July

 

This is monthly marker for July, which was a facecloth from the end of last month. I loved the delicacy of the speckles of colour in the cotton yarn.  This is King Cole Cottonsoft, which has a lovely feel to it.

This month will be catching up with any UFO’s for the end on the second quarter of the FAL2021 and listing those to work on and hopefully finish for the next quarter.  I’ve also had a couple of fabric packs for the local Project Linus group to make up.

Also for July David and I get to go away at the end of the month (touch wood 🪵) to Derbyshire and a few places there we’d like to visit.  Our first break away from home this year.

Meanwhile, we had a day out on Friday to Bicton Botanical Gardens, near Budleigh Salterton in Devon.  Just about doable in a day and the furthest we’ve been for some time.  The day was lovely and sunny, though it cloud later and the bonus is we had some Tesco Clubcard vouchers to use which went towards the tickets. Although there were quite a few people there was plenty of space around and the gardens were delightful to see. Here are a few pics of our visit.

The domed building is the palm house, which predates the one in Kew by 20 years.  In front were beds of poppies, callistemon (bottle brush plant) and roses. The coffee cup was the view when we arrived looking over the Italian garden. I couldn’t resist taking a photo of a full parked on top of the head of one of the statues by the lake.  

It was a lovely place to visit, but unlike the morning’s journey to get there it was a different matter getting home, when the main road, A30 was closed and surrounding roads were getting jammed up - it took us 4 hours! But at least we managed to get home, unlike those involved in the accident that closed the road.

I will do a catch up soon with my third quarter for the Finish Along.