Kitchen Window - September 2013

The sunflower bouquet was a pressie from DD - just because. The Matryoshka type thingy is a Flavour Shaker from the CS. It's got very bad reviews but it looks good. I'm watching how much energy we use again so the meter thingy is on the window sill. Look I'm hanging out the washing instead of chucking it in the tumble drier. The plant has been re-arranged because I cleaned the shelves. It had wrapped itself around the rungs on the shelf. It drapes 3 ways now and is aiming for the cooker hood.

My mugs were also a pressie a few years ago.

Thanks for the flowers, beautiful girl.

The broccoli is soaking in salty water to get rid of the biddies. I'm having steamed veg with gravy tonight - a Life After Money staple meal.

xx

PS - Only one caterpillar in the greenery today!

Piles!

I think it's time that I showed you my piles!

First of all my pile of books. Gill, I don't review books for anyone in particular. These books were given to me by friends. There's books behind the books in the pictures ...

and more piles of books elsewhere. I'm slowly wading my way through. I aim eventually to wade my way through all the books in the house and give away most of them. One of my NewYear Resolutions was to read at least one book per month.

I've got piles of wool in drawers scattered around the house.

There are more piles of wool elsewhere! Most of it is from CSs or car boots. I'm slowly crocheting and knitting my way through them.

Here is a pile of photographs. I've got photo albums to put them in but I've not got round to that job yet. Perhaps it should be at the top of my list or this pile will hang around getting in the way. I've already had the family videos put on to CD. Now do I bin the videos? Decisions, decisions. I need to get rid of these piles.

Here are piles of fabric which 'may come in handy sometime'. There are more piles elsewhere - oh dear.  How many quilts do I need? Should I start making my own dresses? I've already got piles of those for my dancing.

Here is a pile of garments that have seen better days. They are waiting in a pile to be cut into patchwork pieces with each square a reminder of who wore the garment and where.

And last here, but not my last lot of piles, are the final middles for my 2012 blanket. My pile of wool for this blanket has gone down considerably, with 2 blankets 'done' already for the 'daughters' and 1 blanket left to finish for me.

It will be quite a while before I get rid of all my piles. I'll just have to live with them for a while longer!

xx

Read quickly

This is another very easy going read - a story set in Blackpool in the 1890s - girl in tragic plight - hero eventually found - all happily ever after after a series of setbacks.

Good stuff!

xx

Bloggy Blanket Update

Peg has now completed her squares for the Bloggy Blanket Chain. Click on the BBC page to see her contribution and the squares from our latest helper. Wow that was the fastest turn around yet. Anyone else ready to receive the blanket and help increase its size?

xx

What time is it, Mr. Wolf?

It's time to go up the clock tower in the park.

Yeah - the tower isn't open very often but our little volunteer group were allowed a Heritage Tour of the park which included the chance to check out Blackpool's second tower. Hang on to the banister.

Up we go! (78 steps)

Each side of the tower faces a compass point. Here is the view to the North,

the East,

the South

and the West.

We even managed to sneak a peek at the back of the clock and ...

... the workings.

The tower will be open again on Thursday 12th September as part of the Heritage Open  Days Scheme.

Nine to Five

9am

What am I wearing?

Turqoise, pink, green and yellow tankini from the CS

What am I doing?

Swimming

Where am I?

At the gym

What's the sky like?

Very blue with the sun shimmering on the water

What's motivating me?

Trying to get to the end of the lane without my tummy escaping from between the top and the bottom of the swimsuit!

2pm

What am I wearing?

Shorts and T-shirt

What am I doing?

Weeding between the leeks and the carrots and pulling the carrots up because they've all been eaten away by carrot root fly

Where am I?

In the garden

What's the sky like?

Still very blue and it's boiling hot

I'd really like to sit down for a while

What's motivating me?

The thought of bare soil between the veggies

I might sort out the mange tout seed.
Then again, I might not!

5pm

What am I wearing?

Shorts and T-shirt

What am I doing?

Eating tea

Where am I?

In the back room

The peppers behind me are coming on
nicely. The plants were 50p from the car
boot sale.

What's the sky like?

Still vey blue and still boiling hot

What's motivating me?

The thought of eating home grown cucumber, tomato and sweetcorn

The corn is as high as an elephant's
eye

xx

Coincidence?

The next book on my pile to read was this one. I was into it a little way when I noticed that it was written by the same author as the last book I read.

Now this one was much better than the last. Granted, parts of it were still unbelievable but it was highly readable and not 'fluffy' at all!

xx