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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Missed last week as pay the bills job was a tad full on so not much time for anything else. BUT i was determined to do something crafty this week and started my October 365 journal page.

got the background done and after work I plan on punching the squares for the days and decorating the page a bit. on the allotment the recent storms snapped my runner bean wigwams, beans and structure but a few are still in the ground so I have propped them up on a spare compost bin to see if i can get a final harvest in a week. preserving sessions are booked in and I have been foraging a lot of apples so thinking of dehydrating a load of them for the winter. As to this weeks 'man bites dog' cards, well I think the nurse needs to consider themselves lucky, the star sounds like hard work!! kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. We have a lot of storms and rain here this week so a lot of spare time has been inside! this has given me a rare opportunity to sort stuff!! Not craft stash but clothes. sorted a few bags for charity and them tackled my bras!

a mate collected for many years for the charity Smalls for All Such a great charity that passes on underwear (new pants and socks) and new or lightly worn bras. Well, tbh I have several that just aren't comfy any more and even have the labels on still so all packed up and posted!! Finally some space in the drawer!! kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday and on my desk is crafting!!

I have started September's bullet journal page and my 365 journal for the month, not finished but won't take long. As to this weeks 'Man Bites Dog' cards....considering these are always randomly chosen i must admit i do like this weeks!!! Spent the week after work picking the last of the elderberries for elderberry vinegar and blackberries for puddings and making piccalilli fromm the allotment produce so a busy week. Still throws me every year that it gets dark earlier though! kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. This was last nights desk and will continue tonight after work. I picked and dried the lavender from my front garden so am now bagging it up. i used to make lavender pillows/hangers for family christmas pressies but the past few years most would prefer a bought gift so I will be making some just for our wardrobes etc.

forgot my man bites dog cards this week but to be honest I think there has been enough 'headline' news recently! happy Wednesday all kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. On my desk today is a mistake!! I think many of us make this mistake....

ooh i will just quickly sort this drawer out..... nope, never quick and many rabbit holes appear!!! Rabbit holes such as. ooh I forgot about that stencil, oh that a good font......yep those holes! i am sure it will get sorted it just wont be that quick job i thought it might be! As to my 'Man bites dog' cards this week....blind wife sues romantic model....ooh I wonder why?..... happy Wednesday kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. A quick apology as wasn't able to revisit many desks last week as didnt have much of a signal as was down in a folk festival watching amazing music and dancers all through the town and local parks! However, my on my desk is the reason there is a bit of a stink in the air at home!! I am cleaning my plant labels from the allotment and a few yrs ago found out the easiest way is acetone! Now, as we know us crafter can find various jobs for random stash and when i ran out of acetone a few years ago a fellow crafter mention some cheap false gel nail removers are acetone based!! result, cheap and 3rd year of use of these labels (sadly sometimes they snap). i also have some wooden ones I made last year and have some ideas for others I may be able to make over the winter.

as to my 'man bites dog ' cards this week....they are randomly drawn but wow, not a great headline!! On a more positive note, managed to pop into town for a couple hrs this week and did some more gromit spotting!!

love that these bring families visiting Bristol and raises money for the children's hospital, they area sheer delight. stay cool, as uk is in its 4th heatwave this year already! kyla

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happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. There is nothing on my desk at the moment BUT i thought I would share what I did yesterday late afternoon!

our sketching group Bristol urban sketchers are 10 years old this year and Cass Art in bristol is holding an exhibition of our art in their store and last night was the opening. it was lovely, seeing pictures of our art over the past decade, over a glass of wine/elderflowerspritz and catching up with other members, a lovely couple of hrs kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. It's been a busy week, with Bristol Harbour festival last weekend and we went to Avon valley Railway, which is our local heritage railway and as members we were able to do a steam train brake van ride! All this as well as the allotment and of course the pay the bills day job too! However, check this out i actually did some crafting!!

I wanted to make a card and I was looking for certain images, when I know the recipient has it i will post a picture of it, but it was fun making it as I haven't been through some of these stamps for SO long. totally forgot my Man Bites Dog cards though. Oh and another thing going on in Bristol during the summer is the Gromit Unleashed Trail raising money for the Grand Appeal. I spotted a few so far but this year they are also in other areas so I think we will need to travel round a bit as i do love spotting them.

I do love spotting them. Hope you all have a good week kyla

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happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. finally we got rain yesterday and showers for the rest of this week. i missed last week as i was london for a few days so all this week outside of work its catching up in the allotment. so my desk is my plot!

before london we picked 2.5kg black currants and made blackcurrant vinegar. whilst we were away more ripened so I am picking more. I cut back the stalks and pick the fruit off as that saves a job of cutting them back. I will freeze these later today as I am making bags of frozen mixed fruit to add to my porridge throughout the winter.

I have also picked the last of the broadbeans (to be frozen), the start of the runner beans, salads that are almost finished (i planted them over winter) courgettes, onions,nasturtiums,potatoes and more sweet peas. still lots to do and I will pick rhubarb, the last of the raspberries and harvest the potatoes, but for now i ran out of time! happy days kyla

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Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Apologies as I didn't make all of the desk returns last week, it was rather a hectic week, long hrs at the pay the bills job and then allotment every evening then bed early as this humidity and my Rheumatoid Arthritis is a difficult pairing! Will all sort itself out but must admit i am shattered.

My desk this week is a mess! Started the July 365 journal prep and then the carbon monoxide alarm broke so i bought a replacement and spent an evening fitting it. Sadly couldn't find one with the same screw spacing so that involved re drilling and trying to get the wall plugs etc out! Gave up and 'painted' them with my paint pens so they blend in!!! Happy with that, its working. Forgot my 'Man bites dog' cards again the week but think there are enough headlines at the moment! kyla