Wednesday

Good morning again, everyone!   The sun is shining and, right now, it is pleasantly fresh so doors and windows are wide open to freshen the house up.  I'll give it another hour and then the sunny side windows will be closed and the fans turned on.
I'm really loving the bladeless fans I bought - they are really good and kept me comfortable yesterday and through the night.

A bit of garden . . . because why not?

The third beefsteak tomato, nearly ready for picking.  The first two are on the window sill and I'm having one stuffed for lunch.  The other is a bit 'ragged' so I will probably chop it up to get the tatty bits off and, maybe, just freeze as chopped tomato.

As the kids say:

'Yummy yummy yummy

I have beans in my tummy . . .'

. . . and in the freezer.  I just top and tail, string and slice them, no need to blanche although you can, if you want.

Dead easy and they do taste good in the colder times.

 

A terrible, terrible photo but the first cyclamen flower is up - sure sign of Autumn on the way.

I'm so enjoying these August days when I don't have to be up and ready to leave at nine for a fitness class.  It's the same feeling as when I was teaching and it was the holidays.  Not less stressful, not less pressured, just chilled.  I love my classes, as you know, but a bit of a change is nice too.

Yesterday, I realised the difference winding the bobbin properly makes to the Bernina!  If all else fails, read the manual, eh?  It still needs a service, mind, but I won't be going into town while it is so very hot.  There's no urgency and, in a way, it's probably better to wait for September as I have the car service and the boiler service to pay for this month - or even October when it's double pension month.

I'll think about that one.

I have been looking for an invisible zipper foot - they come as standard now but when Mum got the machine, they weren't a thing.  I've found some suppliers so that's another thing but I will see how much money there is left at the end of the month - hopefully it will be that way round, fingers crossed.

I've had a few failures but I did, however, have some success with another dress pattern I took from a dress.  The mistake I made was cutting the skirt a bit short (if I want it maxi, which I do, I think) so I am just pondering a strip around the bottom in another fabric I have that should look really nice.  I'm just a bit worried that it might look a bit 'antique' although what's wrong with that?   I will continue to ponder and, if I am still dithering,  I might post a few photos and ask for advice.

Today is the day I HAVE to catch up on housework and tidying because I have friends around tomorrow morning. 

My list says:

housework

milk (I'm out and will need some)

apples (Chris gave me some windfalls and I need to get them blanched and frozen)

Not too bad, is it.  Plenty of time left for the finer things of life - like watching Sewing Bee, crochet, sewing . . . etc.

Better get going.  Have the best day and be safe in this heat.  xx