Post 592 Flashes of colour.

A very pleasant lunch on Wednesday at my local, Cooper’s Alehouse at the Earl. While none of us took advantage of the only bar to have the full range of Coopers (Adelaide family owner since 1862) beer on tap, we really enjoyed our meal, the company, and our single glasses of wine. 

The rain held off. 

One of the Kilkenny mob has come down with COVID, so no family dinners this week. Fortunately the infection appears mild, will not interfere with her practice exams and hasn’t infected other family members. 

After all my stressing and planning around the monitor for WES, Margaret’s medical appointment on our July meeting day has moved forward, and she is now available for our meeting. We had a tentative plan to meet at the Guild today and test the positioning of power board, monitor and laptop. This didn't work out, but one way or another we'll manage. I also need to drop off my pink silk lipstick holder for the July Diamond Anniversary challenge.

Other than a bit of shopping and Pilates on Thursday, Saturday was my only activity day outside the apartment. Saturday began with a Certificate Workshop at the Guild, taken by Christine Bishop on Sue Spargo Style Applique. I had a great time messing around and getting carried away. As I had no other weekend commitments or preparation to do,  I kept stitching through the evening and all day Sunday, resulting in this pouch (which started out as a pincushion). The full account is in my embroidery blog.

I left the Certificate Workshop early to get to the St Margaret's Market before it closed at 1pm. I had some empty pots to hand over, and was looking for a couple of larger plants to fill two empty pots on the front balcony. Fortunately, when I arrived at 12.30, the plants, although packed up into boxes, were still available, so I nabbed two sword ferns. The two I bought a couple of months ago are thriving on the back balcony, so I'm hoping these will do as well. 

Yesterday I did a bit of planting and rearranging before running out of potting mix.  

Having completed the felt embroidery, I allowed myself the relaxation of knitting another beanie yesterday afternoon and evening. 

To find what I needed for the workshop on Saturday, I  spent around 3 hours sorting and organising threads, braids and a few beads - a good job jobbed. As a consequence, I have now cut out twenty drawstring giftbags from Japanese fabric I bought months ago, ready for stitching when the mood takes me.                        

I have also been progressing a Glazig design I had started, hoping to add it to the examples of Celtic embroidery for my upcoming presentation. It's finer work than I have done for a while.

Today continued a bit gloomy, but dry. A flock of Adelaide Rosellas descended on the trees behind the apartment at one point, but I wasn't fast enough to capture their flight - except for the flash of the last one to follow. 

A lot of noise, a flash of colour, and gone.