Friday Chat Day

Hello friends

Welcome to another Friday Chat Day,

I do hope you and your families are well.

I am delighted to report that the NHS Charity - Rainbow Mini Card Kits 

have been a great success - thank you so much.
They are still available to purchase here.

 

I would mention that some more designs are in the making

which I will hopefully be announcing next week.

My week seems to have flown by.  I am discovering that I've 

slipped into a new normal and the pace is definitely to my liking.  

I still wake up quite early but nowadays that first cuppa gets drunk,

it doesn't go cold whilst I rush around.

What has contributed to this slower pace is that I am 

now on furlough from my city job.

I had already adapted to the working from home so I now need

to adapt again, strange times everyone, strange times indeed.

Good news this week in that my Mum is out of hospital and 

recovering at home.  She's weak and has lost a lot of weight but my Dad is

doing a grand job of caring for her.
We, like many families, are struggling with the feeling of being
helpless but we know what we have to do,
we cannot risk going into their home.

Instead we wave through a window and speak lots on the phone.

With the lovely weather the garden is growing.

My clematis chair that fell apart last year was replaced by this metal bench,

delighted that my severely pruned clematis has started to entwine itself.

My plan is to do the garden this weekend, I would dearly love to have 

some plants but that isn't to be, understandably all our 

garden centres are closed.  I will have weed free soil though.

So what else is happening:

Crochet, I will not start another project - I will not start another project...

I started another project! 

It's bright - it's Attic 24 Cupcake Blanket.

Mitchell bought this kit for my birthday last year and it has been

calling to me from the cupboard. 

I am loving the brightness, not sure what I will do with another blanket,

we just joke that they are all for my blanket fort!

What has suffered this week is my 100 Day Project,

I'm confessing that I've failed a little bit already. 

I just could not apply myself to 1000 words a day.

my mind is certainly elsewhere.
I'm not giving up, I'm just modifying my output!

But - my mind will be very focused on the following...

Tom Hardy reading bedtime stories. 

Delighted to see this announcement on Instagram.
I know it's for children but it's Tom Hardy!

Telly news:

Having subscribed to Britbox I have gone back in time.

This week I've devoured every episode of The Good Life.

I grew up with this series, it closely emulated our home 

with my Dad's keenness to keep animals and our neighbours at the time,

who didn't wholly approve.

It had me laughing out loud so has been a real tonic.

And do you remember this?

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil? 

A much younger Dennis Waterman.

So this hasn't worn so well but still good to re-watch,

based on Fay Weldon's novel, it is the story of a woman who goes to

great and extreme lengths to take revenge on her husband and his lover.

Well I think that wraps up my week,
I haven't got a recipe for you this week as we've been living off cabbage!
Slight exaggeration but we did suddenly discover that we had
a lot of cabbage and I am determined not to throw anything away,
bubble and squeak anyone?

Take care friends, keep your lighthouses shining bright.
Much love to you all.