My birthday presents this year were truly brilliant, at this point we have to mention my favourite The Arucana babies, bought early but as delightful as they were when they arrived. They are gorgeous and I’m so happy to have them. Next up were a surprise present I got from my bandmate Emily at rehersal, these Read more about Birthday presents[…]
I have wanted to visit the Harry Potter studios since they opened, so what better excuse than my birthday (which handily was also on a Friday meaning day off work and Potter. What follows is a very picture heavy post, I’m aiming to do sets & props today and characters, costumes and everything/anything else tomorrow. The Read more about Harry potter/Leavsden studios part one[…]
So this year to celebrate my birthday (well I should say to start my birthday celebrations as I still have Harry Potter studios and a maybe visit to Cirencester to come) we went on a bat watch organised by the earth trust. The walk took place at local area of natural beauty wittenham clumps, where Read more about Birthday Bats[…]
So this birthday has been epic for all the right reasons, full report of the bat watch and Harry Potter world/ Leavsden studios to come plus the unbarred report of my birthday shopping in Cirencester. For now dear readers I leave you with my veg/allotment cake made by the fantastic Trish, it was Read more about Happy birthday to me and I got a cake![…]
Whether its the effect of the lovely weather we have been enjoying this week, or the fact that work are just about to publish a recipe book to which I contributed a Spanish recipe (if your interested its an adaption of the Roscón de Reyes/three kings cake which I tasted a few years ago at Read more about In a continental mood[…]
It was Maddie’s birthday on the 2nd so this weekend her better half Jonny, Jam & I, and some of Maddie’s friends from Yorkshire (including the most excellent Ruth & Worldly (with whom I shared a house at uni)) went out to celebrate (it was a surprise to Maddie until the Yorkshire lot arrived on Read more about Rock the Kazbar![…]
A while ago while browsing the fantastic Masons fabric shop. I came across this fantastic remnant. Sometimes when I pick up a remnant I know immediately what I want to make out of it, with this I wasn’t sure I just knew I had to have it! A chain or strange events then followed. I Read more about The make in my head[…]
I took some photos of the girls the other night with the express intention of submitting them into the BHWT’s calender comp (you send in your photos of your ex-batts they publish the best ones in a calender to raise more funds, everyone’s a winner). I sent mine off 4 days before the deadline but Read more about Chicken shots[…]
Creation theater have a very good marketing department. This we know to be true for they appear to have found my biggest weakness POSTCARDS (I adore them I have shoeboxes full). Not only were the creation postcards REALLY PRETTY they were also very informative & alerted me to the fact that a new production of Read more about The Merchant of Venice[…]
You may remember some time ago I was trying to finish a blanket for my friends John & Claudine (or more accurately their new arrival Emmaline). John used to be my violin tutor, until he met, fell in love with (awww) and moved to Quebec to be with Claudine (I’ve never met the lady in Read more about Blanket safely received[…]