Friday Chat Day

Hello friends

How are you?

Brhh it has turned a bit chilly hasn't it?

I awoke to frost a couple of days this week.

I am getting up at silly o'clock due to the commute

but once I'm up I like it (not the commute, just being up early).

It's that initial reluctance to throw off the warm duvet.

I am returning to blog normal this week, 

even got my subject headings back...

Crochet:

Pattern progress - well it is all but finished.

Here's a peek.  

It does run into quite a few pages.  

I decided it was nice to have lots of photos and perhaps

over explain than under.  Personally, I've often given up with patterns 

that do not give me lots of info, but I may have gone a little over the top with mine.

More is more - right?

Anyway...I just need to get some final photos of the finished

cushions - yes they are done, all 5 of them.

And typically the weather hasn't been conducive to taking photos

of predominantly white cushions - I had visions of setting 

them out in my sister's garden but everything is so soggy.

I did take a little Halloween pic of them piled before

having their cushion pads placed inside.

As for the pattern name - I took the suggestion from one of 

you, my lovely blog followers so stay tuned.

Next project is a WIP, I am returning to joining 

lots of squares for a large coastal themed Harmony blanket. 

Home:

Boiler is in, it wasn't without incident.

A pipe was not capped off so had a fair bit of water come through

the lounge ceiling.  It has dried out fairly well, poor plumber was very worried.

Have to say super impressed with

the efficiency of a new boiler, as you all said - having the luxury of 

instant hot water is just wonderful.

We are still a little muddled indoors and that is going to

get worse before it gets better as the conservatory

roof people are arriving on Monday to start.

(I'm sure they have names but hence forth they will be known as

'conservatory roof people').

This weekend moving all the stuff back into the lounge

and trying to make the garden and rear alleyway accessible.

Not a lot of fun but necessary.

Garden:

If I look hard enough there are still some nice things happening in the

tiny garden.  Winter Beauty Clematis is forming buds.

And the last vibrant red leaves of this climber - which I now think 

 is Virginia Creeper, (again, thanks to your knowledge).

Telly:

I think I may have mentioned that I subscribed to Acorn TV.

I managed to get it half price for the year so I have been

sampling some of their telly wares.

Dead Still

The strange adventures of Blennerhasset and Molloy, 

1880's Dublin's most famed memorial photographers.

I didn't even know memorial photography was a thing,

rather macabre taking photos of someone after they die and 

posing them with the family!

But apparently they did and this drama takes it one step further

with a bit of crime thrown in. 

It's different, a bit disturbing and occasionally funny.

(I haven't really sold you on this one have I?)

Charity Kit:

It is this Sunday and going live on the blog at 7am.

I have gone festive as it is creeping up on us rather quickly.

Here's a sneak peek.

Other stuff:

 

At work I am heavily involved in delivering talks and events on 

the role of  PA and this week I had to dig into my photo box to 

put together a presentation on how the role has changed,

equipment etc.  Oh my it was interesting.  

Here is a photo from the early 1980's of my office in my first job - 

NatWest Tower (back then the tallest building in London),

I was based on level 36 - a whole office to myself.

I remember thinking that typewriter was state of the art and indeed it was,

so much better than a manual typewriter.

And that was my week.

As always, big thanks for stopping by and wishing you all

a wonderful weekend, keep warm!