Friday Chat Day

 Hello friends

Welcome to another Friday Chat Day,

some random natterings from my little corner of the world.

Crochet:

A tray of brightness.

These are the squares for my Hello Summer blanket.

I deliberated on colours for far too long but I hope

they exude summer-ness. 

And I have started the joining using Soft Peach.

I'm eager to finish the joining and work on the border and that will

then be another WIP done and dusted.

Still planning on being true to my WIP list and my goal is to have

them all done by September as Lucy at Attic 24 will be announcing

a Yuletide blanket then.  

Do I have enough blankets? Most definitely! 

Garden:

The 'can't make its mind up' weather is still here.

The sudden downpours and then brilliant sunshine means everything

is growing including my Christmas tree.

Now don't laugh, it is rather pathetic isn't it.

I bought it last year and was fooled by what it could grow into,

I didn't check the small print that would be in many years! 

And look at the loo roll Sweet Peas!

I think they are nearly ready to go out, I'm just waiting on a 

trellis/obelisk thingybob to arrive which I will share with you.

(Looks quite different, more pyramid shape).

I also planted some seeds in tiny pots in my equally titchy indoor greenhouse.

All very experimental with odd seeds I've found.

Salvias, Dwarf Dahlias and Wild Pansies.

I'm getting a lot of satisfaction from seeing these little bits of green.

Even if it is just 20 minutes a day I try to do a little bit of 

gardening - whether it be indoors or outdoors.

Telly:

I've finished Line of Duty so I'm now in a position to comment - Karenlotty

(although I don't want to give too much away in case others haven't seen it).

So my thoughts initially were "Oh, really?" 

I have to admit I was bordering on being a little disappointed but then I stopped

and thought about it more and revised it to: "Actually, that's quite clever".

Will there be another season I wonder?

Baby Driver - Netflix 

Smooth faced getaway driver with just one job left but it is

all about to go wrong.

Would I pick this film? No not normally but Elliott was visiting and had

control of the remote!

Am I glad I watched it? Definitely.

I even put my crochet down numerous times as I was enthralled.

I was so surprised by this film, the main character is a music junkie

and this is relevant, it is how he times his getaways from robbing banks.

Excellent soundtrack and the action is in sync with the beat.

Other stuff:

This full time working lark zaps the hours each day, I also cannot

believe how tired I get when I'm just sitting at a desk but I guess 

I am using my brain (which is probably a little shock to it!)

On the plus side, I am enjoying my job and happy to do full time 

whilst working from home.

This week my office has been hosting a learning week with guest speakers

and we were lucky to have Jo Fairley - (she of Green and Blacks chocolate fame).

At school her careers advisor told her she would not amount to much,

in fact went so far as to say she would be lucky to even become a 

Girl Friday in an office.

This resonated with me.

We had a 'careers advisor' at school, we queued up outside and had a maximum

10 minute interview.  I remember it so clearly.

I sat on the plastic creaking chair and before I could say anything, she said 

"Do you want to be a secretary or a nurse?"

I replied saying I would actually like to be a writer or get into advertising and

she tutted and said "stick to being a secretary then".

Don't get me wrong, being a secretary has held my in good stead for 

nearly 30 years but I often wonder...what if?

Did something similar happen to you?

And that has pretty much been my week.

This weekend I would like to visit my sister, I hope to get into the 

cabin to start June's Charity Kit and on Sunday we are having a takeaway

with my parents - which will be lovely and feel like some normality is returning.

Talking of charity kits - 

I still have some April kits available and the price is now reduced to

£3.50.

Please visit the blog post here if you would like to purchase.

Take care friends, wishing you a lovely weekend.