Saturday, July 26, 2008

Old friends, new babies and 'incorrect passwords'


I'm posting today to say sorry to all those people to whom I haven't yet replied. I have had such problems with 'incorrect passwords' that I've wanted to scream! Tried everything under the sun - managed to send myself an e-mail? - but couldn't post comments on your blogs. Of course, Jackie knew the answer all along - I had to be 'signed in'. So simple....

A week of meeting up with old friends - and making the acquaintance of a 'new' (to me) baby. A delightful day with Sue and Becky (only 'old' in the sense of having known them a long time, you understand - they are both much younger than me - but then isn't everyone?) and the chance to meet a delightful little girl who has inherited her Mother's good looks, cheerful nature and, it seems, her beautiful voice.

These are two more of the 'amazing ladies' in my life. Sue is my spiritual mentor and has been 'there' for me and a constant support through the darkest days of my life. I intend to write about more 'amazing ladies' who have inspired me in all sorts of ways in future blogs.

Two more old friends visited this morning. Sheila and Brian are amazing too. They now live 'daan sawth' but visit 'oop north' from time to time. I do so miss having regular contact with these two - they are so kind-hearted and full of common sense and have a wonderful sense of humour. Again, we've all been through dark days together and we will continue to support each other.

The picture is of a cushion I made for my 'new' bedroom and which is one of the few things that I actually finished - so, as a consequence it got touted around whenever there was an exhibition. I christened it 'TBC' (that bl***y cushion). Somehow a photograph of it ended up in 'Workbox'. I then felt that I had to treat it with much more deference so instead of picking it up by a corner and 'flinging' it when I got into bed I now pick it up and place it on a stool instead. Respect, innit! One day (?) I will make the curtain to my en-suite to go with it ....

Finished off yesterday by going to my French 'conversational' group for the last session of the summer. Only four of the usual six were present along with Micheline who tries to keep us on the straight and narrow - ie. actually speak French. A 'party' atmosphere and we were able to sit outside at Liz's house - until the rain came down - in buckets!!!
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7 comments:

Lynne said...

Your cushion is beautiful, I'd love to know how you made it/what it's made of.

Jackie said...

That b***** cushion looks as fab as ever. Maybe you should do a tutorial. Lovely.

Jackie said...

PS. Don't worry too much about thanking everyone. People understand when you don't get round to it.

Lynne said...

Thanks for sharing how you did it, it really is so delicate and lovely. Think I've got everything I need in my stash to try out the technique - probably just lacking the talent - LOL. Thanks again

ArtPropelled said...

Back to check out how you are doing. I've been giggling myself silly thinking of you fighting with the comment goodie. I've been there done that too. It all comes right one step at a time.

Gina said...

TBC should be "That beautiful cushion" - it's gorgeous!
Gina x

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