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Category Archives: Music

Busy, busy, busy…

24 Comments Posted by Diane on July 2, 2009

Well, I’m finally back home again. How many times have I said that already this year? It has been a wonderful few months. My sailing holiday in Greece was so relaxing. There were four of us, Grant, who is THE most easy-going skipper, (in my experience most chaps turn into Captain Bligh the instant they [...]

Families, Music, Pets, Photography, Places, Sport, Tennis, Travel, Videos, weather

Some things never change

23 Comments Posted by Diane on June 8, 2009

When I was first married, we lived in Cardiff and our best friends were a couple, Richard and Glynis, who have remained our friends for over thirty years. I am godmother to their daughter (hence the wedding reading – she is getting married in October) and Richard is the godfather to my #1 son. In [...]

Birthdays, Book arts, Bookbinding, Books, Families, Food, Handmade books, Illustration, Music, Photography, Places, Travel, weather Abbotsbury, birthday card, Blur, Bruce Springsteen, Corfu, Crosby Stills and Nash, Glastonbury, J.R.R.Tolkien, Lily Allen, Madness, Neil Young, Riverside, Roverandom, Spinal Tap, Status Quo, The Barber of Seville, West Bay

Planes, trains and automobiles

13 Comments Posted by Diane on June 3, 2009

Well, I’m back. I have so much to tell you that it’s all a bit daunting, so I’ll start at the beginning and take a few short cuts. I went to see Julia Fordham perform at the Pigalle Club in London. She was quite amazing as usual, her extraordinary voice never fails to send shivers [...]

Blogs, Book arts, Bookbinding, Books, Families, Handmade books, Horoscopes, Humour, Movies, Music, Pets, Photography, Places, Travel, Videos, weather Belinda Starling, Cannes Film Festival, Claire Fordham, Crans Montana, Dora Damage, Geraldine Brooks, Hammer, Julia Fordham, Mallorca, Omid Djalili, People of the Book, Puerto Pollensa, Sara Stockbridge, Switzerland, The Making of Plus One

A very mixed bag…

22 Comments Posted by Diane on April 20, 2009

It’s been a funny old couple of weeks since I last posted. Lots of good things happening and a few bad. The good things included me finding out I was a runner up in a photography competition I entered a few weeks ago. This is the image they liked, it’s East Cliff, West Bay, Dorset. [...]

Art, Birthdays, Book arts, Bookbinding, Books, Digital art, Families, Gardening, Handmade books, Interesting facts, Music, paper arts, Pets, Photography, Places, Shopping, Videos Britweek, Falkiners, GTA, propogating orchids, West Bay

Let’s dance…

22 Comments Posted by Diane on February 28, 2009

I have been cutting board for the last few days for the 20 books (and matching clam shell boxes). 14 precisely measured pieces of board for each set. 280 pieces altogether. I am having a day off today as my arm is starting to hurt a bit at the wrist and a slight twinge of [...]