Looking back over the month I feel that May has been busy, not just at work but at home as well. I don't feel like I had as much time as usual to work on my various projects but I may be wrong. As I've got older I have found that I want to do a lot of things but I don't have as much energy as I used to have. A busy week means I don't have the energy to enjoy the weekend activities and a busy weekend has the same knock on effect on the working week. The easy answer is to retire but I really enjoy my job and a lot of evidence suggests that carrying on working after retirement age keeps you healthier. Of course it could also be the effect of the wet weather earlier in May, as it definitely effects my mood.The hot weather this week has been delightful but also tiring.
So May was a good month. John and I started the month with a visit to the William Morris Gallery for the Women in Print exhibition. Having said the weather in early May was wet, the day we visited the gallery was very hot. My favourite exhibit was the peacock dress.
My online calendar is showing that I joined a zoom meeting with Chooky from Australia and several other ladies. It was fun to hear what they were working on and what they were doing. I had an invitation to join a zoom meeting this weekend to celebrate the Chookshed turning 14. Unfortunately I wasn't able to join as we had family committments. Ladies if you are reading this I hope you had a fun time meeting up.
On the weekend of 15th, 16th and 17th we were away in Chester. We had a full and enjoyable weekend and I still haven't shared the photos of Little Moreton Hall that we visited on the Sunday before driving back to London. Here's a photo of the outside. It was fun to visit but it really was very wonky. I'll share the full photos I took in another post.
Last weekend we went to the Buckinghamshire Railway open day, we visited Osterly House and Kew Gardens on Wednesday and today we had a family day at Kempton Waterwork Railway open day.
Over the month I've been working on my embroidered tablecloth as my Chookshed challenge. I'm happy with the progress I've made and more to the point Ive really enjoyed working on it. My embroidery is definitely improving although there is still a lot of scope for further improvement. I think not stitching on it when I'm feeling very tired would also be helpful.
I would have liked to complete the whole side but that really was unrealistic. Having completed to the half way point of the side I'm very happy.
I also picked up this cross stitch book mark and added quite a number of stiches to it. It's in my work bag for working on during my lunch break.
Over the month I made some blocks for the frog quilt. There are 6 different designs and there are two sizes of each design. This month I made 6 blocks, which leaves me 6 more blocks to make in June so I can sew this quilt together.
The small block on the left hadn't been pressed so looks at an odd angle as the sides are sticking up.
Finally I wanted to make some window boxes for the dolls house. My grandson told me the house needed flowers! They're not brilliant but they do the job for now and with practice I'll make them better.
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