trimmingthesails

Me on Monday (27 July 15)

It's a pleasure to be joining in with all the other Me On Monday-ers, thanks to Sian's great inspiration at From High In The Sky. At the end of her post, Sian lists last week's fellow-posters, so do have a peek and see how Mondays are different (or the same!) across the world ...

This weekend? Well, we've had rather a lot of this ...

... which up close looked like this:

But just before the rain and mist descended, it was a quick-get-the-pruning-and-painting-done, book-hunting with Dad, and a how-many-events-can-I-see-in-forty-five minutes kind of a weekend ...

And if you're a mixed media type of gal or guy, and have a spare few minutes, then do pop in here and here to see how prize-winning Rob Wilson does it ... (And it's not even his day job.)

And the week ahead? Since part of the Me On Monday tradition is to show (a bit of) oneself, I'm hoping you won't mind Himself sneaking into the selfie frame too - for tomorrow will be our thirty-sixth wedding anniversary, and so much of what I do and create would simply not be possible without this lovely man ...

Later in the week, there'll be his birthday to celebrate too, and a heap of preparations for the impending visit of our wonderful Littlies and Biggies :). So that's me, this Monday: how's yours looking? Sending you all warmest regards ...

 

 

 

 

Me on Monday (08 June 15)

And, surprisingly for me in this happy meme, it actually still is a Monday :). Waving to you all, especially to Sian at High in the Sky, whose lovely way to start the week this is. Do pop over and say hello to her and all the other Me-on-Mondayers around the globe, won't you?

This weekend? It's been a turfing out the clutter in the lean-to we optimistically call a greenhouse, doing a refit job on summer trousers, tying up the trails of clematis which threaten to strangle all who arrive at the front door - or perhaps they're just protecting the mossy bird's nest just above it ...


Not that it was all work, by any means ... There was also tripping out with Dad now that he's feeling a little better: lunching and munching, local village visiting and well-dressing admiring. To give thanks for the gift of water (and goodness knows we usually have it in abundance up here!) wells and pumps are decorated with wooden boards lined with clay into which flower petals, leaves, seeds, and tiny stones are pressed, and each town and village has their own week of celebration throughout the summer. Often religious or social in theme, we were surprised to find this literary one!

Next up? It's a heads down, going to work, photo-editing and getting a move on with the hanging baskets kind of a week. Today, we actually have sunshine! Wishing you a bright start, wherever you are :).

Just another ...

onday morning - hello!  This week, according to my diary, will be bringing its fair share of things beginning with M: meetings (the service I work in is being disbanded in March and we are facing unemployment) with concomitant misery for me and my (not so) merry band of comrades ...

h my goodness, I'd completely forgotton that I'd signed up for Shimelle's Scrapbook Remix and it starts today; if I haven't made any inroads into my eight boxes of patterned paper by the time class is over, I'll be offering the lot to the first of you who wants it. (Until you discover how old most of it is).

ot a happy pumpkin painter. Acrylics went on like a dream. Then I thought I'd scratch through for a distressed look. Wow, it wasn't orange underneath - it was black! Was this some new chemical reaction? Peeled off most of the paint excitedly before remembering this one was originally a dark green squash.

owton Abbey: how on earth did I miss the first series? I am not often hooked by television, but this has me gripped. if you are still waiting for it (I used to feel the same about the new series of Friends!), get out your shoes with a bow, silk sash for your hips and a fetching cloche. Oh, and a hanky. (Lace, naturally).

pologies for not yet having the Linky for Simply A Moment: it needs Paypal which requires a verification process which demands a bank manoeuvre which involves a three-day wait - you get the picture. This should be under M for Moan. (Or C for Cranky - see below). Wonderful to read so many Moments :).

oga, Pilates, Yogalates (no, I didn't make that up), Tone Yourself, The Exercise Book for Scrapbookers: I've got 'em all. Isn't it funny how just reading about exercise makes you feel fitter? Any day now, my toe is going to reconnect with my nose. Virtually speaking. (Sorry, I lied about the Exercise for Scrapbookers.)

My hitherto unsuspected Inner Crank has been romping round my psyche and (oh dear) cranking out birds. Himself has a message he wants me to pass on to you: Aimiable and amenable Alexa appears to have gone AWOL. If you see her out there somewhere, please send her home ASAP ...