Shoshiplatypus

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2022 – End of Year Review

Warning: This is a very long post! Click on the links to take you to the relevant posts for more details. Quite an eventful year, one way and another. On the artistic front I have embarked on some new ventures, I've acquired quite a bit of new stash, some lovely books... Several gorgeous…

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31st December 2022

Health Issues / Teabag Art

Celebrating the Imperfect

CELEBRATING THE IMPERFECT In a previous post, I described how one of the embellished teabags for my art journal page hadn’t worked out right, and before I ditched it, I looked at the back and realised that I could use it after all, where the ink had soaked through. I had a lovely…

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28th June 2022

Colorectal / Diet / Digital Art / Food / Health Issues / M.E.

Napkins from Lithuania, Photo Editing, Health Update and Planning Military-Style

Napkins from Lithuania A few days ago I received the final (I think! - I ordered so many it's hard to keep track!) of my packs of rice paper and napkins. I knew there was a delay on this one because it was coming from overseas, but I hadn't realised it was coming…

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11th April 2022

Cats / Colorectal / Health Issues / M.E.

Frustrations, Kitties, and Spring at Last

Health update - more frustrations! On Sunday I had my CT scan in Exeter as arranged. When I had my first scan there, back in the summer of 2019, Mr. Daniels, the consultant, had said that he wanted me lying on my stomach for it, and when I arrived, there was nothing on…

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9th February 2022

Cats / Colorectal / Health Issues

Health Update – The Ball is Rolling at Last

Health update Yesterday I had my long-awaited outpatient appointment with Mr. Daniels, the colorectal surgeon in Exeter. This referral by Torby Hospital for my third parastomal hernia repair has been a catalogue of delays, with a CT scan four months after my initial appointment, then getting lost in the hospital system for another…

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20th January 2022

Cancer / Cats / Colorectal / Food / Health Issues

The First Post of 2022

Health Update I had a surprise phone call on Friday from the Exeter hospital, totally out of the blue. It has been so long since I heard anything since my initial referral three years ago, and due to getting lost in their system for months after my initial appointment and subsequent CT scan…

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10th January 2022

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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

Card Making

Cards / Cats / Paper Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 648 Patchwork and Monochrome Cards, New Stash and Sleepy Kitties

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? More patchwork cards I have been making some more pachwork cards. I had cut a lot of squares, and I made a hexagon template to cut them down into this new shape, concentrating on the reds and purples. I liked the inked squares I'd done before, so…

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3rd November 2021

Cancer / Cats / Colorectal / Computer / Food / Health Issues / Paper Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 629 Jungle Clearance Continues, Dead Drives, Live Dies, and Shoshi’s Magnetic Personality

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? The Grand Clear Up Continues In the far corner (the sewing area, to the right of the display area), I have now cleared the top shelf and put some display items out. I've also put some of my pictures up on the main display area. The lower…

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23rd June 2021

Birthday / Cats / Health Issues / House / WOYWW

WOYWW 626 Tiles and Tiredness, Sicky Kitty, Kitty Hide and Seek, and the Bag Lady’s Birthday

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Persian Tiles throw I'm making steady progress on the Persian Tiles throw, with a couple more tiles completed. They are quite large, and take some time to do. There is plenty of variety in each one, with different stitches, and a colour change with each round, so…

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2nd June 2021