Penguin - 2

Kath has finished our travelling penguin, and has passed it on to Annette

PS it's still raining here,

Sun out tide in

 Today has been bright and sunny, so in my lunch break I went for a walk, this is 10 mins from the office

 and on a sunny day with the tide in, perfect, I sat and ate my lunch, pure bliss, shame the fore cast is for rain tomorrow. There were few people about, these were taken on my phone.

 Looking across to Portsmouth

 I have done more stitching, and using my new camera, the picture is sharper, but as my old camera was over 5 years old, I was expecting an improvement. I have about 5 patterns to go, a bit of finishing, so I hope to have my happy dance later this week.

I have a very busy weekend, I have to do some stitching to a friends wedding dress, we have changed the straps and I want to tidy the back, not alot of work but a busy Saturday morning.

My good new did not appear, I was hoping for a job interview, but the company have put off recruitment until September, I also had another letter from the hospital and another operation in August, just a small one, I was hoping I might have not required it, but I am promised this will be the last.

So very mixed feeling here, I really don't want much, some summer and to be healthy, both is close but just out of my reach. Just one more week at work and I have a week off, Kev and I have made our plans, booked rooms watch this space.

Port Solent

 This is just 10 mins drive from our house, oh the other half live, flats start here at £250,000 without a place for your boat or water view, we don't often come here, it's always busy and full of places to eat.

 This is from across the water looking at Portchester castle

 Shame the tide is out, I pass this twice a day on my way to and from work, I am so lucky the shore is so very close to us.

 We ended on top of Portsdown hill, looking over Portsmouth, I love it up here, the whole of the coast line below you, it was breezy but sunny for a while. Loads of sea gulls over head, a popular place for bikers as well.

 I did well with my stitching last night, finishing the big panel under the yellow and starting more panels.

Our roast beef dinner was great, both cars are washed and shinning, the housework is done, I should sleep well tonight. I am hoping for some good news this week, should be able to share at the weekend.

I a bit miffed with myself, I have just dropped my camera and it's broken, Kev has gone on line and brought another, which I probably will love just as much, how silly, I've had my compact for years.

Hope your weekend is full of fun! 

Family weekend

 More on Patchwork sampler, not done so much this week, 

been busy, 

but hope to stitch tonight for a while

 Dice for my car, I hate furry dice, but love these, got them on Amazon, and they match the colour of the car., I really am enjoying all the union jack things around. All the cars are covered in dust, so tomorrow I will hand wash my baby car, so if we have more rain it's my fault.

 The tubs at the side of our house are looking good, 

we now require some sunshine to make them grow.

 Today we had Josh, who was playing games on my ipad, this one is called  flow free, he quickly got up to much higher levels, and went home and asked his mum to put it on her ipad. It also goes up to a level I like, it's free so if you have the iphone or ipad give it a go.

 Sammy preferred to play on the floor with toys, he loves this wooden train and loads of Bob the Builder toys, later we walked to the park at the end of our road and had loads of fun on every thing there.

This afternoon we went shopping, I got an nice dress in a size 12, also had my hair cut, hope to colour it tomorrow, to many grey hairs for my liking.

We are planning a roast beef dinner tomorrow, not had one for ages, if the weather is nice in the afternoon, we will go out in the car, no plans as yet to where we go, just having fun in the afternoon.