Post Comment Love 26-28 February

February 26, 2021

Welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked and share some of that love. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’re here.

With the weather being nicer last weekend we spent some time in our garden for the first time this year. Before we knew it our green bins were full and our gardening enthusiasm returned in an instance. Unfortunately over the winter we lost a plant or two, and with our enthusiasm reignited, some new plants were ordered.

I’ve learnt that our garden prefers woodland plants, and this week some hydrangeas and dogwoods have arrived. I also ordered some pink cistus which I know are drought-friendly plants, and which we see in gardens around us. The plants are currently lodging in the conservatory and I’m hopeful that the weather this weekend will be equally as good so we can get them into the garden.

There’s already a fair bit going on in our garden, bulbs are pushing through and the daffodils are trying to flower. But right now it’s the snowdrops that are having their time, and when they’re as gorgeous as this I’m not going to deny them.

#TheYarnAdvent progress

February 25, 2021

I’ve spoken about the yarn advent calendar from last December here before, and slowly I’ve been working to create my half and half squares, adding in two neutral colours - two because I couldn’t choose between them. This as always going to be a colourful throw, and in my mind’s eye it was always going to be random.

Last week I reached a momentous point.

I have now completed four squares of each of the twenty four days, so that’s 96 squares, and a jumble of colours. And now I have a decision ahead of me.

But first blocking. And the first proper use of one of my Christmas presents.

The biggest decision

That comes next, and is all about the layout. Now remember that in my head this is a random creation, so why oh why, did my hands come up with this:

It’s not that I dislike it, but it’s not what I intended.

My second attempt was much better, and fulfilled my ‘random’ requirement.

I thought it probably needed some tweaking and set to work.

The organised side of my head came to the fore again, this time ensuring all of the triangles have their long edge facing the same direction.

And then because I couldn’t resist, and because I wanted to try it out - the neutrals were put together. On one side the blue/green and the other the grey/pink.

That’s not quite what I envisaged either.

Even though my hands keep trying to bring some order to the proceedings, it’s the completely random layout that makes my heart sing the most.

With bobbles on

I already know how I’ll finish this throw. Once I’ve settled on a final random layout, I’ll add a couple of rounds in the neutral colours. And then, my plan is to add a round of bobbles, or pompoms from the small lengths that remain. I’m sure though, that will bring my ordered head as many challenges.

Post Comment Love 19-21 February

February 19, 2021

This week something momentous happened, and my picture this week is a very big clue. During the week we both got a text to book our jabs. Being the doubters we are, and because we weren’t expecting it yet, neither of us clicked the link. But typing it into a browser, sure enough it was the invitation to book our first appointment.

The surgery phoned too and asked if we needed to book through them, so I felt the need to politely point out that we’re in the over 50s group, not senile. We’d already booked in any case - but trying to book two appointments close together proved fun.

It was very smooth and organised on the day though, and the worst of it was having to sit there for fifteen minutes afterwards. I suffered from complete itchy feet, especially as I had a meeting to get back to. I am turning into my dad though - driving straight out of the car park after spotting the pay and display requirements, to park around the corner for free. The weather was good so a less than five minute walk was also a bit of a bonus.

So a momentous day, and hopefully very much the beginning of the end.