Back down to earth for a while and I have been busy. I'm now a fully paid up member of the WI. We have a small group in the village and we meet once a month. So far neither jam or Jerusalem have been mentioned :-)
We also have a craft club in the village, which I attend. We have a good old natter whilst knitting, crocheting, sewing or making cards, and our host provides tea, coffee and biscuits. I might bake a cake for the next meeting.
And there is more! we have an art group as well. I went along back in 2012 and discovered I could draw quite well, but I couldn't paint. It's not a teaching group, they are all very good experienced artists, so the intention was to find a class and learn. Four years on and I haven't done it! However a couple of weeks ago the group arranged a workshop so off I went full of enthusiasm and produced this
That is impressive for a beginner, looks good to me.
ReplyDeleteThank you mama.
DeleteI'm impressed! The road looks expectant, as though it's waiting for something to appear round the corner. The WI do a lot of good work and I must say that the one in our village has some very interesting speakers, which they allow us lesser mortals to listen to from the back - provided we're quiet and don't slurp our beer too much. Has anyone mentioned The Calendar to you yet? - or is that just in Yorkshire?
ReplyDeleteThank you Mike, that's almost what our tutor said about taking a road around a corner, it leads the eye. ha ha, no "The Calendar" hasn't been mentioned, but I've only been going for a couple of months. I can just imagine a bunch of blokes being told to keep quiet!!
DeleteI'd be really pleased if I'd painted that Polly! Sounds like life is very busy for you right now and very exciting with your planned trip - what a great time to be going to Australia, hopefully you will miss the worst of the weather (although we have been very lucky with it so far). Keep painting, crafting, baking and most of all blogging, it's lovely to hear your news xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Sarah :-) x
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