WOYWW 382

Good morning all. I am up early this morning woken by the fishing boats going out th chug chug chug of their engines. Don't think it will be a good day for them or us today as we have some long awaited rain forecast. We certainly need it.

Well down to the purpose of this blog, what is on my desk today. Well not a lot.
I am in the process of moving from the temporary desk under the ceiling fans to my winter quarters.

I have been making some seventy, eighty and ninety year old cards, seem to need them these days!

 Above is the winter desk but before I can camp out there I have to tidy all this up first. In summer this seems to become a dumping room. Most of it is wool I purchased on my two trips to the UK.

Thought you may like to see these two photos, taken this morning as the fishing boats were leaving. Not very often I see the moon at 6.30 am.

Ok I am up early this morning but what's the betting I will be late for my sewing class.

That's it for this morning hope you all have a good week off to link up now that is if Julia is awake to allow me to!

Ann

WOYWW 381

Well I am a tad late in posting today, trouble with my car last night, it wouldn't start, had to leave it where it was parked so this morning first thing I was back trying to start it. Success but then drove to the garage for them to check it out and they said it wanted a new battery so all is well again and I have my wheels. I am lost without my car as our transport system consists of a bus that goes along the seafront and up to the village and a very occasional service that takes you to the next town. No trains or metro services.

Oh my gosh another Wednesday it will soon be Christmas!!

Well my work desk is still my temporary one underneath the ceiling fans, but must admit the weather is beginning to cool down and the nights are much more pleasant enabling one to sleep. Maybe next week I will be back in my workroom and sitting at my original work desk. My cat will be pleased as there isn't room for her on this desk.

The desk this week shows my attempts at making some 70th, 80th and 90th birthday cards with the Clarity letters and numbers stamps, much in demand these days, Only a few more months and I will be hitting one of these birthdays ending in zero, but then age has never mattered to me and in my younger days I sometimes had to do a quick calculation to check my age.

I love this time of the year nearly all the tourists have gone and the residents get their little seaside town back to themselves. Many expats can't stand the heat of the summer and go back to UK but they will be returning shortly. Most of our clubs and organisations will be opening up again so plenty to do in the winter months.
I will leave you with some photos I took last Friday morning round about 7.30am of the beautiful sunrises we get this time of the year, The photos were taken about 2 mins apart so you can see it doesn't take long for the sun to rise, if you aren't quick with the camera you miss it.

So goodbye til next week and I will now link up with Julia at Stamping Ground.

WOYWW 380

Well another Wednesday has come round, it will soon be Ch....... oh no hohoho

My desk this week is pretty clear as I have finished the Christmas cards to my own designs from the Hunkydorky kit I was having trouble with last week. By using my own designs I have many more cards than if I had followed their instructions and still have toppers etc left.

So my desk is virtually clear of Christmas, and when I come back from sewing group later today I have to make a start on my best friends birthday card ready for her birthday 28th September. We have been friends for over 60 years first meeting at junior school. Our friendship carried on when I was shipped off to boarding school but we had fun in the holidays. She was a church bellringer and took me along to a practice night and that was where I met my husband needless to say she was my bridesmaid.
She is also godmother to my daughter and was there for me when my husband died in 1999. Even though I moved to Spain email is a fantastic way of keeping in touch. (Make a note must email her this week)

Our hot summer is showing no signs of cooler days and yesterday the temperature was still in the 30's, also we had a terrific wind blowing, it was a wonder there was any sand left on the beach. Thankfully all my plant pots are still standing, but lots of sweeping up to be done. Bouganinvilles are very pretty but they do leave a lot of mess especially when it has been windy.

cat sat in the door

the other cat making a quick getaway just got his tail!

Oh well that is it for another week wonder what next week will bring. Always look forward.
Now to join up with the rest of you hope you all have a good week.

Photography Scavenger Hunt

At the beginning of the summer I came across gallorganico.blogspot.com that was hosting a photography scavenger hunt.
I decided to take part for fun but am not sure how to link up so here are my few photographs I managed to take from the list below.

1. A "wild heart" - a naturally occurring heart (like the rock above, but it doesn't have to be a rock)
2. A footprint or pawprint
3. A skeleton, bone or x-ray
4. A book or magazine read during 2016
5. A porch or deck
6. A camper (caravan)
7. A family gathering
8. A drawing, art project, artistic photograph, scrapbook page, greeting card, or art journal page created by you.
9. Someone playing with, in, or around water.
10. A bicycle
11. Fresh produce
12. A window
13. The moon
14. A buffet of food
15. A team logo
16. A map showing a trip taken during the time period
17. Twins
18. A supermarket cart, basket or trolley full of groceries 
19. A seasonal cocktail or beverage
20. Someone laughing
21. A photograph of you with a newspaper or calendar page from the time period covered in the Hunt. Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.
Alternatives - if you're having trouble finding any of the above, you may substitute from this list (but you may not substitute for item #21):
alternative 1: a lighthouse
alternative 2: a baby (human or animal)

10. A bicycle 

This bicycle advertises a vet's practice near me.

12. A window

This is a window in Dover Castle Kent.

13. The Moon

Taken from my house in Spain.

15. Team Logo

An organisation I belong to in Spain with the sunflower as the logo.

18. A supermarket trolley full of groceries.

19. Granizado

A fruit iced drink popular in Spain, these are made with fresh strawberries and fresh melon. Delicious.

So these are my entries obviously not complete my report should read 'needs to try better'.

WOYWW

Hello everyone,
Well in returning from the UK I became ill with temperature and cough, so a trip to the doctors revealed I had bronchitis, something I usually suffer from in the winter months. This left me with no energy so no craft work for me hence no work desks for the past few weeks.

I cannot believe the weather we are having at the moment the last few days it has been in the 40's on my terrace. This week we have a picture of a temporary desk as I had to position a table round my fans in order to keep cool. I sympathise with the people of Javea in the Costa Blanca who are suffering from the fires. I know what it is like as we had serious fires here a few years ago and had to evacuate our houses. Very frightening.

My temporary desk contains a Hunkydory kit 'Warm wishes' I purchased over a year ago, I did try some of the kit last year but lost patience with it. Well I am beginning to lose patience with it again as the instructions are virtually none and certainly no first time card maker would understand them. I am not usually a buyer of kits much rather use my own ideas so think I will be using all the bits and pieces in my own way.
You can probably just see in the top left corner some granny squares, these have been made with the wool left over from my grandson's blanket, I am putting it to good use and will crochet them  together to make a blanket for a African/refugee programme.

Someone who was glad to see me return to my desk was my cat QC and soon made herself at home on the computer desk.

As I end this post must just include this that has come through, my grandson ready to start his new school this morning. 11 years old where did the years go?