Thursday again, and I am doing a quick post. Later I need to pack a case ready for a long weekend in London.
It has been a bit chilly and overcast this week so last night we gave in and lit the fire in the sitting room for the evening. We are not using the central heating until we get back after the weekend, just in case there are any problems, but the fire was just right to make the room cosy.
I have managed some crafting this week. Of course I wanted to try out the exhaust box for my laser cutter so I made these two little angels.
I have since made a set of six of them , and also two of these hearts. I made these previously from paper but thought wooden ones would be more durable.
Despite my decision to buy as little craft equipment and materials as possible now, (I have enough to last me three life times as least!), I did buy a new set of pens this week. Even as a child I loved having a new set of colouring pencils or pens, and as soon as these arrived I sat with them balanced on my knee while I filled in the colour chart they provided. These are acrylic paint pens which I have never used before, and they are lovely to use. They are very smooth and for a block of solid colour they are perfect. I am not sure how well they would blend but I haven't tried that yet. I bought them to add colour detail to some of my wood cuts and for that they work very well.
Chris has been busy in the garden tackling a variegated ivy that had swamped our out buildings. It was tough work and at the minute he is managing with secteurs, but he got it down. The debris has filled two bins so far and there is still some to be done. We decided to leave some ivy at the bottom as it is more attractive than the brick wall, but at least we can nearly access the shed door now. We still have to cut back next door's climber that crept over their fence but that can wait for another day.
The birds seem to like the well pruned tree across the road from us. After the rain, the grass in the park is covered with worm casts and the crows come in every evening to have a good fill. They like to perch on the very top cut branches of the tree to survey the area before swooping down to ground level.
I said I was looking forward to seeing the colours of autumn in the trees and this week they have been shining everywhere. Sadly some dropped their leaves very quickly but there is still plenty of colour across the park, because there is a wide variety of trees over there. So here is a collage of some of the trees.
As I write this, my cutter is working away next to me. It has nearly finished so it is time for me to sign out and get our lunch, so I am ready to find a suitcase this afternoon.
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