Hi there Thanks for popping in. Before I forget, promise is a promise, and I did say I’d pick a random lucky person from yesterday’s blog, to win a pair of the brand new BOW-WOB Papers. Closed my eyes, scrolled down and the cursor landed on…..drumroll… Karen Gower 1st February 2024 at 11:05 am Edit Hello from sunny Bournemouth today! I love Navy blue clothes . But I hate blue in the house no wall ever gets blue. I love sea green…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Yesterday I made a plan in my head to do pottery today. All day. This morning I spent an hour deciding what I actually want to make. Tiles, bowls, another element of Dad’s totem pole, a wall hanging for the kitchen – so many ideas! Got dressed up warm, all set to weather the elements outside and in the not so toasty garage. Cleaned both bathrooms while I was whizzing around upstairs, aired the…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. How’s the New Year shaping up in your neck of the woods? It’s been raining and blowing a hoolie here for days. Wain, wain, wain. I’ve been in my artroom, (or should I say artwomb?) prepping for Sunday’s TV show, and quite enjoying my own company. I got caught up in a Gelpress session, which was thoroughly enjoyable. You know how it goes. You’re supposed to be making the bed, you go to hang…
Happy New Year to you! Thanks for popping in. I can‘t stop long – got la famille coming for roast lamb. The leg’s in the Aga. Tick. I’ve been looking up whether you can use baking potatoes to make mash, and apparently it’s a thumbs up! Who knew?! This may be the best yet. Steam them, they say. So I peeled one, then thought of you, dried my hands and came to wish you health and happiness in 2024 –…
Hi there Thanks for popping in on this, the last day of the old year. And what a year it’s been. I for one shall be very glad to move into the new year. Am actually happy to be drawing a line under this one, and cautiously excited about 2024. How about you? I know, I know. Tomorrow’s just another day. But somehow we have to make use of the calendar, to actually conclude this year, finish it, so that…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. How’s it going? I have to tell you – I’ve had the BEST couple of days! Yesterday, I went into work early, and a few of us had a little end-of the-year meeting. It felt so special. Don‘t know why. I just had this overwhelming sense of goodness, pure and simple. Spending an hour with a group of hardworking, loyal and kind people, all invested in Clarity, all bright and talented, all ready to…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Sincere apologies for not blogging for a while – there’s a lot going on here, and I just seem to run out of hours! But I promise to try harder in the New Year! The other thing is, I don’t believe in spreading misery, and unless I can be positive, I’d best keep quiet. 2023 has been a challenge, there’ve been a few dark days, and on those days I tend to retreat to…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. It’s that time of year again, when the entire nation steps up to the plate to show solidarity for the young vulnerable people in our society. Here at Clarity, we also want to help, so this year here’s what we’re doing to raise funds…and YOU are a big part of this. On Monday: we doodled a couple of very cool twiggy baubles together in the SHAC. On Tuesday: I took the sketches into work…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. On this eve of Bonfire night, I was thinking about a particularly special bonfire evening a few years ago, when we were working up at the NEC. We always used to stay on a farm with a wonderful lady called Norma. Do love that woman. Think of her often – and with good reason ! Let me tell you a story… Whenever we stayed at her B&B in Berkswell, about 5 miles outside NEC,…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. How’s your weekend been? Dave took me on a date on Friday afternoon. Had no idea where we were going! He decided to get us out of the work spin we had got caught up in since our return to the UK, and a mystery tour certainly did the trick! We ended up in a little village called Ditchling in East Sussex, so not a million miles away from us either. There’s a fascinating…