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

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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

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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

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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

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 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

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 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

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 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


Wednesday 28 August 2024

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 Morning all, not tried a revised fruit picker (yet) as I had to do some quick repairs. My walking sandals, which, yes, I have had for probably about a decade, finally fell apart! I was walking and the soles flapped off!! 

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So, in true crafting fashion out came my glues and various clamps and I set about repairing them. I know they will fall apart again, but, if i can get through the summer then they can be replaced, when, hopefully end of season sales start!! 


Also on my desk is the next pages of my 365 journal. Waiting for the spray paints to dry so I can cut up the daily squares and attach them. 

My 'my bites dog' cards this week are 'feds judge cruel movie mob boss'......ooh not sure where to go with that one!!!


So, what's on your workdesk Wednesday?

Kyla

Wednesday 21 August 2024

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 Morning all, apologies but didn't make all the return visits last week, time just disappeared! So, this is the apple picker I tried making last week



I attached it to the end of the stick and went out to give it a try. However, now I know why people screw them to the sticks as it dislodged in the tree and I was left there poking the tree until the plastic bottle fell back down! 

However, my desk last night was the kitchen as I picked loads of elderberry and made my next batch of elderberry vinegar, woke up this morning and there is a slight smell of vinegar around the house but it's so worth it as I LOVE this vinegar. It's like a victorian shrub, so can be added to drinks, salads or food (we use it in pasta, chilli, stews). 


Hope you are all having a great week and kook forward to visiting and getting inspired.

Kyla