Busy doing nothing...

So much for good intentions of blogging every Sunday...  Four weeks in, and already I'm two weeks behind!  Although I do have an excuse - Dad had an operation on his foot last Monday, and while it's nothing major, I've been living between two houses while he recovers.  Mind, I suppose that doesn't really excuse missing the first week, does it?

I had a lovely week off work last week, except for the living-between-two-houses thing.  My birthday, a glorious spring week, and nothing much to do except walk the dog and enjoy the sunshine!  Yes, I could have been getting on with college work, but deadline is still a comfortable way off, so I thought it would be nice to have some time to relax.

Of course, relaxing, with me, certainly doesn't mean doing nothing.  I did do some college stuff, but mainly I did more toys.  Can't claim credit for the ideas on these, but still...  This one came from Linda Kopp's "Plus-o-rama," a book I fell in love with a few years ago.  Of course, I did have to change it - it only vaguely looks like the original.  And then I changed it some more, and made it much smaller, stuffed it with dried lavender, and called it "a skellington to hang in the closet".  Many thanks to my beautiful AussieSister who made a chance remark one day that set me down that line!

There's also the ever present crochet now, too.  I honestly do feel like I've forgotten something if I leave the house without a hook and a ball of wool!  This week I did two zombies and an elephant.  Oh, and I'm part way through a dinosaur.  Again, not my designs, but I figure it's helpful to follow a few patterns before I start creating my own - figure out how they work!  Pictures of those will follow...