WOYWW #643

I am sure you will be pleased to know that I am back in fighting condition . . . . .for my age!

I have been sorting out my stamps ready to create my October Swaps.  I have no idea when I will get them done as I am having a pretty busy time since this photo was taken . . . . . just the desk remains the same!  lol

I like to sort through my stamp file, choose my stamps then collect them out of the storage boxes.  Each page in my folder has a copy of the stamp with maker and box number, makes choosing my stamps so much easier for me.  Quite a relaxing way of sorting stamps.  I have bought Tattered Lace Magazine this month because I have several swaps on an Autumn Theme and, as you can probably see, there is a free die, embossing folder and papers which are all on an Autumn Theme . . . . . 

Last weekend the chickens went to their new home, it is now so quiet round here, I can go in and out of my house without being begged for food!  lol

DDN and Dx came to help box them up and then add them and all the other chicken extras into the car.

Don't let the facial expression fool you . . . . once we arrived and discovered a large play area . . . 

it was smiles all the way!

We took them over to Lapworth to an animal rescue place which I have been supporting for a couple of years now with donations.

Peter used to take DDC round there when she was young, they had a tiger called Nina and monkeys then but now it looks as though they only rescue animals.

I mentioned Nina to the owner and he said yes, definitely a tiger.  I managed to take a photo of his photo . . . so beautiful . . . .

The chooks soon made friends and were 'shown' around, the large white cockerel is known as the Boss round here.  

Hope that Snowflake won't be offended!

One of the buildings contained bric a brac, donations I suppose, so I had a quick look round . . . . one never knows what one with find in these places!

I found these . . . . 

. . . . . . Guess I'm making Christmas Tree cakes soon!!!

The smaller cake tins create 3D cakes so the boys will have a great time decorating those!!

I will post about the rest of the changes round here in separate posts, today is really all about the desk!!.

WOYWW #642

WOYWW?  What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday of course!  The day I go travelling round as many desks as I can to see what other folks have been up to and, of course, my Thanks go to Julia at Stamping Ground for enabling so many desks and lifestyles to be shared each week.  Thank you.

Not much going on really . . . . some received cards that I have yet to thank folks for, some envelopes ready for my next batch of paperwork, and all that entails.

I have a bad back.

I can't move without being in pain.

I have been very blessed by God and have always been, mostly, fit and healthy.  THIS pain is something that I am finding difficult to deal with  . . . . . so I withdraw . . . . When I find my own level is the time I will let people know that I have been a 'bit off colour'.  I always say that I don't have time to be ill, I am at the wrong end of the timeline . . . . Well, I think that is going to have to change . . . . 

Thankfully, I have two darling daughters who help in every way they can.  

DDC came and pruned my roses, cleared the frontage and cleared up behind her!  Makes me feel so happy to look out of the window at my tidy frontage and remember how lovely it was, me sitting on a chair, her doing the garden and both of us chatting . . . . in the sunshine . . . . smashing.

DDN does my shopping and this weekend will be taking the chickens to their new home . . . . The decision has been made so at least some good has come out of the pain . . .

I will keep you all updated.

Have a good week

WOYWW #640

  WOYWW?  What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday of course!  The day I go travelling round as many desks as I can to see what other folks have been up to and, of course, my Thanks go to Julia at Stamping Ground for enabling so many desks and lifestyles to be shared each week.  Thank you.

Good morning, Good morning!!!  The sky is blue, the sun is shining and the pigeons are bathing in the puddle on my flat roof just outside my window . . . . 

It is currently 15C but is forecast to be another scorcher in the late 20Cs, I am not complaining as it is also forecast to rain tomorrow!!

The desk:

Not much going on do I hear you say?

Oh! yes there is!  I am joining in with some swaps at ATCs For All and the makings of number one is there . . . . The tartan bits of paper . . . . 

The swap is called 'make me happy', or MMH.  You ask for a coin with the words - Who's going to make me happy? and then add a suggestion of three themes.  The reply reads - I'll make you happy with (one of the themes) but who's going to make me happy?

And so it goes on, it's been running since 2011 and members can hop in as and when they like . . . . I've joined in as I have just found some tartan paper!  The reply is going to make me happy with a tree coin . . . .

Now admit it . . . . you didn't know such exciting things went on in life!

DDC came round earlier on in the week with FX and R, removed my broken fridge (the Council will charge me £33 to take it away - is that good?) and cleared my patio.  The patio looks soooo good, I have cleared a few more weeds and it will soon be useable again . . . . Tell you all the exciting things are happening round here!

Have yourselves a good week, maybe something exciting will happen . . . .

WOYWW #639

On a dull September morning I greet you with a photo of my desk....

Not much happening as I have cleared the desk, apart from the happy mail, ready to ensure I visit as many deskers as I can before actually starting work . . . . .

My happy mail consists of a card, which has been redirected, and an ATCoin swap from Mary Ann.  I am so happy . . . . I shall keep this with my other MaryAnn artworks.

 I love the idea of having a SHAPED Coin swap.  I may even have to go to ATCsForAll and host a swap . . . .

Short but sweet this week as I need to 'get on', lots to do as once again I have had a few techie problems, they have taken a couple of my days to sort and are not completed yet.

Ho Hum, Ho Hum  . . . 

Have a good week

BTW 

 WOYWW - All the deets on how to link up etc. and, more importantly, why you should, can be found at the top of the page.  Thank you Julia for hosting another week of fun and mayhem.

WOYWW #638

Well, the desk is here:

As you can see there is no laptop . . . . . it's in a bag ready to go to work elsewhere but the 'elsewhere' never materialised as I had to cancel and take a day off . . . . . 

Everything has now been pushed back so that I can join in all the fun over at Stamping Ground . . . . . come on over, Queen Julia wont mind, more the merrier she says!

Back to the desk . . . . yes, my box of paints did once contain cat food . . . . the problem is that they are the perfect size for stacking all the tubes and bottles . . . . I did start out covering the boxes with pretty paper and then thought . . .  how desperate am I?

Also on my desk is one of my die folders.  I have lots and they are roughly labelled as to their contents.  I also have lots of more blue A5 folders containing Embossing Folders.

I am trying to get a head start on September swaps, I have several cards finished and in the box beside the dies folder, but the ATCs and stamping on the desk is still a work in progress.

Anther busy day is forecast, I will get round to blogging about them soon but in the meantime . . . . . .

a visitor 'dropped' in . .

 . . I think it was caught by a bird but not properly so landed in my garden . . .  it appeared very docile and kept hiding its head . . . .it managed to go into the undergrowth near to the bird food so I hope it has recovered and made a new safe home.

have a good week, hope the sun shines for you except where there are fires, hope it rains for you.

WOYWW #637

 Looks like spiderman will have two arms to fight the dinosaur and Thomas, wearing a few rings, will be back up!!!

yes!  

I have actually remembered to buy some glue and found time to attach back the bits and pieces that have broken off.  I may have to do some further repairs to the dinosaur as I am missing one of his spikes.  Just goes to show it doesn't matter how careful you are, there's always a spike to lose.

On a 'wel,l I never!' note:

Most mornings when I go out to feed the birds, I find a few holes or dips in the dirt by my potatoes.  I don't know what is digging there but I just sweep the dirt off the path and cover my potatoes back up.   I came into the kitchen one afternoon and caught the culprits . . . . can't really say red handed  . . . . mid dig . . .

A couple of sparrows were having a dust bath and there was quite a line waiting in the bushes!!!

Every time I see the hole and sweep the soil back over the spuds, I have a smile to myself . . . . . 

Hope your smiling too. 

I've been watching . . . .

 This Beautiful Fantastic

Tom Wilkinson as Alfie Stephenson and Jessica Brown Findlay as Bella Brown. Samuel Goldwyn Films

I recorded this some time ago and only just managed to find time to sit and watch . . . . . actually it was the day after we went to the woods so I only had enough energy to sit and watch . . . .

But it was lovely . . . . . I forgot about my aches and pains and completely lost myself in the story.

One review (never read them till afterwards!!) reads:

A charming, beautifully photographed modern fairy tale about love and gardening, This Beautiful Fantastic is worth seeing in spite of its dumb deterrent of a title. It’s an odd story about some very odd people guaranteed to grow on you. Written and directed with whimsical taste and obvious talent by Simon Aboud, the son-in-law of Paul McCartney, it’s different, gorgeous to look at, and you go away feeling good about life and lilacs.

My second film: Summerland

+3

Summerland is a sun-drenched wartime drama starring Gemma Arterton as Alice, a reclusive writer whose live is upturned by the unwelcome arrival of an evacuee from London

This kept me guessing until almost the end but it was happy so that's ok.  Another easy, charming film possibly good for 'that' time of the month!  

The next evening I watched Knives Out.

I must admit I only watched this because of the cast list, Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Plummer?!?! yes!

Another entertaining film but not a sloppy one, a true detective.  

Daniel Craig was a shock . . . . .

‘Everything is set up and sneakily signalled in the opening moments’: Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Plummer, Don Johnson and Michael Shannon in the Knives Out. Photograph: Claire Folger/AP

In the deliciously entertaining Knives Out, Johnson goes back to his roots with an updated homage to the Agatha Christie whodunnits he loved as a child, and to those “cheekily self-aware” screen adaptations in which Peter Ustinov would lead an all-star cast through a labyrinthine murder mystery.

The setting is a gothic pile in modern-day New England where crime-writer Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) has recently capped his 85th birthday celebrations by dying dramatically in his attic study.  It looks like an open-and-shut suicide, but could one of Harlan’s variously leechy family members (witheringly described as a bunch of “self-made over-achievers”) have slit his throat? After all, the old man spent the evening settling old scores and “cleaning house”…

Three enjoyable films with a touch of humour.......