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2021 The Year in Review

The downward spiral In 2020 we longed for the normality of 2019. In 2021 we thought that perhaps 2020 hadn’t been so bad after all. “Three weeks to flatten the curve”? Hmm. The majority are ruled by fear and are willingly giving up their basic freedoms and submitting to totalitarianism. However, for the…

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31st December 2021

Cancer / Cats / Diet / Health Issues / Holidays and Outings / Outings / WOYWW

WOYWW 642 Stamp Storage, Cutting, Cuddly Kitties and Shoshi Gets Boned Up

Today is a special day Thirty-seven years ago today, I repented of my sin, put my faith in the salvation won for us by Jesus on the cross, and became a Christian. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish…

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22nd September 2021

Holidays and Outings / Outings

Visit to Oldway Mansion

After my scan at the hospital today, my hubby took me to visit Oldway Mansion, which I had surprisingly never visited before, despite living in the area for eight years! Oldway Mansion in Paignton was built by the sewing machine millionaire Isaac Singer in the 19th century and rebuilt by his son Paris…

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20th September 2021

Cards / Cats / Computer / Digital Art / Outings / Paper Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 639 Sharpness and Shininess, Spirals and Simple Cards, and Shoshi Gyrating

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? What fun I have had this week! Mosaics All last week, there was a craft festival at one of our neighbouring churches, with an exhibition and daily workshops each afternoon. I wasn't able to get to them all, but I went for the Thursday workshop, which was…

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1st September 2021

Cats / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / House / Outings / WOYWW

WOYWW 620 – A Loss to the Nation, Edging Squares, Gardens and Seaside

HRH Prince Philip, RIP This week, with millions of others around the globe, we watched the final journey of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, beloved husband and the "rock and stay" of our Queen for 73 years, and exemplar of a lifetime of duty and service, as he was laid to…

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21st April 2021

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WOYWW 596 And So I Face the Final Carpet (I Did it My Way), The Chattanooga Chew Chew, and a Roly Poly Pudding

I'm sorry I didn't manage to get round all the desks last week - it's been a busy week. What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Tiny carpet #6! The final one. I have done the design and made a start. This is the inspiration for it: In order to co-ordinate it better with…

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4th November 2020

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

Birthday / Cats / Drawing and Painting / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / Outings / WOYWW

WOYWW 574 Knitting and Knives, Kitties and Karnage

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? A couple of Florabunda "Thank You" cards that I made by printing the design on the computer, and then colouring with my Tombow markers. The monochrome one has a very subtle touch of purple which unfortunately isn't showing well on the photo. My actual workdesk hasn't seen…

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3rd June 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

Mixed Media Art / Outings / Paper Art

Craft4Crafters Craft Show in Exeter

Yesterday I went to the Craft4Crafters show at Westpoint in Exeter. This one was slightly different from the one I went to in the autumn in that there was more emphasis on fibre crafts than papercrafting but the latter was still very well represented. I wasn't able to see much on the papercrafting…

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17th February 2020