My Weekends | July

Sunday, August 12, 2018

The first full weekend of the month saw England play (and beat) Sweden in The World Cup. I watched the game alone as Andy was gearing up for harvest and working all day, everyday. He hadn't started working into the evenings but as kick-off was a 3pm, he missed the game.


I sat down with an elderflower spritzer and picked up my knitting (standard practice when watching football, yes?). I can't just sit and watch football, I have to have something else to do (I used knitting to ease the tension of the England vs Columbia penalties). By the end of the game I realised that I'd finished my third lion. Apt, right?

It seems like an eternity ago already, it's a shame we didn't make the final, but didn't the England team do us proud?

The Sunday was all about pom poms and writing blog posts. I always have 20 - 30 posts in draft, some which need updating as time goes on - my seasonal list, or my Day Zero updates for example, and others that I just need to get on and finish!


The following Saturday was Latitude. I camped at a site in Dunwich with friends on the Friday and Saturday nights. On the Friday I made my way to the campsite to help set up the tents in the afternoon. Whilst my friend returned to Ipswich to pick up his kids from school, I spent a few hours on the beach. I read, I napped a little, and I made a sea bouquet for our tent - something every tent should have!

The evening consisted of a BBQ on the beach, and sitting around a bonfire until 1am catching up with friends I haven't seen for far too long.


The next day we didn't get to the festival until 2pm and our first stop was to find food! I don't feel like I explored as much of the festival as I normally do. I didn't go into the forest at all, and there were lots of new things that I just didn't get time to check out.


I did meet up with Sophie though, and we fell back into our normal Latitude routine of bouncing between the Radio 6 tent and the main arena, with trips to the bar in between. I then found the friends I'd arrived with and headed to the main stage to watch The Killers. They were awesome. The 2 hour wait to get out of the car park however, was no fun at all. It was chaos and there was not a single warden around to help. Luckily I wasn't driving so I was able to get some sleep in the back of the car.

On the Sunday I got up surprisingly early considering I didn't get to bed until almost 2.30am. The day consisted of slowly packing up the tent, whilst drinking mug after mug of tea, and making my way home.

Andy was at work until late and I arrived home to an empty house with a touch of the festival blues. I made a pom pom wreath to keep myself occupied.

I'm hoping to go to Latitude for the entire weekend next year. I feel like I missed so much by only going for one day, but I did enjoy the camping tremendously. It's years since I've been.

The third weekend of the month was one I decided would be just general pottering and with a little being sociable thrown in.

The Saturday was all about pom pom making, and in the evening I went to friends house to watch a scary movie. The film was IT, which was rather good and thankfully not as scary as I thought it would be. Then we watched a documentary about a haunted farm house in the middle of nowhere. It was terrifying, and then I had to drive home to my farmhouse in the middle of nowhere... I had to have a cup of tea and a sit in the garden with my friends until I felt brave enough to drive home alone. In the cold light of day this seems ridiculous, at nearly 1am in the near pitch black it seems totally reasonable.


Sunday I made more pom poms (have I mentioned how addictive it is?) and Andy was working close by so he popped home for lunch, which was a lovely and unexpected surprise. Later I nipped to my  brother's for a while and came home with an abandoned knitting project to frog and make into more pom poms.


The final weekend was dedicated, once again, to pom poms. I made my biggest one yet - 14". Saturday was Photo An Hour and Sunday consisted of more pom poms and the making of a Malteser cheesecake for my nephew's 18th Birthday BBQ the following day.

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It was my wish at the beginning of the year to avoid that Sunday night feeling of a weekend wasted. My goal was to have a plan in place for the coming weekend by each Friday evening. July seems to have been largely dominated by pom poms (if you're wondering about the pom poms you can read more here. Long story short - I had a load of green wool that needed a use, I decided pom pom wreaths were the answer, and I'll be selling them on a craft stall in September, October and November), but it's also been a good month for seeing friends I haven't seen in far too long.

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  1. I absolutely love the pom pom rings! And how strange that the World Cup was only four weeks ago - it seems much longer.

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    1. Thanks, I'm addicted to them.
      It does seem like ages ago doesn't it?
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  2. You've done plenty on the weekends in July. I love those lions, so cute. Wow, 20-30 posts in draft? You're so organised. I sometimes have two or three but I usually write my posts just before posting them.

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    1. The lions make me smile, and even though I used the same pattern they all look different.
      Some of the posts won't get published, some are wisps of ideas about things I'd like to write about. I keep saying I'm going to get them all published before starting a new post, but I doubt that'll ever happen.
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  3. I can't believe how fast July went! I'm still blogging about my holiday in June, and it really feels like eons ago, as does the World Cup. I do agree that you can be proud of your team, as we are proud of ours. Being in the semi-finals really is a big achievement. Latitude looks lovely, and so does your sea bouquet! What a lovely idea! Looking at those fabulous wreaths, I can understand your pom pom making addiction. And I love your lions too! xxx

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    1. August is going quick too! Latitude is always good fun, with lots to see and do, I really did feel flat when I returned home.
      I still have the sea bouquet in my lounge, it's starting to get a little battered but I'm not parting with it just yet.
      The pom pom addiction is getting ridiculous, and now I've started knitting a trio of aliens!
      xx

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  4. Pom pom wreaths look good. I would have been scared returning home after a scary film on my own too! Hope you and andy get some time together, harvest must be one of the busiest times of the year for you. Betty

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    1. Ha! How different things appear in the small dark hours of the night. I was fine once I was in the car and moving. But I didn't look in the rear view mirror once in case I saw a scary clown smiling at me! he he.
      Andy has been busy but he has been home a bit more thanks to the rain. Some years I hardly see him at all, and he always takes a few hours off on the morning of my birthday so we can have breakfast together.
      xx

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  5. Ooh, I fancy Latitude but I would only go if decent weather was guaranteed which, as we Brits know, is not the case. My July also consisted of the football, garden parties, catch ups with old mates and a trip to St Albans to see Joe Lycett x

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    1. I've been for four years now and there has only been light rain on one occasion. I've been very lucky in that regard. I like Joe Lycett, Latitude was the first place I saw him and I've been to see him live a few times since then!
      xx

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  6. Jus love those lions and your pom poms.
    Great photographs.

    All the best Jan

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  7. The pompoms look great, I haven't made pompoms since I was very young! The festival sounds great too, even if it was a bit of a rushed, one day affair. It sounds like you had some lovely weekends in July. I hope August is turning out well too :)

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    1. I've got some pom pom makers which make it really easy. I wouldn't do it if I had to cut out endless cardboard circles!
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  8. PS - I'd probably have been the same after the film! I have a totally irrational fear of alien abduction and have had many a terrified late night lone journey. If I watch a film with 'grey' aliens, I can't be alone in the dark for a couple of weeks, I make Dave take me to the toilet in the night and escort me up the stairs! Ridiculous, but a very real fear for me!

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    1. That sounds awful Louise, I do get spooked but not to that extent. Perhaps you shouldn't watch films with aliens of any colour?
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  9. I love your lions and your pompoms! That sea wreath is gorgeous, too - what a fab idea.
    I can't believe how quickly summer is passing by, just three more festivals to go. What a shame you didn't do the whole weekend at Latitude - it feels like an eternity since I last went to a festival rather than worked at one (Glasto 2016) - I'm already getting nervous about the ticket sale in October! xxx

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    1. Thanks. The summer is whizzing by, I hope we get to enjoy a little more sun before autumn arrives.
      Fingers crossed that you get the tickets!
      xx

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  10. The rainbow pom poms make me drool! Love them. So nice that you have done so many things. I love the sea bouquet. The lions are super cute too!

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