Friday 22 January 2021

Friday Chat Day

Hello friends

Happy Friday, I hope you've had a good week so far 
and are all ok.
Let me share with you a bouquet of beautiful flowers that arrived from
a special friend this week.


 I haven't had flowers in the house for ages and these made me very happy.
They were a thank you for crocheting some blankets for a puppy.
Meet Lenny...


That face! 

Crochet:

And whilst we have pups on display, here's Bella snuggle testing my
Meadow Blanket Crochet Along.


I am in love with the colours, they are so uplifting, we've had far too many
grey weather days recently.
I can see where Lucy the designer drew inspiration from, roll on Spring.


I've kept up to date with the blanket so far.
I also decided (somewhat rashly) to make the Harmony square design 
in the same colours - not quite so up to date with that! 


I find these little plastic CD/DVD wallets invaluable for keeping organised
and take great delight in filing them in a box - little things.

Garden:

I have flowers on my Winter Beauty Clematis,
just those few pictured but I'm not complaining.


And the bulbs are appearing - those that Squirrel Biggs chose to leave me with.
Notice the holes in the soil, he's been having a good dig.


The rest of the garden looks wet and sad, Storm Christoph has beaten my cat shelter area,
(for the cat that has the choice of coming indoors all the time but likes to be outside!)
I'm going to have to sort that this weekend. 

Telly:

This week has been Channel 5 Catch Up (My5) all the way.
I've gone medieval and watched two adaptations of Ken Follet's novels:
Pillars of the Earth 


and World Without End.


War, religious battles, power struggles, love and a little bit gory so
perhaps not when eating dinner! 
Fantastic cast in both adaptations.
If they are your cup of tea watch Pillars of the Earth first for the correct timeline.

Home:

No recipe, I ran out of days to try something new and we are still 
eating Christmas cake.
Mitchell says he braces himself with each bite for the amount of sherry in it! 

In other (uneventful) news this week:

I've started cleaning at Elliott's flat, thankfully as he lives alone he's in our bubble.
He is working full time so a few hours a week sees his washing etc getting sorted.
I must admit cleaning a flat is a lot easier than a home with pets! 

One of those charity bags popped through the door - excitement,
I managed to sort out a cupboard but still avoided under the stairs.

Mitchell has chosen to embrace the madness of lockdown hair and requested
I put highlights through it, we ordered a kit via Amazon and it looked like
a box from the 1970s.
And the result... (he doesn't know I'm posting this but we all need a laugh!)


And that wraps up another week.
Keep well and keep safe.

Much love,

9 comments:

CraftyCoffey said...

Great roundup of all your news. Mitchell is very brave letting someone put highlights in his hair-hope he doesn’t mind his photo on here!

Michele

kittyedavies47@gmail.com said...

Morning Christine.
Thank you a lovely chat and Bella fix.
Everytning looks so pretty in your world.
Take care stay safe and have fun, Oh the card kit arrived thank you. Kitty.

Christine said...

What a super looking young man! You must be very proud of him.
I follow Lucy's blog although I don't do the crochet, her blankets remind me of when my children were younger ...
I think Bella has the right idea!

hazel young said...

Beautiful flowers and puppy, how cute. Beautiful colours love your blanket. I use plastic CD wallets for small dies storage, they are so useful for crafts. Gorgeous clematis Christine. I've sorted my airing cupboard, but under the stairs is still patiently waiting. Mitchell looks great with his new hair. Have a great week stay safe xx Hazel

Carolyn Chilton said...

The weeks just seem to fly by. Nice to see the bulbs coming up , you will find it is the tulips the squirrel goes for me , it took me a few years to realise this ,I used to plant them every year and never had any come up , now we have got rid of the squirrels I have a nice display . Have a good week xx

Jackie Durrant said...

Good morning Christine, what a lovely vase of flowers and with the sun shining as I write this it does look as though Spring is on its way. I have to say I like Mitchell's new hair do, it really suits him. Hope all the family is keeping well and good luck with your new job Mrs Mopp!! Have a good weekend xx

karenlotty said...

Great chat The flowers crochet etc look lovely I love Mitchell’s new hair colour Can you come and do mine please

jdunkley said...

What lovely colours in the blanket, spring is on the way. I have seen two photos taken today, one was of snowdrops and the other one was of catkins.
I truly believe that we will all start feeling more hopeful once we see them for ourselves along with the lambs and daffodils heralding new beginnings 🤞

jdunkley said...

What lovely colours in the blanket, spring is on the way. I have seen two photos taken today, one was of snowdrops and the other one was of catkins.
I truly believe that we will all start feeling more hopeful once we see them for ourselves along with the lambs and daffodils heralding new beginnings 🤞

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