Finished this series a few days ago. It premiered back in 2016 and was a remake of an earlier The Durrell's. Took me some time to get into this series, but am glad I played through. It takes place in Corfu and was re-titled for release in United States as The Durrells oin Corfu.
The scenery alone is a reason to watch this. A good deal of the series was in fact filmed there on the beautiful Greek Island. I found it sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes dysfunctional. I wanted the Mother to knock some sense into her very self absorbed kids......but, I did not know while watching, this was in fact based on a series of books (My Family and Other Animals, Birds Beats & Relatives, and The Garden of the Gods by Gerald Durrell. This series is based on a real family who did indeed live on the island for 4 years. The island had no electricity. They left the island due to troubles when the war broke out. I learned a bit more about the real family, but won't spoil it by saying more.
Watch the series, or read the books and then watch. Gerry, whom I did not like at all in the series, became a well known naturalist and zoologists. So, I guess he eventually grew up...and maybe took a bath.
Yes, I've continued to knit on with Jeweled Lines and it is growing. Finished the turquoise section, added the small gray section and have started the large Amethyst section. We're at about 46 inches thus far. The olive green section is next. Hope to get to that point for the next blog post. This afghan like 99% of those I make will be donated through my blog, Bridge and Beyond, which is dedicated to helping homeless. I'm needing to start another project so I have something small enough to tote with me. This is getting to large and heavy to carry around and work on anywhere but in my chair in the living room.
Progress on the foot went backward for about 2 wks, but I believe we're on the upswing again.
Continuing to work on finding lost classmates for my 50th class reunion.
And to leave you all with a bit of smile........a laugh for the day. Spotted this the other day on Facebook and thought it too good to not share.
Tomorrow this lady celebrates 46 years of marriage to this guy. (so young back in the day)
Pictures fade over time, and maybe we do too, lol. My mother made my Wedding Dress, it's dotted swiss, and hubby wore a suit he'd just gotten back from the cleaners. We got married outside in The Park of Roses. We'll celebrate tonight by having a nice meal here at the house of steak, potatoes, and wine after cocktail hour with our favorite Martini's and Shrimp Cocktail.
Jeweled Lines continues to grown. It's over the half way point now and measures about 34 inches. I'm about half way through the dark green and next will be fun bright turquoise section. Had an oophs and had to unknit about 13 rows, as I ran out of the dark green.That was a smaller skein than expected. It's a skein I've had for eons, so no way was I going to be able to match it 100%. Found something as close as possible at the store and since it's not right next to the other green section...it will get the job done.
**This is week 2 for me participating in Slow Sunday Stitching. Had hope to find some pictures of some of my cross stitch projects (beyond the one in the last post), but haven't had time to look through old photo albums for pictures to share with some of you ladies who do cross stitch. I do have a few quilt photo's I know I can share as time goes on.
A few days ago this was a scene on my virtual walk through Seattle on Walking4Fun. I loved it and thought it worth share. Some public art is just fun. This 17 foot Popsicle has been there since 2011, designed by Catherine Mayer. I think walking or riding past this would simply make you smile.
So, the headway with the foot and walking has come to a bit of a halt. Was doing fine, in fact think PT was about to release me, when I started with some new pain. Cuboid Bone is the problem according to my therapist. Quite sore, swollen and a bit bruised, making walking difficult again. I can and do walk, but not a good gate like I was. She's hoping the manual manipulation to put it back where it belongs will do the trick. She says sometimes The Cuboid Bone Falls down......No dancing tonight for me as hubby and I celebrate our 46th.
Jeweled Lines is growing..added green, gold-ish, another small section of green and now back to amethyst. The section of Amethyst I'm currently working on is the half way point. This section will be larger than the other sections and then will do a repeat of what's been done so far. Measures 27 inches at the moment. 10 Inches longer than the last photo.
A bit hard to see the newer sections in the first photo, as I stopped last night without being at the end of a row, so I couldn't lay it out very flat...thus the bunching. Tried this sideways view and believe you can see the addition a bit better. My debate as this point is whether to make the Amethyst section solid, or stop half way through and add another section of the turquoise and the amethyst. Thoughts? I was so worried about having enough yarn I added the dark green and gold-ish. Eyeballing it now, I might have been ok with the amount of yarn I had...but you just don't know when you're winging it.
Lark Rise to Candleford. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this series. I'm currently in season 4 and highly recommend it. Robert Timmons (2nd from right Brendan coyle was one of my favorite characters Mr. Bates in Downton Abbey. And Mini (Ruby Bentall 2nd from left was Verity Poldark in the Poldark Series). In my next blog post, believe I'll give some thought to ranking these series I've been watching while not very mobile due to my broken foot. I know this series will be very close to the top, if not the top.
If you watched Call The Midwives you probably recognize Nurse Phyllis (Linda Basset) lower left. I am enjoying her more in this role as Queenie.
I have officially been given the go ahead to say good bye to this Ortho Boot! I've been several days now without it. I drove the other day for the first time in months. The bone itself really won't be totally healed for about 4 more months. I can do pretty well indoors, but am to stay away from walking in yards, and un-even terrain. AND, if I know I'm going to be doing substantial amounts of walking I should put the boot on. Will be continuing with PT for another month twice a week, as we work to build some strength and range of motion. I haven't yet gone for a walk, might try around the block today if hubby has time to go with me. It's a process, but am indeed making headway. Thanks for all the good wishes.
You really have to keep a sense of humor about life. In so doing, some have suggested this could be a new fashion trend, lol. The Ortho Boot, and the hiking boot are as close as I can come to the same height. It causes me to walk lopsided, but would be far worse if I wore a decent looking shoe.......so there you go. (was making my way to plug in my ipad when hubby snapped the shot).
99.9% of my walking is here in the house. Truly not very mobile and since I can't drive anywhere.......have continued to watch shows on my ipad from either Netflix or Amazon Prime. This was a very enjoyable show about strong women in England during World War II.
I watched this one on Amazon Prime. It first aired in May of 2015, and the last episode was May of the following year, 2016. LOVE the period clothing, and the history of how women did so much while men were off fighting. I think it's only been in recent years they've gotten more credit for all they did.
You probably recognize the actress on far right in the first picture and left in the 2nd pictures as Samantha Bond played Rosamund in Downton Abbey. I also read that she played Miss Moneypenny in James Bond during the Pierce Bronson years; though I didn't recognize that.
I'm continuing to work on this afghan, Learning Logs.
And am currently working on what I believe will be the last section. Already thinking about what to work on next. Perhaps I'll start putting this together?
It will take some work to get things to be the right size and fit together.
Though perhaps that's too much up and down as I'm enjoying this series that I started just yesterday.
Anyone watch Home Fires? If you did, were you left up in the air as much as I was at the end. Soooooooo disappointing it was cancelled after that.
Anyone watched The Grand? Takes place in the 1920's in Manchester with lots of lust, greed, and gossip..........AND cool period clothing.
Current afghan I'm working on for Bridge and Beyond. Called Learning Logs. Started it some time ago to learn how to use multiple colors/stands at the same time. This was through a lesson I purchased on Crafty's. The lessons were flawed, as was the pattern and through lots of complaints it was removed from Crafty's, along with the instructor. However, I did actually learn how to slip stitch and use multiple colors.The pattern was 6 large blocks all with these different patterns and colors. FAR too busy, I think for one afghan. So, am adding to it in solids with some texture at the moment. I may decide to add some additional color with stripes as it's grows; but will try to keep the center the busy part.
You see me wearing the boot in the afghan picture.........here's the reason why. Fractured 5th Metatarsal Bone on Right Foot.
Watching this, courtesy of a friend has helped pass the time while I sit with foot elevated. Never had the chance to watch it when it was on, so have been enjoying her collection of the entire series.
Am so very tired of winter. We've been wetter and colder than normal. How are things for you all?
