Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Woyww

Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. Another week and believe it or not more mending! Having mended my allotment jeans last week now it's the turn of my gloves! yes I have several different pairs, mostly fingerless as I have raynauds so wear them a lot of the year...but....I am 'frugal'hence once again sewing them up ;-)
my "man bites dog' cards this week are 'convict lady weds lawyer lover!!' Well, considering a lot of the actual headlines at the moment, yep, believable! so, what's on your workdesk? kyla

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

WOYWW

Happy Whats on your workdesk wednesday, really sorry as wasnt able to do all my revists last week as time got away with me. On my desk this week are my allotment jeans as they SO need mending again!!! Jan may even spot that on the right hand side of my desk is the pin cushion that (I think) she made us for a WOYWW crop meet up many years ago!! I still use it.
My "Man Bites Dog" cards this week are...."Tough Blind Singer Stuns First"......ooh, not a singer but it did make me think of the amazing comedian Chris McCausland and his amazing Strictly Come Dancing every week, he is amazing, those lifts and keeping in time all whilst blind, wow. I need to finish these jeans (as the holes are TOO big and I think may be a bit risky now to wear!!) and then finish off Inktober, yep, I am late but am almost finished!! Happy Crafting kyla

Wednesday, 6 November 2024

Happy whats on your workdesk wednesday. On my desk this week is my 365 journal which I am trying to finish before I forget what I have done for the first few days of November! November?!!! I mean, HOW did that happen!!! Also on the right are some more chilli peppers I have picked and am drying out, I will thread them on the ever growing chilli ristras I am making with this years harvest. Only small as they are small dwarf chillies, but they will see me through the year and add some heat to my meals
Also, this was the finished wedding card I was making last week. I didnt go to the wedding, BUT, as luck would have it when I saw the photos her wedding dress was also bright red and in layers!! I couldnt believe my luck as it looked a little like the card too!!
Hope you are all good and getting some crafting in too. I need to catch up on my Inktobers as got about a weeks worth to finish and will post them when done too. happy WOYWW kyla

Wednesday, 30 October 2024

WOYWW

Happy whats on your workdesk wednesday. Blogger still wont let me post photos from my phone (even though I have allowed this page to be an exception) so annoyingly I need to set up the computer and transfer the photo and update via that route!! At least I can still take part, but what a faff! So, on my desk this week is actual crafting!! I know, a bit unusual at the moment! I found out that someone I know is getting married this week so I thought I would make them a card and am using red fabric petals to make into a flower fixed with a jewel in the middle. My "man bites dog" headline this week is...."Priest weds bizarre drugs angel!" - could be worse, could have been focussed on the elections in the states at the moment! So, whats on your workdesk? kyla

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Woyww

happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday update where we share our desks across the globe. i am still stringing more chillies BUT on my desk at the moment is me catching up with Inktober. I have taken part for years and usually do them on hanging tags as i can then hang them from the shelf on my desk as reminders and prompts for me to see how my drawing has developed and changed. sadly google won't allow me to add photos on here (this happened once before) so I will try again later (if not it will be on my IG account if you follow me). if not, basically it's a messy desk with pens and tags!! the man bites dog cards were 'bored fans dunk star hero!!' so, what's on your workdesk? kyla
Most odd, lets me add it via a laptop just not on any mobile device!! Who knows!!!! kyla

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Woyww

Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday, on my desk this week are chilli peppers!! I thread them onto cotton to dry and then they hang in the kitchen to use through the winter.
as to my man bites dog cards,'judge blames drugs model' ooh!! also is one of my kolbie Blume watercolour teaching books, I love her style and find it inspirational, i was planning on doing some painting but that hasnt happened so far this week, yet so, whats on your workdesk? kyla

Wednesday, 2 October 2024

WOYWW 800

So, this week is 800 weeks since Julia started What's on your Workdesk Wednesday and now the amazing Sarah has taken over. The idea was to post our first WOYWW entry and so here is mine - it was 29 Sept 2010, I cant believe I have been taking part for 14 years now!! this was my desk from back then
To be honst my desk hasnt changed much over the years, still the same mess!! It made me laugh looking back over my blog as I was posting veg harvests and chutney making as well as crafting 15 years ago!! Some things really dont change! Happy Whats on your workdesk Wednesday kyla

Wednesday, 25 September 2024

Woyww

 Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. So again, my desk is the kitchen, this is usually the way at this time of year with all the harvests from the allotments. 


Tuesday evening I made cucumber pickles. I picked about 5 outdoor cucumbers this week so I defo needed to make something with them!


Considering I didn't have enough rhubarb this year to make jam or chutney, i was worried i wouldn't have enough to see me through the year, but, a late flurry of green tomatoes, courgettes and cucumbers means I do have a few made and hopefully I can make a few more over the next couple of weeks. 

So, what are you making? Cooking, sewing, drawing etc? 

Kyla

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Woyww

 Happy What's on your workdesk Wednesday. This week my desk is the kitchen! Yep, finally it's chutney making time.

My apple picker I made the other week didn't work, however, I stumbled across a chap in a tractor this week! Now, I often chat to strangers and he volunteered to use his tractor to reach the apples he spotted me eyeing up high in the tree!! Result! 
My outdoor tomatoes on the allotment I decided to pick a couple bags of them green. I doubt many will ripen now and there is blight on a couple plots down so I thought with all this rain to pick some whilst I can and kept in a paper bag at home they will slowly ripen too.
And these are the huge white courgettes on the plot!! This week I have picked 4 of these and 5 cucumbers too!! All my usual yellow and green courgettes failed this year but luckily this one plant flourished! 

I don't actually recall sowing it!! I am guessing they were seeds in one of magazines and unusual for me I don't appear to have made a note of bit, but it's producing and that means 'harvest chutney' making sessions are now filling my time!!

So, what's on your workdesk?

Kyla

Wednesday, 4 September 2024

Woyww

 Morning all, time for what's on your workdesk Wednesday update. Only a quick post as a bit rushed at the moment (apologies as didnt make it round all the return desks last week). 


On my desk I am threading apache chillies!! I usually grow a couple of small bush chillies each year and dry them for use throughout the year. For the past few years we have been self sufficient in dried chillies, only buying any marked down larger ones for pickling. 

They will take a while to dry, bit I will hang them in my craft room for a couple of months before packing them for use. 

Forgot my man dog cards this week too!!

Hope you are all good and happy WOYWW 
Kyla