tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42384857407416912024-03-26T17:16:06.327+00:00ONE I MADE EARLIER TODAYONE I MADE EARLIER TODAY BY LYNN HOLLAND
Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.comBlogger2230125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-48749425728394359402023-08-30T09:17:00.001+01:002023-08-30T09:35:53.613+01:00 Woyww - Eeh! August you’ve been a busy month <img id="id_cf5d_edd0_c50e_2b1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-zl5EUuxSsU_Y3yAWiOv--Nrb__Vrox1seXYRKZOVWrLgtGOXLXEcU45K0IgLJxWJPzeU_zEet-oLLXATHsRflXdN8M" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin: 4px auto; display: block;"><br>My August has been a busy month. Tomorrow I’ll finish my ‘Walk 31Miles In August’ charity walk for Maggies Cancer Centres. Then I am walking for Dementia UK throughout September. I’ve got new walking boots at the ready for that one.<div><br></div><div><img id="id_4314_d220_e157_c145" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-xIWo9U04IW9IHrNt_DH8RqFUG6PWe71N0_6Owwnhvqw9SR3GUFxYq-CkG8e1D-YiBsYKGCibQgnU-QvXfo-Ccgrwt6fw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>We’ve had two lovely breaks with different friends in the Lake District, one at our little caravan and one stay at the beautiful family run Clare House Hotel in Grange Over Sands. If I could live there I would, it’s so welcoming, relaxing and the food is some of the best I’ve ever eaten.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_91f1_89ae_4058_afe9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-w7cmEFfyWbFTiothhyLtPZrDh24OLtqNenI6KfL9xmMhS8hSK6Q71izRUwcoUPelTbCACXES8eNzX7n_VkLuQarR_bQQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.clarehousehotel.co.uk" id="id_83b0_6151_2ad9_b306">LINK TO CLARE HOUSE HOTEL</a><br></div><br><img id="id_9da7_63bd_d029_a17e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-yIqdqXWmDWzL9RRKZns4IvBxLE-R1ZQybthVH9K9FymE_wGcxcN0fjo6Cod6n62EO7y2oMBFohzFj-GrPAUI2sNXBF" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_d5f5_89c0_8e2_ecaf" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-y_1C8tC43OEn9ADpf6696RUhedW0-H8pZw3FC_KbWNTQG5E1GlLj_1T875-02GH_lEEmorTfqRD0u_fscRjqRVtKOf0Q" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_ef7f_d957_8f92_bdac" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-yrXsaV4OSOg6nADzxbzDXqxYEhMyWvnHvezvX1IYt9xZ5raRJisIYp3WgiAFZk6NyxjvQxN-oIgwMppEbt4gH1AkTlsw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Lunch with best friend Sue </div><br></div><div><img id="id_3baf_387_616e_1384" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-yYOh6HEHgkzmIdWjjoG9C9jNevQW_jPyLGbDmwAJfDYzbZ8TsPfTsqBcPeLTm2lcUWkdY3FvG4mwIByX0_yA3KCQlbdg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br></div><div>It’s years since we visited the house and gardens at Holker Hall so we scheduled that into our plans during our Cumbrian break. It’s a grande place that is still a family home to the Cavendish’s. One of the guides told us that the family must have been playing billiards the night before as they found an empty wine glass. Everything in that room was large scale including the 16th century games table. </div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_353_a884_5b32_79ee" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-wZanHOPZdIut9Ain8b-uPtcur4Rzb5IKhsTaRoSROlGmdqW6iReY1C3rDhzqsCv11dcvZH_M7EKjcFpgdfzHZ3P1zriA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>The thing I loved best was all the textiles and patterns. In one room I counted ten different patterns of varying colours and designs. No minimalism or matching up in there and it all worked together.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_6dab_8b09_b683_d15" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-xvbwbTbLpqJ2DUBc0UQs2ruRmdGzJDt46WFkMlyXq6m6quqdv2VybYk4XhB-ljCsy4gVhmdjXOCIU0zZsEjevZdHyH" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_b447_dcab_8dd1_22f1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-whihJ-WNptqcf3B752TPoqED-UQOvX2rKABormOAHKl_6SJKwXOx-IOat1HQNgaaafKq1IEjSJ-lrgIvflhlQvedrggQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_d2c3_9df_174b_8804" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-xqt0CEYmLdax1u0lZdc1AsqFppwhxSOJDu3Dbk4tHZCVUbUq7hwJmQmTX0zLtogzAt0hUXJmC--Nd_dz5PnAl0Wxs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_901c_76c7_a7ed_dadb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-zVm_p4cTOBdXU1k_7sH0qgUbqn2xe8TGP3Tsachu_aqYU2pmB9lQ_HbRltSM6pscPdXuwdGUtOKGJZ4Cw93ohjBH4ZeQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_d702_2733_cb6d_e7e0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-zNWnG09mJM-Ec0ZAVOTbaEGSrheYlHjG3vm0ScE64Fk4wrVcO53OakenysEc0Fjkso31e-aqKC8KdXaFjl4XMimaVS4w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_e057_62f9_4ecc_7838" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-zb3DIL-lwhmHADoD-Ihn0GCVh9jGmAbqyZiqCRz2ueHYoo8bRGGZEMvF95QeNb49VCRbkcNY2FEBoNFVaRe5k4rYvlxg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_4cfa_5399_c052_5b4f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-yztPJXPPTd8BQsP4sBatuBPNOteTMDEH5ScAN1X2KZq9Ny1WF8r5h7pqOjL8cKddzqq1zzECFD_lVaUXZDhjBpQJutQg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_39d5_3683_63de_b2c6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-x8pIjS30NR17uZlA-TkE3L4VAHz_PcPyku1pv0sEHRFz0pmRaCfftP3G5JQXSjLoAeI21rJyMH-3dCiEBNZEfIhZkpng" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_1ebb_b144_ac01_12eb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-yMFG4MyYwPFZPxU__PfjyT5h3BBHpPWSd5jZtWVCxokk58Wn2xtO3RnbE5nXGcZEvwo_0vFArvfAHGHidj4OAk6CQuvg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_ce70_bc02_2d6c_ab26" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-xPRHdMaaHELrDm1cvqvsojxUuxkV-8Y5bL_dsHR9Q_asaPDtoZxvHvzzcObCs0nxX-ezLWUzwanD550kziuJC-fWRo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">In the library there were over 3000 books including this one </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_2a66_effc_c000_8ee7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-xalogOclOry2CfI3PNbHdnztFrzaKW42E6vYKZbwGg11evlHVUoPK8M-LneUT2oUxKJ8pWYyIJaLxxUpbOJzK1hCEdnA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Some shots of the gardens</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_cf76_a101_a17a_3cd4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-wkNKTQGWhEJEv5zp45oS1CGfRBSGLmFTH5QggpPSuNt79gBieUrEZK2ehDReNyKeFsf_UnYqES_l-uO4SpfqcXnFw3Sw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_544c_a4f2_a537_132a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-xi4TR-7mUADfpu85mhTw7LIqa4Di8EaxupSvOzufvuxPRXq91jn0o81zp4zn8BxHQ6cMaPy2AIUcPI2jJg1jfnunWOhg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_9ab_b4fb_a15d_1d62" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-xsmFz6-2XB3sxVQRev1XexkmKP4EUEwDag3ayH_vuyQNBP0kcTrX2JDd5aB9LFjG-nVLUv_RZ8E7MkrZDcBXNo6HL7cw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_efde_c66_91fb_b6f2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-x3Zphbc46ao79B1eZBU6yxqxns75PGC8fIPoP5CSP6Huh27xaLpf2fv_aaqkBh_u7qrlqhyOZNdECbFi4nkqovtJiB" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_afa4_32ac_aa02_8553" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-zLSgFkHtjaEFh5doZhNrd9qpm4o52YoEGeSnuudg5b_9otXDVNakLssVU-Q_54gJuLI6fSOCOx-hHGhwkThqIarMvR1Q" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Weird garden gnomes haha</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_cd95_68dd_3327_1042" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-zD52iVeKpVwmSyHA6A05z3xGE40xPlgEWjN4lwiwH389vWRP9qLk_N6ggTrtowUaxBYzLgEexKCduF35brN1TbJ74dgQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><a href="https://www.holker.co.uk/" id="id_5904_3d31_a6eb_8a01">LINK TO HOLKER HALL</a><br><br><img id="id_3d3e_e09e_bf4f_2808" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-y8JQleLAbCKGGOYVnHY7IK7W79OyB94cLlN5bS29peiukpx1tDilztKVZop3_0x9bxwKxwgcUZ7iVpnyYcAwmaaaioFQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>We’ve also had another trip aboard the steam train at the East Lancs Railway in Bury, Lancashire.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This time we did the fine dining evening. Good company, a four course meal and good wine for the drinkers amongst us.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_aafe_c3ee_dc7b_3ba1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-xC_7wRYp3xI_GS_9jYt3jDD9xybqRPSqUWhEF0WEQMUTskvDznormBZ4Evyx17rH7eyyo_nHrzbpVT9Nv3f2L6fNzjCQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_3961_a4e1_36bd_554d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-zlOv36Y8lErymHbi1OumcGsMBTxur_NaCPVdxGWG1z1H9rMFRunkFPPM8YiTOZeAKaVCj0FX0CbwQ7MNyKWDgjIKtnwA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>But the best thing about August is that my sister has at least moved five minutes</div><div style="text-align: center;">up the road to us from Oxford, after 15years away. The bad news is her furniture is still</div><div style="text-align: center;">in storage and will be until the house has been rewired, replastered and a new staircase fitted.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_47aa_aedf_4315_1358" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-xRrSdgHj2ILD1P_HiO9CHEiBBOlu8u5S-RdqzJeNASpobN1vDYEmxKffpPphUTw_cjnwilcOR9Ym8RuaxCsENgBNnoKA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>We can get through all that though because at the end of the day</div><div style="text-align: center;">at least she is home.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">So crack on Philip there’s tons of work for you to do.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_16c0_5a1c_16ac_ddf4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-wICBDEwimTADVr4diouuRGwBAnhBuWn7GZt8X0kIKj_51SK8BXrqGawviMb8q8MASAMdy6e61fXpWdCJusKinWYpv1Mw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Hope August has been kind to you all.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Who knows I may even get to my desk at some point in September.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_2359_ae98_7981_b453" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-w2VuRef9p_JyDGRJfxmx3iltD8DiOWyc6qryXPelf754CONd9GUQ8kc1p5RvKdX7hlb4Ve3WZbIYPa8dqFsxM1L-lrNg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><br><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-48254599238801708502023-08-09T08:59:00.000+01:002023-08-09T08:59:33.154+01:00WOYWW …… an accordion, a packet of crisp and a mile a day<img id="id_4d20_ccad_4475_61c1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-xvS4aBEGPZipR3TYZ4i4f3FCeh1w2PrriKiE1-4_-rKsdwxsOZ5kSYBQTsUoOCjyBj_H5ZVIm-r9Tl2wUlIaC3ldPbnw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">No craft desk again this week because I’ve been</div><div style="text-align: center;">concentrating on the start of my Walk 31 Miles in August</div><div style="text-align: center;">for Maggies Cancer Centres.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_29e_588c_c0a_44bb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-ztHdrFhyKxWSfzlW6iU4P_R2X-ehBfRTJ14BWWew-tlBFSU65wdvXXO83qt6c44oAqQeXjxdSEF4T_709iEWBTEmCk0w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I’m having great fun and it’s so nice to get</div><div style="text-align: center;">out in nature every day.</div><br><img id="id_99b3_168b_67d1_6b6f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-yxfu_imvaTvg6gDVPnS3fKNgAZiG8RhQtOFCrGN4pLHRRXz6D3oHNXPz_Hvjbedj3QBGFjY81YzNm8D1WfnAwBphMnuA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Here’s a few collage of my first week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_7c82_1a46_9182_2cf6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-y2tHXNOvGFQqS-WjpoFm47OoGMmhByWjaP1rdaRFrS_pbYL6m8nglBOvslyoYQLYDaAc0G-TndawzOAf2rx4I3df7w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Sunday I was taken out for the day by</div><div style="text-align: center;">my best friend Sue for my birthday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_f69_1c02_6512_e8bb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-xvjRk9lBn2DtdIVRKR8l3tXCYLatcbInzioqcshL1tdGYVIJFbDd2-ZtKItd9OVmDB69wY9ypz6tmlSmlNtOzpZwmsLA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Then I did a quick dash home to change into my Maggies</div><div style="text-align: center;">charity T-shirt and off I went again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_802f_6fe0_1be2_14" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-zn5ooDLylz754L1HmsOOA-hlp31kqXYasNU5qX9rSNL3DjSwMC_3OqkbYTGA4UEvmVgcJouSHCmiU29lEWfCOEpBlG" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Walking around our local reservoir and waterski centre</div><div style="text-align: center;">is 1.5 miles and is a beautiful walk.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_201c_7c6_6599_6c14" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-wdJvJytk8hoC7MnWjQow5emkxYsQk_8nRD8G9EPoof5I0IrNA3D0c5un-no4kBu6OFH5BP4qtJwB4VCpepjZPMIth_" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">How many folk can see say they bumped into an accordion</div><div style="text-align: center;">playing ex football player while out on their walk. Not</div><div style="text-align: center;">many I’d bet haha.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">On Monday I found a packet of Quavers and five minutes later</div><div style="text-align: center;">found a tinfoil wrap of sandwiches. Eh up I thought, I only need</div><div style="text-align: center;">a drink and a biscuit and I’ll have my lunch.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Someone’s rucksack must have been open and they had fallen</div><div style="text-align: center;">out. Poor thing, imagine sitting down ready for your picnic after</div><div style="text-align: center;">a long walk, only to find you’d lost it all.</div><br><img id="id_74cc_fb3e_b87c_a542" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-zvC_xrtii1UBG3oorxCRQpqiWr7MgQVaZ-ExDY545lDcFWQh_szHFxgdBHXM6ZhaU5zjC-xDpaiGS5mflwD2qQJgMX" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Well here’s me ready for another outing. I’ll be joined</div><div style="text-align: center;">by my friend Jane today, wonder what we will encounter</div><div style="text-align: center;">this time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Saying hello to all Julia’s desk hoppers and hoping you</div><div style="text-align: center;">have a good week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2023/08/what-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-740.html?m=1" id="id_7e95_cfd2_e023_bc90">link to What’s On Your Workdesk Wednesday </a><br></div><br> Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-51939019752048514492023-08-02T09:00:00.001+01:002023-08-02T09:24:44.543+01:00Woyww ….. petticoats, books and Pippa Dee<div><br></div><div><img id="id_509f_616_f7f9_408d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-x5g4knyLkPfJR3FYo7LttEbzoZqq7rxGEOVzF3_9hFVVsNiKuw6kJFpTlLvaVdBucbfh7XyAw6DZLavq4CtfWCoFtyhA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><br>Where is the year going, July sped by and my sister is still not back up north with us. If you’ve followed along, you may remember that she took the decision to move from Oxford back home after 15 years. The house she chose to buy in March looks now like it might be hers within the next week or so. Poor girl has had her furniture in storage and been living in Airbnb’s for weeks. She’s a bit like Alan Bennett’s ‘Lady In A Van’.<div><br><div style="text-align: center;">I was determined to start working through my book pile</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_a76b_d46_a86b_f3bd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-ytWT_kN1BYpqhfZaDwww8G0rdpuTxqhw7myBJiN98CPnEFK7smbvYlGR88ByvMFj50kRiaFGwAUGm19iJU3Qf8dLGDEg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin: 4px;"><br><br>but got sidetracked when I found these two books on</div><div style="text-align: center;">the New Books stand at our local library.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_dc3d_63b9_bd34_1ac1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-yQfPd8cKEpvoi6hayw5BitNqCmVGV828GaV3chs6w4xLcTgex1xcv5hYVOLKR1-i9TLtYRp02Dp9eDsQJr3KxzNWWC" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Couple In The Photo, was a good read. A thriller and a</div><div style="text-align: center;">new author to me,<br><br><img id="id_df66_605e_2b0b_f6ce" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-yOKkS60WJJycPcVbAVoUz44PpCHnilPZC2u9TCKX_vXQmAAWtQWchvOESJhlkNw-T12Cmnpwu-xm7-n8GYnvaz0oUwtA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>On my desk there has been some action. I started a new</div><div style="text-align: center;">project. The Travelling Petticoat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_a34d_e121_59dc_a2fe" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-wakVQ5j5XCx6rPXIFPLD9lgZmB2Z5CAhVf2BdAbuMpkLzkS0Wsx9anjMhMqyWntc4bUcg32jsmEaO9_JA1PWM3bE9yiQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>This vintage petticoat is making its way around the country.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Members of my textile group will each add a piece of their own</div><div style="text-align: center;">stitchwork before passing it on. Eventually it will go to members</div><div style="text-align: center;">in America, Portugal and Australia. Eventually it will come</div><div style="text-align: center;">back to me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_89af_4c52_552f_f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-yZ-91GSkcl-ojj4y8rSaumvzsgIifgrNe4iOvvxAbtmifg97vmunQBo4udRLyTgKo5EIejStm4qOXHGtVOISGa9_-Uvg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Do you remember the clothing company from the 70’s ‘Pippa Dee’</div><div style="text-align: center;">They operated in a similar way to Tupperware, house parties held</div><div style="text-align: center;">by self employed housewives. I went to one held at my aunt’s house</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I bought this silk bra and knicker set and wore it as a bikini</div><div style="text-align: center;">on my first holiday abroad with a friend.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I’m creating a book about clothes that hold memories for me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It’ll take the form of photos, textiles and script. I’ve got a story about</div><div style="text-align: center;">a beautiful full length emerald halter neck dress I bought my Mum when</div><div style="text-align: center;">I started work. She wore it for a night at the casino with dad and their friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_310a_fe15_1f35_9bd8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-wtItkQyAZ2nb66ed95z0TCv0H4a2VwCPoujTFkWDLkd_5Z9fGwuVEnR_ft-eXOb_IsTGEcKLH3R2sdLznz76uGzpr6bQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>And a story about this dress bought for my little sister from a</div><div style="text-align: center;">posh children’s market stall. She loved it and was even happier</div><div style="text-align: center;">when the most popular girl in the class had the same dress on.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_df66_eb2f_4d6_7b48" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AITFw-yNd22yrZisAgGXOKNwTbHr5iP9gSjyQ8MlFvH31lSC8oDXwAPk7WKht2Bx0bUGwecAvNIHBB80FgliMMmkm7tzyFZL" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">That’s all for now folks.<br>Hope all Julia’s lovely desk hoppers are well.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for letting me pop in and out of the group.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">See you soon</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn</div><div style="text-align: center;">X<br><br><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2023/08/what-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-739.html?m=1" id="id_7135_2eed_8bc7_a479">LINK TO WHATS ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY </a><br><br><br><br></div><br></div>Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-23735489369938343622023-07-05T08:37:00.001+01:002023-07-05T08:51:12.361+01:00WOYWW - June you’ve flown by<img id="id_8e21_7416_fce8_b93d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pU2LTtYb-tGl5b0yBj_P7tRI9yTwvJZ-UxUTdSkmnyVqjEJCHEe_PwNE1WLHMcKbRzwMI22-bQYwrAjvSAjo_po1No" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 449px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">I can’t believe I’ve written three blog posts in as many days,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I have.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">June has flown by in a whirl of activity like the rest of the year</div><div style="text-align: center;">so far.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see we’ve been on the steam train again. This time</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was a Murder Mystery Trip with the theme</div><div style="text-align: center;">Strictly Come Dying’</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was brilliant fun but we all agreed we were more the bumbling</div><div style="text-align: center;">detectives than Poirot. We were absolutely useless, despite Trish</div><div style="text-align: center;">doing her best to solve who’d done it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_5312_8581_2c7a_bdd3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81oBLrCir4Ts14bweH114EIDJO81fcx5_lCk-OJJ9kma8Axmlam1bz0iBeCAjHfCbr-iWAvJyBxdPIJh9-R7a43dBL3Q1A" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 485px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Back on a more normal train last week but one with lovely</div><div style="text-align: center;">views. We went from Grange Over Sands to Lancaster via</div><div style="text-align: center;">Arnside & Silverdale in Cumbria.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Friends had asked us if we would join them in their 25th</div><div style="text-align: center;">wedding anniversary celebrations. Well not one to turn down</div><div style="text-align: center;">an invitation, we spent two nights in our favourite hotel Clare House</div><div style="text-align: center;">in Grange Over Sands, Cumbria.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_4349_c1_982b_3703" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81q_BdqMTdbjRlmIMYs-2_XfXUhUR1JdF5Oi9M7lbOwOStpp7X9irHA1dFU6sDBB-aDGTDOd_x5WoekG3dIkepedRO1xkA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">So I’ve not been near my work desk and it’s not likely I will</div><div style="text-align: center;">be this week either as we have brought Mum upto the Lake District</div><div style="text-align: center;">for a little holiday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_f293_c85e_5338_fad7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81ovEDte1nPb5j25osWq-udC3ZTgfEI3nyd0pB8d7GwZVFzxnER2Tt5FCy45Ucymyjs1ht7eiviZAZ0igA101B1AAHXx" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_d002_23c3_5084_9da" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81oWarY1vnHsQUKjdcg4p_e_oHG_oizlyGVXzKyJ6LHPt85PXi-AtPTB8HekYSO5_qqpVuB8gdgXPzW6crJQLuDzv3lx1A" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>On the way up we stopped off for lunch at Ingleton and I</div><div style="text-align: center;">asked the Wandering Welder if I could have this gorgeous</div><div style="text-align: center;">French market basket as an early birthday present. I may</div><div style="text-align: center;">have to go back for another in a different colour way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_f280_61ea_74f8_7038" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81psR5ro3qjtt0R9q8mJZTeQZJzTrlI6N9ScjNei71mbnOx7urkI05_noEqTLpwsC0paoxScK23x98yHWohyt8v4mYjGqg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>There’s plans to meet friends at the amazing Buddhist Temple</div><div style="text-align: center;">and gardens near Ulverston and maybe a walk along the</div><div style="text-align: center;">prom if the weather is kind to us.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_4a2c_15b_5113_7ec1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rtODHij2PVkblxAWLmLFLODCOO-SOTEKwrRW1Q9TwPtLeriFT-puohUUezgiQbRSk9U1Mc383wQx1PeqJbnmsm8QA6" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Another June day was spent helping my bestie choose a special</div><div style="text-align: center;">dress for her son’s wedding and afterwards celebrating with</div><div style="text-align: center;">lunch at a lovely garden centre near Clitheroe.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_36e7_235b_2ba2_9fbe" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qSumvbtAowOpUrCnIkmZLUnowJAuNUqFxEzccnIcNqdwgn6qJ5brpho69mRBL4XV3_tH_u0vrYnBVrdrg8CMz8mwWm" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Wishing all Julia’s Workdesk Wednesday pals a happy creative</div><div style="text-align: center;">week. Hopefully I’ll have worked on something by next week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_c87_a74f_4772_1d00" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81p25QFsWaO3xhK_92Yxg4kbFxVPNfCF8RXIC7sr6mZeIIvbNyn353J1GQK4rJcqDRlr97uJnIaLvI2FCqZNd9T5L0Hz" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>See you soon </div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn xx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here’s a link to what we got upto at the weekend</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://oneimadeearliertoday.blogspot.com/2023/07/eeh-we-had-grand-day-out.html" id="id_f90_b8cb_3177_c817">Saturday at Sunny Bank Mill PART 1</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><a href="https://oneimadeearliertoday.blogspot.com/" id="id_8161_7a2f_dcb7_b267" target="_self">Saturday at SunnyBank Mill PART 2</a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div> Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-1145503163724446502023-07-03T09:00:00.001+01:002023-07-03T09:18:14.481+01:00A grand day out part two - The 62 Group Textile exhibition <br><br><img id="id_316b_cf1_f572_d725" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pk4XA0zXJu_3EQjbhyesPeeLVx5lc04YHkWfP6M8ViIBOPuCTMhy8vJqugfXuw1lt5l-ybbgH-8UcTC7HexbFMnzee6w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Stepping out of the magical performance of Hannah Lamb’s project</div><div style="text-align: center;">FRaGRMeNT of a DReSS</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_cab5_f307_d552_52bc" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qbcYPGTaL5n7Xtv93liZhiXF_xEygCv0muZ19_daQF9pSiWsFErNAr4svnZ0ctPYDulTY2h3pcAf9AbG5-Phnbu9lD1g" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">we made our way down the old mill steps of the Spinning mill attic rooms</div><div style="text-align: center;">to the Gallery in an adjoining bulding to view the ‘TAILORED’</div><div style="text-align: center;">exhibition created in partnership with Sunny Bank Mills</div><div style="text-align: center;">and The 62 Group of Textile Artist.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_581c_a023_9bcb_e0ac" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pgeE9_rAj6ztlZLtsFQj4nXjPLEpWf5ERXcfAG1-eExCfXyY4ZJiz128sJkCfKv93RNstwr6cgvlN4Muazh4o3r3AIKQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>What an amazing light space, perfect for the work on show,</div><div style="text-align: center;">with lots of room to walk round each exhibit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_1a57_a739_7e8a_727e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qeJOiD9mplXzXAK-3d7PsG8W6038q-UbDSLQm6YEKIM48CUmkrAJMCUuBNE70hlV4RLM8sgZKeLC6aXLWWJ2C17abn" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>The wandering welder was particularly taken with Lucy Brown’s</div><div style="text-align: center;">‘Brown Suit’. A one off tailored three piece suit comprising of a</div><div style="text-align: center;">jacket, short pencil skirt and a pair of trousers. Made by Lucy for</div><div style="text-align: center;">herself.<br><br>Sunny Bank Mills commonly produced cloth for suits. The exhibition</div><div style="text-align: center;">celebrates textiles and their place in the local community and</div><div style="text-align: center;">economy as part of 10 years of culture at the mill.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_1c78_5ac4_7eae_4a81" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rP2DnnQ617ZD4sSTOx9RM6MVq68sJ-Rx3e0bf-plHawNrzSxU5Krsy4mDRFGXQLOaM3arF9nt7Pg1czcdF_WvoapGI1Q" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Textile artist Ann Goddard, a favourite of mine, inspiration came</div><div style="text-align: center;">from two sources. Tailor birds who skilfully stitch leaves together</div><div style="text-align: center;">to camouflage their nests inside; and suiting fabric. A suit has been</div><div style="text-align: center;">deconstructed and the pockets reworked referencing the nests.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.62group.org.uk/artist/ann-goddard/" id="id_7820_894b_5b08_9334">MORE ABOUT ANN GODDARD</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_bc3c_ecd0_835a_c306" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81oHzZJflxdAouAP_Z5-nPkLXufIPnCawcHOkJXLLaUnpIXVy2xeCcvn-qDOpPK_n7tIhb-Q1X2JnmDfLp2EaF3M_VNv" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>A favourite piece for me was Hannah Lamb’s ‘Deconstructed Shirt’</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_fd79_149_f247_ed26" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qiotZS7AxTNbz1jvkdrLEN7kLy5kN-42OG2UP3Rrfe5iELZDXkNOA5KTmXbdPtETFD5NtDphLsianNSzbm8Gqpa_j15w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_ebd9_f532_12cf_ed98" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qonDrbCaiJGVqRjKpheU9aEi0PpL8n7wbszEvKs1jDgxn-54jTpjjtZM7NnrWG4sDtIy_GdhTN-pVUU86z3pOHpuRR-w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_70aa_ee93_9603_4214" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81ps9Cx_msJINrjYPZSDf5Q0pHNyWJ-LzsvyLrd5Z9cdu6N3meMZtz6gLMh7EJONiqWD2TUHp08rw6dSZg0aV9HJZ5Y2" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_6358_7e24_6b64_4aba" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81r-mULNvbz9WO0zuRY0zXefERFZioQlpmC4za6Wl77WPFOc167SGcQKeaHKSF90P38vQ3vbWdGTLcJqMj9t5NuRYyHL" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Sian Martin - repetitive and rhythmical stitching in the process of making</div><div style="text-align: center;">a tailored garment. Temporary tacking stitch to accurately mark lines through</div><div style="text-align: center;">layers of fabric.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_1afb_8b09_2dc5_5f40" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pGPkn3eyJ3YdDLDRgkq-3oSSmJQA13-eTOfvQtT1BMtMImYvSc9ye6QyE8B4maOkR7gYr8HmVqFMyNezrOW9jcGFGinQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Jae Maries - The weekend is over and it’s time to don your</div><div style="text-align: center;">armour plating and get professional.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_d4b2_cc9a_b5ba_74e5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qPXCiGE3OVJG4SZ8SBvHXAcM83KqYPKzAx6SuBw-fM5uW7lis6MpyZovU3mjnLhDW6GZUdSy2N5_6b8k83ENl4kGe8lg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Sue Stone - Muriel have had to stop work when she married,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but she never gave up tailoring.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_540_d550_1220_d92d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81ph2d_3-RE6pXfJC03fl3NXRw2wAA72yNY9xSCGwLuZLTBxdqvBQya_5jX7ODTXREOYQ_cqZ_8HVehkgAg-cSAX1aGYSQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Louise Baldwin - pieces together materials from the past. Parts of</div><div style="text-align: center;">an old drawer, a book cover, a decorative flower motif and uses simple</div><div style="text-align: center;">stitches, tacks and beads to mark out areas. Evokes a life pulled together</div><div style="text-align: center;">through its parts. Not exactly tailored but made to fit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_7728_1ead_9e3a_9bad" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81oVifQqSODJInLj_3_HlXFqR3YMx9L2qIlpblNllGrqc-8VZLhye73DiGEUAIBX55KkXqlMQ5VaHr5X-O2aCjQnAj_6" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Jane Walkley - a study of colour and pattern from the archives of</div><div style="text-align: center;">the mill in the 1800’s. Embracing worsted spinning and weaving.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_d296_ce4f_7ca4_69a0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pEfe0i1HHDFzFRVj5gfsaaSRaCGMWSz0O62u0vVkFzGxImX_5XOnq_6nWtvoWWQrSWUTGwZ0wow8sVV4N2PIMrb3zd" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Hannah White - sculpted form from thread and fabric</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_8baf_3f37_e124_831c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81q7Z_3hGmVhS5fjE44ZwAhTbSQNfB0VnsvhTQ9ANBZzu7tknc_OcTDS2vKn5Ghbdf4XAUFBY9Ik04xDJ_aaCq_YQFJmiA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Jennifer Smith-Windsor - Interlinings give a tailored garment form.</div><div style="text-align: center;">‘Inside - Out’ <br><br><img id="id_a926_306a_65d7_ab31" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81ooDIyU0sWVS_gidT9cyKFxAaBh4qqnvbUEptxMbQvuGpt2J77U7q1JTgAqnwcbh7RCLgsRk9f5g3k7myh634h5RP0CQQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Helen Davies - Intrigued by gym goers selfies showing off their</div><div style="text-align: center;">tailored bodies. Made from Yorkshire wool from the mill shop.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_9772_5c47_7e1b_420d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rM-8i2p_QTP7T2DdDB4ZaYdfycSNSM0XG6r5vV5hXzAheQExBKNhS8VjUDfL9eK1EAPBC6KMcf3jnQf6klqKlVGzbvKA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Two pieces by Ealish Wilson based on pattern creation and manipulation.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A herringbone textile designed with sewing pins and over five thousand</div><div style="text-align: center;">stitches <br><img id="id_63c5_8967_8c33_f4a9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81p1PTR3MFF0b7_WL95kRtwTmNZt340TnfTLRDASrpXXDKZCZN_s52jyYnJPOpNCuXFwEHDnQvtB3CuEYJ9Ulwyark_LUQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Helen Banzhaf - An embroidered neck piece</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_b03c_4d58_ca4e_69a2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pUFHPtk6tStFDNu75NNEvAFa5zuoTFQvkqaGWUAY-HSSD3cZ7KQ3tzQywFM1S_A_zCBHOXIKsY_hVnIaisVx08Gs9_rA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>There was a lot more to explore as well as the gallery shop which</div><div style="text-align: center;">is also a good place to sit and have a coffee and cake as well as a browse.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_524f_4995_75d0_b826" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rFNIzdy90yNfTNz2arPoGdlOJCWN8UEB4EGPqbXE72T1z5D7Y5gR5-jw8fmwhmK-ox9WBqjAzi1S8Cad7jXwaGY54d3Q" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>We will be going again and booking on the Archives tour</div><div style="text-align: center;">which has a unique collection of 180 years of cloth produced</div><div style="text-align: center;">at the mill since it was founded in 1829.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">So come on all my lovely No Rules Textile Society friends,</div><div style="text-align: center;">let’s organise a school outing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you’ve enjoyed my grand day out in Yorkshire.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn x<br><br><br><br><br><br></div> Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-10784611705936903152023-07-02T19:58:00.001+01:002023-07-02T22:04:38.872+01:00 Eeh we had a grand day out <img id="id_6dfa_c901_99b8_67a8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rl0Nh7Brojw3jrqdpfQ-zUAvAa4S8D2P8QH1J-KNAvb1N5MWLH6O4AIkzGGExUTTbutOJGJHE3MBfJJ8AGQ400xYbl" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Eeh we had a grand day out over the border in Yorkshire at Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Leeds.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8a0e_401_5dad_c1f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qmJJBEGjaJOiM8nPab6qwlCznn_ElTLIShygyzLPhkMgUZzVuQmnwRRfySQSk-O466kO8Gh6YBzvZLiCqUd-iy_3ivJg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>I was lucky enough to buy tickets for Hannah Lamb’s event ‘FRaGMeNT of a DReSS’</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_cbf3_85dd_71b8_53c7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81q1QVl8OmHfafd5sl-zvNe4nxi00hmWqTYcx55BdlABh7j9SdW99_mN1hyowNYHLEQ3WiEM4a8aWMgYF7EFK4Yn2fH8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>The final episode of an idea borne by textile artist Hannah after being</div><div style="text-align: center;">commissioned by the Brontë Parsonage Museum in 2022 to create an art</div><div style="text-align: center;">installation inspired by Charlotte Brontes wardrobe.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_c96a_1f9d_c9ca_6644" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qaP6wzFSAEXDkTlwLeAM1VYBkE8TJszH27l6O8D5v73zSsk1pd0sF1PV_AiE3ukFFjSExl2gJW1W5GKsGul4m42AWNJQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Visitors to the museum where invited to write about a piece of</div><div style="text-align: center;">clothing that was special to them. That evoked strong memories</div><div style="text-align: center;">for them of childhood, relationships, emotions.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then over two weeks with the help of students from the Bradford School</div><div style="text-align: center;">of Arts, the stories were embroidered onto fabric and made into a transparent</div><div style="text-align: center;">silk organza dress of memories.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">‘FRaGMeNT of a DReSS’</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bronte.org.uk/contemporary-arts/2022-fragmentofadress" id="id_44b8_79ec_62fb_c945">Link to Brontë write up on exhibition</a><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_4d61_a6b2_6aca_481d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81oOpLmuAOSKuzoOuQGd9umxYUVMBF8i-REi3kMrulR460xzU90vK15Z9ICLqG7vrHbqf3n5VBHItz3xgVwymfTG3pZ-jQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>So at the the end of the exhibition in December 2022, what next for the dress.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hannah took back possession and came up with idea of sharing it and </div><div style="text-align: center;">giving it further life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_f960_fe46_26b0_f960" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pjo4Ykjq1-7hVh1u-sARQx4dAHWKYdL_0FUK_GKfqt0mULEAlmMCeJqIavYUg69ZIhBZ1K1TYgVNnnvmh2qZQycVsB9A" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>And so a magical fascinating production was held in the Spinning Mill</div><div style="text-align: center;">attic room at the historic Sunny Bank Mills.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">To a background of spoken memories playing softly the</div><div style="text-align: center;">audience were invited to cut a section of the dress to keep for themselves.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_f8f2_ce3d_ca21_3e8d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rWMnDdyMoCrmFwRSmPVRo5CZIl_tqmuO2nIK2KEGTMFiMEstINlNwpkT_CvOkhWkmnmoQT1L-2-TgiE1u1N139pIAAow" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Then using her great granny’s Singer Sewing machine Hannah stitched</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cyanotype remembrance cards to each piece before placing them</div><div style="text-align: center;">gently into opaque envelopes for us to take home.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_2006_80d3_693_4cf8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81oytCekEB885Ove77F8mH5jIP9JDIzPnAf4yJQ49CPULlYigI5wxXOyQdRvJPKuIg9orwt_2O9Wv38CNuoqhJBVmQtsMw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">What next for our memory pieces ?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well mine will be used to create another memory garment.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am going to attach it to a Victorian cotton petticoat and it</div><div style="text-align: center;">will then be sent onto members of the No Rules Textile Society,</div><div style="text-align: center;">who will each add their own textile piece. Eventually after a trip</div><div style="text-align: center;">around the UK and abroad it will end up as part of an exhibition of</div><div style="text-align: center;">work the group are planning to put together in the future.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stay tuned for my next post on the wonderful</div><div style="text-align: center;">62 Textile Group exhibition we saw at the same time</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.62group.org.uk" id="id_8732_7d90_a5e1_f323" target="_self">Link to 62 Group Textile Artists</a><br><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_fce7_c739_7454_b000" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rd5uqyf8tOy1ONytoAa0Rlw9G123Mgv5oPaBGc8z4wlP1Cx4VTp23XDkuOLbDyLM7SxLN5iGh0RM7onQJMDXum1CTL1Q" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 307px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><a href="https://hannah-lamb.format.com/poetic-cloth" id="id_f41d_463_1849_707e">LINK TO HANNAH LAMB BOOK </a><br><br></div>Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-58121461685703817332023-05-03T07:30:00.000+01:002023-05-03T07:42:30.296+01:00Dandies and ballerinas - woyww 726<img id="id_9be8_6889_a015_fc86" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81oBv-CeIMXUtMHKXVbm2JZj0X0tCdxz63PM_tGbAvBPd_p3WMzg-kaejTv-U4t7N0LMhkqrxQL_GL5Eh5RFm1d34z5kDg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">We’ve been out and about again (it’s what us retired folk do), this week to Manchester</div><div style="text-align: center;">Art Gallery to see the Dandy Style exhibition. 250 years of Men’s Fashion.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_4bd6_ee38_b52c_5f6a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rEcg7E53Zcvefw4x38YC6LRMEnxt6AqP8TkBC0oDFFKjiy8QPGtAxTZfQfzhCqhEnGhp5fLNLJgoKE5d85pU16YJ2EKg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br></div><img id="id_71e_5be5_2191_508a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81quy-_nLBvI_hkNAK6sWrEdbPWMrGCbZEFdxKtgK4bw63y67IGWTvwiaE6-57yBWM9sm0-LSJC00qgH3PZlqIkF0IUwcQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">It’s so quick and cheap for us to get into the city centre, £10 for</div><div style="text-align: center;">the two of us and we can jump on the trams for that as well.</div><br><img id="id_2eb4_adfc_39e1_8e74" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81oG0HGAqJ_n86UexQDJovN-N4vB3IpXT-uhe_Bl1R-zEtTtWHqH6ylcDtublaOWX6q1WkyGP3kdGwEpZpMBU0JfLoHdpA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Here’s a few of the outfits we saw.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_ca9e_b90_38b1_6af4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81q_zJLgqayg-1sG1BYPOSAiYxgNn1nil__0fxYra0E07jT9JXPSZpGHUd-S3L9raFsDwpqK1vSx7u7_YcLtnDGuiZ-3gg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_a58b_4b83_9a70_fc0e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rBxEqkbEyNaOE2GedJnXLtTs9n_0dS7ZNwZTqQQvFsnJAp68bNGU8ZUjB2hnwE8huu2ZIo_XdTrrfusrUopxbLHJ7f" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_f91_4770_3b92_1e39" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81ou4jkrtwaRPdiw5_G0RlT5LWtEzA5hMbSK9PxtL1yd9t8-QGqQ5fVIKRLXYvbRqXMoD8mLSY96R8Ld1MNbAULK4jDkmg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">My own Dandy was the smartest visitor there.</div><br><img id="id_f33a_3405_a1dd_c204" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qOTf361-DSTM9wgumDimVJZDJl73PNtXdDxE_H_LR7sNRFRLrYSOCeuGma88ZLe2GqdJOZ2FvsBlsS3aWMpQEbrpSFbQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_7ad4_62a9_6b99_d8b8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qGAtBkU3E7Gioj1uyoTBkVPPBj-OoMHoH1k2D-qYqrJeCAart5Avs50gHkMMqDLLbZLjHfNvaBgUz5Ooe-LKNCPVNc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_a74b_2084_b6b0_add2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81oR0SU-P2ttK7CmO7IuE64Bo8A8_hvg3O4QGSKyEy2CIN3roAADPAtryVU7lJsa6qsavhaA5-MC21N_ui1JoB_-QCHiug" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_85a7_f92b_7470_d575" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81piS5ipJnK5mzfYO0PH2hfEKvKvhPYyjJ_SKlWn4dkSiyIMihyx0bHItNUwy7K-KOipaGS7fWQkBya9AYOkqfMqelKbIw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">As a treat we had lunch in Waterstones on Deansgate</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_7113_4184_33a3_8a40" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pqmSbrgJSHu2N0M33zn1Nv2jFbid52nWWwfwimSqK5eHeKVZSjluf0SkEnsIdDzpUuo0xNStE4wLfuDskDTP7pynOM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>And then I spent a happy hour browsing the shelves while</div><div style="text-align: center;">Philip roamed round the shops.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8479_f065_d31d_172b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qKuE-QFAopHrvKUQvDigidR8MgbuUBWpiN9Ou8ifn8L_YHzzRb1cgJvhphSsOLoGOcmWno--WUREmeFdWv30DhvTmrDA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_1709_826_54db_bb12" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81q7IrL5MccRAnNZF2CCGl4N_sWTDFSrtfvxVHaoleXICXk71lca_v9J_6hIKhwbq34YD4oyMKUhpGdIkZUNlB8n2zandQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>On Monday night we visited a local church that has been</div><div style="text-align: center;">converted into an events venue and restaurant. Freddy who</div><div style="text-align: center;">bought the redundant building has brought life back to this</div><div style="text-align: center;">beautiful old place of worship. He is very community minded and</div><div style="text-align: center;">opens the doors for lots of local groups to enjoy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thecirclebacup.co.uk" id="id_30f7_dec4_870_b7a7">LINK TO THE CIRCLE VENUE</a><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_adac_3a22_37ed_6161" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81o6rXskK1c3HXkrtH4DNyqQDF6a-mutV0TyuQKRiAeLtrq8t50Psb8qsotpD0jjE0SZzKIIaDnDQFmEVAegNtY3ZOM-QA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_14b3_3bf_1ea0_a790" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pgnHIAqFfIf3fPHm8RSn9vQc12xMPVEu9EH-VNR0NWYJb5xbNhb3b-ybUWQrgNvZMwLQSX45fCf18JM-KrEhWZLqeOUg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_f20f_9acd_af34_584d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qoYs0S7kLKe-h0Elyjw2YccI2LJcbMTyN31Ddp-vfoONr7M0J7054AazrMK-om59BMfG6oyaV8R1M0vkkyBLhenqeh" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_2514_78c1_5fb2_4e04" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pSDAXrw4Adb7aveyskL7Xwj8FTxuL90D_06-RHmcy9pyfYmrQ8gbplWpNmGOZ1lrWgsBvrOdfcpyM0YQeeW5k6K1NNkQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>The event we attended was a Candlelight concert with beautiful</div><div style="text-align: center;">classic music played by Mercury String and two very talented</div><div style="text-align: center;">young ballerinas performed parts of Swan Lake.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_b3d1_ba30_b55c_288c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rTe4VFYup4zcLvM17ppTQ4foDwnLHvEAmRdmrigfRxGKH7CLDgv7zg9gsRSDdsw2kCP4IedLVKTZc9F59yST8dyBpp" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>With the atmosphere of the church it was very moving.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8eb6_e5cf_cf79_2e52" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81r4oOM9UktzRO8Ds_19tdU6BXlm1hucAhbGffqYk9FOwuFBoijOwIppT45cRiTuUThgfx2aCIN1VHprZT8lrvosdxbOQA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>No crafting or stitching this week as we’ve been out walking</div><div style="text-align: center;">and working in the garden.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_4a38_7f00_90a9_a984" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81ovJ-DakG_bPkfH2PC-_mrpoGYxTROW9mJvHN-L-Jes46-Mui99Gl5-9MgZ2sg6OoR_fOHIn1XNlLw4lj7azV4LDkbPaQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>There’s a planning meeting about whether we go to the</div><div style="text-align: center;">caravan for the Coronation Day celebrations or stay home</div><div style="text-align: center;">and deck the house with bunting. It’ll be the weather that</div><div style="text-align: center;">decides where we will be. Either venue it’ll be spent with</div><div style="text-align: center;">friends and there’ll be lots of good food and a tipple or two.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy the weekend all</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn </div><div style="text-align: center;">X</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_637f_8a0b_894e_c48d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qqJWNBgEnplfsv1F0sAW28X81rrc6j5sXZNQoUXqDqqM2eO8Fv4A00pq1YPDFnv0DOtyBZRvYBBdQpKK3OF9rhbqckDA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 307px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2023/05/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-726.html?m=1" id="id_b40b_6316_26a6_3084">LINKING TO WHATS ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY </a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div> Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-40504591917046633092023-04-26T09:00:00.000+01:002023-04-26T09:22:29.216+01:00 All aboard there’s lots to see - woyww725<img id="id_2674_8980_56bf_5010" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pPVMdoSqgU-hMmglbxzPXizrBV5unMm3NLRHFmojNcmnNt002ADah8ObV8sCwBJz0NUtses-t3cRT9aj9a7RsSzLQ4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">All aboard its full steam ahead</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_cb91_1d68_42bd_b3ce" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qHwN4UYZwpzrjBrJCqtNzrZ6xf_j62_mgNA6zG1Tewcvb94T7yNiLbjTIw8Rli1aZV170r7sKPgmSC_WCtYYyqhzRfHw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">We spent a lovely day aboard the Northern Belle Train being entertained</div><div style="text-align: center;">and eating the most delicious five course meal while the train trundled</div><div style="text-align: center;">along from Manchester Victoria, picking us up in Rochdale then heading</div><div style="text-align: center;">upto Yorkshire and completing the loop back via Cumbria. I even went so</div><div style="text-align: center;">far as having a little tipple of champagne. It would have been rude not to.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">There’s a great series on the telly on Monday nights on More 4 about</div><div style="text-align: center;">the worlds most luxurious trains. Watch it, you’ll get a real feel of</div><div style="text-align: center;">the trip we had. It’s an amazing experience.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_2b34_622a_46d1_a42d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81owq-B1cHGb76bpSO4YKF6yIj-20xzZfu6lD6Jvmr-ZI3FyBV28CYDottDN24Q7QSlFgfJ7Gi7MevbHiYKKbFbprH0t" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>On Sunday we attended the fabulous annual Manchester</div><div style="text-align: center;">Antique & Vintage Textile Fair, hosted by The Textile Society.<br><br><img id="id_b935_6d63_2d7_cf75" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81qHaZ0rKqyh_kJREVYW5-wItkDnBlAZmxDyJwWq-H9p0yIhajyu0rSsphMWtH7aYTOwdLrz3N1ZEoHRky9fjRAuwPXu" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Met up with the very talented ceramic artist Karen Shapley, who</div><div style="text-align: center;">is also a textile vintage trader.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh yes I may just have taken home this lovely vintage petticoat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cupolagallery.com/karen-shapley" id="id_83ba_f5a_a4ec_2d34" target="_self">Karen Shapley Ceramics Link</a><br><br><img id="id_8d01_8f27_83ad_acbd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pRMPJtZ-06z_JOm7yvsXS1sLIjzrVvYLALVviUo8-ozykIvo6iA-zUliX8peXOL3yRdcmCog48OqJBrcu9317Z4Csvyw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Now if you are not into textiles or Japanese culture you may not</div><div style="text-align: center;">understand why I am so drawn to this amazing piece of Boro.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is over a hundred years old and is the result of the Japanese</div><div style="text-align: center;">belief in repair and reuse.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pieces of fabric, recycled from damaged textiles are reused</div><div style="text-align: center;">again and again. Nothing is ever thrown away. I spent ages</div><div style="text-align: center;">talking to the most interesting lady whose stall it was on.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">And yes, I had to bring it home. To me it’s like looking</div><div style="text-align: center;">at a painting. Every aspect of it fascinates me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The rips, the frays, the stitches, the repairs, the front, the back.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It’s better than any Monet, Pollock or Rembrandt.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I know not everyone will get it but if you do you are welcome</div><div style="text-align: center;">to come and see it anytime.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_fdb1_4e34_6a86_b742" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rqGYys3jdaQSFMZGDmzYEmUTYof6Eku2IV-EE6vvd8uYCrSg3vUqh1K6OnnmJ-MVd9uH_4RQbNZwZVdVQ-fojQYkPMdQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Craft wise I attended a workshop in Brighouse recently where</div><div style="text-align: center;">we worked on vintage postcards.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">First we made stamps by Lino cutting into rubber erasers and</div><div style="text-align: center;">Linosheets. Next up we died threads with Kohi-Nor dyes, then</div><div style="text-align: center;">we stitched and stamped the postcard before building up the</div><div style="text-align: center;">piece with buttons and trim.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_9d47_f2d0_cfb0_e2a2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81rqxEzwVTaTra4VFqaNArTk8Q0Xy8mBnucrDoR8-jyw-JC0jZVze9HKiegxcP6GiyTnEHjCT6-P7jvE8ZtV7isBDQoVtw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Well I think I’ve left you with enough to go at today.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope to catch you all next time. There’s more adventures on</div><div style="text-align: center;">the horizon this week with a visit to Dandy Style Exhibition</div><div style="text-align: center;">in Manchester. Looking at 250 years of Men’s Fashion.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://manchesterartgallery.org/event/dandy-style/" id="id_de09_50b9_938e_844a" target="_self">Dandy Style Exhibition Link</a><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_23ab_e6bb_8913_457f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81ooLc_cbFAEyd_tA_sjxvSn9criqW2pwb-ucSt6scb9wqJg4wQCdtOg4zb1mYtbqGt5vy2qXH8UQrwo4oetGEYWFe6wOQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Take care </div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn</div><div style="text-align: center;">x</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2023/04/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-725.html?m=1" id="id_ae1c_3471_77f0_da7e">linking to WHATS ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY </a><br><br></div> Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-8542811398419935532023-03-22T08:30:00.000+00:002023-03-22T08:52:30.383+00:00 Hares, ballerinas and a cat called Tango - WOYWW<img id="id_c2d1_bd63_4ca5_c6be" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ylb1WoEeYmcSaAwu_5unkZMnhczk_uuhg3emPYjddLKjovGnTzaRXUN3PzIpKhMRUDg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Postman Sid brought me a mystery parcel this week</div><br><img id="id_6a3d_919e_8e4a_7a8e" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/fGtHEEE6a8Jwzq3Vq3ZqqSutZKQ69hR9I13EhIbPMDX25GfCClNUD41-QVVWcUdha8o" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">It was a box full of fabulous things from friend Tina in Montgomery,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wales. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_75ff_47e3_4ff4_72ac" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/W6VKB1jX_5VxBVlNXNsotL9z8ldrOFBJ_VG79CE2RSoMJJHKXrXGuyEcT48Ye_NANxg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">I don’t know what I swooned over most, the paper hares made by Tina.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The beautiful books or the stunning piece of textile art she has handstitched.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_1909_502f_bbe5_2c58" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/OVe5DjUFDDUWIqmJo8vWj_V6L3rJ1NnKkl0r1hEjWuM9CXD9pzqFSKBAuNmZSrf0wm4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Everything is enchanting and I can’t stop looking and appreciating it all.</div><div style="text-align: center;">What a very heartfelt, thoughtful thing to do</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_a98d_9001_1423_9f4d" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/YxYM4-PbrZYNCqsxf88IhEwyytbJSw5cDekQYkBEZGlvbJcc4IcBU-WAZFOwqeyuxxI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">There’s been zoom meetings with my textile group the</div><div style="text-align: center;">No Rules Textile Society, where we meet once a week, talk</div><div style="text-align: center;">about the latest prompt and look at what members have been doing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_cc7a_e831_d3ce_c453" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/XrCE8HIoegg0xHKVcyle21N9xwprP1kww0hEvQ7ohtloj8Fxf-RLhVLhzSAEs3oeJbI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the home front after 15 years my sister is returning home from Oxford.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She’s bought a house and this is the style she is hoping to replicate </div><div style="text-align: center;">in her front room. She is even adopting a cat like the one in this</div><div style="text-align: center;">picture. She’s seen one at the local animal rescue centre. It’s called</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tango and is a three year old house cat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_1256_35d5_219c_9522" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/36hjiVvdpvdDwobgD6q7EIqWu_2Kakz4XJZd1LEFgYQmU8bQqPZdd76I4H5s6naqCe8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Telly wise we are enjoying the three part series on BBC 2</div><div style="text-align: center;">about the life of Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. I’ll admit I’ve</div><div style="text-align: center;">being a fan for the past 25 years since doing my HND in</div><div style="text-align: center;">Textile Design at college and studying her work.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sara Cox BBC 2 programme Between The Covers book programme</div><div style="text-align: center;">has returned for another series and is another favourite in our house,</div><div style="text-align: center;">even though the wandering welder never reads anything other than</div><div style="text-align: center;">the Saturday paper and the covers on his cd’s.</div><br><img id="id_2d0d_271e_fa9c_dc73" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/wIdXbvPgHQWdlS0nNtBISD1U0Hhpc2NVM2HL4MM8IWKWPywuuMuZdG3-0nzf-p-ahVs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve just finished reading this book I picked at random off the shelf</div><div style="text-align: center;">in my local library. It was a really good read and I can recommend it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_1dd3_a7ad_e27_81c3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zBCTAs07glBf6T1rYlZ4UUkLa5Ztoc6dFF29x1bpYB-fGuun6h9kgih0p5zcCndfZ1I" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">We had a trip out to Manchester with my goddaughter Amy,</div><div style="text-align: center;">who gave us tickets for the Nutcracker Suite by candle light,</div><div style="text-align: center;">accompanied by a string quartet. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_9b6b_1c27_bec8_3c52" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-soP4rBUrc4gBNhz_Vo6C9woEKdae3Emmcl3K2gF06IQVrzT6dK6tMXogKeQZjoMwBM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ll never bother taking the car into Manchester again, we were there in</div><div style="text-align: center;">12 minutes by train and it cost us just over £5 each return on the train.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_6f86_2b0a_ada2_feef" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/bkesfg-17z4ez3I7WOz9_xto_6H2pLnyYQPI82Du86O-lug0mrc1oZaVwcO02UKN9dk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">As March draws to a close we will be spending the last</div><div style="text-align: center;">week with friends holidaying in and around Stratford upon Avon.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There’s a trip to a butterfly farm and Blenheim Palace planned, as</div><div style="text-align: center;">well as Burford and Warwick Castle.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">See you on the other side.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Take care</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn</div><div style="text-align: center;">xxx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_35de_1930_b67e_95d4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CvdvWFF3yhYHVruCscYeC5x1ggmnk7D7jd1ccSlaTO4cmlRt71yKFLROMlBQ-zl7C4c" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 307px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Linking in with</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2023/03/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-720.html?m=1" id="id_7fa0_1928_11df_501">WHAT’S ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY </a><br><br></div><br><br> Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-43343969607711007502023-02-22T08:00:00.000+00:002023-02-22T08:21:09.205+00:00In and out of the garden - WOYWW<img id="id_73d4_693b_d281_4964" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/FJ91sPYgYeJ-5YS9WyLPgHTADthmmQs8IHhowqsHUIpOSE65Pg-nNaeSFULZbYhn5p0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">There’s snowdrops in the garden </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_507c_d9f4_fe8c_e6ac" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/VhWRp4rESjL46PeraRTHkyV1sYLO1kO8lg0DRgguzhD703HN9vojWF0fMBAzoIQV7lE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>daffodils on the table</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_cfe0_e3b_1198_5606" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/2vIyIkUwZb2Qm7goz3HCJ6fq1nL4oMMEJ2kWAqIW5uuNls_Hj02tQVhIVgc0Cm-NQp0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>and pancakes for tea</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_897d_d7d_e5b4_79ee" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/wn0XMUTTKAJLxlPfW9WqnjN2-I0avKY13I7Alo3CqvSZ4tNpp0gBjvdQTOodWQ1AJZk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: left;">I’ll have to do two rounds of the reservoir to get rid of this <span style="text-align: center;">sugar laden load of calories.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_a8f2_2ae1_ab68_2b55" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/7KL_B7JRtAGcND48tQNs4HfZhfs7mOIk14cCEGB06exzCIk69qGCJAsTJ0e7Gku5lLM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_d2b4_891c_ec75_d6f9" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/KpQrg6jWbjPEcmlvv4TfXAJiWNx6tI6mTq01N32qTZJY6mhlQ2IeWoEedpQOkGZNKHs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: left;">Craft wise I’ve watched a fabulous zoom talk by Ceramic Patchwork <span style="text-align: center;">artist Zoe Hillyard</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.textilecurator.com/home-default/home-2-2/zoe-hillyard/" id="id_13c6_4a30_e74c_3612">Link to Zoe Hillyard</a><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_c8cc_aa4d_41bf_8d4c" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/upowKUPjhe2n6d7QtQ5dY34oznHo7a9l24sCYkQta40ccs5OYKDOjQ_5eEVfeqdtMmk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Zoe takes charity shop find vases and pots, smashes them into pieces <span style="text-align: center;">then rebuilds them by wrapping the pieces in fabric with stitch, no glue. </span><span style="text-align: center;">Then she stitches the pieces back together into the original shape.</span></div><br><img id="id_25b7_d621_374d_ae4a" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ERzGD549O5ElbNGb9rl1n8bCK46t9oMAv1t4JKlMUMtUfwXzNHSYZtqBK1DAcbBdpl8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: left;">She was commissioned to do this series using these images from <span style="text-align: center;">a fashion shoot.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8cc8_e077_ceb8_1f20" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ZFvolYyyD00zzsOSYHYPJEfI_fj1zr6tkSasDaOewePY7IYgoUMe40B0SmNQJ1PrB6w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_51e5_1b22_8b22_7dfa" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/9KTmJy-kLtxD5iPSkIG9Bblypq98n5ABhbd9r7cAvuccOS4hLxjhE8DZMiScOMhA-FI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>I’m having a little go but it’s proving a lot harder than it looks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_4240_cec0_316b_b475" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/o_Fzb23F5duE1v78JHOl0XQmksJ8uFrdXRbYP81wZIsCESP-Qv6pz5fw4BFTTSF58HE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: left;">It’s been a busy start to the year getting Mum’s finances sorted, along <span style="text-align: center;">with the completion of the sale of her house. Add to that I’ve been </span><span style="text-align: center;">house hunting for my sister who is coming back up </span><span style="text-align: center;">north after 15 years in Oxford.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_9294_38d5_e260_961c" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/CIgcsSwQYAaTLE2wSNCXjWYpuEE1b4fsFgTBjGVGQITkJcz8ppcbNnGcsNh50fvhoP0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: left;">In the meantime I’m going to straighten out my fabric stash <span style="text-align: center;">ready for the new prompt with the No Rules Textile Society. </span>Hope everyone is well and still busily engrossed in their <span style="text-align: center;">chosen creative craft.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Take care, catch you again soon</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn</div><div style="text-align: center;">X<br><br><br><div style="text-align: left;">Here’s a bit of trivia before I go<span style="text-align: center;">. On my birthday in 1994 the largest </span><span style="text-align: center;">pancake ever made was in Rochdale </span><span style="text-align: center;">near to where we live.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_e859_1e4f_d568_7f28" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/ACGypH9l-veHidVjyPTsiUoe-TC-JJHbD-agRi6mS9eL6LYPeJ04tI2x-MBfe--3KP4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2023/02/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-716.html?m=1" id="id_d360_8a2e_aa0d_c617" target="_self">LINKING to WHATS ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY </a><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><br><br><br><br></div> Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-19684223047776116832023-01-11T08:00:00.000+00:002023-01-11T08:25:53.759+00:00 Movies, celebrations and collage<div style="text-align: center;">Up north in Lancashire, UK, it feels like it’s never stopped raining</div><div style="text-align: center;">since the new year kicked in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_44a8_b196_6da8_fb44" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7daXi6fVrCp9AIynF6H9VmV35moEllm8G4io9Pn1m-1JhjnQ6hES8nLXQ1wP0f1QR2s" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>It’s been perfect weather though for staying in and getting on</div><div style="text-align: center;">with course work and a new prompt with the No Rules Textile Society.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Saying that I’ve been wrapped up warm to avoid putting the heating on.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_5c90_6d14_b44f_50eb" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/CKQj3OGb46acyr7BckIwSoWuqCPgXvKVLqG_hq8RuMtVW9uq8s1y2BgdMOF_L9Se1Mk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>I’ve a new notebook for our zoom meetings and had the new</div><div style="text-align: center;">Celia Pym book bought me for Christmas. It’s a history of </div><div style="text-align: center;">damaged and repaired garments, who owns them and what</div><div style="text-align: center;">happened to them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://celiapym.com" id="id_e7f2_667e_41d3_6236">CELIA PYM TEXTILES</a><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_b3ca_a4bb_7898_f9fe" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pEbKh7xLPfS6LnQ89TJlWwohiHFIiZ0SW_wKbYa7z2txDU8uCoHTrlA7MnWc_NMLrVU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br></div><div>This is a fascinating project.</div><div>One dress, stitched by 370 embroiderers, in 50 countries</div><div>over 13 years and now on exhibition around the UK</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_ce97_8660_92de_f9dc" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/gq71bx5_vSRagl2WfFiyqENuyeOJAZOSCj1T-HK48iXevmWAlCiOx3VQQxhJxsICiKo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><a href="https://reddressembroidery.com" id="id_9218_430d_5f2b_bfb7">THE RED DRESS EMBROIDERY PROJECT </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>After a great zoom meeting on Saturday with my textile friends</div><div>all around the world, I got stuck into the new prompt COLLAGE.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_9858_a9ce_597_a08b" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/QUoaypihLAyxmnwVS6kKYTRIZIYzm_JEVfjhWgw6jvsX0uwOr7ezVRBa4ie4khY7c2U" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>The stash of magazines I keep came in very handy for the</div><div style="text-align: center;">first task, creating flat lay paper collages.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_7164_1e91_e14e_69d7" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/052FvWsUEVKUZxXg6og9BnVpAKmhzT_RLtEMItmy_JoiZ3SXUr1y-WVK3s6QhdNleDw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_5826_7bcf_2f7d_7a48" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5bm4IDbrfN4I9axbgoVDzlVrVGbfW2ckk_OzAYzoL0QPXExZjGED20gZGOivSDU2L9I" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_7010_db82_1443_ce70" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/C_WHJ5bJV83j74YyE1sLFS1afVZabO_ELK1j5OghgQRWy2_sxSKF0W9fl7_xoJO6Tz4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Next up I’ll be moving onto creating fabric collages,</div><div style="text-align: center;">possibly working with old samples from last year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_49e0_f5ca_9dad_ac57" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/f4C69knB7tQAeAS2kAhZpvhghkA1zrmH3sQHZXqLa_gZucfOzt-N549ea_DJZqbIDD8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Saturday night was the start of our friend’s Trish & Lee’s</div><div style="text-align: center;">60th birthday celebrations. If they are anything like me it</div><div style="text-align: center;">will be never ending haha.</div><div><br></div><img id="id_ee1b_4042_6fcd_d930" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/vJRP3GnH5m87N-GbbSN124t3y24wIR5l3JRsdoGX3HcGxe5z-j4W0rtBVRpQqo6Zgro" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">After I posted last weeks blog post we went to see the new</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whitney Houston film. I know a few of you mentioned you had seen</div><div style="text-align: center;">it. Well it was amazing. It is so sad that her life ended as it did though.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today we are off to see the latest Tom Hanks movie</div><div style="text-align: center;">A Man Called Otto.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let’s hope the rain holds off.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">See you soon</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn </div><div style="text-align: center;">X</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2023/01/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-710.html?m=1" id="id_ec35_97af_5005_d9fb">WHATS ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY LINK</a><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div> Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-88874317459729741042023-01-04T07:56:00.000+00:002023-01-04T08:03:31.165+00:00Hello 2023, let’s be having ya !<img id="id_2072_9b6a_2453_1a25" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/MSJp9Z69WU3u0iW1g_nY1h5Jg2LRCM-ndF0NdHWn77ZAG3R7oq7LaTbeUkjbcHIiPt8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Happy new year from the hills of Whitworth </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_557f_aee_5e4b_50ef" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/VxUEayx6xquhLi_lNONFJLK3WJNQam_55-G2wPBDDaSw9-a8Csikbi6UKMDuRrnNcF0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I always thought I’d get through life without making a Christmas</div><div style="text-align: center;">dinner, but at 67 I’ve been caught out. Mum is 90 now and decided</div><div style="text-align: center;">she didn’t want to do it anymore. I’ve told my sister it’s her turn</div><div style="text-align: center;">next year or we are going out.</div><br><img id="id_2748_fc00_14ff_c0d8" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/txjs8iyjXUu1A1UEByLGTzE4qYcPECINTg_sy1oEH-b6Nm77Vd98GFP3qtmjj4PC1Q4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had a lovely gift from goddaughter Amy, she is taking me </div><div style="text-align: center;">to Manchester Cathedral to see Swan Lake by candlelight.</div><br><img id="id_7884_5a1_2bde_9cfa" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/s-jBOVIGkb-QoaieWaCYnfqYwDwCmM-MpEvVTSs3_naujr6ZfWY0GAN2KzM_CTsS2ys" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Back in the studio I’m all tidied and ready for 2023 projects.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_e073_aa79_d64_f692" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/mwA7Jfp0wA0Y0b81oXxMed4S_OIzf1hgwWI0wcXwDbt9bQy1TKDdICNot5RLoOZQbys" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ll finish off stripping the cork wall in preparation this week.</div><br><img id="id_d75e_51c1_d94d_d46a" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/9VZXwnNwcgUGxGfanqAaR5l3Zz4gWtKjvPFsypBPoYCe8Jz2iIR-yh-DuX_kqoYUr1c" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">A friend bought me a bag of assorted wool off cuts and a</div><div style="text-align: center;">metal frame to make a rag wreath</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_3ae2_9f77_7ce3_b54e" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/bUGAxcXsHuOVrTT2d2UKH62EBHn70t1vT3Hzey4X3shG70jBmsrnAdPGNdtZ2vdaUUA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8982_3fe5_ba05_36c0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/V9CpxSE6o7hPoT6r_olgCdefa0Khc60L4PyX0xDcdAF3obLUKtApQp0UIhqKg8-3bAA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>There’s new pens and a notebook for a Masterclass I’m</div><div style="text-align: center;">doing called Essence Of Identity.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_ef6f_3f8c_7d7f_e81d" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ssEeUI6t9iXwaPKiKmKPR1gTCjknxNChp8h_2NVorJNRC4xTXXQfnn7NlHZsqWhSCqA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>One of the modules asked us to do a self portrait. I nearly</div><div style="text-align: center;">had kittens thinking I’d have to paint a picture of myself</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_61de_50fb_4a73_9723" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/pqECSe8mq3IGU_m8Kd4SSZoYDEsK-rzu0t51QAEnM12KhHleGes2kk5wrGkfa_u9DnE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>On closer inspection, it actually meant to put together</div><div style="text-align: center;">images or objects that showed who I am.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_182e_9a50_5cc6_5146" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/HD2QXJgvA6mY4Qml7Vp0jU3NzIpv6HDbnpuXmRhNxAfGAts6i0TzG9L3XsGbMkPsdtI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>So here’s my little vintage writing case filled with things</div><div style="text-align: center;">that represent what I’m drawn to creatively.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope everyone is well over at</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2023/01/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-709.html" id="id_6a46_7dbb_1945_4342">What’s On Your Workdesk Wednesday</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">It’s nice to be back. We’ve lots of plans for this year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There’s a trip to the cinema to see the Whitney Houston story</div><div style="text-align: center;">this afternoon and a meal out with friends on Saturday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a good week and thanks for visiting</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn</div><div style="text-align: center;">xx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><br></div><br><br><br> <div><br></div>Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-43979656168884971492022-12-14T08:30:00.000+00:002022-12-14T10:48:24.079+00:00 What’s on your work desk Wednesday - I’m still here <img id="id_d964_de35_9407_78c7" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/gLpmHsbXtIMdsc2-NqCJwHk2mEAzhHh3RHuGXi1Zb8SHwYY-Rk1De5E3cBL2DlK4A8U" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>A friend said why aren’t you blogging, we miss hearing your news.<div>Truth be told even though there’s been things to blog about I just haven’t had the heart for it. I’ve lost my sparkle. Health problems have drained my energy, as has the events of the past year.</div><div>Anyway no one wants to listen to all that so let’s have a little look at a couple of events from November and early December.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_4baa_ea2a_9e80_c2d0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/shrIza_XH1ah6vEmctt1oikrGd3t70y6CyDrGBBAbquEnC7uuSE7fPoJuJZ0GuPWkl0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Our Queen, my Mum, celebrated her 90th birthday with a surprise party. She was over the moon to see friends and family, some who she hadn’t seen for a long time.<br><br><img id="id_8a03_e021_50a3_80ef" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/El4JMg1_OhKkHap4VUXXnGGK-nK1zhMC_PQv1V_PJvpUg3a71mJhfeEFfHoKsWk-3yI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_2a66_c268_ab7d_e85d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CstTe70LFOC3m4UlirPZlXoiD_g3IKXO8rvo9i2i2wx2kOV5j4jRFSQB2cjfq2ru0HA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>At the start of this month we took another trip on the Northern Belle train. It was as fabulous as when we went on it in 2021.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_bc6f_36f_df1f_343f" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/0zECJKDDSppLx-hSoTxJgO8y9-c8ZrK6gBlOgB67z3cfRS-Z7Od7y9RSCc_ig289Vk8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br></div><div>This year we went with our friend of 40 years, Sue and we had a lovely day travelling from Leeds to Hull and back via York. We boarded the train and were greeted with champagne then served a seven course meal during the journey.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_fe1_31cf_2dfb_16ac" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/82uNkrXVEurdyf4LI9SwX6sQWqfLRyaZuAWRoc9sZbFN4ktxLNna0D9aQdSmWXqYACc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_35c9_cdf7_98d5_f1f0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/pJv2z0vx3Cu47q88HnUXMkUPmxcTWGDYLXgHzMDGGJPAoMMcn6SAWehhMucXW0Y3ww4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br></div><div>We were entertained along the way by musicians and a magician. </div><div><br><img id="id_65eb_9ea2_849b_74a4" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/RL5HY0tqn5i0PeYqKqo6zLxb5hACwjUQRvFwGBtMuVigquDivN2XpPYBB_KOFiHRQ-c" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_2623_73c6_371d_f1d2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/n1L7lStT462sYsBXHgLvDus8xX4QcRZnzhvD6IBxbGnd2m4S_KotMLfCm8LcaaqzvSI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>This past week we’ve had heavy snow that’s still hanging around so I’ve not ventured far, choosing instead to stay in and doing a bit of clearing out, crafting this winter wreath and dragging out the Christmas decorations. </div><div><br><img id="id_cf55_4c1c_7edd_9492" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/JVuAi3T0ZwE47UzJZfX8_IUO8USoRxaNVWPc2eNDXl7dRPzPR4mbazsGOasWse4Quw4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br>I hope everyone at WOYWW is well and I’m sorry for being absent for so long. I wish you all a happy Christmas and a healthy and happy 2023. Ps. Thank you for your card Annie xx</div><div><br></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Take care </div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn</div><div style="text-align: center;">X</div><br><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_6754_dee6_1eeb_285c" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/sJEtLtYsYWWPu0bJEotiV_8xPLjf6c7diJlyxfJSY2xDneKpQeDmm60LlyefMsQOPqc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 307px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><br></div><br></div>Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-79964709540165590802022-10-05T09:00:00.000+01:002022-10-05T09:08:22.651+01:00 The kindness of September <img alt="" id="id_ee87_5758_f9b9_ad96" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/vAXUuF2YCqCCHy2b6rpCXCvu0kkKki4x2hqrpNDsb7FFfDBEAsj4suQaswbXZzFLhYk" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""><br><div style="text-align: center;">Looking through my September photographs makes me appreciate</div><div style="text-align: center;">the loveliness of time well spent. Craft workshops, an art exhibition,</div><div style="text-align: center;">good books, a mini holiday, cinema visits and meet ups with friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img alt="" id="id_a9ea_7796_5029_ea22" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/QAPTRKfLUTwm-oZE-lUDHZS-MUAbkoGYJIDfn95P0RUtgvD9f1sHM1zJbPx4DXns6NE" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""><br><div style="text-align: center;">There’s been a trip down country to see my sister in Witney, Oxfordshire,</div><div style="text-align: center;">where we visited the fabulous Burford Garden Centre.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img alt="" id="id_7863_7e6a_e926_5a9e" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/RIhsqvlrokCs7_X44K6ziBqDYSMy7Xog3Tls0FnuL0hiIWJdWtblL198brZAv_K5pMk" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""><br><div style="text-align: center;">We stepped back in time on a visit to the Cotswold Woollen Mill</div><div style="text-align: center;">at Letchlade. It was so exciting to come across these old textile design</div><div style="text-align: center;">sample books in their museum.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img alt="" id="id_9ef0_6547_73a1_56b7" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/5A4iynml-qvGXHTkEeHi5_1FTobDKMWaSKh4ov1Ec5aTTnKARCg1yKGy-74WM-ZrFKs" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""><br><img alt="" id="id_5f1b_e103_c014_8ed5" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/5MwDGVtHziUW0s4zx4tYRW3IYlwO_t3SqErZ2Tc7JoVsSHSrXSurqqcSQe6MN36RLcQ" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""><br><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" id="id_d454_9c54_6d71_76a3" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/79jAs2fGLIJ0UClhf6A4aUdkm6fOiVzTEZ0BuOgirmwx6NH_8jq72csMtt3EKdfRv30" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">At long last I got to meet up with Jayne Emerson, textile designer</div><div style="text-align: center;">and creator of the No Rules Textile Society that I’ve been a member</div><div style="text-align: center;">of since Covid times and the thing that has kept me connected to</div><div style="text-align: center;">like minded folk.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://jayneemersontextiles.podia.com" id="id_f855_46fa_3010_ee70">JAYNE EMERSON & NO RULES TEXTILE SOCIETY</a><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img alt="" height="480" id="id_d18b_6afe_fceb_24ab" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Ek7oQoylnqrouqCOnWngdRXBxP22TVZsBTVNHn8a8gM5VLGPDgc_GgWDINSkvP8yzaU=w640-h480" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 616px;" title="" tooltip="" width="640"><br><br><img alt="" id="id_6978_76e2_5949_a039" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/1w53MPaQl1u_RI6EMm2ybKT3kCUNNxNGprdc50lNL4ljVGvzizmjLKnnV0alPAWz9lI" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""><br><div style="text-align: center;">The wandering welder enjoyed himself as well and came away</div><div style="text-align: center;">with some fabric pieces to cover his waistcoats with.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img alt="" id="id_713_d80a_764f_234d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/iy6O95kRAsqVoTTcECdM3ZPyq4ofoVkaenFeUOhqXe11NkQBUpa_3rtRIwVLzjpnUuw" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""><br><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve seen a couple of great films. The latest Julia Robert’s one</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the Fisherman’s Friend sequel.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" id="id_9c8f_4e8a_f93f_2f12" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/HYeOfETQwQTpqLDB3yjWUeMxVRy4zs4wPlC4vv_IhF79k08fgGWIn2okyeKrWCNRlpY" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img alt="" id="id_2dbd_554e_5f8c_2cbe" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/RX5U-3wHtZDrHy0e5FT_qbpcSVJbbMW7kJYQMCH__oInuyXtnIwmaTviGU10LBIVRW0" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""><br><div style="text-align: center;">I’m ploughing my way through books at a right rate of knots.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This Lesley Pearce thriller had me gripped from start to finish.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img alt="" id="id_874a_397c_1fdc_c0b3" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/hVwLLh8nTf6Z7ra5_zD0aRyURyGxB0UIljDjbxyqRjp5V_9rpAb9C9KtTS-qOKA4B6M" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""><br><div style="text-align: center;">Don’t read Bob Mortimer’s autobiography in bed, you won’t</div><div style="text-align: center;">get to sleep for laughing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img alt="" id="id_59b2_eb6c_68fa_8dd8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ORSkT0Eo3UiT9vqZPsidZiEZ_31KtVCqxZ3LmFKdLdepgrCVHFMpQqlgHKqR85LuLtw" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""><br><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" id="id_6709_d5d5_fd5d_4c91" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/us_YlYRcLmWqVEC7o0muMmY1K1DpUx-MHAYWWGQ3frxfy2PpiwCBA_4FaGj3QyNmPKA" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><div><img alt="" id="id_57a0_620a_23e3_a7d8" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Kb3otdQWt_z_NttZqZongWUwZHLevOxDAP05ILrNRwQn2hGzkr61Q_pm-QSao6YsMT0" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""></div><div><br></div><div>I’ve neglected my blog of late but maybe October will see a</div><div>return to it with more of the above hopefully.</div><div><br></div><div><img alt="" id="id_e3b0_9b56_527_eae6" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/KMO60ziM0-E1pDqHjiUf6uXllblavjSai8KjH5c9pGqEuCChy16wEM_t9DZ3LTL2yaE" style="display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 385px;" title="" tooltip=""><br><br>Hello everyone over at</div><div>What’s On Your Workdesk Wednesday </div><div><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2022/10/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-696.html?m=1" id="id_a4b7_c2dc_c44f_ff9b">LINK TO WOYWW</a><br></div></div> Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-27504575834262019632022-07-26T20:02:00.001+01:002022-07-27T08:07:02.257+01:00Something to blog about -Woyww<img id="id_350a_e2d2_38ef_2bf1" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/WNzYkngnB9IBENMJwqhwtFq4d34Hls2FdgCSRT56S2d-WimYhtOU6S9u5Qd8IlLZrSw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Hooray I’ve something to blog about.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">The textile group I am a member of has a new prompt.</div><div style="text-align: center;">ART & ARTISTS and we are to create whatever we want</div><div style="text-align: center;">by focusing on our chosen subject.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_6a57_1273_619f_a680" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/apBUljxFF5GMTpQ_vFUXMy0GyXKKh6ttgq5K_PPqvZsX6UrZn5FqJCTqEJTdc0W5GqQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>I love the whimsical collage work of Emily Hildebrand aka Quiet Noticing</div><div style="text-align: center;">over on Instagram. She works in paper, painting & drawing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My take on it is in fabric.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_e31c_fb87_890c_abe0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/whdCuU0sPEVqdQIv9UxbS7dgx44I9pjZvRxVMaaO532DW3Oh6Bm9exiv8fEtYFk_Kec" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>My second choice is Cherokee based Textile artist and author</div><div style="text-align: center;">Krista Barmer aka The Mending Space over on Instagram.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It’s all about layering and stitch with this one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve not gone with the more well known artists yet, I’m just going with what</div><div style="text-align: center;">I’m drawn too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_46ad_2f4c_1d58_4fc6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Yl3p-BRw6dTcrFXB9wqr2U8dXr7TgHm1yBFszCom684jb9HZnlvYtWA27Vq7Nr1qbJ0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Over on the home front.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br>We picked up this vintage looking wallpaper for 99p a roll</div><div style="text-align: center;">and after living with it pinned up for a couple of days</div><div style="text-align: center;">the wandering welder has set too stripping the kitchen wall</div><div style="text-align: center;">ready to hang it.<br><br><img id="id_f8c_b0b7_b9fc_1e02" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Hkz1QT4T-3AMGpuTOkFyI1TFsnExGo3zKRGvxPkTtpTCqCxpxqKzNkILScpvQX9GS6w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Here’s the tidy side of the kitchen</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_999e_4f3a_ae7e_e774" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Z3r2OvL-nziwqibC5ynJq3_0HBjxX63cnyxB4qbJev7wVGWaeCespbo7-fQxMqWO1qk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Out and about.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I went to see Where The Crawdads Sing at the cinema yesterday.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you’ve read the book I promise you that the film will not disappoint.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We were spellbound for over two hours and said we could watch it again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_415f_b9a2_8720_c21f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/M10sEsrTb3rlL5RfCc135Wun5RMi_Yzil2YUvrBHv6kIGXT1_SQL_KYd-4LxoKlbIo4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Did I show you this stunning handworked wire flower I found in</div><div style="text-align: center;">the charity shop for 20p in a frame. Just imagine the hours spent</div><div style="text-align: center;">making it. Never mind the skill needed. It’s pinned up on the</div><div style="text-align: center;">studio wall now.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br><img id="id_49d5_ff3a_be0e_4c37" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Nz7rzI7QnUUOqq2aO-Nry_hxCE257WHI98zZKXVKmSvktOpOChMlcxMMOOZ27V7NUGU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>I’m sorry for not getting back to you last week, it’s been a</div><div style="text-align: center;">bit full on again with paperwork and mum’s house sale.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_ca98_1ecc_a07a_689a" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/LXJi_L7KDUASaviHa5HcqngSAc77TKw4VJJtuU5x4zRPwb3JrV-IdzoQoG5HSdxF4vE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Next week we are taking Mum upto her favourite holiday cottage</div><div style="text-align: center;">at Grange Over Sands and in between taking her it we will be at</div><div style="text-align: center;">our caravan just up the road.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">See you soon.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stay well and keep crafting</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn</div><div style="text-align: center;">xxx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linking up with <br><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2022/07/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-686.html?m=1" id="id_ace6_2f74_ccc0_87aa">WHAT’S ON YUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY </a><br></div>Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-28979821262790579852022-07-12T20:54:00.001+01:002022-07-13T09:21:40.085+01:00 WOYWW - Books and Wooden Houses<img id="id_355e_f352_e017_7b8f" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/TjxYwv0x2CL59F3DbNk1FfX3SEs9RJbkZmQnI0KgihfT8EX1KT7YgiqPeIZGNWbffp8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Hello desk hoppers and fellow bloggers, the weeks are flying by and I won’t bore you with all the stuff that is still going on with Mum’s house sale and move.<div><br></div><div><img id="id_4ee8_bab0_bafd_3249" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/CVGte3q2r73Eij_-ro1HLJNIJUTE6ghSjDHbnHuK4V_94i03QX3YeQ3U_fbEDyRNfuw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve done a lot of reading</div></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_f455_2c2e_e9d5_bc21" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/q_VV3evrf6WUg2xZRqPYoIkqoPowwMz0PMOOpawLm0ghnfxDBeA-fcGxkuevWoa0GeM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_a67a_ee6c_175f_6cfe" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/he4LyeiIWEsnEZCyKADNj92gjG8Q4_6PbOQ_3lcwzWMQCNVFcr-yO-scMMS2uv9knF4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>And over the last fortnight I got heavily into Wimbledon. It’s all pure distraction tactics. I’m afraid to say the last few months has taken its toll on me physically and mentally.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_2dd9_27df_43_2f3d" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Y0QGOzIT3owS-4EPy_jCQc8NPXdJahgryO_4dpKB41ma7iBFt0dMkJoEXpO4v9SABqg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.annebrooke.co.uk" id="id_5ae0_d90a_3fe1_7610">LINK TO ANNE BROOKE</a><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>However, last weekend I went on a two day craft workshop at Anne Brooke’s studio in Brighouse and it was so nice to be with likeminded folk and my good friend vintage crockery trader Pat of A Vintage Affair.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_5011_7036_de8c_849d" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/QPk-aETe75Z9N9qDC7ruQ6dTPQNUNmntfs27tPNktrwNk7sVDSRcOEsTW6g0hqSih7k" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Under the watchful eye of our lovely Scottish tutor Ali Ferguson of The Purple Thread Shed we created these wooden tenement buildings. There was lots of prepping, drilling and stitching and embellishing went on.</div><div><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://aliferguson.co.uk" id="id_cece_266_c39f_112e">LINK TO ALI FERGUSON</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_3258_6d03_90ec_1996" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/2yKtKp7mbqJmc5C3gLHTCpN9q8Dzc17_0TyUnjnVxj9iH2JPAQbnMpX1YTadEYJxkpM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Pat made a row of shops</div><br><img id="id_c771_1b82_2ccb_f8ea" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/G_y2yelpXp3YCBzWA2V9wwnK9tQ0mR3A6DYweQMEVQ6nr8TV7rs9daKaEDh1HZ535zA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><div style="text-align: left;">Mine were loosely based on the beautiful cottages in the Cumbrian town of Ulverston.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_35eb_e510_e521_9929" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/undcz0hmJ1-oVe8BUqsh9LxZ_i8CJ7tFpS0-J2oysT_PsVpqCEcJ_v7_dxJziH6BTHs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_fc7f_df4b_4a31_6682" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/LKBhHYaUrJ-FeA_dvSAkJM0DDi-610nlJWK9Abo7ymjC3Am8Eu_qMHbhM5hHOr2ktc0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>So now we are spending a few days at our little caravan in the Lake District. </div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_e677_e899_822f_58b3" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Q-jyN0kOMbIAAxToAqejdZA3gpAL2amR7-2JQedQ7vxHPmUtocqRPocw2v2vVWS1At4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Hope everyone is well</div><div style="text-align: center;">Love Lynn</div><div style="text-align: center;">x</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_6abf_f1cb_c65a_5ac7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/V7TtYvOTDlfqv1jJN85ZoVJRNyFHv_ox3zXfyyG4k7_SDvc9Nd5upmm5pyC1pyaHdxU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/?m=1" id="id_5065_d331_28e9_8fac">LINK TO WHAT’S ON YOUR WORK DESK WEDNESDAY </a><br></div><br><br><br><br></div>Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-33057881561392739932022-06-08T09:18:00.001+01:002022-06-08T09:25:40.761+01:00 Life goes on …… woyww 679<br><br><div style="text-align: left;">After three floods and three moves Mum is now in her retirement apartment. She has even had time for cake with the Queen and a Jubilee party in the residents lounge.</div><br><img id="id_feb5_2235_631d_5a9c" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/nDs1wnpk2Z7HmANtE08rDfnHF11UhXQkrMphXsskUlwQ3gPIwlMlDZy4KK4_RUOgVYA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Life hasn’t calmed down yet though as we’ve now got her old house to prepare for sale and I’m still ploughing my way through paperwork and hours on the phone trying to get through to services and authorities. I don’t know how folk can say things are better now. It’s a shame I’m not getting paid to do this lot as I’d be coining it in. Oh yes and I’m also still dealing with the flood compensation paperwork.<div><br></div><div>So still no crafting yet. However, my sister came home for the weekend and we managed an afternoon treat at a local art gallery.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_e30d_ae12_ca80_52e3" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/w-1XqsUMEd9pLCji2b2YQLe0l8NPU8y4dk4zivP-TwnbR2pPeI68ndlBK7y854iW3FQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin: 4px auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thewhitaker.org" id="id_e9bb_f2b4_d738_9ef3">THE WHITAKER GALLERY, RAWTENSTALL </a><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_5aea_1d29_2d52_49da" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/SWfa0IwK_yITk-bf6FUnR-jojQnDAgKL5AFndQzTLXddm1bPAxZPteZ7hED6tn6ByVc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">The room of curiosities </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_384e_b237_8937_8b1e" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/9tO3TwTGo8soTwgyFBTqmvwGsjAzKdzZfS03JJhlKPtmoh2y_s28vsopdY492nvIkSE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_c275_c211_e5ed_e38a" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Le1jke89c9c1lx1-BUw4GJT7A4aZ3qKu2_PbjDIIue9DJ-p_airgAphDwl06FIE9uTk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">PAULA CHAMBERS EXHIBITION </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">WORKING GIRLS</div><br><img id="id_69a9_a505_be49_b213" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/6H_-DM_SRNl8xS1MypiRigWhRZIHnB1ukAoi4Qee08aCAChFoc8GUZDoNHM1lbiEKcY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_b94b_254_21f3_2f3" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/A_JEuXbjjDszgYxa8Rkw2CVdKFulvxVf08DVyWHq90qiMgIxKeyYzcXo4CoaGBzKKWs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: left;">Update on crafting since I started this post. My textile group had a little online workshop on the Cyanotype process.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you don’t know what it is, it’s a dyeing technique using chemicals and the sun.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img id="id_8fc7_f86a_54f3_5bee" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mM01Rd3OoUGSGfR-oeE2mjZd9ihTJl6Ul7gMWdlI_bsgjlqrEvDNVxk3dVplczaGtd4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_1eb_d60c_adae_79d7" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/QQ0g-JYCJMOLYo2AVWLvh-HeGKu2zMBJvx_zUWlDLVwbwhK5eVbLL3ZmduZf19wtNcg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_a498_9806_a346_63d1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Bkjn9IbiRpLkN74YO-UfGxJ7y2HS1dEM-YBV419JA85_a2F9yrU43Ht8cVhePB3OkJo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looks lovely …… only thing is, it should be blue and not disappear</div><div style="text-align: center;">when rinsed through.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wouldn’t you know I had been sent the wrong chemical mix. Poor Kim who</div><div style="text-align: center;">I bought it off was mortified. Not to worry said I, there’s worse things happen.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So hopefully I’ll post the real thing next week heehee.</div><br><img id="id_1b75_fe74_dd90_7703" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/UiFCcYbICzo-E2UqeWpHoGuW07DidET-5T33qohNa0pM5D1D09Nf0AM_QYr_1tIRkgo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><div style="text-align: center;">Take care and have a good week</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn</div><div style="text-align: center;">xxx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linking up with</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2022/06/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-679.html?m=1" id="id_6a94_b55d_44ef_2672">WHAT’S ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY </a><br></div></div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-26069179950483206042022-05-25T07:30:00.000+01:002022-05-25T08:06:48.830+01:00WOYWW - renamed WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW<img id="id_7323_5d87_38b0_393" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/k0JoAJopxfWDhkUP2PjFOPUc2OWWuO1IWNPSwtdWcKds5CFVavw7ldy5paVMq2eSqN0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Just popping in with a quick thank you for your good wishes</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the lovely anniversary WOYWW cards ladies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_e6b1_ed02_ab22_7566" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Za2R6luzvV2k4dB93-Eyrhr0krIE8hPe4ev7koS6mPXWtJdEb04RhzemRAHZBbCygpg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve got some good news at last.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_6a9f_57ad_96d7_eef6" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/MQU17QcLJvt7fnYklSU-82oN50fwadrq8irWNe4ewFCvpwcCiXqEuOOBKVE1ZqPX7Fg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">After what seems like weeks and weeks of one drama after another <span style="text-align: center;">I can now say we are moving forward. If you missed it all, here’s a quick reminder. House move, Mum’s flat floods three times, another house move, two unexpected deaths of close friends, a snapped clutch pedal, many many cancelled plans and lots of holding of baited breath.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here’s the schedule ahead</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Monday 23rd May - contractors confirmed Mum’s flat is now dry and they have removed the driers.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Tuesday 24th May - Decorator coming to finish off</div><div style="text-align: left;">Wednesday 25th May - Residents meeting at Mum’s retirement complex/phone & broadband set up</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thursday 26th May - carpets fitted</div><div style="text-align: left;">Friday 27th May - Vinyl fitted to kitchen </div><div style="text-align: left;">Saturday 28th May - Packing up ready for move</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sunday 29th May - Move back to flat</div><div style="text-align: left;">Tuesday 31st May - new wardrobe arriving </div><div style="text-align: left;">Plus a mammoth amount of paperwork and phone calls.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img id="id_9644_6fbb_62fe_e8cd" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Gxt5zqKDFKlTZWdMyTLSJBWQZlphId9jRWrSdAU8CdSPcM-d9rYKGffUzUlI95h2hYA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">After that we have a jubilee party and settling in time for mum in her new flat and her getting to know the area.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img id="id_5d01_b650_6ac1_b4d5" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/bmZqAVm8Pwkp_0fKkYMcOQ7HUoQgjnfLrfBc8Jkw1YK3JTe3-EfpFR8_DDin7ZOVYE0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">So by the end of June we hope will be chilling out at our little caravan in the Lake District. Our first trip there this year. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><img id="id_59b7_9c55_37e6_7799" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/tRrq7o8wri5aanBQAQ6-sknzKCTU22WuOSUuz8d-G7GGEJRyQ1iarUhR-SzHFpxAAGE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Keep your fingers crossed that all goes well and I can get back to creating and jolly blogging soon.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_5ba9_ec11_cca8_dab9" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/BzdOHoTUuUGRiG8P8fEzxQ16prr3e96ZSJubfUpRcYzIW0FmovuyKZZZ7siw80MpiGw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 307px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br>That’s a wrap for now.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for sticking with me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn</div><div style="text-align: center;">xxx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">LINKING IN WITH </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2022/05/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-677.html?m=1" id="id_cd4d_c75e_9617_c37a">WHAT’S ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY </a><br></div> Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-46801694151642803432022-05-15T20:44:00.000+01:002022-05-15T20:44:17.084+01:00One step forward, ten steps backOne step forward, ten steps back. No that’s not a new dance, it’s the state of things in my little world.<div><br></div><div><img id="id_fd10_d3e9_9f5c_8d55" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/eY_hPEDdjzJ21_zbtBDWlejXPHMayuSjwqeFtItSleGAXMJcUNEaS6xhXqdPmXNySpg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div><br></div><div>See this face, well that’s how I look for real. All out of flunter. If you’ve missed recent events, here’s a recap.</div></div><div><br></div><div>1. Found a lovely retirement flat for my 89 year old mum.</div><div>2. There’s a water burst before she moves in.</div><div>3. Morning of move there’s another burst but we move anyway, paddling through the hallway.</div><div>4. Three days later there is major flooding. Mum moves back out to her old house that we are due to sell.</div><div>5. One of my dearest friends dies.</div><div><br></div><div>Fast forward what feels like months but is in fact less than a fortnight and one of mum’s oldest friends dies unexpectedly. They’ve been friends since they were 18.</div><div><br></div><div>Oh I’ve not finished yet. On my way home from a catch up with my bestie and what we call our “lost & weary” club, my car clutch pedal snaps and the car is stuck half in the garage and half on the narrow country lane we live on, narrowly missing the side of the garage wall by an inch.</div><div>After the heart palpitations calmed down I rang the nice green flag man who arrived a short time later and gulped when he saw how close it was to the wall.</div><div><br><img id="id_ae88_b732_c07b_6a22" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/0gtXLj4mSHVOI12ZbIZDKLr0-u8Ty73J54GhN4hcVzqO8u6_ofIBYGWXhkRcLj0W6z4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>What a good chap he managed to bump it into the garage without any further damage. After a short consultation with the nice man the wandering welder said he would be able to repair it. - Sunday night update : It’s not fixed yet. It needs a new pedal.</div><div><br></div><div>Honestly could you make all this up. I doubt it. One day I’m sure I’ll laugh at this lot. It was far more peaceful during the pandemic. </div><div><br></div><div>Did I mention that I’ve had to cancel all holidays and events in June in order to get Mum settled back in her new flat at some point. Keep your fingers crossed folks that things work out for the better now and there’s no more drama.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_9826_9bbd_be_e457" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/UBuTaoYlcBzahC2kqDVZ6vBFuXYIEX8Nj09rW98hDeAqkXU0BP206fbRj8yv3DEDJ0Q" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;">(From 2018 morning our Chester meet up)</div></div><div><br></div><div>I’m so sorry Sue, Ann & Jos, Vix & Jon, Tina & Gav and all the lovely ladies in our No Rules Textile Society that we won’t get to meet up as planned. With a lot of luck we will be spending some time at our caravan in the lakes with a beer or two for company. The season started on the 1st March and we haven’t been there yet.</div><div><br></div><div>I’m looking forward to the days when I will be able to blog some good stuff.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_aa74_cbfb_f220_9296" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/QWlioXX4b7ZPmmdbCKKbDMWEcVF10VssMixsDbzQ1E_8gb-aaJpRgG6rg8fhYhRY_Dg" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for sticking with me</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn xx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the meantime there’s two funerals, more meetings with contractors, carpet fitters, a mammoth amount of paperwork to get through, more phone calls and yet another house move and house sale to get through.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sounds like a script for a sitcom</div><div style="text-align: center;">Haha</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div><br></div>Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-57224582404992407922022-05-07T18:11:00.001+01:002022-05-07T18:18:30.660+01:00From bad to worse<img id="id_3f59_453a_4e51_59a8" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/CbrWPOihEI0f85EZbQqruBm_EYiie2Sl7XQJY8ley-mvOVScr9VQarN4SMVHHfYCl0c" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>Since my last post things have gone from bad to worse. Mum has had to move out of her new retirement flat after a third mains water burst further up the road caused severe flooding. <div><br></div><div>Mum is fine, she stayed one night with us then alongside United Utilities we packed everything up and moved it back to her old house that she had left less than a week ago. She sat quietly at our house while all this was done and now we have to wait anything from 4-8 weeks before she can be moved back.</div><div><br></div><div>In fairness to United Utilities even though they have wreaked all this havoc, causing more stress and anxiety than I’ve had in sometime, they are working with us brilliantly. I have a direct contact person who came to talk to all the residents at the retirement court. So for now we sit tight until the flat dries out and new carpets can be fitted - again.</div><div><br></div><div>It’s not that simple though is it. There’s the question of all the paper work when moving house. Not to mention changing councils and a telephone line that is now in the wrong house. I could go on and on.</div><div><br></div><div>On top of this one of my dearest friends died unexpectedly and it’s left me heartbroken.</div><div><br></div><div>I’m hoping that sometime soon I will be back to blogging in my usual bright chirpy way. I hope you will bear with me.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_6e94_20b6_29a_362f" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/9j1LhbTOqcoJFlN2s2gw78prE6OCwZnhG5L-mHEGDftlNMxGjzoyBg54KW2fzHNb1sY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>I have got a pile of lovely books to distract me from all the things I have to do. Don’t read the Richard Osman one while you’re trying to go sleep, it’s far to funny.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_d16d_8c09_d24e_998b" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/7mPRWjVowqxL4xu_IdnI9wjr0ZWXNQ7GkZW0H0Yf2KNyDUlbL7qeCU1qDCm7HP3e0VY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div><br></div><div>As is this Alan Bennett one about the Queen and a mobile library.</div><div><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">See you soon with a happier post hopefully </div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn</div><div style="text-align: center;">xxx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_7a40_570f_2268_97eb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/D2-pVsvYtl3tDKBD93va4T0D1_9PnCgkSkPakOKKfkeXdvVWtEJKx_aCHteDyHKuzqQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><br></div>Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-46064700322351421802022-05-01T10:26:00.001+01:002022-05-01T18:10:54.721+01:00YOU COULD’NT MAKE THIS LOT UP<div><br></div><div><img id="id_59c7_e86d_e266_47e7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/j0kxdoEKghGgCdmUluj-2Y-6fg_R9vu-9puvGmjDb1YNcLz8JmS0gubFiuXcEtTrm_w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><font size="4"><br></font></div>The week and day of Mum’s move has been like something from a mixture of a comedy sketch, a horror movie, a crime thriller, DIY SOS, Changing Rooms, Countryfile and Gardeners World. On top of which I’ve had to act as a detective, a diplomat, a counsellor, a supervisor and a carer. There’s probably some roles I’ve forgotten about.<div><div><br></div><div>On the run upto the move, hours have been spent on the phone trying to get through to services to inform them of the new address. There’s been lots of papers to read and sign. We’ve chosen new bedroom furniture, living room furniture, wallpaper & window blinds, light fittings, bedroom carpet, sorted keys out and numerous other things I’ve been in Dunelm half a dozen times for. Oh yes and I organised a removal company and a decorator.</div><div><br></div><div>We’ve done all this in the three weeks since Mum first saw and said she liked the flat. My constant companion has been a notebook, pencil and tape measure. I made a two week planner so that I could see instantly every day what I was supposed to be doing, what was arriving and who was on site.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_8b32_a746_76a5_2410" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/AVw_O1bVRTq9tpAb6Ka_4zxfB8e8axlJSh5UcPMYpRikOLMQv7ry-vbqVKpROtqiW20" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br>The redecorating of the rooms had to be carefully scheduled as the bedroom carpet was arriving the same day as our lovely decorator Jo was starting work, added to which she needed to be out by the time the new bedroom furniture was due to arrive. I’d love some of that speed and energy Jo has, apart from not being able to get the last coat of paint on all the doors, which were originally dark brown and she painted white, she totally smashed it. It was only the fact we didn’t want to be manoeuvring round tacky doors on move day that stopped them being finished.</div><div><br></div><div>The first of the comedy of errors came in the form of the delivery folk using the wrong template to work out that the pathway for them to get the wardrobe in. It looked like it would have to go back and Mum would have to have a smaller one. As they were leaving Philip said I’ll measure your template to make sure we get a wardrobe that will fit. After the men had left we realised they’d used the wrong template it was too big. By then it was to late to get them back. So the original wardrobe is now rescheduled for delivery next Thursday. Consequently I had to me dart out out to Dunelm again to buy a cheap clothes rail to tide us over.</div><div><br></div><div>Talking of tides, while all this lot was going on United Utilities who had the road blocked off outside for major repairs went gone through a water pipe causing a burst in the corridor of the flats right outside Mum’s front door. It was that bad you could have had ducks swimming on the surface of the carpets. Many work men from many sources appeared sucking up water with a machine, measuring here there and everywhere and wanting to put in a massive dehumidifier in the corridor for two weeks. ‘Well that’s not happening’ said Margaret our lovely on-site warden, ‘it’s a trip hazard’. So off these four chaps went after measuring every inch of carpet in sight even in rooms nowhere near the flooding.</div><div><br></div><div>Still with me ? I’m now jumping forward a few days to the day of the move. Picture the scene, I’ve hardly slept a wink and the phone rings at 6.00am and it’s Careline to inform me that there’s been a major flood n the building, the fire brigade have attended site and mum’s flat is affected. They have someone on the way to sort it out. </div><div><br></div><div>Can I swear ? Bloody hell what do I do now, do I cancel the move or do we carry on. Quickly getting dressed I drove up there with the wandering welder in tow. There wasn’t a soul to be seen, we were met with a corridor of squelching carpets and it was the same in Mum’s hallway, store cupboard, bathroom, entry to the bedroom and living room.</div><div><br></div><div>After much pondering it was decided that the move would go ahead. Off Philip dashed back home to bring a roll of rubber backed carpet that he brought home from a site he’d worked on during the foot and mouth crisis many years ago. It was left over from when you had to disinfect your shoes before entering the building. We cut it to shape and laid it down over the soggy carpets so that the removal men could get everything in without making anymore mess.</div><div><br></div><div>During the course of the day I managed to find a water board man who came and looked at the mess and reported it to the relevant team. Two more men appeared to assess it and said they would rip up the carpets. No you won’t I said, I’ve got my 89 year old Mum moving in here today, it’s havoc enough as it is. Come back Tuesday when the warden is back on site.</div><div><br></div><div>Honestly you couldn’t make this lot up could you. Two more men appeared later from a company who do the drying out. ‘We will have to rip out all the carpets throughout the building’ they said, as they stomped up and down taking photos. ‘Oh no you won’t’ said I. ‘You’ve no authority to do that and neither have I to let you. You’ll have to come back Tuesday when the warden is here’.</div><div><br></div><div>Next up another man appears because the lift is not working because of the water burst, the shaft is full of water. Quick as a flash I darted back into mum’s ground floor flat and thought I’m keeping out of that debate.</div><div><br></div><div>The removal folk arrived and everything went without a hitch on that side and my sister appeared with the kettle and the brewing tackle. After a sit down and a cuppa and I’d updated her on the mornings fiasco, we got stuck into the start of placing things where they should be, making up mum’s bed and working our way through 15 packing boxes.</div><div><br></div><div>Next thing another knock at the door. ‘I’m a plumber come to fix a drain. What’s all this water in the corridor. It’s clean water not sewage. I can’t fix this it’s nothing to do with me. How do I get in this store cupboard to check where the burst is.’ he said. You can’t said I ‘There’s no warden on site until Tuesday’. He then phoned his people who phoned their people, at which point I’d wandered off to investigate the sound of running water in a communal toilet. He said ‘I can’t do anything here, it’s down to United Utilites’. ‘Can you fix this toilet while you’re here’ said I making a hasty retreat back into Mum’s flat.</div><div><br></div><div>I forgot to mention that earlier during the first visit by UU a woman appeared from up the road in hysterics, grabbing the workman begging him to help and shouting at me ‘have you got a water burst. have you, have you’. Turns out the cellar in her house was filling with water. ‘Madam’ said I, ‘Allow me to finish our conversation and the man will get to you next’. While all the time thinking shut up, calm down, there’s a building full of old folk to sort here.</div><div><br></div><div>Well the day goes on, my sister Jill went back to Mum’s old house to get some more stuff and I carried on emptying boxes when all of a sudden the door opens and a chap walks in with a sleeping toddler over his shoulder. ‘Oh sorry, I thought the flat was empty’. ‘Who are you ?’ Said I. Turns out he was a chap from Housing 21 who own the company that run Riddiough Court where mum has moved into. </div><div><br></div><div>As you can probably guess by now I’ve had enough of all these folk appearing and what to me is total mayhem. He offered to put mum up in a hotel until it was all sorted or even in the visitors room in the complex if there is one he said. All the time there’s someone on the end of his phone joining in the conversation. Even though he was very nice and obviously trying to do his best, I’m so confused at this point by all these folk appearing I told him that Mum has no idea what is going on, my friend has taken her out for the day while we get her flat set up so that she can walk in and everything will be in place for her to carry on with her life in her new home. I told him she’s not going anywhere, my sister is staying with her tonight to make sure she’s alright and on Tuesday when the warden is back on duty I will sort it all out from there. </div><div><br></div><div>Still with me ? Mum appears with Jane and is shocked at what’s happened, overwhelmed with the whole experience of moving and exhausted. </div><div><br></div><div>The warden then appears as she’s been called in because it’s such a major event that’s gone on. I explained everything that had happened and said let’s sort it on Tuesday I’m to exhausted to carry on now. She was very apologetic and said for such a big thing to occur twice in one week was unheard of and normally it was such a quiet place. I said it’s United utilities fault not yours. I am going to be following it all up though.</div><div><br></div><div>After I’d been home a couple of hours my sister rang to say a man had appeared with a machine to suck up all,the water in the corridors and mums flat. At that my brain shut off.</div><div><br></div><div>And so that’s the sorry so far. There’s plenty of funny bits but they will have to wait, I just needed to get this out of my system.</div><div><br></div><div>I’ll be back</div><div>Lynn x</div><div>Ps if you’re still here you’re as big a glutton for punishment as me haha but thanks x</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_aca4_179a_d893_aed6" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/8JZF_mFC3fTviRR9UJzpOqPIWUQHgfjFJPXI0hwquorjpsdkDBi411mK4Z9fZ2bSV1Y" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">One funny bit.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mum’s welcoming committee</div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div></div>Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-85575548784134605352022-04-27T08:17:00.001+01:002022-04-27T08:17:55.616+01:00What’s on your work desk Wednesday <div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_b9d3_9c13_2a94_d82e" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/ZxwL17G2QrvOmBmyKst1GIHSxovgW35hXccoC7YhU6lz1pcBIhmZRfaoLE8dF-BCp0c" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">GATHER </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I’m gathering in more than one way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Personally I’m gathering my wits, patience, strength and all the other emotions and physical</div><div style="text-align: center;">stuff us humans contend with. I won’t bore you with it, only to say I have been and am still</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the throws of sorting the move of my lovely 89 and half year old Mum to a really nice</div><div style="text-align: center;">retirement flat and arranging the sale of her house.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_a3c3_ee4e_629e_1cec" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/IWgZi2Ow2wrNrOpnHl91-G_OqdFR5o-bqq2Iz2IXZE5DFTcXOw16kXnq7m1DCfOI1sA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>This was the outlook from her windows on Monday, isn’t it stunning.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I’m thinking of booking myself in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">On Sunday afternoon I set aside some me time to return to my</div><div style="text-align: center;">craft desk. I was determined not to miss the start of the new prompt</div><div style="text-align: center;">with my No Rules Textile Society.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ve stripped the cork display wall of its “UNMAKING” pieces.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_8e0f_d63d_b749_4bb5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zN9Wgba9T91hGXsrsi66zPKZty1MHEYAa1yVQj5tCckRvW681FLsXGQJn2PyqCKbRfs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_9ba5_3b02_42da_256f" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/LctdGV1xjUpnxD_OGVzEQZy_YbzB1ZzKdjgrwnE5lI1vrFc64IUgnxxk3vOfDOWfLO8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>and I’m bringing in the colours of Spring for the new prompt</div><div style="text-align: center;"> “GATHER”</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_b436_2408_5e8_a187" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/dKLqCPuuw-B9bNN6CCaYvlD2hGvQpIjR21uThuFLQzsQvOSEV_CCISdYt2q0CjnyjMI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>The afternoon was spent happily gathering books, fabrics and</div><div style="text-align: center;">papers<br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_70b_4395_701f_ae02" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/NtjXsHJ9cxsOKOBQPvlVSVsZ0s0pT_PJmUAFV3Qy-epwMn0dWD8QhBC3aigjREuVlgE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br>It was nice to spend time fiffing and faffing creating a paper</div><div style="text-align: center;">collage and adding machine stitching.<br><br><img id="id_ca38_6e28_64d0_b515" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/HwaiwOZy0UbjbtwUc_fykZGIDJTosKj9p0vYWEgE-LFWZWC8tH-Pj5dym-wG17diVPM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><img id="id_104f_44a1_45c1_9611" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/k7cAbT1D0VTemQ296NFsD2LDKlzCejZZygaV_cj3EqeHz8MPnTc63x_Kg0KjL0s_Y8M" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><br><img id="id_b049_4afb_67fa_1bd2" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/huCr1W_nKAwuCG07nrPI9qDwY097mj2SgZ4TeRxqCGDP0HayaoAqhodkXaqGOxWMmWs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;">Here’s how it’s going so far.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wish us luck for the move on Saturday.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Can’t wait to be sat looking out at those lovely views</div><div style="text-align: center;">with a cup of tea in hand.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Take care</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn</div><div style="text-align: center;">x<br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linking up with</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2022/04/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-673.html?m=1" id="id_8d86_f50a_c84_2f50">WHATS ON YOUR WORK DESK WEDNESDAY </a></div><br> Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-36594237785743570952022-04-05T19:02:00.001+01:002022-04-06T09:14:24.168+01:00No desk this week - WOYWW 670<img id="id_f5c8_20bb_551f_5f2d" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/jDC0Ov67S3c3CTqGGI2tNS3uOXEDwHZ6CUapFj67d7FNXbYiqv_jDvbl-rkoMs7UbEY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><font size="4"><br></font><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4">No desk to show again this week because we are having an adventure in </font><span style="font-size: large;">Yorkshire. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Oakworth near </span><span style="font-size: large;">Haworth to be precise, and we are staying in this </span><span style="font-size: large;">delightful air</span><span style="font-size: large;"> BnB named Curiosity Cottage.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><a href="https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/11725892?c=.pi80.pkbWVzc2FnaW5nL25ld19tZXNzYWdl&euid=fdd2d2a2-c5c1-64a6-d9a0-dfc54f485674&_set_bev_on_new_domain=1556462822_oD/z9dU5N0ofZWNP&source_impression_id=p3_1649088314_L5OO8/AykQ+EuF0q" id="id_d1ad_13ec_d6b1_5310"> LINK TO CURIOSITY COTTAGE </a><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img id="id_931f_5881_1c4a_4e5a" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/gokgvK_ZaE9Zma11phQN03-CVQBmW9j5J2bVwXqxotl6_MjFB86OV1sPVpbDIRknHUE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4">Even though it’s wet and windy, it’s been a good time to visit as there’s not many </font><span style="font-size: large;">folk about </span><span style="font-size: large;">but on the negative side a lot of things don’t open while later in the week, so we </span><span style="font-size: large;">will have to do the Brontë Parsonage on </span><span style="font-size: large;">the way home on Thursday.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img id="id_2837_8fb6_2654_c02a" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/FTMO5_rdrRd9smrquaZ4dpQGPTD13RdzLJ5RJetlebDrskClTmd8bsvzattZzenZgWY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4">These are the cottages on Main Street, Haworth. So pretty, I wonder how many </font><span style="font-size: large;">are actually </span><span style="font-size: large;">lived in by locals and how many are holiday lets.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img id="id_f4b5_820e_c66b_e30a" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/RbwUSNXWJRJzv6L5tfrFAYwSzSboxfpj4s7eMwHNxqU3zjI9QvlheXSdxSSuiNIj__E" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4">This lovely shop is owned by the same people who own the cottage. They’ve owned it for </font><span style="font-size: large;">35 years. It’s worth going in for the beautiful aromas from bath salts and candles and to see </span><span style="font-size: large;">the fantastic old shop fittings. The candles are made in a workshop at the back of the cottage we are staying in and there’s a little notice on the kitchen door spelling you that you will gets wafts of the beautiful aromas they are creating. The bath salts and soaps are created in the cellar of the shop (think I’ve got that right).</span></div><font size="4"><br></font><img id="id_9ad8_f8bd_5ba9_a6d0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/R7Y4khjLh__YpCEY6klaXQVxsB0JeIFGcGWQLyKt-p5h4GwPob4gBite-PjYQ0Q3JI4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><font size="4"><br><br></font><img id="id_8479_97d0_2b59_6b7c" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/7pX32naI2uNnPIk8-Ar1dR1oF-UWptTiIG68JCP2GmONGiNcd_mSZwSiRYwhgJaK0mw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">We are going on the steam train today.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">I’ll be channeling my inner Railway Children excitement.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_45ca_ab97_4c19_1e16" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/RaoWTxxMPd97VFy2X7L4JYfBJ380nAMIc8NwRsfXEVl3GD0jRqftIa434C0g85DC9IM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="text-align: left; width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><font size="4"><div style="text-align: center;">Well we did spot Bernard Cribbins in the pub yesterday.</div></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><img id="id_e25d_3091_30d0_fd02" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/us7V-KbIQm22a_WlLIKLtYFhYXSZyCJI3PIBrocj2sK_dN-WzGHGouCw2yR1-2snxdk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="text-align: left; width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><font size="4"><div style="text-align: center;">I’ll be back at my desk next week.</div></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">See you then.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">Lynn</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">x</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_2db6_efd4_1661_fab" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/SV6ku-_-71fXckTP7RLoc69KsA4iKu3aGgg931xfy3gNt1cR8W1Nx5RKtvDKOfpGMkM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="text-align: left; width: 307px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2022/04/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-670.html?m=1" id="id_6838_d42f_67bf_55a">LINKING UP WITH WHATS ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY </a><font size="4"><br></font></div><font size="4"><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4"><br></font></div></div> Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-72795378462586033762022-03-25T08:05:00.001+00:002022-03-25T08:37:43.242+00:00Friday smiles and sunshine <img id="id_4599_c7e7_f6e5_2492" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/RoUqD27-pneMAGM4Q4f2LLpAWFv_IhrNxX2KZXWCg4dx4IZAXXXesJyP206b11XAJZ8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">The sun has been out and so have I.</div><br><img id="id_ecf1_1b93_fcae_e76" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/H6eXLyMhyLiKGh1rjBaH1KEDEDHErb6aK7wBkSllMM9KKvOD5ki2mtGqIWxxxJ9G-iU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">Not without my thick tights and boots. It’s not that warm yet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_d8cd_729_e9db_41cc" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/DswjzRTvBAt7I4sp5B6cjTSv695L2B1FrfpNBLlJlLQCVUwWiZPnjwKZ0PGepjSL41Y" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">We had a walk around the reservoir and watched the disabled water skiers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_3311_c0e3_8a9e_4f" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/srEkBIx1q0XKBC_VqZKMyoiz9rQZ0dWB0hA5MEgYJrER21C3Qvx83_DYCLQ42IDbkkE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Back home we spotted the neighbours through our privets, enjoying the fresh grass.</div><br><img id="id_e7_2d50_5adc_8d1d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Po3Dmh-LyL01jl8sx9RFtS78r12eoCD2j4Hl8mDEku1TWBM57de8K652-2Fy5AuhmtA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">I came across a few funnies that are so relevant in our house</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had to include them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><img id="id_20be_7b38_7012_d9f9" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/xHcPQB8ujU2Z8gEK2aAGy8TLHqViCvA424Zcl9zK4D4rzp_FihZrjZ6y1DJ0TOCeAc4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 385px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><br><div style="text-align: center;">I’m off to Todmorden today for a masterclass workshop with artist Alice Fox.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.alicefox.co.uk" id="id_b4d_7731_702c_fb73">ALICE FOX LINK</a><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">As Mum can’t taste anything at the moment we’ve decided not to go out for a meal on</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mother’s Day and have opted for a buffet lunch at home instead.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I’ll get to see my sister, who lives in Oxford, for the second time this month</div><div style="text-align: center;">and my brother who I haven’t seen since Christmas.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Whatever you do this weekend enjoy yourself </div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry I’ve got to run. Last minute as usual.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lynn</div><div style="text-align: center;">xxx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linking up with </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://wipso-astitchintime.blogspot.com/2022/03/this-weeks-smilesweek-465.html" id="id_515d_fd72_b290_dd69">ANNIE’S FRIDAY SMILES</a><br></div> Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238485740741691.post-61666691999218582752022-03-23T08:36:00.001+00:002022-03-23T08:49:38.255+00:00Woyww 668 - frayed around the edges <font size="4"><br></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><img id="id_70c8_f988_ec68_7549" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/XmQfdhDwKp9kmXWMu0VzprDjlwCuhA8jzedJwgCRC3KoSB30aqzzv-aWX-fWLuihJ_E" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><font size="4"><br></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">Yippee I’ve managed to sit out in the garden this week.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">Doesn’t a bit of sunshine make a difference to the day.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_848b_100f_b672_f4cb" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/ssqlu1y9JQI1_PJla2wX_L__bAAsKwPUvlhqMfzE9ujdJG_cy31xTF3hgDYYZh3fy-Y" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><font size="4"><br>This is something I don’t show very often, my messy desk.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">There was so much stuff on it I couldn’t make out what I was supposed to be doing</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><img id="id_ff5d_c4e6_c80e_503e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sx-Ve44wAIkYx4-c4Ka1k_Oa5RtZqpcIk3CFk0yy6C1LnYNFOudrOPyCiShQlXBKz1I" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><font size="4"><br></font><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">Here’s a few bits I’ve been working on. I’ve been fraying fabrics, then I</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">made a fabric bowl with the pulled threads</font></div><font size="4"><br></font><img id="id_fe55_b2c1_567c_1202" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/SCY8cL37uCH6CZ8D567fgFASFg_J2ig5BWQRtAqbPQxxx_5rkTGtxbaHdbVqBwZZ-Rs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">One of the new lessons over at No Rules Textile Society has been working with</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">a stabiliser called Thermagauze. I’ve not quite got my head around it yet and</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">need to experiment with it more. It gives an aged effect to material.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="id_d8f7_a555_2063_67a5" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/lSME3-psk0zN9djucjgqjcNaXLWOlgd3Xs940Xsmz16P472xltlg7mghV7ExCOWSBBM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 616px; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;"><font size="4"><br>Here’s a little montage of what I’ve been creating during March.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">It’s taken from my Instagram page.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">I hope all Julia’s deskhoppers are keeping well</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">and thank you for visiting my little blog.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">See you next week</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">Lynn</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">X<br><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4">LINKING UP WITH </font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2022/03/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-668.html?m=1" id="id_4dd6_b194_928_4451"><font size="4">WHAT’S ON YOUR WORK DESK WEDNESDAY </font></a><font size="4"><br></font></div> Lynn Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683485991861662348noreply@blogger.com17