For Xanthi…

I promised myself I wouldn’t just take photos for this project, but would force myself to dust off my art supplies, and despite my total lack of confidence in my abilities, put the result on public display. So here’s my first attempt, the product of a pleasant few minutes sitting in the garden. I’m not…

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…

I seem to have way too much of a social life at the moment – it was another week of being out almost every night. Tuesday was Chick Flicks night: Le fils de l’épicier (The Grocer’s Son) – a very French film (slow, philosophical, not much happening, but incredibly atmospheric). We saw it at the…

More and more Bookcrossers arrived over the next hour or so, and at 5.30 pm wombles turned up to escort us on the train to Fortitude Valley, where the convention registration evening was being held.[album 128913 05brfriday1.JPG thumblink] [album 128913 05brfriday2.JPG thumblink] The registration evening was the usual mix of great people, good food, and…

Lytteltonwitch mentioned this morning that she was going back to the bead shop to get more string, which was my mission for the day as well, so we arranged to meet in town (after a very quick dash on my part to have my shower and get to the bus stop on time). At the…

Yet another bookring turned up that I don’t remember signing up for: Cats in May by Doreen Tovey – oh well, the ring was started by GoryDetails, who seems to have pretty similar reading tastes to me, so I’m sure I’ll enjoy it. And it’s about cats, which always helps 😉 Released a couple of…