TRYING TO BE NORMAL!!!!!

Oh dear, all this turmoil is doing my head in.  My concentration has hit an all time low & the depressing news does not help in any way & even our kids are laying down the law to us.  Yes, we are being as good as we can, by staying away from most things, except the teenist bit of shopping if we have to. 
I'll try & be up beat with this post.  Some photos of what has happened here over the last few weeks, before it began to look like we'll all be in lockdown of next week, so we've heard.

ON THE HOME FRONT.

My new chest of drawers in place.  These next few photos aren't the best, as we've had very cloudy weather just lately & the light just isn't right, no matter how hard I try.

They replaced that stack of boxes & the clear plastic drawer set, which was painful to open.  I'm definitely not the tidiest of people with my quilting/crafting.

We also moved my photo collage & put up the little timber rack I bought ages ago.

                                                          I've being going "potty" too.

Playing around with pots which have been hibernating in a big plastic tub.  What's a girl to do, when staying home is a must.

A DAY OR TWO OUT BEFORE THE CRACKDOWN.
Some weeks ago, it rained quite heavily over night.  We headed out the next day to look for some more old knobs for my chest & on the way got held up in some rather deep water over the road.

                                      Swish, swish through this after about a 20 minute delay.

 No knobs, but I did come home with these.  I hope to put some begonias in wooden tub, the frame is going to be put to a wacky idea & the cute print goes with some other pieces I have by this artist, that my mother bought back in the 50's & eventually came to me.

This stamp was in a box full of them & I happened to pick this one up, just to check what on earth they were.  It turned out the young man who owned Old Modern, had been offered the contents from the old Melbourne Print Works & had printer's drawers & all manner of "stuff" from when they closed down.  I'd asked him about the stamps & how much this particular one was & he wanted to know why this particular one.  My Dad worked for this company while I was growing up & didn't leave them till after I was married.  He actually then gave it to me.  How wonderful was that?

One more bit of nonsense.  I receive emails from quilt pattern companies if I've used them to purchase long-arm quilting patterns. When they release new patterns they send them through for you to browse & maybe purchase!    I got the one below this morning & it did make me laugh.  Hope I'm not breaking any law by showing it.............

                                                                 Who'd have thought?
OK, enough from me & I hope everyone is hanging in there.  We are trying hard not to feel too down & go along with staying close to home & pottering about with our hobbies, garden & general housework.
Take care all, stay safe & huge huggles.
Susan.