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Teabag Mini-Albums – Improved Photos, New Pens, and a Health Update

Photographing my teabag mini-albums I always edit all my photos, and this usually just involves adjusting the levels, straightening perpendiculars, cloning out distractions, etc. I always check the colour balance as well, as many of my photos are taken in the evening under artificial light, and you do tend to get quite a…

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6th 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

Bible Study / Cancer / Cards / Cats / Colorectal / Computer / Diet / Digital Art / Drawing and Painting / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / Health Issues / House / Laminator / Outings / Paper Art

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 / Colorectal / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / Health Issues / WOYWW

WOYWW 623 Borderline Blanket, Kitty Attack, Non-Pants Pants, and Shoshi’s all Souped Up

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Kitty throw A milestone! I felt really chuffed as I joined in the final square at the bottom right of the blanket - the one with our initials in a heart. Imagine a fanfare. All the squares are now joined, and the blanket itself is complete. I…

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12th May 2021

Cancer / Cats / Colorectal / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / Health Issues / House / WOYWW

WOYWW 622 Kitties Real and Crocheted, Fragile Falafels, Beautiful Blossoms and a Health Update

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? The kitty throw is growing! Five columns of squares joined. Six columns joined. Seven columns joined. It is now getting pretty big and heavy to work on! The only time I can work on it is when my hubby is out for a good length of time,…

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5th May 2021

Cats / Colorectal / Digital Art / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / Health Issues / WOYWW

WOYWW 618 A Pants Week, Facing Up, and Shark Attack!

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Don't worry, the week hasn't been as bad or exciting as this blog post's title might suggest. Actually it's been quite dull and I haven't got as much to report as usual, as it's been quite a quiet week apart from usual busy-ness in the kitchen, and…

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7th April 2021

Cards / Cats / Colorectal / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / Health Issues / Mobility aids / Paper Art / Uncategorised / WOYWW

WOYWW 613 Square Dance, Chia Cheer, Volcanic Bread, Yippy Yay Yippy Yo-ghurt, and Kitty Cable Car

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? 1. Kitty Throw Great progress on the kitty throw this week. I've completed my 80 crochet squares! I just had to finish the embroidery on the cat stitch squares before going on to the next step. I wanted the cats formed by the cat stitch to have…

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3rd March 2021

Cats / Colorectal / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / Health Issues / Uncategorised / WOYWW

WOYWW 607 Kitties and Squares, Blender Wows and Woes, Health Woes (No Wows) and The “M” Word

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Still working at squares for the kitty throw. Nothing new to show really, but I'm on the home stretch with the squares, and I've got quite a full bag of them now. I've got to make 80 in all, and then it's on to the kitty appliqué…

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20th January 2021