Turning Green

Hi everyone, what a strange week this has been.

I have learnt to get to grips with WhatsApp, something I had heard of but never seen. 

We have spoken to our friends (my ex SIL and BIL) in France, where things are pretty much the same as they are here! What a joy to was to see them both!

I have got all of my Crafty Individuals samples ready for the Hochanda show, most have now been posted.

I haven't been in a garden except for a walk around the block here where the leaves are definitely turning green with all the sun we have had.
We did have a bit of a scary walk to the post box yesterday when we didn't expect quite so many folk to be out!

I have sat out on our balcony, something we haven't done for a long time as we didn't like the chairs, however, as our eldest son can't cart them off to France yet we have put them up again, it's cramped and we never got around to the redecoration and decluttering but hey! ho! ..it's pleasant enough with the windows open and we think it will be our reading area for the duration of our 'confinement'

The highlight was seeing my youngest son, who rang me one morning and asked could he please donate a whole load of food to our neighbours here in the retirement complex - I put him in touch with the manager and the result was that he arrived with enough ham, cheese, and bread rolls for everyone. He delivered ours himself by putting it outside our door and retreating back along the walkway so that we could open the door for a chat. It was a very emotional moment when he and his partner left.

Now,I know you are going to ask, so the reason for this food donation was that his bosses at Greggs had asked him to find some way of not wasting it as they were having to shut the shop down.  Our manager was delighted and had great fun delivering the gifts herself and from the phone calls it seems a lot of folk were really grateful of the gift.

Okay, so, I apologise,  I'm rambling...my real reason to be here is to show you my latest journal page for Art Journal Journey and Eileen's 'Green' theme

When I first saw Eileen's theme my first though was of this Green Man stamp that I bought from Lavinia Stamps over year ago - I confess to never showing it to the ink pad even though it is one of my favourite images! We used to love to go to Southwell Minster near Nottingham where there are lots of Carved Green Men.
I had lots of mop up greens from stencils so stamped the image, added some Crafty Individual trees and some leaves from the GM set.
I added some images cut from a magazine and added the quote and some spatters.

I have much more to show you on Tuesday, maybe pics of that walk around our garden, and some of the meals we have had. Hubby has obliged with a photo! I will also show you something I am keeping my eye on!

For now, stay safe and enjoy your weekend, Oh Yes!!! It's the weekend.

Thanks for looking, Chris