'Tidy one shelf, drawer or cupboard each weekday'

It was the turn of the yarn drawers today. These one's are now tidy - the sets of more than one.

But the drawers upstairs are not! Now do I sort the odd balls into types of yarn, different colours or size of balls?

What a dilemma! I blame the Filofax. Perhaps I should get out a bit more. :)

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Close ups

My cover the shopping trolley idea is shelved for the moment as I feel that the deckchair strip Tunisian stitch would be better suited to another cot blanket.

My dress of choice today is living in the hopes that summer will come soon.

My Kindle cover is blossoming.

I keep my wools in my hen basket - school domestic science lessons always spring to mind when I carry this about. I blame them all on my wonderful cr** culinary skills today.

I can't throw away present bags. This one is being used as a waste paper basket in the hobby room.

More lines!

The cushion door stop is blooming too, so perhaps it is summer in this room.

The sun is shining but the wind is cold. I'll stay cocooned in this room for a while longer.

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PAUSEI

I will eat fruit for afters. 

I will eat fruit for afters.

Not my chips!

The sun shines between showers.

Crown of Thorns

Lemon tree very pretty.

Looks beautiful, smells foul.

It's raining plant!

Pregnant onions have been at it again.

I hope it's fine to plant tomorrow.

How on earth do you set this clock.

What shall we do with the dirty dishcloth?

We WILL stop the cat from scratching under the couch!

PLAY

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PAUSE

Where are you?

I'm in the loft room.

What are you wearing?

A stretchy dress and a black stretchy cardi.

What are you doing?

At present I'm typing this but I have been crocheting, flicking through Youtube, reading blogs and making inserts for my Filofax.

Why?

These are my hobbies and I'm pursuing them. I'm crocheting a stripe for a baby blanket which will be lined with a fleecy material I have in my stash. I'm looking at Filofax set-ups on YT but most tend to focus upon decoration rather than effective planning. I've found a new blog to read and am looking back at older posts related to my interests and I've been making inserts because I want to have a handy wallet for holding my cards and useful information for when I'm out and about.

What are you thinking?

I'm thinking that if it wasn't raining I'd be a lot more active but the weather is so grotty that I've designated today as an 'in' day and I'm just slobbing about but trying to be productive at the same time. I have on my list to paint the fences in the garden, to plant and to weed - oh, but it's raining so I can't.

Who's with you?

The cat's with me up here and DH is downstairs on the computer trying to get to grips with a new programme. The cat's been asleep for most of the day. She went out this morning, found that it was cold, came in and went straight to bed.

What's the weather like?

It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring. Dull clouds hang low in the sky, the ground is sodden, the temperature cold. Lovely weather for ducks!

What ought you to be doing?

I ought to be listing more items on Ebay for my de-cluttering mission. Perhaps I should be reading my books as I seem to have come to a standstill in that department. Preparation for tea is in my head at the moment but all is in hand and I'm confident that the curry will be made in time.

PLAY

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I never know how it will turn out.

Well it started out as a Tunisian crochet stripe for another cot quilty blanket and ended up as a Filofax purse. The colour of the wool toned in very well with the raspberry colour of the Filofax. I'd done a long strip and then just doubled it over and added a zip.

More pics over on the Filofax Blog.

xx

Whoops!

I've made a mistake. Whoops!

Number 12 on the Hunt the Pic should be

inspiration and not smell as that is number 19.

So here's the full list again.

1. dream

2. possession

3. passion

4. wonder

5. source

6. tune or song

7. wink

8. comfort

9. thought

10. glance

11. spectacle

12. inspiration

13. sight

14. beauty

15. arrangement
16. grace
17. weakness
18. elegance
19. smell or aroma
20. happiness

Silly me.

Thank you so much to the people who said they'd join in this hunt. I'm off to view all my pictures on my computer (well perhaps not all) to hunt some inspiration now. If there's anyone else who would like to join in this Hunt please view the previous post and leave a comment. Cheers.

xx

Mum's Hunt the Pic

No picture will be harmed or hurt in any way on this Hunt and there will be no stress for pictures or hunters while  the hunt is on. 

I enjoyed taking part in Daisy Row's Photo Scavenger Hunt and thought I'd make one up of my own. In order to de-stress, (I wasn't particularly stressed but as the deadline approached I felt I ought to be able to find all the pics), the entire challenge I have made up my own rules.

1. There is no need to set up any pictures as participants may submit from 1 picture up to 20, so no stress is involved to complete the lot. This opens up the challenge to anyone who doesn't want to tackle finding all the pictures.

2. Pictures may be taken from personal collections and personal blogs so hunts in computer picture galleries are encouraged. Doing this may help to 'tidy up' the 100s of pictures that many of us store on our computers.

3. There will be plenty of time to collect pictures as 'The Hunt' will run until the week of September 19th to 25th and during that week I shall post my finds and links to other Hunters can be made via the comments. There's no need to post pictures before the 19th. Posts can run throughout the week.

Here's the list. The connection between the picture and word can be explained or left to the imagination of the reader and I have deliberately not put the indefinite article (a) in front of each word to allow for more interpretation. 

e.g. Sight could have a picture of eyes or a view (or perhaps a messy bedroom)!
Mistake could be a DIY gone wrong or a spelling mistake on the high street.

1. dream

2. possession

3. passion

4. wonder

5. source

6. tune or song

7. wink

8. comfort

9. thought

10. glance

11. spectacle

12. inspiration

13. sight

14. beauty

15. arrangement
16. grace
17. weakness
18. elegance
19. smell or aroma
20. happiness

If you wish to sign up for this Hunt the Pic then please leave a comment.

Happy Hunting!

xx

Sparkling wine?

The wine in this glass has the added protection of a glittery cosy to keep in the cold.

Ideal for festive occasions ...

… or just the occasional sparkling treat.

The bottom of the cosy expands so it can be fitted on the wine glass over the base and when the ties are pulled it can be secured around the stem for a cosy fit. This is my prototype and it looks good but as the wine is consumed the cosy sinks happily downwards and flops on the floor in a restful droop!

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Photo Scavenger Hunt

I thought I'd have a go at a Photo Scavenger Hunt and here's the list I have to find.

1.   A robin redbreast

2.   Tinsel

DH always requests tinsel for decorating the the. He likes the branches festooned (good word).

3.   Outside lighting

Here's the lighting outside our loft window. 

4.   A star

This is the wooden Christmas star from Germany which has decorated the kitchen for the last 5 or 6 years.

5.   A snowman

This is one of a few snowmen collected over the years. He's sitting and watching goings on in the kitchen at Christmas.

6.   A puddle

This picture was taken in December after about a week of intense rain. The day was sunny but wet underfoot. It was the only puddle that I could find that didn't have a bit of litter floating about in it!

7.   Berries and/or nuts

8.   A wreath

My homemade wreath celebrated Hallowe'en (a pumpkin!), Autumn (with added leaves and foliage) through to Christmas (with added baubles and glittery bits). It was made with a roll of orange ribbon bought for 50p from a CB sale. There's still plenty left.

9.   A tree that has lost all its leaves

10.  A windy day

A very windy day, of which there are many in this seaside town (noted for fresh air and fun), sees the seagulls gracefully riding on the air currents.

11.  Your favourite pudding

It has to be fruit and especially fruit grown in the garden especially to eat on a summer's day.

12.  A fancy button

This button is one of many that were bought to put at the top of crocheted Christmas Trees. It's only fancy in that it is very colourful.

13.  Street art

This is what normally springs to mind when thinking of street art - a person beavering away drawing artistically on the pavement.

But isn't this 'art' on our promenade?

Or, perhaps, an artistic silhouette one sunny day.

Or, maybe this person riding his unicycle along the promenade showing off the 'art' of juggling. I think a click on the picture will show him in more detail.

14.  Afternoon tea

Afternoon tea is always on at the Tower Ballroom. Here you see lots of tables set ready for visitors. There is a group nearer to the dance floor that have their food already.

15.  Candle light

This is a Christmas decoration from Germany with the candle hidden inside a hollow carved piece of wood.

16.  A chimney

Chimneys in the local vicinity remind us of a bygone time when many houses had coal fires. It's surprising how tall chimney pots are when viewed close to.

17.  A ladder

There are a few ladders in amongst the scaffolding on the Big One at the Pleasure Beach.

18.  An arrow

This arrow points the way to the Illuminasia indoor lights exhibition at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.

19.  A fountain

This unusual fountain is outside a garden centre, hence the watering can and the flowers.

20.  Cutlery

Spot the cutlery on this party table.

21.  Your own handwriting (this one is compulsory and cannot be substituted)

My handwriting as you can see can only be described as 'scruffy'. This picture is from this post.

Phew, I think I've found them all and posted on the correct day. I think I'll organise a Scavenger Hunt now, it's quite good fun, if a little stressful at times!

I'm linking with  Daisy Row who is hosting this Photo hunt.

xx