Hello! Sorry for the absence, there’s been no Sunday Postcard for a few weeks. Nothing has been amiss but I have been incredibly busy sorting things at home after our house move a few weeks ago. Speaking of which, do you like this cool Lino printed card a lovely lifelong friend of mine dropped off to welcome us to our new abode? I think it’s super!
So, housewise, things are moving rather slowly. I’m rather impatient to get things sorted but because of Covid deliveries of furniture are being delayed and then postponed and pushed back a bit further because of supply issues caused by the pandemic. I completely understand why things are like this and there are many people dealing with awful situations but I would dearly love my new shelves to arrive so I can unpack all my crafty books!
On a positive note my new Ikea dining chairs arrived and are built and we are no longer sitting on my parents patio chairs to eat our meals! Thank you Mum and Dad for the loan of the chairs!
Two weeks ago there was still a fair few trees about looking splendid with their autumn leaves. Sadly since then, most of them have dropped. This gorgeous beech looked particularly lovely back then…
Bonfire night
Blimey, Bonfire Night feels like such a long time ago but it was less than two weeks ago. I got a right fright when I went to put the bins out that night for the refuse collection and I had fireworks illuminating my path briefly. By jingo they were loud though and made me jump out of my skin!
Back to the subject of autumn leaves, I was really rather fond of the back garden at our rented house, mainly because of the trees. However, lots of trees mean lots of leaves…
It took a long time and I filled two large garden wheelie bins in the process having to tidy this lot up before we hand the keys back. I guess that’s the price you have to pay for having so many trees in your garden.
We’ve had a real mixed bag of weather lately, it’s been a bit light on the sunshine and there’s been plenty of rain and wind but we made it out for a weekend walk last weekend across some fields close to our home and it was nice to get out and have some fresh air.
I wish I could show you loads of photos of all the crafty stuff I’ve been up to over the past two weeks but there has been very little time for fun things like that and what I have done (a few rows of my Christmas blanket) didn’t seem photo worthy for now. Perhaps that will feature next week!
But I did enjoy a gorgeous morning walk on Friday with a very good friend of mine. She told me she had gone for a walk with her family last weekend and stumbled upon a fabulous coffee bar set up in a shipping container on the bank of the River Mersey.
When she suggested on Thursday night that we should head there for a wander and a coffee the following morning, I didn’t hesitate. It was super, the sun was out, and we had a fab walk and a chat, and a scrumptious coffee! And it’s all just a few miles from where we live!
And that, I’m afraid is that for this week, although in Podcast News, a new episode of Making Stitches went out on Friday too…
It features a chat with the fabulously talented Kerry Lord from Toft. She has designed more than 200 crochet patterns for all manner of amigurumi creatures from Bridget the Elephant to Philippe the Gargoyle and has just released her Christmas collection which includes the cutest 3 Wise Men you could hope to see.
You can listen now by searching for Making Stitches on your favourite podcast app or following this link. I also heard this week that Making Stitches is in the top 10% of podcasts in the whole world!!! Isn’t that amazing?!!!
And that really is it for this week. I hope that wherever you are in the world, it’s been a decent one for you in spite of what we are all going through. Have a good week ahead and thank you for stopping by!
Lindsay x
