Friday Chat Day

 Hello friends

It's Friday again!

How are we all?
Another working week finishes and I'm very grateful for the long weekend ahead.
I've managed to fit in some crochet...

Crochet:

This is my Hello Summer Blanket all finished.

I did struggle with selecting colours for this

one but I'm pleased with the final bright result.

I'm rather obsessed with granny squares now, such a change from my original

crochet choices of plain or stripes.

Hello Summer has been photographed and now popped into my shop.

My Folksy shop is looking better stocked now.

As one WIP finishes...

My Hello Autumn Blanket is now underway.  

I'm totally out of sync with the seasons or am I?  

The weather has felt positively autumnal recently.

I am loving the colours of this one, they eradiate warmth instantly.

(By the way, I get a lot of satisfaction from lining up the squares in this tray!)

Recipe:

I actually did some baking!

I'm cheating a little as this isn't a new recipe.

I decided to try out my Lemon and Coconut loaf cake as muffins.

It worked and, just so you know...you eat more when it is muffin shaped!

You can find the recipe here.  

The only changes are placing the ingredients into muffin cases 

and reducing the cooking time, mine took just over 20 minutes.

Garden:

I bought some plug plants.

I bought some mangled, sad looking plug plants!

They arrived in the post looking weak, starved of light and water.

I couldn't wait to finish work that day and spent the next hour or so potting them up.

There's Verbena, Pelargoniums, Tagetes and Impatiens.

I purchased from Van Muewen online and just paid the postage of £4.99 -

not too bad I thought - once I got them into pots and they were looking more alive.

And this beauty cheered me up on a dull overcast day.

It is my flowering Snow Queen Clematis, the picture doesn't really show the sheer

size of the flower head - it is at least 8 inches across.

Telly:

My telly intake has drastically reduced but I have been watching...

BBC iPlayer - In Pursuit of Love

Based on Nancy Mitford's 1945 novel about an upper-class English family 

in the interwar period focusing on the romantic life of 

Linda Radlett, as narrated by her cousin, Fanny Logan.

Starring Lily James (she appears to be in everything!)

and many other well known names.

Comedy tragedy pretty much sums it up.

It is one of those programmes where you feel initially it is isn't going anywhere 

but you feel compelled to watch. I'm sticking with it.

And I did finally get around to watching ...

Rocketman - Netflix

Musical fantasy film based on Elton's John's life.

Taron Egerton plays Reg Dwight (Elton John) and goodness,

what a brilliant job he does of it too!

I was glued to this film and although they've made the songs fit around events

(the song release years are definitely out) it works brilliantly.

Elton was Executive Producer so you would like to think there's 

a lot of accuracy too. 10/10 from me!

Last weekend we had a lovely evening at my parents with a takeaway.

The whole family together and it felt so comforting and normal after all this time.

Bella was so excited!

This weekend - cabin bound, working on the June Charity Kit and I think we 

may see some sunshine so definitely some gardening.

Thank you for stopping by, take care friends and

have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend.