An Olympic Adventure

MozzyMr and I went on an Olympic adventure to see some gymnastics.  MozzyMr wore is retro GB jumper and almost everyone was dressed to support Team GB.  Being short on retro GB clothing and reluctant to buy a plastic Union Flag bowler hat I went for the more subdued Olympic ring wrist bands.

Our view wasn't too bad, we hadn't purchased the cheapest seats but they weren't too expensive either. Three rows in front of us and they had cup holders, made me wonder how much you had to pay to get a cup holder?

We saw Louis Smith and Max Whitlock win silver and bronze on the pommel horse...

Then joined the masses towards the Olympic Park to meet a friend of mine who is volunteering.

Almost made me think about moving to London.  Almost.

New Cat on the Block

This is the new cat on the block.  She doesn't have a name yet despite MozzyMr pushing hard to call her "Supertube" (yeah I know, I don't really get it either).  This little beasty was abandoned, how could anyone not love those big eyes?  My colleague found her wandering about looking like she could do with a good meal and a cuddle.  She had no identichip or collar so after a couple of weeks, lots of posters, the vets across the region being informed and trying to find the owner, notices on the Cat Protection and RSPCA websites no one came forward to claim her.  

The vet she was taken to was the vet I had little pigga registered at and so my colleague and the vets thought  that we might like to home her.  Part of me thinks it might be a bit soon after we lost Pigga, but equally I'm a sucker for a sob story and after 48 hours of having her home it has been great to have a mewster buddy to hang out with.  She's taken a real shine to MozzyMr but I hoping a bit of ham bribery might re-address the balance a little?  

So the things I love about her so far?  Her white fur around her mouth at certain angles looks like a hipster moustache, her paws have a mixture of pink and black pads no two paws are the same, her meow sounds like an 80's phone and she's confident; from the moment she stepped out of the cat carrier she was off exploring, no running under the bed and hiding for this one.

Allotment Geekery

At last!  Tomatoes and daft shaped ones at that!  The odd shaped ones pictured to the left are the Black Krim variety but we have plum, cherry, and money-maker varieties on the go as well.

Giving This Pinterest Lark a Try

Tutorial from Purl Bee

I originally found this tutorial on Pinterest, so I'm counting this as one of my Normaloid Defence List projects.  I wanted to go down the neon route because as I've mentioned before on this little blog I love neon but the thread frayed and was generally rubbish, when I moved across to the cotton mix thread the results were much better:

Attempts 1 - 3 above, and attempt 4 below, I'm happy with how they're turning out now and might even have a go at making some for a couple of friends....

Oh The Delicious Horror!

Yes I know, they're awful.  But if you have followed this blog for any length of time you will know that I have a high, high, high tolerance of awful kitsch.  (I love them.)  We went to the car boot sale today for the first time in months and I came home with a pile o'crap including these fabulous angel decorations.

Summer car boot sales are the best, here's hoping the weather holds for my holiday...

Eeeeeeeeep!

They're here!  They're here!  *Dances a jig*

A British Summer, Pac-a-Mac And All

We went to Exmouth today to visit the Crikey it's Vintage fair (more of that later) and stayed to enjoy the rain, clouds and plentiful available parking (unheard of in July especially right on the seafront).