As January ends

 Hello and thank you for popping in. Writing this on my iPhone so I apologise.

Friends are wonderful people so thank you all for being here. 

Lots of happy beginnings and sad endings have happened since my last post.  A lady very dear to me - although I’ve never met her face to face -  lost her beloved Dad at the beginning of this year .  My crafting buddies will know her she is Barbara Grey of Claritystamp “fame” her blog which she writes everyday is really inspiring and I’m hoping to follow in her blog steps. She is one of the most talented people and is so kind and generous.  She donated a substantial amount of money to a refuge charity when I attempted a mile a day walk for a month she met my target by her single donation and I’ll always be thankful to her.  

Another goodbye was to my Uncle Roy who passed last Sunday.  His wife was able to be with him at the end as she is poorly too.  They would have celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary this year.  I lived with them for 7 years as a child and I felt really loved by them both.  Nice things sometimes come out such sadness and her estranged son of 10 years went to see her after Uncle Roy passed away.  Too late some might say but you know sometimes lateness is better than not at all and I know Uncle Roy would have been glad he went to see his mum.  Long story but it’s their story to tell.

On the crafting front 2 coats for Oscar made and he looks so smart but he hates wearing them but it’s been so cold.  Also finished 2 pairs of socks here is one pair. I’ve not knitted socks for ages and really enjoyed the mindfulness.

Getting along with my latest blanket in what I’m calling my mermaid tail colours.  It’s called Persian Tiles designed by Janie Crow this is my third blanket in this design but all in different colour ways. Sadly had to order more yarn so on hold at the moment.

Meanwhile in the book corner, I have just finished a brilliant book. I chose it for a quick light hearted chick-lit read which looking at the cover and reading a small synopsis I though it was.  I wanted something to cheer me up.  Oh Boy was I wrong.  It was one of the most sensitive books covering mental health especially in men, grief and much much more.  It was certainly an emotional read as well as an eye opener.  I would definitely recommend it.

Friends are life's gift of love

Friends are Life's Gift of Love

 If people like me didn't know people like you, 

Life would lose its meaning and its richness, too. 

For the friends that we make are life's gift of love,

And I think friends are sent from Heaven above.

And thinking of you somehow makes me feel

That God is love and He's very real.

By Helen Steiner Rice

This is my third post and I am back in the Craft Room but have a much smaller workspace than I had before, but knowing you are here with me makes me a happy little bunny and the smaller the space the more I will have to slim down to fit LOL.

Friendship is very very special to me and I can count on one hand the very special friends I have. As they say you can choose your friends, but... and I cherish each and everyone of them. I am loving being back in here it reminds me of what I am missing.  I can look out at the trees with the squirrels racing up and down the tree branches and jumping from tree to tree, and the birds hopping from branch to branch and listening to them tweet, I love it and so glad I am back. No crafting done today just another quick tidy around and now it is what it is and when I need anything it will be like a new treasure hunt on every search.

As you will gather I love listening to audio books whilst I go through my day and now watch little or no TV (don't miss it at all) and my latest read was a book called Pandora it was very difficult to follow at first but after the first few chapters I really got into it and loved it.  My verdict is at 4.5 star ⭐⭐⭐⭐⋆ 

Bye for now my friends 

I’m Back - Take 2

 Well……

I posted on what was to be my new blog last week to say that I would be returning to my posting today after a long time away.  I am determined to carry on looking forwards and not backwards and to start anew and thought a new blog would be the way forward but looking at previous posts here I thought no I’ll carry on with what I think was a very good place to be so ditched that idea and I’m going to carry on here albeit there is a massive jump from my last posting.  Waffle over.

My DH put away all the Christmas decorations and all his new toys (Christmas village) and said my craft room was now mine again.  I went in this morning and could have wept…. 

DHs nice neat Christmas village and decs

My craft space

So as you can see it’s going to take a while to sort out, and with my disability it could take a while. 

However, I can tell you about a fabulous fabulous book I’ve just finished called The Circus Train and what a journey it took me on it should have been called the rollercoaster there were so many ups and downs, twists and turns, never ending up where you thought you would go.  A truly brilliant story which I have given 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 

I am a member of the Goodreads community and join the Goodreads challenge every year and last year was a stonker for me although I declare that most of my “reads” were audiobooks listened to whilst going about my daily chores and crocheting 

My knitting is no longer a hobby due to problems with my shoulder but during lockdown I taught myself to crochet so at the age of 64 I followed a wonderful teacher Bella Coco on her YouTube page and she taught me from a beginner to what I would call an intermediate standard and I’m so pleased that after all these years I now have a needle craft I truly love.  My favourite “professional” and blogs I follow are award winning Attic 24 and Janie Crow although there are so many others these are the main two I follow.  I have made nearly all the blankets from Attic 24 and a few of Janie Crows but her are much more intricate than most.

Here are some of the things I have made - not bad for a newby.

Well that’s me done for today . Talk soon hopefully with better news from

The little white things are little door mice and I’ve lost a rose from the top but I made this about 8 years ago so wearing quite well I think.

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