still here........

Today has been a first day in weeks I have spent indoors;

all through the lock down we had wonderful weather, at times too warm to do any sewing. In our part of the world, the month of May was the sunniest month on record.

We are now slowly coming out of the lock down, despite many scientists warning against it.

At last we were able to see our grandchildren for the first time since early March, and our children could visit us in our garden. Normal? No, long way from it, but even these small steps are very welcome.

We spent weeks living outside in our small patch of a garden, which has slowly woken up, and despite the very dry weather, it has somehow survived. It is much cooler today, and we have seen the first rain in weeks.

I spent the time mostly reading, doing some baking, and being very thankful that we have a small outside space all to ourselves to hide in, away from all those horrid statistics and numbers.

I worked on another 10in block;

So this a lock down block no 5. 

I think I will finish with these, for now anyway. 

I will just put them away for a while, may be they will come useful sometime.

There is also few more circles on the "Circle Play" top.

Last week some new fabrics arrived by post, and I have been playing with something new,

but that is for another post.

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And this is something for our Australian friends - 1976 Holden Kingswood ("the car that got Australia moving, mate").

It is good few years since our son returned from his year long trip to Australia, working his way around; travelling and sometimes living in this car, clockwise from Perth to Melbourne. When he took a flight back home, the car started a long sea journey to UK. He just could not part with it. Since then the car lived in front of various houses (including ours) and garages, but at last during the last 2 years was being lovingly restored (the parts being ordered online from Australia); even the leather upholstery is new. It was entered in this May's Mendip Rally, but of course that was cancelled;
another day...........

Someone in Perth might recognise this car 😀 

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