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More Bookcrossers arrive
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Rarsberry, Skyring, and Mrs Skyring arrived last night. The Skyrings are staying at a motel, but we invited them to have dinner at our place last night, and we had a really fun evening (We even got to try some of the new chilli-flavoured Tim Tams! (They were… um… interesting. I didn’t think they really…
Meetups and Heffalumps
Only the usual suspects at last night’s meetup – we did think we were going to have a new member along, but she didn’t turn up 🙁 Still, as always it was an enjoyable evening. Not many books swapped (something to do with having seen each other on Friday and Sunday…), but lots of chat…
NoNoNoNo Day 2
Remember what I was saying about saving pictures for a rainy day? Guess what – it was raining this morning. But it had cleared up a bit by the afternoon, so after work I walked home via the university’s wonderful Ilam Gardens, which feature one of the largest collections of rhododendrons in the southern hemisphere,…
Almost packed
Off to Auckland tomorrow night, so I’ve been busy packing tonight. Yeah, maybe I should throw in a few clothes as well… 🙂 And another progress report on the embroidery: No more progress reports for a while, probably. I won’t have time to do any stitching tonight, and I’ll be away for the next few…
Sewing bags and knights
While sewing the handles for the goody bags the other day, I realised that sewing all 40-odd bags was going to take more cotton than the one roll I’d bought. So, as MrPloppy had to go into town yesterday anyway, I asked him to pop into Ballantynes’ craft department and pick me up some more….
The new improved cat in a tutu
A couple of items of background: 1. In most of my incarnations on the internet, I use this avatar:[album 128913 FutureCat.jpg]I first found it in the avatar collection of a forum I occasionally visit under another guise (so I won’t mention the name of it here), so I’ve got no idea where it came from…