Friday Chat Day

 Hello friends

Happy Friday!

Sunshine and rain...rain again tomorrow.
I think that is how the saying goes?
What a mixed up weather week it has been.

Now if I start a blog post talking about the weather you can

pretty much guarantee I've got slim pickings for you.

Compared to my previous weeks of photo heavy posts,

in stark contrast I have barely any photos this week.

Garden:

I do have some garden pics - a dahlia that I grew from seed.

I gave Mum quite a few and hers are doing far better than mine.

Mum and I were wondering if it possible to harvest the tubers for next year?

Every time my rose flowers I just adore the pink.

I have masses of this and it is super tall.

I need to (a) remember what is, and 

(b) whether I have to do something with it for Winter.

These few snaps make my garden look colourful, truthfully

a lot of the colour is disappearing now and I can see Autumn beginning to take hold.

Oh yes, I do have my new little shed.

Whilst I was away Mitchell put it together.

It's very cute and I like the colour.

I've yet had a chance to fill it and undecided what should go in that little top section.

Aldi were selling these in natural wood but if you fancy a coloured one,

I bought mine here.

Crochet:

I have finished the back and front of a cushion (one down four to go).

I'm going to join and have a go at putting in clear plastic press-studs/fasteners

so that a cushion pad can be inserted/removed.

The design is pretty simple and uses tried and tested granny squares

but I think I may actually have a go at writing this pattern up.

Something I haven't attempted before - actually writing a pattern.

Telly:

Again, very slim pickings this week on the telly viewing front. 

I've been going to bed way earlier than normal - 

commuting back to London is tiring.

I did catch a new Disney+ TV release - 

Only Murders in the Building 

Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly 

find themselves wrapped up in one.

Starring Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short.

Once I got over the fact how much older both Martin Short and Steve Martin look

(of course they do, in my head everyone still looks like they did in 1990!),

it was enjoyable - as the story unfolds there is little surprises and twists.

Just two episodes in and I'm eagerly awaiting more.

Cooking:

No recipe I'm afraid, in fact going to ask you lovely people

for some tips on healthy quick meals.

When I finish work (especially on my city days) there is so much temptation

to eat snacks instead of dinner and/or a takeaway.

I'm trying to get organised to batch prepare/cook meals.

I pretty much live on a diet of salmon fishcakes, jacket potatoes

and a bag of steam veg to tick the healthy box.

I'm not a meat eater apart from some chicken.

Any tips/recipes gratefully received.

Other stuff:

Work this week has been interesting in that my team of lawyers

had to come down to Kent to visit a company.

One of them needed to do a webinar literally minutes before the meeting

so he did it from my front room before we dashed off to the meeting. 

It felt a little surreal seeing my boss standing in my house,

bit like when you was a kid and saw your teachers outside of school.

I reckon I've earned a few brownie points.

This weekend - well, as I type this I'm imagining just sleeping through it

but I know I won't - I've got a long list of things that need to be done.

I'm going to hopefully get some crochet time.

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

Take care friends.