My Friday Finds . . .

 

 

 

A few of the things  I find each week that pique my interest, bring me joy, inspire me to learn, create, do, become, inspire memories . . . maybe they will do the same for you!    

 

 

 

 

 

Something to do with all that extra time we have on our hands at the moment.  I was thinking if you don't have a brush, a dry coarse facecloth would probably work well.  Get your partner to help with any hard to reach areas.  

 

 

   

 

I think that ship has sailed already, but better late than never!  Apparently you can take ten years off the way you look! I'm in!!

 

 

 

I couldn't find a source, but this could be fun! 

 

 

  

 

 A Christmas Card shadow box mae with a wee box.  Again no source, but it looks comparitively easy to do. 

 

 

 

 

 

Attagirl Says. Shadow Box Ornaments tutorial. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Church Mouse Yarns.  Half a granny square shawl.  Free pattern.  I love this. 

 

 

  

 

Erika Eccles.  Granny Square Scarf.  This would be a great scrap buster!  

 

 

 

Crochet Talk. Gorgeous Sophie Digard Nitro linen scarf.  Free pattern.  

 

 

 

 

 

No Milk Today.  Easter Meringue Nests.  

 

 

 

  

 

Miss Petel.  Meringue Alfajores.  

 

 

 

 

 

Donna Hay.  Chocolate and Raspberry Coconut Pannacotta Bars.   Maybe for after this is all over and we can get back to the shops.  Something to look forward to! 

 

 

 

 

 

The Kitchen is my Playground.  Classic Three Bean Salad.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prudent Penny Pincher.  100 Homemade Bread Recipes.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cottage at the Crossroads. DIY Burlap Covered Lamp Shade.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hammer Like A Girl.  Now that's dramatically different. Very arsty.  A twig Lampshade.  

 

 

  

 

 

Smile!  Its Kewpie! 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Marjolien Bastin.   I Love her art.  I used to love buying her notecards, etc. when I lived in Canada. You would think that since England is closer to the Netherlands, we could find them here. Not so.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smile and Style.  Decoupage Easter Eggs.   Very Cath Kidston. 

 

 

 

 

Buzz Feed. Then there are these and there is a tutorial.  

 

 

  

 

 Food for the soul. 

 

  

 

 Just one Cook.  Fifteen Easy Japanese Recipes.

  

 

   

 

Look at the beautiful flowers my next door neighbour left on my doorstep yesterday.   She is just such a thoughtful person.  I know I do share my baking etc. with her and her son, but she always goes above and beyond.  She even left me a litre of  fresh milk, and today she is going to be pick up Mitie's tablets for us while she is out. She was a ray of sunshine in what was a day filled with some not so good stuff. 

 

Todd had not slept very well on Tuesday night so he got up and got  drink then went back to bed for a few hours.  He got up around noon, got dressed, had his oatmeal and then went to take Mitzie for her walk.  About 10 minutes later there was a knock on the door and I was dubious about answering it, but I did, and when I did there was this lady on the doorstep with Todd and Mitzie.  Todd had somehow fallen over and had cut his face from forehead down just his right eye, to just below his cheek bone.  He was very shaky to say the least.  We all were.  He also grazed his right knee very badly.  He can't remember what happened.  Just that he went down, whack.  I am so grateful for the kindness of this lovely women and her thoughtfulness in bringing him home and the dog as well. Ariana came over and had a look. (So grateful she just lives around the corner and she is a nurse and she came.)  You can't go to the Doctor's surgery at the present. They are closed because of the virus, and of course the A&E are overburdened.  He was a bit confused afterwards, probably the shock.  Tina had stopped by to get these print outs I am doing for her. (We did practice social distancing.) He proceeded to introduce Ariana to Tina, which was a bit strange as we all go to the same church and Tina was here often when Ariana was living with us.  He did seem to settle down all right, and I kept a close watch on him all evening.  He had a good supper, and then some homemade bread and cheese, which he enjoyed.  I dressed it with a clean bandage and some surgical tape to keep the pillow from busting it open again when we went to bed. I think he probably needed a stitch or two, but impossible to get at the moment.  I am just so SO very grateful for the kindness of  strangers.  I was able to go onto the local chat group on Facebook and find out who the woman was and thank her again. In better times, I would definitely be bringing her some flowers in thanks. I wasn't sure if my thanks had been good enough at the door, and so was grateful that at least I could find her online and thank her.  Angels are walking among us to be sure. 

 

A thought to carry with you . . . 

 

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 *With freedom, books

Flowers and the moon,

who could not be happy.

~Oscar Wilde•。★★ 。* 。 

 

 

  

 

Farmhouse Cheddar Soup.  I did have something new to share with you today but with all that happened yesterday I didn't get around to posting it. Something else for us to look forward to! 

 

 

Do stay safe today.  Do all that you need to do to keep yourself and your family safe and healthy.  If you know someone who is alone, do pick up the telephone and give them a dingle to let them know you are thinking of them. It will really brighten their day. Know always that  . . . 

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And I do too!