A journy of 1,000 miles...

Begins with a single step they say. Well today was my first 'working' day in Putney, London, UK. Patrick has some sort of food poisoning so I've been helping to take care of him. This morning we had to go out and get bananas, sprite and apple sauce for him. Looking everywhere for applesauce I finally had to ask someone, who directed me to the shelf under the mustard. Yes, it's really a 'sauce' here, a sweet, sticky, put-it-on-your-crepes sauce. Not exactly appealing to Patrick's upset stomach, so I decided that I'd buy a ton of cheap apples and make it myself. That good old American, Pioneer can-do spirit!. It was actually quite easy, I just peeled, sliced and boiled the hell out of them and mashed them up with a wooden spoon. It seems to have worked, as Patrick was able to keep it down, and I have mastered another domestic skill.

After seeing Patrick safely home and on the couch I went back out to Putney High street to do some other shopping (since stores don't open until 10). Some photos of my walk:

Poor, sick Patrick.....

"Typical" street in Putney.


MAILBOX!!


I found a 'fabric' store, which they call Haberdashery, and asked for 'batting' which they call wadding. I had a nice long chat with the woman at the counter about starting a knitting group and plan to email her tonight to get the ball rolling. We'll see what comes of it, but I'm also angling for some piecework tailoring and hemming etc. It's a start. I then wandered over to another shop and the woman at the counter was knitting, so we had a nice long chat and she directed me to lots of places to get yarn and the local library. The library is pretty quaint, and I"m planning to get quite a few books on the history of the local area. On the way back I hit up the thrift stores (there was a hot water bottle there Maddie, so tempting!) and the local Yoga place, which is pretty intense. The first class is free so I'm going to check it out tomorrow, the classes are 90 min long!!

Just finished up the day with vacuuming and taking care of Patrick some more. At least I feel useful. My next project after finishing the quilt and hat is to create a backstrap loom from bamboo that I'm going to pinch from our back door neighbor and weave a rug from old t-shirts and jeans..... should be fun! I'll take pictures if I get it all sorted.

As promised, here is the mystery sign I found, any guesses as to what it means?