As requested, a place for us to ask for help and advice from other stitchers and to show the things we make.
Over to you.:-D
I beg your pardon Chris....you've had a good session in the front garden? well that kept the neighbours amused har har!!!!
my feet legs and back are so sore this afternoon....yikes! it just better get easier...still you have to do it don't you!
Von that is gorgeous 
He's going to be one very spoilt little boy ❤️
Have been to visit MIL today 😞 her dementia is getting worse but every now & then a glimpse of the "old her" shines through ❤️ sadly as a family though we have had to make the decision that she will NOT be going to her Grandaughters wedding next month, Grandaughter is so upset that her Grandma can't be there, they were always so close infact from the age of about seven she's always told her when she got married she wanted her to be her bridesmaid & she'd still go along with that if she could. She's going to have a little pocket added to the lining of her dress now to put her grandma's wedding ring in so she can still have "a piece of her with her on her day" ........ Ooh & the wedding is in a Castle ....... i've never spent the night in a castle before 
Merc stop trying to scare me 
Learning, MIL dosen't eat much either, we occasionally venture to the te*co's or the garden centre cafe with her just for a change of scenery as they are both nearby but quiet often the visits are cut short because of "accidents" sadly not the kind that mop up 😞
.... well that & the fact she trys to pocket all the cutlery, napkins & everything else on the table 
we joke & tell her if she's going to do things like that we'll give her a list of "wants" 
bless her ... she always laughs but hasn't a clue she does it 
She fell & broke her collar bone last month & had her arm put in a sling .......... she kept taking off, neatly folding it up & putting that in her pocket too, I don't think it ever stayed on for more than 20mins 
She hasn't a clue who we are but to use her words .... she knows we "belong to her"
She's 88/89 I can't remember which ..... but never sits still for more than 2 minutes, she's been like that all her life & she swears she never has any visitors even though she has more than anyone else in the home 
Thankfully she is in a wonderful care home & all the staff love her to bits
Its one of the "Orchard" care homes & they accept both private and local authority funded residents. MILs is mainly local authority funded but does require a little extra top up 
Us too Chris! OH mowed the lawns front and back and I did the edges and tidied up some. It looks really nice now! it's worth the effort isn't it?
Altzheimers is a terrible thing, but there is a humerous side to it sometimes, like the cutlery episode CK....aaww bless....
Thats so true CB, ......... laughter & tears ..... we try not to dwell on the tears
she loves her photos especially ones of her great grandchildren but we had to stop putting them in frames because they always went in her pockets too & staff were afraid she fell with them in her pockets & hurt herself .... she will sit & chat to them for ages telling them how lovely & how beautiiful they are .... then you find them screwed up in the bin she has 6mth old twin great grandsons & they apparently caused her great confusion when she met them
glad you are on the mend Von, take it slowly....did you get to sit in the sun then?
wonder how Stroppy is doing?
OH thinks he's getting a cold, well he can keep that, don't want a share.
it's all that bright light they shine into your eyes I guess Chris, I'm very light sensitive.
uh oh, OH's coughing now, gawd, that's it then...man flu' rears it's ugly head ( goes off to find cold relief stuff..oh and a pad and pen, after all he hasn't got long left to write his will has he?)
