Friday Chat Day

 Hello friends

Hope your week is going well, Friday has come around quickly again.
Weather wise - sunshine and snow! The world really is topsy-turvy.

How was your Easter?

Ours was very quiet, Elliott (being in our bubble) stayed for the weekend,

a roast dinner was requested and to be honest I enjoy feeding him up.

I don't think he is fading away living in his flat but I'm not sure it is 

always the healthiest of foods - I notice a lot of pizza boxes!

As I type this blog post I'm looking at a little jug of daffodils cut 

from my garden, some of them have triple flowers.

I deliberated whether to cut them but I though I would enjoy having

some indoors.

It is my first year of growing daffodils and I chose a selection of varieties.

I meticulously wrote them on plant sticks but the winter weather has worn 

off the names!  A bit of guesswork now.

Crochet:

Quite an industrious week on the crochet front.

Sorry (not sorry!) lots of photos of my finished blanket.

This is Hello Spring.

I am pleased I went with cream to join the squares and loved doing the border,

that bit is my own design, very simple but hopefully effective.

I am delighted with how it has come out, for ages beforehand I 

stared at the balls of yarn hoping the colours would work and be Spring-like

and I think I've grasped it.

This one is now available in my Folksy shop, gradually re-stocking that

as had a little flurry of sales recently.

I'm now working on Hello Summer - much brighter  (along with a quite a few other projects!)

Also thinking best way to store yarn, I bought enough for 

a few more projects and there's only so much a wicker hamper can hold.

Home:

Have you tried Freecycle?

I may have mentioned it before.  A local online group where you

can make offers/requests for items - all free.

This may not be newsworthy but here goes...

this week I espied an office shredder, ours broke years ago and I then

used to take my shredding to work with me - we have industrial shredders there.

With working from home the shredding pile had grown so I was 

delighted to see one available on Freecycle.

Turns out it is the same gentleman who gave me terracotta garden pots last year,

he said he remembered me - not sure if that's good or bad! 

In turn and in my ongoing mission to throw something away every day,

amongst other items - a dartboard (sorry Mitchell!),

baking tins and books left our home this week.

Telly:

Sort Your Life Out - BBCiPlayer

Stacey Solomon and gang take on a family home to sort out in 7 days.

Whether you are a Stacey fan or not she does have a flair for organising

and upcycling and she got to play on these strengths during this show.

Emptying a large family home of all its contents and placing them in a huge

warehouse for the family to choose what they want to keep or get rid of.

Back at the house the team are doing a makeover but using a lot of existing 

furniture and items.

This is like crack cocaine viewing for me! 

Right now just one episode available - I definitely want more.

If you viewed it are you thinking about chopping up your stairs??

The Irregulars - Netflix 

Misfits investigate a series of supernatural crimes in Victorian London

for Dr. Watson and an elusive Sherlock Holmes

 I had been eagerly awaiting this - I need not have been so eager!

It's okay but I confess it doesn't quite strike the right balance for me,

the music seems incongruous, the acting is only occasionally convincing

 but the murky Victorian London scenery is impressive. 

Charity Kit:

Lovely support for this month's Charity Kit, a few are still available so 

if you missed it, fancy another please click here.

I used my fairy cake recipe featured last week (here)

to make a further batch of cakes.

All a distant memory now - snaffled up! 

And that rounds up my news this week, all a bit quiet with telly and crochet

still being my favoured pastimes (and eating a few Easter eggs).

I hope you are all doing ok and wishing you a lovely weekend.

Take care friends.