I was looking at Railway Rebecca's vlog of her beautiful knitting. I don't often wish I could knit but she does make some lovely things using gorgeous colours and she's so enthusiastic...especially about getting her things onto her new dresser!
Then over in the sidebar of recommended vlogs was a well known blogger/vlogger making a vlog from her bath! "Chit chat from the bath"!
Good grief, that was something I didn't need to see!
I'm sure this post will be jumped on by Anons and I'll regret it .............oh well..... in for a penny etc.
I don't usually do politics (big or small p) on the blog but was half listening to a programme about the Mid Term Elections in the US on the radio recently. They mentioned some of the Republican and Democrat ads that are on TV over there. OMG - they were dreadful - so viciously nasty and the amount of money spent on ads - just incredible. If that type of party political broadcasts for elections ever gets here it will be a sad day.
My Mum, who back in the 60's was not a fan of Americans, as my Dad was killed in a road accident by a USAF officer in 1954, always said that everything bad from there gets here eventually. I'm not sure about that but some minor things like the craziness of Halloween is one of those things that did. Along with Black Friday. (Although I am grateful for freezers, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners and washing machines!)
I had a penfriend in Michigan for several years but the disgusting things she said about Obama when he was President rather put me off. We'd not ever mentioned politics in our letters before that but suddenly she became a different person (and when one of her daughters was dating a black guy she was equally rude about him).
I can't imagine having a change in personality as it rolls round to election time.
So what will we hear today about the results of the Mid Terms from over the pond? Probably a lot. I also heard on the radio that some people might be so annoyed by adverse results that things might turn very nasty.
Personally I'm glad that blogging brings people from here and the US together in a good way, so stay safe please...........
I just couldn't resist a trip to the regular last Saturday in October second-hand book sale at Westleton.
They have this fundraiser every year for the Village Hall in this village which is open for all sorts of things, including a mini cafe every weekday morning, which must be good for everyone who lives there.
The weather was lovely for driving cross country especially as I don't seem to have been far lately.
It was 50p to get in and these were my finds for 50p each. I could have bought others but had to be sensible.
I had a coffee and sausage roll for a late breakfast in the Foyer cafe and then home.
The book on the left is a National Trust publication called 'How to Read The Weather' by the aptly named Storm Dunlop. It's got lovely photos.
Then I spotted a grey Persephone book, to add to my collection. The Runaway by Elizabeth Anna Hart which was originally published in 1872 as a children's book. I knew it was a Persephone that I'd not got or seen before - very pleased with this find.
K.M.Peyton wrote books for children and young adults and this is one of her last, published in 2006. I picked it up as it's set in WWII.
Murder Most Festive is a country house Christmas crime by Ada Moncrieff set in 1938. I've never read any by this author, this is her first from 2020 - hope it's not too much of a cosy crime.
And another Christmas title is a collection of little stories taken from Alison Uttley's other books. This is also a children's book.
You might wonder at my sanity in buying books to add to the boxes for moving. I do too!