Topiary progress report

I remember at high school our principal giving us a talk in assembly one day about the dangers of ozone depletion. He predicted that within our lifetimes a day would come when we wouldn’t be able to go outside without protective clothing because the ultraviolet radiation would be so intense that we’d be burnt in…

It’s just as fiddly as I remembered it, but I’m slowly making progress. (Oh, and Yetzirah, I do sometimes use the multi-needle trick, but I don’t think I have enough needles to cover all the colours just in one of those swirls in the border!) My other creative project for the weekend was baking a…

Did I say I never do these survey things? I must have lied 🙂 1. Initials:FC :-p 2. Name someone with the same birthday as you:I can’t think of anyone. But welshamethyst’s is the day after mine, I think. 3. Last thing you ate:A chocolate coated freeze-dried strawberry (one of the goodies Fuzzle sent us)….

…but sometimes I do 🙂 1] Who was your FIRST prom date?Harry Johnston. The Number 1 Geek of our class (I was Number Two). I didn’t really want to go with him (we were friends, but that was definitely it as far as I was concerned), but it obviously took him so much effort to…

Actually, the worst of the snow was yesterday, but it was far too cold to sit in the study writing diary entries, so I followed the cats’ example and stayed by the fire most of the day. The snow was a bit of a shock, really. The forecast had been for some nasty weather to…

I am being incredibly brave here – I’ve passed up the safe (and expensive!) option of a hotel breakfast and ventured out on my own to find somewhere to eat. Not very far, admittedly – just across the street to the Metro station where there are various little shops and fast food places. But still,…