Friday is usually my fun day, do some sewing day but today I had a work commitment in the morning, however I had a plan. Once I'd finished my morning meeting I would be free to go shopping. Quickly winding backwards to the morning I didn't need to be there until 9:30 but John and I arrived early so we could go to a delightful coffee shop near work. They serve the most delicious almond croissants and it's been ages since we last treated ourselves. A great way to start the day. The meeting was interesting and when it was over we headed back to the car so we could go into Kingston upon Thames. This is one of my favourite places to shop. From where we parked we needed to walk across the town to the first shop we wanted to visit. On the way we found a new public art exhibition by artists Gillie and Marc called Wild Kingston. It features ten wildlife inspired sculptures that are intended to help stimulate discussion about conservation. We didn't see all 10 sculpture on this occasion but here's what we saw.
The small children were enjoying stroking the tortoise.
We only saw 5 of the sculptures so I will need to track the rest down. The exhibition is running until July 2026 so I have time to get photos of the rest.
When we got home I wanted to get the frog stitchery I was working on, finished. It's taken a little while but here it is completed. I love having a Friday finish.
I have one last stitchery to complete and then I can start work on making the blocks.
Tomorrow John and I are going to Minsmere nature reserve to do some bird watching. I've consulted the weather forecast and it is predicting a lot of rain. Fortunately the reserve has a good cafe and also quite a number of hides where we can shelter from the weather if needed. We are going by coach so at least I don't have to drive. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for some dry weather over the day.
I'm linking my finish with Finished or not finished Friday at Quilty Girl. Now to get the last block stitched.
Take care
Lyndsey
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