THE COLOURS...

... this week are not from the garden .. but from our local park..

.. mum is much better and now has only TWO more hospital appointment THIS month xx lol x SO.. a walk in the park was the order of the day AND.. of course.. there has to be an ice-cream treat ...

This week Sam was jumping and racing around trying to get to the cat next door .. THIS..

...is how Gus has been spending the week !! well it has been hot x.. lol x Its a hard life!!

The  2016 OLYMPICS are just about over .. I was hoping to get 3 shawls made .. did I do it?.. well I just may be casting off during the finishing ceremony!! lol .. will let you know x lol x

Diane x

DURING..

... a gap in the Olympic action I nipped outside to get your ..COLOUR-In-The-Garden pictures..

.. while I was out Sam..

.. started barking and jumping and generally kicking up a racket....... (notice the FABULOUS sunshine at 10 o'clock in the morning x). The reason was...

.. one of next doors cats.. JUST .. out of reach on the bottom wall xx .. made me laugh at their antics .. and cunning .. I know which one will get tired first!

Have a good one x

Diane x

HERE...

.. are the photos that I could not insert earlier xx...

.. as I said bit difficult to show the colours as they are in "the flesh" xx

Diane x

THE FIRST...

... of the RIO 2016 shawls is finished and blocked..

....I am very happy with it . The pattern is written for DK but I tried it out in 4ply..... so it has come out quite big x I hope you can see the sparkle in the wool x

The next one is on the needles.....

..for some reason Blogger wont let me insert the pictures!! .. hey-Ho will try again tomorrow x

..... it has been difficult to get the true colour .. it is greens and greys ....simple pattern again .. so that I can concentrate on watching the Games x

Any one who wants to see the fabulous introduction we are seeing as the games start can go to YouTube and put
RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES : TRAILER-BBC SPORT into the search place .. it is a wonderful animation x

Off to watch some more x

Diane x

AS I WATCHED...

... The Olympics in 2008 I put together this quilt....

....there were lots of beads and different threads involved...

.. and it kept me going through out the games xx .. I may have mentioned before how much I LOVE the games xx lol x

During 2012 in London I MUST have been busy with ..SOMETHING.. I just don't know what it was!!!!!!!!! Hey-Ho x

So far this time I have been working on ..

(in-between appointments and taxi duties that is ! lol ) I find I am knitting faster as the races .. it has been swimming the last 2 evenings and rowing to-day ... get more exciting ! I will be finished with MANY projects at this rate.. and be exhausted!

Have fun

Diane x

TODAY...

... there is not a lot of reading for you ... BUT there are a LOT of phots and colours of the garden to enjoy .. it has been a lovely sunny morning here in our corner of Cheshire....

... did you notice the snail!!!!!!!!!!!! I only just did ... went out and its gone ..GOOD job for the snail! lol x

Off to watch The Olympic Games x

Diane x

WHEN...

... I told you about my current shawls I THOUGHT I would be telling you that I had finished the lace one and had the other ready for my waiting time during the MANY appointments that my parents have next week....... WELL.. best laid plans and all that!

My mother had an allergic reaction to some medication she had been given!... so a spell at our local hospital was a REQUIREMENT as she looked like a cooked lobster ... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.... after antibiotics and antihistamines .. creams, ointments, and moisturisers ...... she NOW  looks like a pink reptile that is shedding!! She will kill me if she finds out I described her this way!! lol x

SO... there was not a lot of work done on the lace.. BUT I do have..

.. finished much faster than expected .. and ..I'm happy with the way it came out x  ALL I have to do now is find a new .. easy to do without thinking ....pattern for ALL the waiting time I have next week xx lol x 

Hope your plans go as expected this week x

Diane x