I had such good intentions….but try as I might, I haven’t got as much done as I’d hoped to over the last day or so. You see, I had visions of a troublefree day just trundling along sewing blocks on the sewing machine. I hadn’t quite taken into account having to do a holiday worth of laundry, going to the supermarket, collecting the cat from the cattery, recycling and just well, the little things involved in living… I also received two papers to edit and correct, which I’m going to have to get done over the next few days and which I had sort of hoped would be delayed, but weren’t. So all in all, I’m not as far as I had hoped to be, but at least some progress is being made in all sorts of directions.

I finished my Meadowsweet skirt. It looks a bit like a gaudy sack in this photo, but I promise it does look much better on. I just can’t show it to you with me wearing it because there’s nobody here to take the photo. Bumble Bee is a clever cat, but she hasn’t mastered photography yet. I like the skirt, but other than a white T-shirt I have no idea what I can possibly wear it with!

I finished knitting the second front of my loud purple Otello cardie and almost finished the first sleeve. Here I was multitasking, because I simultaneously watched Memoirs of a Geisha, which has been sitting waiting to be watched for about 5 years….and which I would highly recommend. Can’t think why I never managed to watch it before.

I’ve been plodding on with my Bliss blocks – only six more to go and then I can start putting on the sashing to put them all together. I seriously love this fabric.

I also finished reading The Redbreast by the Norwegian writer Jo Nesbo – which improved as it went along.  I have a feeling that Steig Larsson my have been the best thing that ever happened to Scandinavian writers – as they are suddenly being translated into English in great numbers.

….and I also tadaaaaa spent an hour trying to get the garden back into some semblance of order.

Written down it looks like I did more than I feel like I did.

It feels strangely free this week…and I have a clear conscience about enjoying myself as I’ve had a report back from the motorbike gang and the kids and everybody seems to be having a great time….oh and the sun is shining too.

Life is good!

Helen

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