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was Congleton Quilt group meeting... they had a night where sales tables were allowed... SO .. I took along a box of donated fabrics to help raise funds for SANDBACH Quilt group 2016 charity... still with me? lol x
With the help of the wonderful ladies a total of £62 was raised .. fantastic x
Makes me happy that the funds are increasing slowly x Our charity this year is for a local Muscular Disease Centre.. dealing with everything from MS to muscular dystrophy and beyond x
This morning the glow was still in place ... UNTIL .. I opened the fridge door! The spare FOUR PINT bottle of milk ..on the bottom shelf thankfully ..... had leaked! So although the smell was not too bad there was milk all through the shelf and the drawer at the bottom ...
......sigh! You know how much I LOVE to clean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... especially when I have to wash the stuff IN the drawer as well as the rest of the fridge!
It did go a bit quicker than I expected though because I had been looking at my daughters latest Blog post ..... www.weatherwaxknits.wordpress.com ....and there was a link to a podcast about the Biosphere from the 1990s... I remember this from the time but did not know all the details .. makes you think. .....AND for someone who LOVES to read science fiction and the dystopia novels of the likes of S M Stirling and Emily St.John Mandel... and the rest it was fascinating.... WOW! that got a bit deep! lol x
Off to have the brew I was getting the milk for in the first place xxx
Have a great day x
Diane x
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in Alsha's Word photo challenge 2016 www.alshasspace.blogspot.com is....... BLACK...
I thought long and hard for this one as there are so many ways to interpret it. My final choice is...
YES Gus is a ... mostly... BLACK dog .. but the reason I have chosen it is because he is going blind and slowly descending into a BLACK place xx He is mostly OK.. but he looses his ball and occasionally walks into things .... and has to be rescued and comforted x
He was never much of a runner .. quick burst then collapse panting!...... AND he always could find food day or night .. so no problems there xx lol
He needs a bit of guidance and extra love now and then ... he is his usually grumpy/silly/usual self for 99% of the time x ... and he continues to bully and dominate Sam...
100% of the time xx
Wonder what the word for next week will be x
Diane x
...I was getting ready to retire I heard about long leisurely days where there was TIME to do anything I wanted.. crafting, reading, watching films... reading Blogs .. WELL 2 years on I am CONVINCED I was given the wrong job description! I rarely get to do any of these things !!! lol x
To-day however ...I did xx
Yaaaay x I have been to Marthal for a Quilter Guild Area day xx The speaker was Lizzie Wall.... ejwall.wix.com/ejwall ... I LOVE her work .....she is a funny and inspirational teacher x I have done several of her workshops before.
(that isn't her at the front .. that is Margaret who as our glorious leader for the day xx) To-day we made chickens....
and YES I came home and finished it off xx ....
...OK ... I know it is very small and I think the background is a bit busy.. but it doesn't stop me loving this little wall hanging x
Lizzie says she loves teaching quilters as they are always happy to have a go .. remember my last quote about this? When I posted it I was having a go at learning to do a knit-on/appliqued border...
well... you know what? It was fine once I got going xx lol ...
.. and I had a go at one in double knitting..
.......onto the next challenge xx lol x
...and while I am talking about .. having a go ...my daughter is having a go at Blogging .. so if you have a few minutes free you may want to go over and have a look x .... www.weatherwaxknits.wordpress.com x
Diane xx
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I Blogged about my parents new and UNCLUTTERED bathroom for Alsha's ( www.alshasspot.blogspot.com ) Word Photo Challenge 2016 ....THEN I found out we had a week off because of Easter xx lol
THIS WEEK I checked first ... and YES I can post this week x... rather than repeat that post I went in search of a new picture x
This time I am going with ....
..this is my sewing spot to-day ...STILL uncluttered after the BIG CLEAN UP ... mind you I have not been able to get near it for the last couple of days xx lol x NO telling how long it will stay like this x
Diane x
.... and final quote is ...
.......You are never to old to give it a try..
I know every-one says it a little differently .. this is my version. It applies in all aspects of our lives ...AT ALL TIMES x Be it at work or at home in our crafting/hobbies or with our children/families.
By having a go we broaden our horizons and open ourselves to new experiences ... we don't have to always enjoy or love the new experience....
....as crafters we all have occasions when we decide we are going to learn a new skill .. and turn it into a HUGE project .. and it ends as tiny because it is not for us... we also have times when that project we have been avoiding turns into a LOVE that we repeat over and over x
...at least we had a go x
My mother, at 83, got an i-pad .. having never used any kind of computer product before...and after initial panic she is now using it everyday and teaching others how to find and download items of interest!
My computer recently decided I needed windows 10 .. and downloaded it !!eek! .. but I had a go and was even able to show my grandson a feature he needed to use !!.. oh yes!
Having a go keeps our minds active .. and in good health .. and having an interest is always fun x
SO.. have a go ..at something new to-day x
ME? well I'm having a go at a knit-on-edging .. where you work so far as normal .. then turn your work 90 degrees and decrease as you kit up the side!!!!! scary stuff ...and my goodness my brain is active!!!! lol
Have fun x
Diane x
... the challenge ..... on day 2 my quote is yet another from when I was working ,and it is ...
....... Movement is life....
this is one that was very often hard to get patients to agree or comply with xx Muscle is a unique tissue that if not used just fades away .. SO.. although lying in bed might seem like a good idea at times ...IT ISNT!!! lol x
I have noticed as I get older my muscles are not as strong as they were so I am especially careful to make sure I keep them going every day xx
My nominee to join for yesterday lives in Australia .. so today I decided to come a bit closer to home and nominate Maria (www.dottysdaughter.blogspot.co.uk) from Wales xx
I don't have a picture that really shows movement so I decided to go with ..
... just for fun xx.. he "moves" around in my garden on a spring xx
Diane x
... that I had been set a challenge by another blogger...... Terry (whos blog is called... On Going Projects ...and when I try to link to it Blogger keeps telling me it does not exist but I can have the name if I wish!! .. even though I can go straight to the blog .. ON BLOGGER!!!!!) .........set me a challenge where by I am to....
Post a favourite quote on my blog for 3 consecutive posts
Then nominate someone else to join in .. naming the blog so that we all find new blogs to read
I don't always join in with these challenges but after some thought I decided to have a go x
To-day I am going to nominate Sue from www.kiwikidspage.blogspot.com to join in x
My quote for today is ...
I like long walks especially when they are taken by people who annoy me..
I understand this is a Noel Coward quote , but I could be wrong .. I heard it many years ago and when I was working I would think it to my-self in various forms!! It helped that when I would think this to myself I would NOT say some of the other things I would have liked to ....out loud!!!
Since I finished work I find myself thinking it less and less... ANOTHER good reason to retire xx
I myself go for a long walk everyday with these two..
.......who then snore loudly while they recover xx
See you next time xx
Diane xx
