LETS GO ROUND AGAIN …….. woyww

Sorry not a desk in sight, I’m to busy arranging the stunning flowers

I received from Gemma and her team at Barnados Vintage shop in Cheadle.

On Sunday we dropped off a car full of our vintage clobber for

them to sell.

They wasted no time in getting them steamed and on the

shop floor.

Some have been donated because they no longer fit and some

because my style has changed. I’ve still the shoes, bags, knitwear

and coats to go through.  

The dapper chap is also working his way

through his stash of clobber.

In the meantime I’m off to practice walking up and down

stairs, without tripping up, in the preloved boho festival skirt

that I picked up at The Vintage Emporium on Sunday.

If I keep ending up in a tangle it’ll be making its way to you Vix.

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We love the fact that our collection of vintage clothes find

new homes and don’t end up in landfill.

We bought them ourselves from vintage fairs, trader friends and

charity shops and here they are going round again.

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I’ll be back at my desk properly next week, promise.

A full on weekend …..

Saturday was full on clearing out the wardrobes of all clobber that either didn’t fit

or hadn’t been worn for a couple of years.

As a reward for our efforts we had tea in the pub with our best friend Sue before the

long awaited gig at Bury Met of one of our favourite bands.

It was fantastically organised and we felt at ease and comfortable throughout.

The show was streamed live around the world and in the theatre we were seated

at tables with drinks brought to us.  There were a few tiered seats but in total I

counted only 60 people.  Normally I think it holds over 300.  We did wonder

how they could make it pay.  Maybe the artists are just glad to be working again

and do it at a reduced rate.

The show was brilliant and we left on a high.

It was nice to come out and it still be warm and light outside.

We bumped into a workmate who I hadn’t seen for some

20 years. It was good to see you Michelle and nice to hear

you read my blog. Thank you.  I’ll dig out some photos of us.

Here’s the wandering welders other wife Sue, our friend of

almost 40 years.  It’s great to restart our Three Amigos trips

out again.

We had an early start on Sunday as we had to get the car loaded

up with all our destash clobber to donate to Barnados Vintage

Charity Shop in Cheadle.

The manager, Gemma, said she would open the shop specially

for us.  Honestly, it would be a much better world if there were more folk

like Gemma around. She is so passionate and dedicated to her work.

What an asset she is to the charity,

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Sometimes you’ve just got to let things go.

Then again I have had some outfits for years and all preloved,

bought from charity shops, vintage traders or gifted to me.

It’s the best sort of recycling.  I donate to the vintage charity shop.

They get an extra 25p from the government for every pound raised.

Vintage traders among other folk will buy the clothes, then they will sell

them on.  Round and round it goes.  Happy days.

After dropping everything off we headed over to see goddaughter

Amy and boyfriend Dylan in their new home in Wilmslow, then

we all drove over to Pear Mill Vintage Emporium in Stockport.

There’s over 70 traders in the mill and it was all very organised

with folk adhering to the one way system.  It was nice to be back.

There was even time for coffee and cake in the Vintage Tearoom,

although we did notice that all the usual board games were missing.

I was hoping to give Philip a whopping at domino’s.  Last time

we were there he thrashed me at the game after saying he’d never

played before.

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So that was the weekend.

As much as I enjoy what we do, there’s something to be said

for the quieter days of lockdown. 

Toe tapping only please

See this face, it’s not smiling that’s because it missed booking tickets for

an online talk coming from National Trust property, Gawthorpe Hall

at Padiham, near Burnley, Lancashire which is not far from us.

I thought this’ll be interesting and a change from the football.

They have a rare collection of shoes from the 18th to the 20th century and

are looking at the techniques for decorating them, what they would have

been worn with and how changing fashions affected footwear of each period.

Oh well not to worry.  I can always sit and admire my own

collection of boots and shoes.

 and count how many pairs and colours of jelly shoes I’ve got


Have you ever thought about the origin of jelly shoes.  It’s not what you’d think.

Here’s a link to Wikipedia all about them.

THE ORIGIN OF JELLY SHOES

That got me thinking about the origin of Mary Jane shoes.

The comfiest shoes ever.

THE ORIGIN OF MARY JANE SHOES

I’ll be wearing something a bit more stylish on Saturday night.

We’ve got a date with one of our favourite bands.

There’ll be no dancing, just lots of toe tapping.

At least we will be able to wiggle in our seats and sing along.

Well I hope we can sing along, unless it’s like church where you’re

not allowed.  Confused ?  so am I.

2017 with My Darling Clementine lead singers.

Here’s a you tube video of them.

(I think you’ve listened along before Annie)

MY DARLING CLEMENTINE VIDEO

Have a good weekend everyone.

Keep smiling but no singing in the streets please

unless you’re a rowdy football fan of course.

Lynn

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Good morning desk hoppers

This week I’ve found a use for an old sales ledger I’ve had for

some time.  I’m using it to keep fabric samples in, pieces of collage

and I’m going to use it as a sketchbook as well.

It dates back to 1930 and is from the estate of the late

Mrs Sarah Wood.  It appears that she owned several properties

around the Yorkshire area.  The book is a record of the rental income

and expenses of her company.

Rents ranged from £9.15 shillings a month to £21.5 shillings & one penny.

During Monday’s textile society zoom meeting we talked about

creating layouts with a grid.  I’ve used the app PhotoGrid. 

Crikey, I went down a right rabbit hole with that one and

couldn’t stop once I got started.

This one was made with an image of some sari silk ribbons

I have in a basket.

I’ve used one image 12 times, turning it round and round

and using different filters.

On Monday night I did an online zoom sketch class.

We packed such a lot into an hour and at the end of it,

it was amazing to see what we had achieved through a series

of exercises that lasted anything from 30 seconds to eight minutes.

I was pretty chuffed with myself and have signed up for another.

Isn’t zoom amazing, I’m getting the hang of it now.

Then off I went down the rabbit hole again with digital pattern

repeats, this time starting with the flower in this drawing.

Come and drag me out of the hole before next Wednesday

won’t you please.

Thanks for popping by

Lynn

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Don’t mention it ……

Saturday rolled in with sunshine and a visit from goddaughter Olivia,

her boyfriend George and her mum. We sat in the garden, chatted, drank tea and

had a good catch up. It was great to hear that Olivia starts her first job after graduating.

She will be working in a lab for a large construction organisation, testing soil and water to

examine if sites are fit for building on. It’s not something I’ve ever thought about,

but I guess it makes sense. You can’t just start whopping housing estates, office

blocks and industrial units up willy nilly can you.

Late afternoon my sister arrived for an overnight sleepover after bringing

Mum home from a four week stay in Oxford with her. It’s only the

second time I’ve seen Jill since October.

Sunday morning, along with friend Jane we headed down to Healey Dell

Tearooms for breakfast.  I had a tasty vegetarian full English.  It’s

not something I’d normally do or have, but I could get used to it.

We had such a nice relaxed catch up.

LINK TO HEALEY DELL TEAROOMS

As we left folk were turning up for a Fathers Day barbecue.

Once Jill had headed off back to Oxford, I took Mum to buy

a new vacuum cleaner then headed back home to feed and water

the hanging baskets and do a bit of weeding.

The baskets are from Simon aka The Plant Dude on Bacup Market.

They are so pretty and coming into their best now.

Let’s not talk about the garden parasol that had to go back after we waited in

three days on a run. Or the ongoing saga of the new electric meter we’ve been

waiting for since November. And don’t mention the crackling telephone line, let

alone the hole in the lane that gets bigger by the day.

This cheeky chap is also doing his best to wind us up by eating

all the bird food.

The pussy willow we rescued is thriving and will be moved into a

larger pot soon and I’m so pleased with the new hydrangea.

Monday and it’s cold enough for layering up today’s outfit and for me

to put my thick tights back on.

This morning I’ve had a zoom meeting with the textile group ladies.

We chuckled, chatted, exchanged ideas and been given a project for

August if we want to do it.

I found a use for this Sales Ledger, dated 1930. I’m filling it

with fabric and paper samples I’ve worked on, along with sketches

and bits and pieces that take my fancy.

Tonight I’m taking part in a zoom drawing class with London

based Molly Martin who I did the Repair Workshop with last week.

I’ll have to admit to liking the new interests and online events

that the forced lockdown of 2020/1 has brought me.  

I’ve always been an advocate for never being to old to learn

new things.  So as I approach getting my pension in August,

I say bring it on.  Who knows what I’ll get upto next.

See you Wednesday 

Hope you’ll bring the sunshine with you and thank you for popping by.

Lynn 

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