On Wednesday this week I took a stroll on my lunch hour to meet up with Trish and head to Art Jericho, to see a fantastic exhibition called The Magic of Trees which featured beautiful glass sculptures by Helen Slater as well as paintings by Rose-Marie Caldecott and Photographs by Ben Ramos and Jenny Blyth. Read more about Mid week glass treats[…]
One of the final stages when the glass is in and the solder joins are done is either puttying or cementing. As this panel has a mixture of lead and copper foil putty seemed the best option for it (you can be a bit gentler and put the putty exactly where you need it as Read more about Putty time[…]
Bob the fish has arrived and is now happily settled to the side of my desk (perfect dark corner for him and I get to see him without loosing any precious desk space). When he first arrived he didn’t have anything to play with in his tank so as well as getting a filter to Read more about A tale of two fishes (and a mermaid)[…]
I’ve been feeling a little low this week, some work stuff and generally just the weather being a bit rubbish meant I wasn’t my usual happy self. This was turned around this weekend though by some good times with friends & family and some bright additions to my studio space. First of all this lamp Read more about Let there be light[…]
My friend Sian has her birthday in January which gave me the whole of the Christmas holidays to decide what to get/make for her. We share a mutual love of gardening & when visiting our house Sian had commented on the many succulents that line the windowsills here. I love succulents, they are pretty, easy Read more about Terrarium fun for Sian[…]
We are enjoying the final days of the Christmas holidays here at Castle HQ. Jam and I have been enjoying lots of relaxing as well as getting a few important house jobs done. Earlier today we stripped the first wall in the kitchen (the walls are being painted the 2nd sample – the greenish colour Read more about So that was Christmas[…]
I study from home on a Friday, this week I went to make a cup of tea about 2pm (and check that the hens were okay (because it was a windy day and I was worried they would get cold). On looking out of the back door however there was no sign of the hens Read more about Hedgehog A&E[…]
I’ve had a busy few weeks working on creative presents for a couple of friends and making some new friends to talk about a potential new project (which I’m not going to jinx by mentioning just yet, apart from to say I’m very excited about the possibilities). The T Rex above was knitted by mum and I for my friend Read more about In the works[…]
This Saturday Jam was sitting a computing exam, rather than sitting at home waiting for a text I went for a coffee and then garden centre visit with my lovely friend Sian. I was after a few more plants for our living room windowsill and managed to bag a few crackers as well as the Read more about Plant shopping with Sian[…]
We went to pick up our new chickens this weekend from the BHWT temporary camp at Chilton. We originally had our names down for two girls but when we arrived it was more than half way through the rehoming and there were a few hens that still didn’t have homes. Now we have the upgraded the Read more about Heaven help the new girls[…]