Barbara Gray Blog

Hi there. Sunday already, and time for the tree to go up. All lovely for when the kids land tomorrow. Mmm… NOT!!! “It’s already shedding its needles, Dave!” (They don’t call me Secret Squirrel for nothing, you know).  The pine needle trail from the garage, through the house to the living room did NOT elude me. So Dave proceeded to tell me that the freak warm weather and early harvest this year was causing  a Christmas-Tree-needle-shedding-dilemma. With that he shot off…

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Hello there. It’s the Saturday before Christmas, Dave is doing battle with the marauding shoppers in town,  and I’m very happy NOT to be out there, but in here in the warm with you. So here’s a demo which I did at the NEC this November. I was on Gelli Plate duty, which was very enjoyable. In fact, the next time I’m on Hochanda – January 3rd 2-4pm. I shall be getting out the large 8” x 10” Gelli Plate. …

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in today! Can you feel the excitement rising over Barb and Dave’s house? I got up at stupid o’clock today  to try and clear as much work as possible, so I won’t have to do too much while Grace and Mark are here. They land Monday! I’m telling you, I cannot wait.  I cannot blimming wait to see those two kids.  America is way too far away. And so vast!!! The last time they saw…

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Hiya! Wet and windy outside here. What about where you are? White Christmas? I’m thinking Nope. What was all that flannel about months ago on the radio?  That this was going to be the coldest, whitest winter ever ever on record, in fact before records began, in fact before the Ice Age. Almost fell for it, didn’t we! -21˚C my derrière! There was a butterfly woke up in our lounge yesterday! Poor thing didn’t know what was going on! Let’s have…

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Hello there. Thanks for popping in! I’ve got a joint in the oven, so forgive me if I type fast! I sloped off to make some art to giveaway, and I’m thinking I may have to stop and come back later…. Or I could just leave you the step by step pictures  and let you figure it out!!! I know it’s Mindful Wednesday today,  and I am very mindful of the time! To be perfectly honest, I have been thinking…

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Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Hope you are doing well, in the run up to Christmas? Having spend a delightful weekend with my Mum, it’s time to knuckle down and sort out a few last minute things. Like tax returns and the proposals for January’s TV Shows! But actually, they can wait till tomorrow… I have had a think about how we can celebrate  the days leading up to Christmas here on our blog. The situation is this: At…

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Hi there! Thanks for stopping by today. I am spending a few days with my Mum, as I do every year before Christmas. Usually, we drive over to Germany and fill the boot with German delicacies, like Sauerkraut and Lebkuchen. But this year, after the events that took place in Paris, both she and I elected to stay at home, and not venture beyond the English frontier.  Well, today we were reminiscing about our antics in Baden Baden, when we…

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