I have not been to America to visit my lovely family since October 2024. I used to go twice a year. I would love to see them but I am not completely sure I’d be welcomed by the powers that be, because of what I have said online.
So the family came to visit us last summer, and I hope they will do so again this year.
Meanwhile we talk on the phone. Cece FaceTimes to show me the progress of their latest craft activities, which are numerous and impressive.
For example, their crocheted gloves and numerous bead bangles
Sadly I can’t find pictures of their other larger projects. They recently told me they wanted to crochet a jumper but didn’t have the right size crochet hooks so they 3 D printed them. They will go far. They learn how to do everything from YouTube, so if they bring in a social media ban in the USA, it will be a problem.
We chat on FaceTime and play Dress to Impress. We both love this Roblox game, and we talk while we’re playing.
Isaac called for a chat on Sunday, which was lovely, but as soon as I’d put the phone down I missed him. Wendy called yesterday and the same thing happened. It’s strange that after being in touch I sometimes miss them more.
I am still lacking inspiration with my painting and am trying new things in the interim. I had an idea for an abstract called Cheerfulness and I’ve just finished it, but I’m ambivalent about it.
On the one hand I think it successfully illustrates Cheerfulness, but on the other hand, I dislike the flat colours. I’ve just noticed that this is a bad photo…the top balloon should be as white as the bottom one. Hey ho.
I’ve started a new abstract now. Perhaps when the spring comes I’ll start painting grasses and flowers and trees again. Like this:
I made the patchwork cheerfulness cushion I mentioned in an earlier post, but decided against embroidering a slogan on it.
If you have a headache, you can turn it over because the back is plain.
Do you ever become hooked on a TV programme that you know is tosh, and often you find annoying, but you can’t stop watching it? I’m currently on Series 7 of Younger on Netflix. It began well and then in series 2 became annoying, and then in series 3 I kept thinking - stop messing us around! …are Liza and Charlie EVER going to get together? I even googled to find out. I won’t give a spoiler. Thankfully, Series 7 is the last. And a friend has told me two other things to try which are more meaningful…if I can just remember what they are. I know they both begin with P. I could ask my fiend again if I could remember which friend it was… oh! It was my daughter, and she Whatsapped the info because she knew I would forget. Bless her.
So it goes.
Lest you think I am an utter lightweight, I Will tell you I am reading The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
I’m going to see Hamnet today. That’s my other culture fix for the week.
