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 Well, it's been a frustrating couple of days.  My charger gave up the ghost, meaning I can't charge my phone or laptop until Amazon delivers a new one.  Of course, like 90% of the population I've got a whole heap of chargers from devices long gone. There's a box of tangled cables on top of the wardrobe.   And of course, not a single **!??** one of 'em fits my current phone or laptop.  There really ought to be a universal charger that fits all electronic devices, but I suppose that's too sensible an idea, eh?  

Anyway, I ventured on to the allotment today, and rapidly decided that was not a good move, seen as it's been flipping freezing today.  I made a feeble effort to pull up a few weeks, but my heart wasn't in it.  Instead I lay on the sofa like a beached whale, ate far too many snacks and finished the sublime 'Demon Copperhead' by Barbara Kingsolver.  

I'd given on on my last book - can't even recall the title of that, it started off wonderfully then tailed off until I lost interest entirely and left it on the local supermarket's charity bookshelf - so immersed myself in 'Demon Copperhead' instead.  Ooooh, it's so good.  A modern re-interpretation of David Copperfield, set in the America of the rural poor.  If you've not discovered Kingsolver, then you're in for more than one treat.  'The Poisonwood Bible' is a showstopper too.  

On the crafty front, I finished piecing together this denim lap quilt top the other day.  I'd found a pair of wide legged jeans in the charity shop, not stretch denim, and the wide legs provided more than enough material.  This patchwork will go in the pile of those waiting to have wadding, backing fabric, binding added.  Yup, there's a queue! 


Okay, I'll post this, then it's a Sunday evening with David Attenborough on the telly and lots of jaw dropping shots of the natural world.  I'll do some hand stitching while I watch, and hopefully won't raid the kitchen cupboards for any more snacks in the meantime.  Bye!


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