WOYWW 643 29th September

 This week has been a very difficult one for me and Barney, on Thursday I had to make the decision to put my beloved cat to sleep. She hadn't been well for a while and it was the kindest thing to do. She had been part of my life for 16 years. Barney and I miss her terribly. 

Introducing her to Morse in 2005

A small part of my mojo has come back in that the work table has made an appearance. I have been finishing off the bottle lights. Decided to paint them in the end for coverage.

 

Now the table is in place watch this space as the dreaded 'C' is only round the corner.

Another item I have made this week is this. (Don't look for the mistakes as knitting with dark wool at night is becoming impossible for this aging lady! Hopefully the first of many if only to use my wool stash up. Mittens to follow.

So being Wednesday I am off to my knitting/sewing group. We are now allowed to all sit together as many of our covid rules have been dropped. Even our infections didn't rise over the summer period which is very surprising considering the number of holiday makers that were here. Thankfully we now have our 'corner of enchantment' back for the residents. 

Now to link up with our host for WOYWW Julia at https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/  if you wish to know what all this is about just follow the link and perhaps join us one Wednesday. 

Ani

 

WOYWW 14th September 2021

 Wow 2 weeks of September gone already. 

I have started to get some of my mojo back this last week, firstly someone gave me some bottles and miniture lights to go inside them to make some Christmas lamps. They were purchased last year but because of lockdown and no Christmas fair weren't used. The bottles took some cleaning and the transfers they gave me are rub on ones that have lost their rub on over lockdown. It will be a trip to the Chinese store to see if they have any stickers to decorate them.

Another craft I have been seeing on the internet is the crochet wind spirals, found some patterns on  You Tube and by taking a bit from one pattern and a bit from another think I think I have sussed the perfect pattern now.

Not easy the hold up and take the photo yourself.

Thought it was going to be a little cooler now we are into September but not really, we had a few drops of rain yesterday. Happened to be the day my daughter came to see me but whats it matter, we managed to have a lovely lunch out and a good natter. I am so pleased she is enjoying her life in Spain and has settled into the Spanish way of life.  

That's it from me tonight I am on my way to bed now. Hope you have a good week and I see I can link up with https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/before I go to bed, one less thing to do in the morning. 

WOYWW 640 8th September 2021

 Good morning ladies,

I really must get my mojo back and start making some cards. I thought this last week but temperatures have risen again into the mid 30's, so I need the fans on and fans and card making don't go hand in hand. 

I am off to my handicraft group this morning, at least we have been able to meet since the spring, 4 round a table now we can have a row of tables so we are all together. Will take some photos this week to show the crafts that people are doing.

Hey I managed to visit all last week and comment on all I could register still have trouble with Mary Ann.

Have a good week sorry not photos but nothing on my work desk.

Ani

WOYWW 639

 Good morning Ladies, well I woke up this morning to rain yes rain bliss.

Still not much going on craftwise in this household. 

I have finished the blanket and another item for the charity bag to go back to the uk when my daughter drives back. 

                         

Sorry but that is it for this week short, very short and sweet I need to go out in the rain!

Looking to join up with Julia and the rest of you at https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/

Saw this on fb and thought it was funny.

WOYWW 638

 Good morning, At last some respite from the hot and humid weather. Not much to show again but I am doing a wee bit of knitting/crocheting. When looking in my stash for wool came across these squares so decided to sewing together and hey presto another blanket, will take it with me to my knitting group this morning and finish off the border. Do hope I can find someone going to the UK shortly who will take all my charity knits. Only wish I could find somewhere in Spain for them all. 

I am still working on the other blanket yes same colours/wool must have been a bargain lot when I purchased it. It has grown another two or three rows.

And finally the moon this morning I look at the mountains and see the moon on its way to bed, then look at the sea to see the sun rising. Except today it is cloudy over the sea and the sun is behind them.

Have a lovely week, and if you are wondering what this is all about, then just go to visit Julia at Stamping ground to discover this great bunch of people. 

WOYWW 637 18th August 2021

 Good morning from a sweltering Spain.

No desk or work to show this week and below is the reason  why. Just too hot to do anything no cooking, cleaning etc. Hopefully temperatures will begin to fall this next week. The trouble with living on the coast is the high humidity.

QC says hi it's been a while since she has sat by the computer. She is now over 16yrs and is certainly feeling the heat this year. Only goes out about 10pm for a wander then back inside.

So that is me for this week weather permitting there will be something to show next week. Sorry ladies.

Hope you all have a good week.

WOYWW 636

 Good morning ladies,

Not much on my desk again this week, it is just too hot to work and very hot temperatures forecast again from today. I have done some more of the jigsaw as that is under my ceiling fan and along with a standing fan I can stay cool. Note the talcume powder top right corning I had to put in on my arms and hands because the pieces kept sticking to me. I laugh sometimes at all the cosmetic goods that are involved in craft making, from baby wipes to makeup sponges and even shaving foam.

A little more crocheting has taken place but again it is too hot. Sorry the photos are great but taken early this morning and it isn't light here until 7.15am Yes that's my morning coffee.

Will now go to join our host Julia atstamping ground if you want to see what WOYWW is all about then just follow the link.

WOYWW 635

 4th August

Hello Ladies, I am now back home for a few weeks. It is so lovely to see my daughter and son in law so often now that they are living in Spain. Although 2 hours away from me it is nothing on our roads around here. I suddenly realised she is the only family I have now and we were slowly drifting apart with only one visit per year. They are really settled here and love their new life in the sun.

And boy has it been in the sun this last month. 

So the reason why we are here WOYWW well in my case nothing much so what's new I hear you ask, but I have been doing a little crocheting a new single bed cover but using up wool I already have and of course the jigsaw.

This brings back memories of childhood reading. I thought it would be easy but no unless I am losing my experience at jigsaws.

This crocheting doesn't seem to grow fast but then there are 175 to a row and perhaps with the heat it is a good thing.

I really must start to think about the C word this time last year I had them all done thanks to lockdown. This year nada.

Life moves on here in Mojacar but we wonder if things will ever get back to the normal we had. Lots of Spanish holiday makers around but not many British and of course our cases are on the increase. We can only be careful and sensible and hope for the best.

Now to join with the famous WOYWW that our dear friend Julia runs, (that's if I can remember how. I have been reading your contributions over the last few weeks but it isn't easy on my little phone and commenting with my fat fingers nearly impossible. Call me old fashioned but I do like my desktop.

WOYWW 629

 Here as promised Julia reporting for duty, but haven't got much to show. 

My table this week is littered with photographs that I am sorting out. This is something I have been meaning to do for over 20 years since I moved to spain, The albums were purchased in the uk and have remained in their plastic covering ever since but not any more. I have promised all the photos to my daughter so she can have a laugh at how things used to be.

I am still making the teddys and have completed a drawstring bag for each one.

I will keep making them in the hope I will be able to find someone returning to the UK by car and will transport them for me. Also it is a great way of using oddments of wool and they are so easy to knit. 

Below are some photos of work done by members of our Wednesday knitting/sewing group.

We are truly a gifted bunch of ladies and now that people are slowly returning to their holiday homes we are welcoming back some members we have not seen for over 18 months. Today 14 of us will sit down for our summer lunch, slowly things are returning to normal. Oh and after this weekend our face masks will be no more, only in exceptional circumstances ie supermarkets, hospitals, etc.

So along with the weather picking up life is good. Hope it is for all of you.

WOYWW 12th anniversary

 Sorry no desk from me still at my daughter's enjoying the sun and pool.

Just wanted to wish you all a great 12th anniversary and to say to Julia thank you for allowing me to be part of this great family.

When I return home will send ATC's to people I have addresses for even though I can't really join in today. 

WOYWW 623

 Good morning, sorry no desk this morning as at the weekend I made full use of our borders opening and went to say with my daughter who moved to Spain in February this is only the first time time I have her new home since viewing it with her.

I have plenty to do and brought both the crocheting projects with me along with some of the books featured in my last blog.

Breakfast calls sitting out in the sun.

Hope this comes through OK as it is from my mobile. 

WOYWW 622 5th May 2021

Buenas tardes, 

A little late today but didn't arise until 8.30am and have to be out of the house for my knitting group by 9.30am. So before I prepare my lunch here is what I have been up to over the past week. Not a great deal.

My teddy family is increasing and will be soon taking over if I don't find an outlet for them.

Looking into doing some crocheting but can't make up my mind if to do the browny granny throw ready for next winter, or the single bed cover also for next winter. Both patterns are from Attic 24.

I have also sorted some summer reading as the weather is slowly becoming summery. The wine makes a good book end, wonder how long it will be there, was a present from a friend.

That is me for today not much going on but hey something is better than nothing. 

Saying that my garden looks good!

Now to link up with Julia at https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/ and see what the rest of you have been up to over the past week.

WOYWW 621 28th April 2021

 Good morning ladies another beautiful day here in spain. Firstly the moon Monday evening and second sunrise this morning. 

Now the reason why we are here, my mojo hasn't really returned since the  Christmas holidays, so I have been crafting items that don't need a great deal of thought like my little 'Teddies for Tragedies'. The only thing now is I have to find a way to get them back to the UK. Postage is out of the question from Spain as it will require tax payable and as no one is coming to visit so I can't ask people to take them back to post. Hopefully by next month we may see some holiday makers returning.

Even the jigsaw hasn't progressed much but I am not giving up on it and will finish it think this must be the most difficult one I have ever attempted.

I am off to my sewing/knitting group in about an hour, we are allowed 4 to a table inside and 6 outside but it is a little cold to be working outdoors. The bar owner is very co-operative and places two tables of 4 with another one of 2 in the middle of them so we don't have to shout (we make enough noise anyway).

Have a good week and I will see if I can find my mojo for this coming week. 

Now to link with Julia https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/ and read what you have all been up to.

WOYWW 619 14th April 2021

 Guess what, I'm actually due to get my covid jab on Friday morning, have to go to a nearby town for it though. Apparently it is all done by drive-through. Wind your window down, jab in the arm, wait 15 minutes and away you go. My next one will be 7th May.

Again not much crafting done over the last two weeks, my table contains a jigsaw not the easiest one I've attempted. 

Some other items I have been making to use up some of my wool stash are these 'Teddies for Tragedies'. 

Noticed my amaryllis hasn't done well this year think it will need dividing and repotting after flowering.

2021 

2020This was last year quite a difference!

Perhaps it's felt the effects of lockdown.

At least my jasmine is beginning to flower, I have four of these plants, they have been in bud for about a week but think the weather has been to cold for them to flower before.

So that has been my week coffee and lunches out with friends, some knitting, some gardening. 

We are still confined to our regions so have yet to go and see how my daughter and her husband have settled in. One upset they have had, they brought their 18 year old cat with them from the UK and 10 days ago it went missing and no sign of it. 

Now to link up with Julia and the rest of the WOYWW crowd at https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/

Hope all of you in the UK enjoy your freedom, but please stay safe.

WOYWW 617 31st March 2021

 Hello all, I'm back, from where you may well ask, the answer nowhere actually. Can't believe my last post was 610. 

What have I been doing over these weeks, not much crafting. My daughter and her husband are now settled here in Spain, what a time to move countries. Their furniture has arrived after much asking for this paperwork and that paperwork then being told they would have to pay 21% tax on it. No it didn't happen. I haven't been to see them yet as we are on communidad (county) lockdown, they have been to see me and we made the trip into Almeria city for their official residencias. 

I finished the jumper I was knitting, Don't know what happened to the colour but is it a minty pastel green colour. It has been washed and worn a number of times.

Next a friend lent me a jigsaw and I really enjoyed doing it. The pieces were quite thick and I have never used a picture so much to do a jigsaw. It was a scene from Central Park. The bottom picture is the picture of the jigsaw and I am sure I took a photo of the finished jigsaw but can't find it! I did finish it honestly.

Next on my agenda was some Easter chicks. When knitted in previous years the Cadbury's egg fitted in the body, not any more. I had to modify and put the egg in the head! Everything is shrinking wish I was. 

So that is my last 7 weeks in a few sentences, hopefully will be back to normal from now on.

I have noticed our roads are very quiet well the three or so we have. Let's hope it stays that way until after the weekend, as I don't fancy going into lockdown yet again.

A Happy Easter to you all. 

Now to link up with Julia@stamping ground that's if my membership hasn't been cancelled.