After a week of glorious sunshine, it was back to dull and grey by the time Anna Stevens from Oxford cane to visit us. However, she soon added lots of colour to our evening with her beautiful flower arrangements. There was one in almost every colour and by the end of the evening the stage looked stunning. However, it was not just her flowers that had our attention, but her wonderful selection of mechanics and containers, most of which she had made herself using everything from wood bark towool to wire . Anna has a strong background in Art, and this really shone through her work. She talked about space and texture and visual balance as well as her life in Oxford and I think I speak for all of us when I say we went away inspired and hope that she will re-visit us in the not-too-distant future.