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2025 – End of Year Review

2025 - END OF YEAR REVIEW It's been a relatively quiet year, all told. Not a great deal to report on our normal activities. Most of my activity this year has been art-related. Studio changes I got some great new shelving units for the studio and reorganised things to make life a lot…

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31st December 2025

Eating Out / Food / Oriental Design / Photography

Anniversary Dinner at Jun Jaow Thai Restaurant

ANNIVERSARY DINNER AT JUNJAOW THAI RESTAURANT Yesterday was the fortieth anniversary of our meeting, so my hubby and I went out for a meal to celebrate. We went to the JunJaow Thai restaurant in Torquay and it was a memorable experience. Fantastic food and a great ambience, and we were looked after superbly…

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18th September 2025

Eating Out / Food / Islamic Pattern / Mandalas / Outings

A Visit to the House of Marbles

A VISIT TO THE HOUSE OF MARBLES Yesterday we met up with some friends and had lunch together at the House of Marbles. We first met them there many years ago on a pre-Christmas visit. We had to queue for a table in the restaurant because the place was so busy. While we…

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8th February 2025

Drawing and Painting / Eating Out / Health Issues / Optical / Outings / Studio Equipment / Teabag Art

New Art Materials, More Teabag Stains, and Cataract News

NEW ART MATERIALS, MORE TEABAG STAINS, AND CATARACT NEWS Coloured pencils A couple of  years ago I got a set of Derwent Coloursoft pencils. These wax-based coloured pencils are very soft and creamy, and blend very well, but it is impossible to retain a sharp point on them and they are not good…

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5th April 2024

Bladder / Cats / Eating Out / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / House / M.E. / WOYWW

WOYWW 579 Not Much Time for UFOs or Smelling the Flowers

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Again, no desk - it's just a dumping ground and I haven't been in the studio except to dump more stuff, or to fetch things I need. I am continuing to work on the purple circles jumper and have nearly completed sleeve #1. With the decreases, the…

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8th July 2020

Bladder / Cats / Computer / Diet / Digital Art / Drawing and Painting / Eating Out / Food / Health Issues / WOYWW

WOYWW 560 Joyful Colouring

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? As usual, not a lot going on on my actual workdesk, but that doesn't mean I haven't been creative. Tombow Colouring I've downloaded quite a few free adult colouring pages from the Internet. I don't really like using other people's designs, and since these are free, I…

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26th February 2020

Bladder / Cats / Drawing and Painting / Eating Out / Fibre and Textile Art / Health Issues / Holidays and Outings / Mixed Media Art / Outings / Paper Art / Teeth / WOYWW

WOYWW 550 The Tudor Banquet and an Infusion of Creativity

Updated! New photos of Tudor gown below... What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? I have tidied up! I still have a lot of fabric scraps to tidy up and reorganise, but it's so good to be able to see some surfaces again, and to be able to move round the room a bit…

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18th December 2019

Eating Out / Food / Outings

Another Meal Out at the Drum, Cockington

Today the weather was quite appalling, with torrential rain and a gale. We had booked to go to Collaton Fishacre, a National Trust property near us, where there was to be a talk on the Art Deco contents of the house, with particular reference to the Lalique glass, which I am particularly interested…

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2nd November 2019

Cats / Eating Out / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / Teabag Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 540 Slippers and Admitting Defeat

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Not a great deal on mine... but I have been busy away from my desk. I've been feeling pretty rough with a cold which started over the weekend, and since I didn't feel much like doing anything else, I spent the time on the recliner cuddling up…

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9th October 2019

Eating Out / Food / Health Issues / House / WOYWW

WOYWW 535 Food Again

Friday - Sorry folks - with all the stress involved in my PIP assessment on Thursday, I completely forgot to upload the draft of my WOYWW post! I did wonder why I wasn't getting any comments that actually referred to it... Duh... Too much on my mind, and the whole thing has exhausted…

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6th September 2019