So the weekend was the excellent & long awaited Oxford Etsy Christmas fair. This year it was held at the Oxford Examinations school which felt like a very post venue (there was a beautiful ceiling with animals on it, I was under the boar). The weeks before the fair were a blur of activity as Read more about Etsy Christmas Fair[…]
One of the MANY perks of being a member of the British Society of Master Glass Painters is that you get the opportunity to go on their fabulous trips as well as attend lectures at Glaziers hall in London. This trip I had been looking forward to for a very long time as it was Read more about Harry Clarke at Ashdown Park[…]
On our last few days in Dorset my dad mentioned wanting to go and visit (for the second or third time) the grave of T.E Lawrence (more commonly known as Laurence of Arabia). Laurence is buried in a Churchyard in Moreton but what I didn’t realise was the church at Morton is also the site Read more about Laurence Whistler and St Nicholas Church, Moreton[…]
We hosted Christmas at home this year which was brilliant And as you can see from this photo very relaxed! After almost a week of good cheese, a bit of mulled wine and the now traditional barmaids mince pies we were in need of a bit of fresh air. And where better than the White Read more about White Horses[…]
We had a short week in work & headed down to Devon to visit mum & dad on Wednesday night. Mum had promised us a surprise on the Thursday morning & it turned out to be a lunchtime trip to Hotel Endsleigh (she had found a deal, we don’t usually hang out at such luxurious Read more about Weekend off[…]
Last week was a short week at work for me as I had the day off (and a pressing engagement) on Friday with some tropical butterflies at RHS Wisley! I was on a macro photography course with insect photographer extraordinaire Adrian Davies. The course took place in the morning where we were allowed 2 hours Read more about Photographing butterflies[…]
This weekend was the Butterfly Conservation Upper Thames members day at which I was scheduled to give a talk. I thought I’d be fine, I’d written my talk months ago, I had my notes & was feeling calm. That was however before I arrived at the hall and found that it was massive and that Read more about BC ing[…]
We took a long weekend to go and see Mum and Dad and spent our Friday off in beautiful Totnes… Someday I will live here. We called in to see my friend Ama, sculptress extrodinaire at her ceramics studio on the way back to mum and dad’s (with bonus pots from Lea Phillips). It was Read more about Torqeeeee[…]
This Thursday I took a half day and met up with Fi to head to London for the knit and stitch show. The night before I had tried to make a list of the things I needed, wool to finally knit my owl jumper and to keep an eye out for the beautiful Natural History Read more about Knit and stitch[…]
On Sat we set our alarms for early o’clock (that was very very early o’clock for those of us who had moth traps to empty first…), packed our bags and headed for the city of London. We had been given tickets to the aquarium, London eye, London Dungeon & Madame Tussauds & a night in Read more about Our trip to London town[…]