This is my Facebook post from 29.4.12, before I had been pointed to this blog:
This weekend we are at my sister Elizabeth’s at West End near Southampton. The idea was to work on the garden, but, forget it. Wet, windy and woeful. Yesterday visited an antiques centre in Wickham, where I made a purchase which cannot be mentioned in case a certain party sees it. Margery, an artist friend of Elizabeth’s heard that I was unsuccessfully seeking out a book, ‘Portraits in Pastels’ which I had owned 30 years ago and given away. I want to get back into portraits. Margery has found the book!
In the evening back to Wickham for another curry at the Veranda.
I cooked curry sausages yesterday 🙂 Can’t tell you whether they are any good. Went straight on the freezer for stand-by meals. We are having a run of getting home late in the evening, too tired to be bothered with cooking . . . and just perhaps, we will be working on a friend’s garden on Tuesday 🙂
Many thanks, Gwen. Good luck with the sausages
Did you get back into portraits yet? Is Jackie’s birthday coming up then? 🙂
Well sussed re the birthday present, Pauline. Its 1st June. No – afraid the blogging photography took over. Many thanks.
Wow – you are a super sleuth, Pauline. I had to read twice before I could see what you were talking about. Slickster. : )
Heh, heh Jodie!
: )
You were not very talkative back then, eh?
🙂 Thanks a lot, GP
Sounds like it was a busy weekend. I miss you photos in these posts.
At that time I had no idea people might want them 🙂 Thanks very much, Jill
You’re famous now! 🙂
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Your last sentence in this post sounds like a line from an old novel. 🙂
So it does 🙂
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I can’t draw faces but I am starting a painting and collage for my son’s birthday. I used to love to play in the paints
Nice to have pictures nowadays but fun to read of past goings-on.
Thanks a lot, Laurie. It is interesting for me to see how the style has developed
Yes, I’ve noticed that about my own blog, too. The combination of reading other people’s blogs and working at my own blog for many years.
True
“Wet, windy and woeful.” Love this description. I shall have to remember it and quote you sometime. 🙂 <4
Thanks very much, Natalie. I see I allowed myself alliteration even then 🙂
And it was great alliteration too❣️?
‘Wet, windy and woeful’ describes the weather here for the past few days. I am always interested looking back in my diaries to see what I was doing at this time of year. Mostly the same old things, unfortunately but I seemed to get more done each day. Getting older is no fun!
So true about the weather, Clare. Thanks very much
You have certainly come a long way since your early posting days Derrick, I’ve looked back on some of mine and deleted a few, that boring I wouldn’t even read them.
🙂 Thanks a lot, Ian
Love your portraits 🙂
Thank you very much, Mary. You have seen a few