40. Beautiful neighbourhood

I do love our neighbourhood. Though I was accused yesterday of pushing up the prices of houses by being part of the middle class hipsters moving in. Yay - don't think I've ever been called a hipster before! I had to point out to my friends thAt when we first bought a house in Hackney they were probably still in nappies!! They are angry though - and rightly so - having just had their first baby and wanting to move to a flat bigger than their current one bed they are realising that even with the help of her parents they can't afford a 2 bed place anywhere around here. It makes me sad. They will almost certainly move out - just a few miles further out east they would be able to afford something appropriate.

And though I hate that the house prices are stupidly high I do like some if the 'hipster' stuff that has come along in the last few years. Not that cool stuff wasn't happening before but it's more mainstream and in yer face now. And not that I access much of it, to be honest. Not even being in the same decade as most of the hipsters I am always miles too old to fit in. But anyway, the last sticker is up on the old sign for the funky new Dentist aka 33 Chatsworth Road http://m.facebook.com/33ChatsworthRd?id=206190439450713&_rdr

Until tomorrow morning when there'll be the culmination of the You are beautiful Lent sticker project. Can't wait!! (Though no doubt it will contribute to the stupid increasing house prices.)

36. Beautiful crafting

 Ye-hay! Another one in school. I feel like it's open warfare between me and Darren, the effecient school keeper. The third one I put in the school has gone leaving only the one in the staff room still. Maybe he never ventures in there? I have been stickering them when I'm hanging around for my weekly one to one reading slot with a boy in Yr 3. He's so great. So up for stuff. I decided as it was the end of term and he's been working so hard that I would read to him - but he's so keen he kept butting in and reading bits here and there anyway. I dunno, fluent Turkish, fluent English, being raised in a family where no one speaks English, ever, I think he's amazing.

And then I got a couple more in @ChatsworthRoad. Didn't even take a picture of the one at the Zebra. Must be getting a bit blasé. Maybe I should do a special doubling up count down to Good Friday? So, yesterday I did two, today I did 3, tomorrow will have to be 4 and Thursday 5. Yikes. I don't seem to be very good at doing them at work. I'll really have to go for it...

And tonight I really should have left one at @HackneyAttic too. I love that venue. So great that big old Hackney building is so full of life. Thank you Picture House! Tonight was the themakeescape Easter Eggstravaganza with all sorts of workshops and thangs going on. Anne and I got stuck in and made crocheted eggs!! My Easter tree will never be the same again! Not sure the beer and the tunes helped my concentration (a wonderful trip down memory lane thanks to the 'spinning yarns' DJ) and it was quite alarming to realise that 90% of people there were at least half my age, but a great evening none the less.

Even returned to Travelling Tuesdays today as well. This week up to Scotland with sword dancing and 'heather' water thrown in for good measure. Phew - need to fall exhuasted into bed.. but more blogging is required.

35. Beautiful the second time around

Done a little bit of covering my tracks today. Or maybe I should say belt and braces stickering? Just stickering proper bone fide stickers where the fake home made ones are looking tired and faded. Or sticking replacements where they've been removed. Feels a little bit like gardening.

Delighted to find the one in the swimming pool toilets is still there. Did another in the change rooms to replace one that's gone. And the Parking meter one on Chatsworth Road is still there. Probably should put a few more down there this week. Disappointed to have to put a third on the post box on the way to school. Maybe the postie's got a problem with it?

Getting a bit more free and easy with them. I even have a stash in my pocket just for when the mood takes me. I think this is generally not what the Lenten discipline thing is all about. Oh well. Am trying to figure out whether I could get a you are beautiful message in the yarn bomb somewhere. Don't want it to distract of take away from the overall look. But can't quite get away from the fact it's such a brilliant culmination of my Lenten sticker journey. Need to think more.

Oh, this is on a random piece of street furniture on the way to school. What is in these black boxes anyway?

21. Parking beautiful

Fridays and Saturdays seem to be getting the better of me. It seems that I either I find it difficult to place a sticker or I find it hard to find time to blog about but. Or both. So this is a bit randomly on a parking meter on Chatsworth Road. At least I will be able to see how long it stays. I am disappointed to realise that the one at church has already gone. I think our new caretaker is a bit keen!