I have been knitting. I said that I would, and so I have been. Not a lot of knitting, to be sure – I was working on the Colinette throw and as it became every heavier and harder to manage, my knitting bursts grew shorter and shorter. Am I happy with it? Perhaps not totally. …
Category archives: Studio
The die is cast
That wasn’t so very difficult after all… What a lot of time I wasted the other day in anguishing over which images to submit to the Orkney Camera Club! Writing the post about it was exactly the right thing to do and it clarified my thinking enormously. I selected those images that I most wanted …
Honesty being the best policy…
A couple of weeks ago I signed up to the Orkney Camera Club – they have a reduced price membership available to “Distant Members” for we outlanders. Although we cannot get to the monthly meetings we are able to submit images for the competitions and so on. I am not very competitive at the best …
Ups and Downs, On and Offs
Our next trip is still very much up in the air. OIC were extremely helpful yesterday in organising replacement ferry vouchers from Transport Scotland for my lost ones , though Transport Scotland have not been quick to answer my request for the new voucher numbers in advance of their delivery. This somewhat stymies the booking …
Knitty News
We are a little at sixes and sevens at the moment. Having arrived home with a whole other trip planned to begin on Thursday, with Mr L’s leave booked from work and all, then finding that my Jury Service has not been cancelled due to lack of business – we clearly cannot now go. Making …
Feeling light-headed
Yesterday’s quick trip to town consisted of: purchase of two polo shirts from EWM a half hour’s shearing session at the hairdresser half an hour in the cathedral with the camera, taking photos of the flower-arranging festival exhibits cheese (pecorino with saffron and black peppercorns) MGs Tesco I am so relieved to be shorn. When …