I’ve finished the cross-stitch, and now there’s just the backstitch and a few french knots to go! (which is not as close to finished as it sounds, though, because the backstitch is horribly fiddly – lots of lines that start in the middle of stitches and funny angles – so it’ll take me ages)
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)….
My brother arrived late-ish last night, having flown to Blenheim, picked up his car and then driven down to Christchurch. It was really nice to see him on his own for a change, so we could have a proper conversation without being interrupted by the kids (much as I love my nephews, and love spending…
As I seem to do all to often lately, I’ve let my diary get so behind that the thought of catching up is totally intimidating, so I’ve been putting it off, which makes it even harder to catch up. So, new year, new start, and permission to myself to let all those missing entries go,…
The misty drizzle of the last couple of days turned into heavy rain and a cold southerly yesterday afternoon, so it feels like winter has returned. It even looks a bit like winter, except instead of snow, the ground is covered in pink and white blossom blown off the trees. Walking to work this morning…
I spent the afternoon at an Afghani birthday party. It was my ESOL student’s daughter’s 18th birthday, and at our last lesson she’d invited me to come. I had no idea what to expect, except that the conversation would all be in Farsi so I wouldn’t have a clue what was going on all afternoon,…
I forgot to add – had a few good catches over the past week: Crisis on Conshelf Ten by Monica Hughes was caught in Akaroa, Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy was caught at the hospital (I released it in the botanic gardens, so it had travelled, but not very far!), and Through a…