I don't really miss Japan much but I miss my family. And the atmosphere my home makes at different times of the day! I have to plan the trip even though the flight ticket prices have gone up so much since the US and Israel started the war 😢

I'm just halfway through listening to Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. I find it quite difficult to keep listening because I cringe too often 😓 Once I was working on my allotment in heat and she was going through the hard labour, I questioned myself why I was doing this to myself 🤣

It was almost full at The House in Plymouth, showing Rose of Nevada by Mark Jenkin with live music! I watched it in a cinema previously but live music in the theatre made it feel so different. #film #RoseofNevada

I'm attending a fabric and pattern swap event. I've handed in the fabric and got tokens. Still have 30min, so I'm sipping a coffee by a window with cooling breeze 🌬️ #Plymouth

We finally opened the bottle of sake my husband was given in Japan 7 months ago. It's been moving around in the fridge as it needs to be refrigerated... No special occasion today but I'm happy with any cold drinks in this heatwave 🥵 I may lose consciousness soon if I keep drinking this 🥴 #heatwave

We saw four bees on this one globe artichoke flower 😊 I always think they look like fish swimming among anemones when they just move around in the flower 😆

I saw antelope burgers sold at a local supermarket and I imagined antelopes running around in the UK countryside in this heatwave 🥵 But they are from South Africa. I haven't tried it yet.

I didn't want to use the oven but no one has been eating bananas and I had to use up! If I knew there were 7 bananas, I would've doubled up the ingredients 😓 Then, I felt like something else, so I ended up baking flapjack too! 🥵 #baking

Another film evening at Saltash Studios - I watched "Best Goon Brenn." There was a director and someone in the film, it was a happy atmosphere even though the film was supposed to be horror 😆 I had another drink at the Cockleshell micropub before I took a bus home 🍺 #horror #film #Saltash

A Larkspur Bandana by Purl Soho is coming along nicely 😊 I'm not a fan of pink but this Qing fibre merino single is lovely to knit.

A quick trip to Saltash this morning. Somehow the weather was a bit better than in Plymouth!

I love my new coaster with a devil 🥰

We got free doughnuts and half price pasties 😋 Snacks sorted for our train journey! Happy National Doughnut Day!

It's been really hot this week and I wondered if this old man's shiny gold clothes would deflect the heat or not 🤔

I bought a packet of edge paper bookmarks from Wearingeul so that my daughter would use them. Instead, she made her own with her favourite Pokémons 🥰 🥹 娘がしおりを自作して、胸がキュンとした今日。 #books #reading #Wearingeul

I ended up staying up late when I finished knitting and I just had a small ball of yarn left. I thought I had plenty to bind off but I got anxious halfway 😰 but I had about 2 m left in the end! #showmeyourknits #knitting #shawl

This will wake me up!

Starting another shawl. I need a project I don't have to think too much 😆 I'm physically tired from the allotment work!

It's freezing in the wind to work in the garden but this flower made my day 💞 #gardening

I had coffee while my daughter attended a Saturday club and I saw Morris dancing outside. I knew a couple in one of the groups, who I hadn't seen for 10 years! We will meet up soon again, I hope 😊

Bangers and mash in a Welsh pub for lunch. I don't remember peas being all over the plate but it's been a while since I ate this dish 😅 #pub #foodie #lunch

Today's special at our favourite Portuguese place was salted cod with fried potatoes. I forgot to ask what it was called, but the cod was so yummy 🤤😋

Maybe I should have started this shawl from outside of the ball. 😅 #knitsky #shawl

Nice dinner for Friday. I wanted to try something different, so I made Nigerian-inspired beef stew served with rice, plantain and beans. We also had a chiffon cake for dessert 😋 I feel like I've done enough cooking. I hope my husband will cook at the weekend 😵‍💫

I love living near the sea and can eat fresh clams! #foodie #青空ごはん部

Leftover yarns and started a granny square blanket. The first three yarns have similar compositions but the current yarn is more springy and the tension is slightly different 😅 Never mind, it'll be a donation to a charity. #crochetsky #grannysquare #blanket #crochet

I'm knitting socks on the train home. I didn't progress much during the trip but I managed to turn the heels and I'm at the gussets now. #knitsky #sockknitting

花見したい。でも強風🥶

Daffodils are finishing and tulips started blooming 😊 I'm glad I managed to plant some bulbs last year.

A summer shawl is knitting up ☺️🧶 #knitsky #shawl