Post Comment Love 11 - 13 July

Hello there, and welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a relaxed, friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog 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, comment and share some of that love.

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It’s going to be another hot one though, the UK’s third heatwave this summer. I think a trip to the coast could be in order at some point to cool down, and no doubt plenty of other people will have the same idea. Hopefully we’ll be able to keep cool (and I hope you can too), it is after all the perfect excuse to enjoy an ice cream or two.

My photo this week is my astrantias which are finally flowering - yay! I bought them last year and they’ve been giving me some worry, as I thought I’d lost them in the heat much earlier in the year, but they’re back.

I first saw these delicate but clearly quite determined flowers back in 2014 when we visited the garden at Bosvigo in Cornwall, a private garden that is absolutely beautiful then and I’m sure it still is today. I’d never seen them before, didn’t know what they were, but knew I would have some at some point, and now I do.

Have a fabulous, but cool, week.

Post Comment Love 4 - 6 July

Hello there, and welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a relaxed, friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog 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, comment and share some of that love.

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Thankfully I am no longer melting in the heat! It’s been pretty warm here reaching 30+ degrees, and that was more than plenty warm enough for me. I don’t even want to imagine what it’s been like in Europe where temperatures have been in the 40s.

I was pleased when it was much cooler in the middle of the week as I’d booked myself onto a fascinating workshop entitled ‘weaving with waste’ and apart from weaving, I didn’t really know what to expect. It turned out to be the most wondrous day, and I left with my own piece of weaving mid-progress. I can see this is going to become quite addictive and another craft to add to my repertoire!

The waste, was like nothing I thought it would be. There were (clean) crisp packets, the nets that fruit comes in, plastic metallic streamers, plastic twine and rope, thin wires and so much more, including the more expected offcuts of material and yarn. There were bags made by the tutor leading the class which included packets of frozen peas and sweetcorn, as well as Sensations crisps. And they weren’t hard or rigid as you’d imagine, they were soft and flexible just like a more typical piece of fabric.

Well, I’ve so much more to share - and I’ve to finish my own piece, so in the meantime here’s how I started.

Have a fabulous week.

Post Comment Love 27 - 29 June

Hello there, and welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a relaxed, friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog 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, comment and share some of that love.

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The warm weather continued as forecast - and boy it’s been hot. Apart from keeping cool, and sleeping in the heat my challenge has been to keep the new plants I’ve bought watered. That includes a new olive tree that I bought to go in the large pot that we bought at Grand Designs, that’s my photo this week - I love how its leaves look against the black of the garage, dramatic isn’t it?

Another heatwave is forecast for this weekend, and while the nice weather is nice the extreme temperatures definitely bring their challenges.

Have a great week.