August came and went in the blink of an eye
and now it seems we are almost into autumn. A new term for those returning to
school and great excitement for a certain little boy who starts school
tomorrow. How I wish I could be a fly on the wall!
I seem to have been very busy with one
thing and another. I have redesigned my website in order to make changes and
updates easily without having to ask for help. I made it on blogger, better the
devil you know, it will be a work in progress.
A box full of ‘Can it be True?” book
samples arrived followed by some rather exciting news. Those of you who listen
to BBC Radio 3 Breakfast might have heard about a new Christmas Carol
Competition. Listeners are being asked to set the words of a new version of
“Can it be True?” by Susan Hill to create a new Christmas carol. If you are
musically inclined you might like to enter, details are available here-
I took this photograph to give you some idea of the scale of the book. As you can see it is Christmas stocking size.
I hope to have some of the Christmas books
for sale soon in my bookshop, maybe in the next few days. It seems a bit too soon to think about the
festive season so maybe I will leave it for a while, not wanting to wish away
the last of the summer.
We celebrated our wedding anniversary by a
trip to Bodnant garden, which is probably the most beautiful garden I have ever
visited. With panoramic views of Snowdonia, wooded glades, waterfalls, lily
ponds, terraces and rose gardens all combine to create an earthly paradise. We
have seen the garden before but not for some years now and noticed many
improvements, we hope to return soon.
Are you looking forward to the next series
of Downton Abbey when it returns to our television screens soon? I love cosy
Sunday nights with a new craft project, a glass of wine and good old Downton. I
am hoping for lots lavish interiors and posh frocks and people looking
wistfully in the mid distance whilst opining that "times are a-changing".
You may have noticed that I have been playing around on the Spoonflower site. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this website, it is a print on demand site for textiles, wallpapers and wraps. I thought I might try out some new ideas and make available again some designs that have been retired. Like my website this is another work in progress activity. At the moment I am waiting for some samples before deciding what to do next.
Sometimes it seems that I have so many projects on the go and hardly any finished but I am pleased to report that I finally managed to complete the miniature painting I started in the summer. Now what shall I paint next?
