Friday Chat Day

 Hello friends

It's Friday and welcome to my chat day - 
a round up of a week's worth of random ramblings.

Crochet:

I'm working on 126 squares for my next coastal themed 

Harmony Blanket.  There isn't quite that many squares pictured below,

Bella is counting and can verify that.

It was Granny Square Day last Sunday hence these photos.

I never knew Granny Square Day existed so that was a nice surprise.

And here's more squares - all ready for the final round and then I will join them.

I've chosen to use silver coloured yarn for that to hopefully tone in all the colours.

I have plans to go from these cool blues to super bright pinks next,

or possibly make a Cath Kidston inspired blanket, choices!

I actually have a long list of items I want to make and yes,

I have the yarn in readiness crammed into any storage crevice in the house.

Garden:

My Snow Queen clematis is flowering for the second time,

it doesn't have a huge amount of foliage but the flowers are 

the size of dinner plates.

It would have looked beautiful against the backdrop of a blue sky

but that wasn't to be this week, grey clouds mostly here in Kent.

And a dragonfly - I have been seeing quite a few of these this year.

My tomatoes continue to ripen - they are extra small cherry tomatoes

so you need about a dozen for a normal serving.

And here they are in my spacious (not!) front area of my home.

Growing happily amongst all the wheelie bins.

Somehow a passion flower has seeded itself here and is also growing,

plants are amazing.

Telly:

Blackpool - Britbox

A small-time entrepreneur's dream is to hit the big time with his swanky, 

state-of-the-art amusement arcade, but the lights dim at 

the grand opening when a dead body is found on the premises. 

This was actually on BBC1 back in 2004 and I missed it.

So it is a crime drama, musical, comedy! 

I bet that was an interesting pitch to producers.

With very familiar faces, it stars David Morrissey, David Tenant, 

Sarah Parish, John Thomson and more.

I loved it - it is definitely quirky and seeing stars suddenly burst into song 

which frankly is at inappropriate times, just made me laugh more.

Other stuff:

Pinterest: 

So, I've been looking into having a Pinterest board for the charity kits,

a place where you can post photos of your makes.

It appears I need to create a group board and send email invitations.

I had hoped it would be a lot more simpler - a bit like 

Facebook where you can just post.

I'm happy to go with Pinterest if those interested would like to get in touch

or, would we be happier with a Facebook group for the Charity Kits?

Please let me know.

And whilst looking at my blog this week I happened to check the stats:

at some point I had hit the 2,000 post mark and I didn't even realise -

I missed a celebratory glass of vino! 

Cooking - I am failing miserably with sharing recipes recently.

It may be because I'm barely cooking, this full time working lark

has meant quick meals.

I am becoming an expert on the best ready meals

and our air fryer is perfect for jacket potatoes.

Mitchell adds his requests to the shopping list.

His choices for this week:

I cringe accordingly! 

Going back to cooking, as a reminder, I do have a list of recipes saved

on a tab at the top of my blog.

And that is my week.  

This weekend I will be in my cabin working on September's Charity Kit,

family and crochet.

I hope you are all well and wishing you all a lovely and sunny weekend.

Take care friends.