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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