1. I have to get a passport picture, which I have been putting off and off. The picture has to last ten years, so I don't want one I hate. Also, there is added pressure because I am quite fond of the present picture: Ali grabbed my ankle as the shutter went and it caught me at the moment I was about to laugh. Picking a photoshop at random I went in and found Caroline, a friend of a friend, working there. So I got my picture taken by someone who cared a little about me having a photo I liked. It's not brilliant, but it's not a picture I'm going to resent until 2015.
2. I know tumble dryers aren't green, but on days like this when it's too cold and damp to get washing dry, they are wonderful.
3. Eating sticky ginger cake and drinking tea while catching up with Fenella and Andy.
1. Sitting in the barn having lunch with the shoot, and mum producing some home made cherry brandy from the picnic bag. It was seriously warming (ie alcoholic) and had a very almondy aftertaste.
ReplyDelete2. Stretching my finished (hurrah!) embroidery. (This involves tacking it to a board, dampening it and letting it dry.) It looked ten times better and more professional. I am looking forward to seeing the finished cushion.
3. Suddenly realising that I have nearly finished my Christmas shopping. And I have not even really been shopping! Ah, the internet is a wonderful thing...
And a quick 4. Having spent two weeks trying to work out how to do knitting properly (ie not dropping the needle and moving your whole hand to put the wool around), showing mum the method I had worked out and her making approving noises. Phew!