Friday Chat Day

 Hello friends

Well, this Friday has certainly crept up and surprised me, 

the days have flown by.
How are you?  

Have you chosen to venture out - shops, pub garden or, 

like me, still in hermit status?

I feel the only place calling to me is the garden centre but I'll hold off 

for a while longer.

Crochet:

It's squares, squares and more squares!

I do like the rhythm of making squares, also a lot easier when you've

got cats/dog on your lap.
I'm working on two blankets at the same time - go me!

I've got as far as round 2 on all squares, each blanket has 81 squares in total.

This is Hello Autumn.

And this is Hello Summer.

I'm not sticking to an actual colour plan, I just lay the squares on the 

balls of yarn as I go making sure there isn't any duplication.

Sounds good - let's hope it works!

Garden: 

Despite the weather doing its hardest to revert to Winter,

I am thrilled that my Clematis plants have tons of buds.

Especially glad as I thought this one had died!

The trusty Montana.

This weekend's project - planting Sweet Peas and using loo roll middles for pots.

I'm calling this middle age excitement!

Home and stuff:

Each week as I sit down to write the FCD I look through my phone as 

to what photos I have taken.  

I rely on my phone so much as a record of time going by.  

So easy to snap photos instead of reaching for a bulky camera, 

in fact I sold my camera last year - it had been languishing in a drawer for too long.

And whilst scrolling through my phone I found this photo....

For quite a few years I kept up with photos in a jar, recording days out etc - 

this was part way through 2019, oblivious of what was to come.

The jar would certainly look lean right now. 

Along with phone scrolling I also keep up with social media.

Two of my friends have exciting news/items.

Tea Leaves and Reads are offering a lovely treat box with one of 

Carole Matthews brilliant books - all the details are here.

Such a nice gift to send to friends/family.

The book arrives wrapped in paper, string and a wax seal,

isn't that a nice traditional touch.

And my friend Tina Ashton (you may remember she designed stencils for 

Hope and Chances) is launching a range of stamps with Funky Fossil.

This is Heartfelt Tree.

And one of Tina's beautiful finished cards.

Details are here.

Telly:

 What did I watch this week?  

I actually had to think really hard - that is bad isn't it.

There has been a lot of crime watching on Britbox but this little

gem popped up and I definitely recommend.

Spring into Summer - ITV Hub

The lovely Alan (Fred) Titchmarsh (looking a little older than I remember),

celebrating the great outdoors from the heart of Hampshire.

Each episode features a celebrity guest.

Farming, animals, plants and building a gazebo in the first episode.

Easy watching and there's a reason Alan is on Classic FM, he does have a silky voice,

so good to nap to too! 

And that was my week.

I've been super busy with my city job - thankfully still working from home.

I'm in the midst of writing a handbook for new starters,

I'm learning new stuff myself about the firm and I've been there 20+ years - oops!

I shall leave you with this image, I espied it online and I thought it was spot on.

Well, maybe with the addition of crochet. 

Take care friends, have a lovely weekend and I look forward 

to catching up with you again next week.