WOYWW 616

Hello and welcome to my blog for another edition of What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday (WOYWW) hosted by the lovely Julia.  I hope that you are all keeping well and enjoying the various signs of spring. 

I'm afraid my desk this week is very dull - it is first thing on Wednesday morning and all set up for a day of work!  My laptop, work note book, iPad (just in case of computer emergencies) and a large mug of fresh tea.  I have a day of thesis marking ahead of me so need the tea!

I have had very little time for crafting this week - I have prepared the photos for my next diary pages (just need to print them) and have done another CeeCee inspired painting in my little book as shown here.

I am still loving my swimming - this is an old reservoir in the middle of the moors and is so beautiful. Such a peaceful place to swim and feel close to God.

The contrast is this river plunge pool which is great for swimming against the current and standing under the waterfall allowing the stresses of the day to be washed away. I love them both for different reasons and they are keeping me sane in these crazy times.

There is not much more to report. I had my vaccine last week which I am delighted about and I am loving the signs of spring all around. It makes everything feel a little more hopeful. Do take care and stay safe everyone. 

With love & God Bless,
Caro

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WOYWW 615

 Hello and welcome back to my blog for another edition of What’s on Your Workdesk courtesy of the lovely Julia. I was inspired by Jan’s post last week as you can see in the picture below and for a change I have spent some time this week doodling and watercolouring backgrounds.

This is why on my desk you can see my note book in which I am doodling, my water colours, pens, nearly empty tea and my iPad (I sometimes like to watch/listen to things on iplayer and/or Netflix while I craft)

Jan mentioned CeeCee creations last week and I was inspired to go and have a nosey on her YouTube channel. What a fabulous source of inspiration! I used an adaptation of one of her designs to make Mother’s day cards for my mum and mother-in-law.

I then found this notebook (an old one of Gran’s) and decided to doodle in it with watercolours both using my own ideas and basing them on CeeCee creations.  I am having fun with this! They are nice and gentle to do with no pressure to be precise…. Perfect for where I am right now. It isn’t water colour paper but as this is just for me it doesn’t really matter!

Alex went back to school this week and was delighted to see his friends and have proper lessons again.  It has been good for me too as I have had more time to crack on with my own work (and greater ability to concentrate), although the house does feel very quiet!

I have kept up with the swimming and the water temperature is gradually creeping up meaning I can finally start swimming a little further again. It was truly glorious in the park yesterday with brilliant sunshine. It’s hard to believe that this is in the middle of a big city isn’t it!

I have my vaccine tomorrow so fingers crossed that the side effects are not too bad.  Take care everyone, stay safe, and as ever, if there is anything I can do for anyone, do let me know.

With love & God Bless,

Caro

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WOYWW 614 (I think!)

 Hello and welcome back to my blog. I hope you are all keeping safe and well.  I am sorry I have been missing in action these past two weeks, but we have had crazy building works here.  Back in October we discovered a spring/stream running under our house following torrential rain, and two weeks ago we realised that it was running into a pipe that was not fit for purpose - not only that but the pipe had a hole in it partway along and just terminated outside the front door without entering the drainage system. No wonder our entry way was soaking wet!  Well, this dodgy pipe has now been replaced with proper drains, proper joins and now connects into the drainage system.  We still have bare concrete in the entry way as we are not certain that this is the entire cause of the damp so are waiting for some really wet weather to see whether the concrete stays dry or not before putting a proper floor down.  The additional challenge to all of this is that we are also in the process of replacing our 40 year old air flow central heating system, causing chaos in every room!

Anyway, enough about building works and chaos, I am back for now and here is my desk as part of Julia's What's on Your Workdesk blog hop. I have had very little time for crafting as you can imagine, but in this picture (taken last night), I am in the process of getting my mini journal up to date.... I write the text every night, but the photos are printed out a little more sporadically.  Here I am sticking in the photos and using MU transfers to add additional decoration to the pages. My trusty mug of tea is there - almost empty now.

These are the pages I have completed recently - only two weeks behind now!

I have managed to get out swimming occasionally over the past few weeks. In total I swam 16 times in February, and 4 of those involved ice! The water is slowly warming now and is mostly just above 5 degrees. There is something so wonderful about immersing yourself in cold water and swimming out into the middle of a lake when there is no-one else around - it is so peaceful and refreshing for the soul. It helps me feel truly alive and close to God.

Alex has his first lateral flow test today and will be back in school from Monday which he cannot wait for. In contrast, I doubt I will be back in work properly before September, although I know I have at least one day in work to look forward to, setting up for the medical student's final exams at the end of March.

That's all from me for now. Take care and stay safe, and if there is anything I can do for anyone, do let me know.

With love & God bless,

Caro

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