I took my friend (whose birthday it was recently) to Sheffield Park for the day. The weather was a bit dreary and it did start to rain, but we had a wonderful afternoon strolling around the lakes taking photos of all the colourful trees. It’s mostly acers that are colourful atm. A great day!
Whenever I go shopping for food, I always put other things in my trolley that are not on my list! I had already decided that my photo of the day would be of my ‘extras’, before I went shopping. So here it is: Waitrose’s ‘Meal Deal’. For £10, I have lamb shoulder steaks, pack of vegetables to make an Irish Stew, a pudding (autumn berry cobbler'), and a bottle of wine. Bargain eh? That’s Sunday’s tea sorted – might even invite Mum over to join us!
Here’s a closer view of my Lo that I made on Saturday. It’s called ‘This Dog…. a Wonky Tail’. That’s because Merlin has a wonky tail! It must have damaged before birth, and has a big kink in it and is shorter than it should be. When we found out that one of the pups had a wonky tail, Lucy immediately wanted that one! Well, that was the one we chose! This LO tells the tail of how we chose him, and that’s him only 5 weeks old with Lucy. It is for Lucy’s album I am doing for her 18th birthday in December.
It has been a very damp, dreary day today, not a good day for taking photos! But here is the view out of my bedroom window looking north up the road. The pampas grass is in the north east corner and get battered by winds and rain really quickly. So here it is just before it looks a total mess! Also, I am about to put up some thick lace curtains (when I have shortened them) to block the view. What you can’t see in these pictures is the block of flats immediately opposite our house. It feels like they can see right in! But it is one more step on the way to finishing the bedroom decorating!
Remember those pesky flower thingies on my tree that have been dropping pollen on us for a few weeks? Well they just suddenly started to drop! Here is a picture of the mess they make. Our bench needs a good clean now!
October 4th
We went for a lovely long walk along Worthing beach this morning, and then coffee in town. We did need to clear our heads a bit because we both manage to drink too much red wine last night at the Chinese restaurant! (Trouble with red wine + Chinese combo is that it makes you feel worse, all that msg dehydrates too!). This picture shows the grandeur of Worthing Seafront – these 2 buildings are my favourites.
October 3rd
I went to my crop yesterday. We have a really lovely church hall in Hove. There are not very many of us, but we have a really great time! This picture shows us all except Terry who is hidden behind Janet (in the red), then clockwise there is Lerryn, Sara, Sylvie and Lorna.
We always have a ‘page of the day’ competition. Our theme was animals, and Janet and I won joint first prize! woohoo! Mine is a page for an album I am doing for DD Lucy who is 18 in December. It’s called ‘A Wonky Tail’ and is about Merlin – who does in fact have a wonky tail!
October 2nd
Still working on organising my craft stuff. I had an unexpected morning in, as I had to wait in for a delivery of new computer parts! So I sorted out some more drawers, including this one full of fibres and fabric. Wonder why fibres have gone out of fashion in the scrapbook world? I just love the textures and colours, so had to photograph them with my macro lens!
October 1st
Here’s how my pots outside the back door are looking today. It has been incredibly dry now for a month or two, so they need watering all the time. Bit of a chore, but I have managed to keep up with it.
Now that the computer is working again I can catch up on my blog posts! Here’s the end of LSNED:
LSNED day 30
YAY! I got the end of LSNED! I am not sure that I have done very well really – I have had to rack my brains most days for things that I have learned and that I can take a photo of! So finally, I tried to take some pics of me in the hall mirror:
OOps missed!
Ah, that’s a bit better!
Oh well, just have to do it like this:
LSNED day 29
Another lesson that I never seem to learn is that I need to order the dog food from our local pet shop before it actually runs out! Merlin has Royal Canin Adult Maxi, and the pet shop does not keep it in stock. It takes a few days to be delivered. Today we have had to make do with Royal Canin Labrador Retriever – I am sure it is all the same, just a marketing tool to have it in different labels! But who knows …… maybe Merlin will turn blond?
LSNED day 28
WOOHOO! very pleased with myself because I got Nicholas’s room and the computer room (little bedroom we have the computers in!) all decluttered and tidied this evening. I didn’t think I could do houseworky type things in the evenings after work, so that’s what I learned today!
