Five on Friday

Hello there, I hope you are all well, thank you for visiting last time. A Five on Friday post today. The week has gone by so quick, we had the Village Pop In at the hall, I took some crochet, my friend provided some homemade cookies, that her daughter baked. It was also the AGM at the village hall, apart from myself, I noticed that only the committee members seem to attend this. 

One: After work today, I managed to get a haircut which I was pleased about. I returned all my library books except The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin. I picked up a book for next month's bookclub - Something Wilder by Christina Lauren. The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel is this month's bookclub read. I'm struggling with this one, I had great plans to read a chapter a day... it hasn't worked. I've finished Village School by Miss Read, restarting the Fairacre series. I've read some of this series but not all of them. 

Two: Angus has been to the groomers for a shampoo, a trim and nails clipping. Not too much, just a good trim for a Goldie, all the long bits around the feet, tail area and scruff. When he gets wet and muddy, he always looks bedraggled and messy, making it hard to clean him. As you can see he's more of a pincher than a retriever. 

Three: Kettle on, cup of tea and time to be cooking dinner. This isn't my usual tea preference but whilst I'm cooking dinner I like to try different ones. This one is nice and spicy with: ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and black pepper. Usually I drink Morrison's Rooibos tea, which at the moment seems permanently out of stock. The family drink Yorkshire tea but I went off that a long time ago. 

Four: Is 2 a collection? I'm not planning on buying more pot holders, but they do make handy cloths for the oven grill. King Charles lll Coronation 2023 to go with The Queen Platinum Jubilee 2022. I saw all the Coronation merchandise in the shops, but didn't fancy buying more stuff.

The decluttering is still happening here, today a new unwanted gilet left the building with some popcorn from Aldi, some Christmas cards - dreary scenes - no idea why I bought them! They were a bargain though! Also some mattress and pillow protectors as I'd bought new ones for Johnny's bed. A few other bits were in the bag too. Progress is progress.  

Five: Another dish cloth / wash cloth, Gramma's Dishcloth (Grandmother's 2nd Favourite)  pattern on Ravelry. This pattern is for a symmetrical knitted cloth. I am having trouble with this cloth (top left - cast off corner), no matter which pattern I knit, the cast off always looks too long. Any ideas knitters!? 

Yarn - Drops Paris, Recycled denim 100% cotton.  

That's all my news for today, take care everyone. 
Bye 
Cathy 

Book, Books and more Books

Hello there, happy Friday everyone! Thank you to everyone who left a comment last time, I'm slowly catching up with your blogs. I'm enjoying the slower life in blog land and appreciate your visits, each one of you. This week I've been to the opticians for new glasses, held a bookclub in my house with cake and tried to walk more. Today I reached my 6000 steps, that may not sound much but for me that is good. I don't carry my phone around at home, so I'm only clocking up steps at work or when I'm out. 

I tried copying photos from my camera to the computer, instead of opening each folder and pasting them across, I pasted all the unopened files. We searched the computer, including recycling bin... all lost. I can't remember what they were other than all the photos taken between now and the last time I blogged. Even my camera says it's empty of photos, usually I have to delete those separately after I've copied them into a file. Anyway lesson learnt, do it properly next time. I managed to transfer 2 files of photos, all the books. 

All my library books came in at once this month... total nightmare! They were ordered and collected from the mobile library. I had 2 left over from last months order: Anthony Horowitz - The Word is Murder, I'm halfway through but am losing interest and Faith Martin - A Fatal Mistake, part of a series. They've both been renewed and are all due back on the same day. 

Meanwhile I remembered that I needed these Agatha Christie books for the Read Christie 2023 challenge. I quickly ordered them and collected them from the library in town. The Moving Finger is the book for March, Sparkling Cyanide for April. I can renew library books up to 6 times unless they've been requested. Two books have already been requested, so they will go to the top of the pile. I have 4 books at the top of the pile:

The Word is Murder
The Moving Finger
Mercy
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick was my choice for the book club, it's a very good story. I heartily recommend it, we had a fantastic discussion about it. There were questions in the back of the book, also some online. 

The next bookbook club read: Mercy by Jodi Picoult is one that I've read before in a previous bookclub here 

I've started to read it already and am enjoying the memories as I try to figure out what happened. 

As well as starting a new Bookclub in the village, I'm also helping another lady run a monthly Village Pop In. People can drop in for a cuppa and bring their own craft projects eg knitting, crochet and sewing or crossword/puzzle books, box games or any artwork. I'm hoping that we can leave a jigsaw puzzle out permanently, for anyone to work on when the hall is in use. There will be donated books and jigsaws to borrow on a book case. 
I'm taking something yarny, either knitting or crochet to do. Hopefully lots will attend and enjoy chatting over a cuppa. There isn't a pub, cafe or even a shop in the village anymore. We like it but you definitely need a car to get anywhere. 

Thank you for visiting today, do leave a comment and let me know:
Do you support your library?
Do you have a pile of books to read? 
Do you belong to a book club?
Do you keep a count of your daily steps and cups of water consumption? 

Ttfn (Ta-Ta For Now). 
Cathy x