Bimbling pretty much describes my days currently; I don't have much planned from day to day as it's quite hard to know how I'm going to be feeling. So I'm not putting any pressure on myself to do anything in particular, although I try to stick to some daily routines. It's the last week of the school holidays and usually I'd be finishing off preparations and planning, and making sure that my classroom was ready for the new school year. But it's not to be at the moment, and I've been off work for such a long time now that I find it hard to remember what day it is! I do try to make sure that I have some kind of crafty activity going on each day - knitting, sewing or crochet, and I've just bought an adult colouring book as a kind of wind down to bedtime. I have got a couple of Top Secret Projects which I am feeling very excited, not to say totally giddy about. But as they are Top Secret, I can't say a word about them for now. So let me take you through some of my daily bimbles over the past couple of weeks.
*** An unexpected gift of some fabric from a friend ***
*** Enjoying the huge number of butterflies in the garden ***
*** Making tiffin! *** (recipe here)
*** Spotting a new species of plant in the garden - Florencia purripuss ***
*** A bunch of flowers brightening up my kitchen ***
*** Florence deciding to go into her furry igloo on one of the hottest days of the summer! ***
*** Finally getting all the ends sewn in on my Madewell cardigan ***
*** Loving the pollen-covered bee paying my flowers a visit ***
*** Flo enjoying a snooze ***
Before I go, I must just share a Crowdfunder page with you. I've been a follower of Lisa at For the Love of Yarn for some time now on Instagram. She's recently had to find a new studio as her old one was in a building that was condemned for being electrically unsafe. She's launched a Crowdfunding page to help to raise money to turn her new studio into a more workable space and to provide somewhere for yarn lovers to go and just chill out. Go and take a look and support her if you can. The yarny community is so supportive, I know that so well after my Great Yarn Giveaway last year. It's nice to be able to help someone out with a project that is going to benefit lots of people. xxx
