee lol i cant weight lol if you hadnt noticed lol

Will be watching and waiting to hear how it goes NP...have fun!

Great blog, Leigh! I love the picture where you and your little sleepy friend are together...:) You both are so lovely...And good luck with your competition!

i will right a blog and put some pictures up when ive got some together but it was great and though there was an out and out winner with some sculpting which annoyed me a bit we were all winners and made to feal so so all in all it went brilliantly and thanx again.

Glad you had a good day, NP, and enjoyed it. Look forward to hearing more on your next blog :)

thanx not long now lol and thanx

Love the photo of one of your dogs asleep on your left shoulder....True bliss ! Says it all really........

thanx a lot thats my little pug called sid

He is in clover !

Great photos Leigh, I am a bit worried about your little lady though, she looks frozen. The dogs look very happy. The last sculpture with the ice beard looks like something out of Pirates of the Carribean. Glad to hear your news. I know this is a bit late, but hope the competition went well, you deserve to win.

hello doc nice to here from you mate . the last one looks more afro carabian in the summer lol .all the last 20 won as they said .they actualy said none of my sculpture as he couldnt send it back yet a sculpture won it outright and some people had a few pieces of art yet i had one . seams a bit one sided to me but im still happy.this sort of thing happens in the dog world,tattoos and art probably plants to obviously my face didnt fit but not to worry lol.

Oh! sorry about that Leigh, never mind your face fits here and we enjoy your art work and sculptures.

you know doc i know and realy apreciate that mate .i dont mind i was still in the top 20 out of hundreds and people are people

Well done NP - being in the top 20 was an amazing achievement! Will we get to see picturs of the other entries?

I entered some photos into a gardening photographic competition a few years ago - there were definately some photos that I thought were far better than mine and should have won, but I actually though the one that did win was really not very good at all - it was a closup of a flower bud, but part of it was cut off and the colours I thought were really murky and it was just slightly out of focus too......just no accounting sometimes for what wins these competitions......makes we wonder who does the judging?!

i dont think the pictures are relevent to be on a gardening site realy sid and most of them were of us and other people but it was still good .from my little knowladge excuse my spelling there always biast for one reasen or another .not to worry it was a great night and my self portrait is hanging in a london gallery with some of my cards so its all good .i enterd down my local guildhall and won one year.the next someone like you say won erelevent of me who i didnt think should . the next year i enterd using my real signiture and got a friend to put my art in there and wo and behold i won .

Have just caught up with this NP, I had it in my mind the exhibition was at the end of January. As they said there were 20 winners and you were one of them. Glad you had a great day, you should be very proud of yourself and as Docbob said your face fits here! I think your art and sculptures are truly amazing. Love the pics in this blog especially those lovely dogs of yours. Take care and well done.

thanx again it was a great night skillen xx