Warriston Progress

I have retrieved Warriston from the campervan and find that it is not as far on as I had thought. I have the body done, plus one sleeve and a cuff. I intend to complete this second sleeve by bed time today. Wish me luck. It should be do-able as it’s a drop sleeve and …

Simples

I have been feeling low but I am tackling matters and hope to be more cheery soon

The Bitter Ends

I have been knitting. I said that I would, and so I have been. Not a lot of knitting, to be sure – I was working on the Colinette throw and as it became every heavier and harder to manage, my knitting bursts grew shorter and shorter. Am I happy with it? Perhaps not totally. …

Making our own amusements

The weekend continued on the theme of simple pleasures, with a puzzling session in bed on Friday evening, limbering up in readiness for Monday’s SUMS Puzzle Hunt. We printed off a crossword from the Guardian and a few of the Puzzlebomb sheets, poured a glass of wine apiece and got stuck in. One of the …

The Plan (and us)

The problem, as I see it, with having A Plan, is that things never actually go to plan, do they. I confess that I sent Mr L off to town yesterday with some sense of reservation. I know what he is like – apt to purchase every available calorie of zero nutritional value. He said …

It’s not that easy

I wanted to illustrate what seems to me to be the main reason for my being unable to get anything done. It turns out however that taking a selfie is remarkably challenging when one arm is full of cat. In fact, I completely  failed to get a recognisable shot one-handed. Taking photos is as difficult …