Closing off 2019 - Making changes and organising for 2020 - and the Hoya

 In 2007, when my Mum passed away, I returned home with a potted Hoya which Mum had set aside for me.  One stem broke off on the way home and I absentmindedly stuck it in a plastic drink bottle of water on the bathroom shelf.  The rest of the plant subsequently died, but the water bottle plant lived on. 
Fast forward to 2013, when I finally put the plant in some earth.  It rewarded me with sudden growth.  In December 2016, I moved house and put this same plant by the front door....well, it certainly LOVES this spot.  This week, about 15 flowerheads are blooming.  It is a darker hoya, but really healthy.

Today I started on my world domination by fabric scraps.  I have started one small group at a time and have ironed out a small handful of recent scraps and am now cutting them into 5", 4" 3.5" 2.5" and 1.5" squares.

The largest then become my own collection of charm squares, the smallest become leaders and enders (I already have a healthy collection of these - the intention is a future postage square quilt)

I have had the time to think this past 24 hours and browse one or two dozen blogs on my long neglected reading list.  I feel that I will set up new pages on this blog to follow the growing list of SAL's for 2020.  This seems to be the logical process.  I might even change the theme or 'look' of the blog.  I like the orange, but want a change, as there really seems to be a change and a time for a lot of new things around me. 

Please bear with me as I initiate these new changes over the next month.  I hope to host one or two SAL's and plan a couple of giveaways too.

Happy New Year!