Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just got back from spending a few hours with Dave and Mum. She is doing well, looking well, and getting ready for The Clarity Open Days! Yep. She’ll be selling her dingles, handbag charms and spectacle chains again – just like every year. She spends an age getting it all ready, and is really looking forward to seeing everybody again. So much has happened since the last time ; it will be good to…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Hope you are having a great weekend? Want to introduce you to two friends: Earle & Gola. They are our Paul’s family actually! I have their permission to tell you about their very brave endeavours… Earle works in the care system. He looks after the elderly. Always takes Gola with him to work, and the residents at the care home love them both for sure. He is such a nice guy. And the little…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Before I carry on watching “The Diplomat”, a Netflix Series which has me hooked, let me peep out of the window with you, and show you a thing of beauty which stands in the garden here… What a wonderful magnolia! And such a glorious splash of pink! They grow so well round here. We planted this one about four years ago, and it has shot up. The gardens round here are of full of…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Rainy Sunday, so a perfect day for crafting. Pottery this morning. Made a start on the Totem Pole. This could take a while, but hey! Who’s in a rush?? You just need a little vision and a lot of patience… Oh. And a ruler and pencil… Remember the sketch? Well, this is the base piece. That’s 6 hours so far. But who’s counting? It’s a good job I don’t have to make a living…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. We have a posh Boardroom at Clarity Towers. Very swish. Problem is we don‘t actually have a board! Unless you count Dave and me! But it does come in very handy when we are having business meetings, as in Bank Manager type meetings. Mind you, Dan our Bank Manager is a great mate, never misses our Christmas Lunches, and when we do have a meeting it’s usually at Bill’s for breakfast! Nonetheless… Today we…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. I must be feeling better! Rose with the lark this morning, made the bed, emptied the dishwasher AND wrote this month’s Club newsletter – all before 8am! Feeling energized because this afternoon was the first time back at Pot pot pottery class! It was so good to see the ladies again! A proper affectionate welcome back. I can only speak for myself, but why oh why do I always think people don’t like me,…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. It’s been a making day all day here! Dave and I have been getting with our hands! Made a cup of tea Made another cup of tea ! It is Sunday after all… Made a batch of German potato salad Made the bed Made a plan for tomorrow’s SHAC. So the Bus Driver knows the route at least! It’s a Vase! Made some miniature abstract water-colour paintings Dave made some little frames for said…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Woke up this morning, and actually had nothing specific to do – apart from this ’ere blog, of course! Dave had to work, so the day was mine to use as I pleased. Of course I have always got enough work to more than fill all my days forever and ever! Clarity Towers is always there, looming in the background! But I am trying to avoid work at the weekends unless absolutely necessary. I…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just been talking to Grace in New York. We speak most days, which is lovely. Sometimes, we just leave the Facetime app running on the computer screen; she gets on with her Clarity work over in Brooklyn, and I get on with mine here in Sussex. It’s as if we were sitting in the same room. I want to talk a little about Gracie. She has been struggling with chronic pain and inflammation in…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Topic today? Poetry. I used to write a lot of poetry when I was a young girl. It was a way to express my thoughts and emotions back then, before I discovered other ways out of my head, like art and pottery. I also used to read and still do read a lot of poetry. I have my favourites: John Keats, John Clare, Maya Angelou – to name but a few. These three are…