Froglet
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Oops, just realised it's Saturday which means I forgot Friday! I have had a productive week doing lots of jobs that I normally avoid. Day out at Hardwick Hall too, sampling September's 'scone of the month' - apple crumble, it was good. My smallest small person is two very soon and grandpa (my dad) is making him a mud kitchen so has been consulting me on it - can't wait to see the finished object. His big sister has a birthday a couple of weeks after that and I'm crocheting her a 'ballerina doll' as per her request at the start of the year - I'm hoping she hasn't outgrown the idea! Have a good weekend all and a lovely week ahead of you!
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Sunnyday - sending lots of good wishes your way.
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Louby - that sounds like just the right amount of a TDL. Sunnyday, I’m glad this week has been better - I hope DIL’s mum is doing ok. I have done a fair bit of crocheting this week - making birds from a subscription I have. They’re lovely and sit in my front window watching the world go by! I also cut back loads of ivy in my garden and painted the shed which is looking very smart. I’m trying to think of something to do next week. I have that new year feeling but think that I will feel unsure of myself when everyone else is going back to work. I’m pondering a fire pit for my garden - I quite fancy some cosy autumnal evenings sat out in the back garden. It’s far to hot to sit there in the summer!
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Oh Sunnyday, I’m so sorry to hear about your tough week. Sending good wishes for you and your family. Apart from lots of long walks with my doggy house guest I have done very little. I am feeling very lazy and need to do something about that next week!
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I knew about snowploughs and gritters - some of them have fantastic names. Always make me wish I'd been part of the naming meeting!
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Love that! I hadn’t realised fire engines got names!
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Cait, that is such a tough job. I’m glad that there will be other enthusiasts that get to enjoy it. I have to admit to doing a fair bit of my own hoarding of ‘just in case’ bits - especially what I think of as ‘good cardboard boxes’! I have had the laziest of weeks - I’m hoping that it is the heat and that I haven’t actually become a sloth! Sunnyday - I am dog sitting a ‘something doodle’ next week (I can’t remember but she’s visited before and is lovely.
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All ok here! Enjoy your me time Sunnyday and hope you get your printer sorted. Louby - I feel your pain, I am still decluttering my spare room. Some days it just feels like I move stuff around. Nothing in particular planned this weekend so a quiet one for me(more time for decluttering! 😉😂)
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I’m reading a lot more now I’ve finished at school and I’ve just finished ‘The List of Suspicious Things’ by Jennie Godfrey. Really good - definitely recommend if you haven’t already read.
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Hello all, The elbow is a little better - I'm trying to do things for just short periods of time and give it lots of stretches and rests. Have made lots of progress on sorting the room of doom this week - including rediscovering the EYFS pink folder! A couple of walks round the park and a day catching up with a friend - nothing in particular for the weekend! Louby - you reminded me of when my nephew (now looking at universities) was little and I would have to play 'stories' with him and I was invariably the big bad wolf/giant/villain of the moment!
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I went to the leavers concert dress rehearsal at my old school this morning and then spent a quick 10 minutes catching up with my old class. Most of them seemed to want to ask me to guess how old they were or to tell me how many sleeps it was until their birthday! I have been trying to arrange for jobs like gutter clearing and I also want to make a 'snagging' list for my house - all those little jobs that need doing. I'm not good at this kind of thing so I really have to make myself! I think that all the knitting and crochet I've been doing whilst it's been good for my head hasn't been good for my arm - my elbow is painful when I move it and all the googling I've done tells me I need to rest it but it's really hard to know what to do with myself! There is tons of building work happening in my road at the moment so I'm looking forward to a peaceful weekend without it and with the opportunity to actually park outside my house!
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That is so pretty mouse!
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My brain’s a bit mushy today - only just realised that it’s Friday! I have done some epic weeding and miss clearing on the path between mine and my neighbour’s house - looks amazing if I do say so myself! 😉 I find that I keep going to check on it’ 😂 Haven’t got any plans for the next week at the moment - my old school doesn’t finish until the 29th so please send some sympathy their way - next week will be a struggle!
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Morning! Glad you're you so enjoying your granddogs and grandchildren! I think the hot weather is beginning to get to me - I'm getting up way later than usual and it's throwing me. I did have sorting out the spare room on my TDL for today but am seriously tempted to just sit in the garden and knit/crochet/read this morning while it's still shady and then do the same in my front room this afternoon! This weekend it's the well dressing in my mum and dad's village and my brother is down here for a canoe polo tournament so I will probably go and do those too. Have a good weekend everyone!
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I don't think I've ever been good in the heat!! I was at Sudbury Hall today - they have an exhibition of the costumes used in the 1995 Pride and Prejudice which were beautiful. Came home to a new book (The Story Collector by Evie Woods) and a slice of the blackcurrant cheesecake I made yesterday (delicious!) Quiet weekend here too.
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Only incidentally - I like it but rarely sit down to watch on purpose. And… How we’re they? I’m having homemade cream tea!
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Hope the granddog was ok Sunnyday. How lovely to hear those stories of meeting former pupils all grown up! I was out for dinner with friends last night which was lovely and had a friend round to my place for a meal and catch up the other day. The garden is going well - I've picked my first strawberry and a couple of handfuls of sweetpeas and my 'herb garden' shelf is settling in nicely. Right now my garden is at its hottest so I've retreated inside to the cool for a little sock knitting! Have a lovely weekend all.
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Oh Louby colds are miserable at the best of times but especially in this kind of weather - I hope it clears up soon. I have had a gentle week. Some reading and sock knitting (I won't wear them for a bit but they are good small projects for hot weather). I made a rhubarb and custard cake, got my hair cut and spent the first part of the day reading in the garden whilst it was still cool out there.
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Everything is crossed for you Sunnyday! I remember the last time! It's very sunny but also very blustery up here - I wonder if the storms are heading north.
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Happy Friday! I've had a busy week with a couple of days away exploring Norwich and Norfolk. I spent a lot of time going round various lovely gardens and came back inspired to do more with mine. So, this morning I have cleared and cleaned the shelf opposite my back door and then went plant shopping. It's going to be a shelf for herbs mainly with just a couple of flowering pots. It's one of the few parts of my garden I can see straight out of the back door/kitchen so really want to keep it looking nice. I've been working on the mandala kit that I bought at the yarn show last week. It's not hard but you need to count and I've undone it several times! I have a friend coming for tea/coffee tomorrow morning although with the beautiful weather and an excess of lemons in my fruit bowl I'm contemplating making a bottle of lemonade to offer her something chilled too. I also have a load of rhubarb from my last veg box which I need to use up. Does anyone have any favourite rhubarb recipes? I've been googling and found a rhubarb and custard cake which looks interesting. I'm also thinking about just cooking a few sticks to have with yogurt with my breakfast. Right now though am inside hiding from the hottest part of the day before going out to my garden again.
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Did you ever read any of Alison Uttley's other books? A Country Child, A Traveller in Time or her fairy stories? I loved all of them! I did like Beatrix Potter - as much for the illustration as anything and then when I was older and discovered that her first name was the same as mine I was convinced that I could become a famous author too! There are lots of amazing books out there for children now but I loved the gentleness of those country tales and actually learned a lot about nature too.
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I love the Friday chats although I don't always get my days right. I 'check' the forum a couple of times during the week but always make a point to look for the Friday chat. Well now 'tis Saturday - I'm not honestly sure what happened yesterday. I felt fairly wiped out and spent most of the day curled up on the sofa not doing much. Today, however, I have been to visit my first ever yarn show which was lovely - I treated myself to a beautiful hand dyed skein of yarn and a kit to crochet a manda just because it was intriguing. After that I headed back towards home but stopped off at Hardwick Hall for a walk round the gardens which were lovely - lots and lots of herbs there which I'm fascinated by. I didn't go in the hall today. Now I'm back home, admiring my yarn and indulging in a spot of childhood nostalgia as I'm reading Little Grey Rabbit - did anyone else read those stories?
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So sorry to hear about your granddog Sunnyday. Enjoy your upcoming babysitting. I took mum out for afternoon tea yesterday which was lovely but so filling! Today has been very lazy - a little crochet and much pootling. I must get my act together tomorrow! There are some arts events over the bank holiday which I'm hoping to get to. Other than that - have a lovely weekend everyone.
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It was just dates and some candied peel instead of the usual raisins. I threw in some chopped walnuts too (can you tell I'm clearing out the baking cupboard?!). It's fine although it feels less fruity as the dates have kind of blended into the cake. It's very moist though. I'm having no problem eating it! 😉
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A little belated! Hope you had a lovely day Cait!
