Where has time gone?

Hello, I can't believe it's mid November already.  I’ve been so busy recently that I haven’t even looked at my photos on my camera. I sat down and sorted through my photos the other day and there were so many lovely memories, of the summer, of our holiday to Italy, and of Yarndale.

We went on holiday to Italy and visited Venice and Verona as well as Monza to watch the Formula One race.

 

Mum and I went to Yarndale and bought a mountain of yarn each.

We also met the people I met up with last year for another Yarndale picnic.

Rob managed to run his first half marathon – the Oxford Half Marathon and I was there to cheer him on.

Also, I got some hamsters. Two adorable girl hamsters called Juno and Hera.

First of November

Well, Halloween is over now so I can start on my Christmas planning.  I also I want to make poppies for Remembrance Day.

Last night I sat and watched Nosferatu from 1922.  It is a film that I've always wanted to watch, being a big fan of Dracula.  It's the first ever film based on the book Dracula.  I haven't sat and watched a full-length silent film before so I did feel very cultured sat in bed watching it and drinking tea.

My Sunday

Today has been pretty relaxed - starting well by the clocks changing last night. 



The Formula One in India today was good and the new circuit in India brought more excitement.  Team Grace did well on the whole!  I got 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 12th so only one driver was out of the points.

After ironing last night, I sat and crocheted some halloween decorations and this morning I sewed the spring for the mouth onto my Bopbot.

So here is what I made:

The Boy has also decided to brew beer in our flat so we've just got it started.  I don't even drink or like the smell of beer so lucky me!  I took some photos but I'll post them tomorrow

Senna Documentary

I went to see the new documentary about Ayrton Senna with my best friend from work (IMDb page here).

I've heard critics say that you don't have to be a fan of Formula One to enjoy this film but we were already big fans and we really enjoyed it.

Although I’m a bit young to remember Senna, I have read Formula One books so know the stats and a bit about the history.   

I really liked the film as it showed Senna as a human rather than a list of statistics, as well as seeing his career progressing.

Formula One in Canada

The race this weekend was really thrilling! - Well, apart from the two hours in the middle when there was no racing.

I did get a fair amount of knitting done in that time so it wasn't wasted.

Wet races are always the most exciting; and it was Canada too with it's famous 'wall of champions.' 
I think it was 3 safety cars, a further 2 safety car restarts and a red flag followed by a 2 hour wait for the rain to go off.

I can't believe Vettel spun on the last lap allowing Button to win and I was gutted that Michael Schumacher didn't manage to keep his second place after the restart as Button and Webber managed to pass him because they used their DRS.

Mum and I have our own teams of five drivers and Mum picked decent drivers but I went for underdogs so as per usual my team didn't do as well as I hoped.

I'm making progress with my knitting projects though - the back of Beau is complete and I'm almost finished the last sleeve of Glint.