What with one, thing and another, I seem to have been
buzzing about a lot but now, at last, I’ve landed.
It’s a long way off but one of my little tasks has been to
investigate costume and wig provision for Crosby G & S Operatic Society’s
production of ‘The Mikado’ in March, 2015!
The producer and I visited Charades in St. Helens www.charadessthelens.co.uk and decided that their set of costumes
will definitely fit the bill – they are lovely and we know that the owner,
Betty, will do us proud, as she has on past occasions.
In the middle of the month, we had a few days visiting our
daughter and her family, in Holland. It’s
a long journey because, as well as the short flight, there is a long train
journey from Amsterdam across to the eastern border to the town where they
live. As usual, it was lovely to see
them – the grandchildren, of course, grow so quickly between visits and, as the
weather was lovely, we spent quite lot
of time outdoors – mostly playing football with the children.
The Photography Club had its last formal meeting of the
season on 19th May – it was a competition night with an independent
judge. I was pleased that a portrait of
mine won one of the categories – I don’t take too much credit, as the model (a
members’ daughter) is so easy to photograph.
Although the Club’s season has ended, we will, as a group, go out
together on some Monday evenings to take photos locally – let’s hope the
weather’s kind to us.
The other photography group to which we belong went out into
Ainsdale, a week or so ago and the weather was not very kind. We were photographing motorbikes and had to
dodge several quite heavy rain showers.
Luckily, motorbikes are meant to withstand the damp – cameras however,
are not quite so resilient!
The usual Calidad Events Craft Fair www.facebook.com/CalidadEventsArtandCraftFairs was held on 24th May and despite the showery weather, was quite well attended. We didn’t enjoy our packing up though – it poured on us.
On the making front, I have completed 2 quilts; they took quite a long
time to quilt but I really enjoyed doing it and I’m pleased with the
results. I also made a felt glasses
case for one of the other stallholders who we regularly see at Lark Lane and he
seemed very pleased with it. I think I forgot
to photograph it – Oops!
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Liz and I and our husbands have just had a few days in
Bruges, a really quaint and pretty walled, mediaeval town. We were very lucky with weather there, it
never actually poured on us – drizzled a bit on a few occasions, so we were
able to do lots of exploring on foot. We
also visited Ypres and saw the the remains of some of the WW1 trenches. It certainly brings home, better than any
history book or written account, how ill equipped the soldiers were for
surviving the indescribably dreadful conditions
they endured. 
At long last, I’ve added a couple of items to my website – it takes me a
long time as I am still not very confident doing it. There are now some prints and cards of
photos I took early in the year at the Pier Head for sale – they all figure
reflections of, and in, some of the iconic buildings there. I really must try to add items on a regular
basis.
Whoopee – today we’ve been informed that we have been
accepted to have a stall at the Summer Arts Market at the beautiful St. George’s
Hall, on 19th and 20th July. It’s always an exciting event with lots and
lots of different crafts represented. I
need to get going and make lots of new bits and pieces.
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