Collective nouns....

I was listening to Radio Cumbria the other day and they were talking about collective nouns.  It was really interesting especially the names for groups of animals.

I wonder who came up with these names?

More or less 3 years to the day.......

 I finally picked up the fabric to recover the cushions that go on the chairs on the front porch last weekend.  I managed to get the chair cushions and the scatter cushions sewn on Thursday and here is the result:

I did the edges in the beige colour, so that I didn't have to pattern match.  I'm all for making things as easy as possible.  I did put zippers in the seat cushions this time, so I can take them off to wash.

I wasn't 100% sure about this fabric pattern, but it's not too bad.  It is outdoor fabric, and that beige fabric was super thick.  Put a jeans needle on the machine to make it sew better and a longer stitch.

I still have to make cushions for the back; they fabric is all cut out for them, but was too tired on Thursday to finish them.

As for the title of the post, I made the last set of cushions almost three years to the day and you can see the post here.

New Rug........

 Last month I sold the rug from our living room, this one:

I had bought the dark green chairs and they clashed miserably with the teal coloured rug.  I could never keep that rug clean either, it showed every little bit of fluff on it.

So I decided to get a new one and got the one below (not our living room).

It's perfect for the living room and it brightens up the room also.

It's this one from Wayfair.  It comes in various colours.  I also put this underpad under it.  

Super happy with it, and having that underpad under it, makes it very soft to walk on.

Never judge a book by it's cover..........

 and all that, right?

We were in a high end plastic surgeon's office on Monday.  No, we're not getting plastic surgery 🤣 This guy does regular surgery as well.  Super nice guy by the way.

Anyway, I had never been before but went with hubby this time, as two set's of ears are better than one I find when you're getting older....just saying!!  While we were sat in his office waiting for him we saw these pictures on the wall.

We were laughing at the one on the left; saying how even I could paint something like that and goodness knows how much he paid for it!!

I finally decided to take a closer look:

Turns out it's wrapping paper covering a frame of some sort.

I know when we used to go to the art show/auction for charity there were a number of things that honestly I thought were done by a child.  People were going mad over them, while hubby and I hated them.  So we figured this blue "painting" was one of those!!!

What suits one doesn't suit another I guess.

Oldie, but a goodie.........

Sunday was one of those laid back days, where despite the sun shining most of the day, we had snow showers and freezing cold temperatures mixed in.  So I decided it was a good day to watch a movie in the afternoon and this one popped up when I was scrolling through Netflix:

I have seen this movie before, and it's one of those movies that feels like a warm hug.  Nothing over dramatic, and it makes you feel warm inside.

Bit like a Bridget Jones Movie, Pretty Woman or The Full Monty.

Do you have a movie you like to watch over and over?

What that's it?

 I hope not!!

(First of the daffodils flowering)

Friday was a glorious day.  I spent most of the morning in the basement, stripping down the basement windows and washing everything.  Not sure when washing three windows became a tiring job, but it was!!  I was pooped afterwards.  However I did go outside and did some tidying up on the front porch and in the garden as it's yard waste week, and honestly it was so nice outside, I just wanted to feel a bit of sunshine on my face.

Fast forward to Saturday and it poured down, I mean really poured down.  Perfect weather for ducks but that's about it!  I hope that the one day of nice weather isn't it, before the summer heat hits.......just saying!!  Spring is a bit of a one day it's here, and then the next day it's gone situation!!

Do you clean windows at your home?  Or do you get a service in to do them?  I clean ours though not every other week, like I was taught to do while living in the UK.

Clannad - Theme from Harry's Games

 RIP - Moya

Truly haunting voice.........