October look back

Well October got off to a mixed start but that's OK, this is a tricky disease and it will take a lot of patience 

I think I got a bit cocky and overdid it slightly over 2 days. But that's the way of this thing it's so hard to see the small over exertions but they all add up

I'm hopefully pulling it back now, lessons learned!

And it's not just the physical I can see the physical but when the mental overload comes thas harder and the mental overload can be both good and bad overload.  Hey ho!

I did get out into the garden with Grey donkey, I've been using my post dook oodie now that the weather is much colder, we look very matchy matchy 🤣🤣

I took this at night I just can't capture how lovely our neighbours tree is just now

More gratitude 🥰 above are postcards from lovely chum a whole series!! I'm so grateful to have such good chums

Above is this week's card from a selkie chum, I'm still blown away by this I'm sure they have a rota to send a card a week to me , how amazing is that???

Grey Donkey loved his trip to the garden 💕💕 the roses are still looking great

The trees are looking so much more bare now, i like it because it means I can see the birds in the trees now

Also the twig in the neighbours guttering has returned ! I missed the twig 😊 I think it must have been blown to he other side

I'm managing to spend quite a bit of time on the balcony now, that's actually quite a big small win. I hope in the coming weeks I will manage down to the living room more but I think I need to consolidate being in the middle floor first

At the beginning of August I really wanted to get out on the balcony but it was just not possible, yesterday I was out three times, that's progress 

Quite gorgeous today after a misty start

Grey donkey travels in style!! My oodie pouch is perfect for him 😊

Meter square looking fab!

Another personal best!!! Putting on compression stocking, not much difference in impact

But MASSIVE difference in intensity just huge, so very pleased with that! I took my time, lay down on bed to do it, brilliant 

Well no I didn't manage to pull it back 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ full blown PEM 🤦‍♀️ hey ho, bedrest until fully over it this time, must take warnings more seriously,  Grey Donkey kind of sums it up

Ah well .... it wasn't all long covid 🤦‍♀️ full blown UTI... In bed for 12 days and counting... but antibiotics kicking in meantime so thank feck for that!!!

Meanwhile network rail have slashed our vegetation 😱 view looks very different now

Last weeks card from the selkies 🥰

Progress shots of vegetation pull down

Scoobs has been very diligently checking in on donkeys 😊 

This is the new view from sewing room after all trees cut down I think its high enough that it doesn't make much difference 

I got loads more cards today this week's selkie one ❤️ plus from Ruth and Sheena, I'm so so lucky

Jeez two awful days 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ almost hostile phone call from doctors heart rate all over the place 🤦‍♀️ then ibs sets in. I'm wondering if I'll ever get out of this hole? 

Yes I will of course I will but lordy it's hard just now

But to brighten my day the cleaners came, I think she likes Grey Donkey too 🥰🥰

So nearly at the end of October most of it spent in bed .... but lessons learned, listen more to body and less to visible, I love visible but it's only a tool I got a bit obsessed with it, now learning to let it go a bit more and listen to body more 

That really needs to be my mantra, listen to the body and use visible as a guide a tool but nothing more, it won't cure me but listening and honouring my body will 😊

October furtle

Well this months furtle mainly consists of things I've bought 🤣🤣 at some point I'll do more making but that's not on the cards for now

I saw this sashiko kit from Japan crafts, I loved visiting hobbyra hobbyre when in Japan and this is just beautiful Christmas sashiko sampler

Hopefully I'll get it done in time for Christmas 2025

I saw this designer tagged in a Facebook group and loved her designs so I went back and bought some more, again hopefully Christmas 2025 😊

I'm thinking long an hard about the fettling list but that can wait for now, plenty time 😊

October seasons

 So here is October!  And oh my word 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

Our house backs onto a major railway line and network rail manage the vegetation 

Last week the put notices through our doors saying they would be conducting "vegetation management"

We didn't realise this would entail a major, as one neighbour put it "slash and burn" 😳😳😳

I realise why they have to do it, storm damage from trees is a huge problem on the lines but blimey ..... scroll diwn to see our new naked back fence!!!

I was going to pick another garden view fir this next year but this is SO different I might stick with it and see how it compares

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September furtle

 So! I was worried I might not have a lot if anything to post this month! But then this arrived, I'd forgotten I'd ordered it 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ the autumn subscription box from Innocent bones. I really like it! Nice pattern cute extras (I really like the tote bag) it's a bi monthly subscription,  I now have oodles of cross stitch kits but I might keep this one going!

But look!!! Some Crafting has happened 😊💕 all very controlled and timed 🤭 but I managed to catch up with my emotions tracker, I pick my main emotion for the day and do the stitch in that colour, the greens are happy or calm, purple is pissed off/meh, light orange is excited, dark orange worried/nervous, light blue is tired and darker blue is sad, this is a reminder that although things may be not so good "for now" it will pass and there will be brighter days, September wasnt too bad all in all, lots of tired! But ending with a good chunk of green  😊