September means that the Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness is approaching. It also means that Shimelle is running her annual class, Learn Something New Every Day.As with the previous few years, I’m recording what I’ve learned throughout September here. Day 11: Walking the 4 miles to school and back is not a bad way to begin the day. Day … Continue reading Learn Something New Every Day | September 2020 | Days 11-15
When I'm out by myself with Tilly, I tend to take my iPod Mini with me and set it to shuffle. It hasn't been updated for quite a while ... You'd think that shuffle equated to random, but the same handful of songs seem to pop up each and every time ... and what they … Continue reading The Dog-Walking Playlist
Two more spreads have been added to my Ascension Island album. Both feature photos from walks/hikes I did with friends and colleagues. Ascension had, and probably still does, twenty or more organised Letterbox walks - at the end of each walk there was a 'letterbox' (usually an old ammunition box) which held a stamp and … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2020 #12
I've added two more pages to my in progress Ascension album. I went back to Shimelle's 4x6 Photo Love class for a spread featuring three photos and an interactive element. I may have got a little carried away with the embellishing (scraplifted from here), but I love how it looks next to the photos. English … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2020 #11
Week 27: The Boy Child met up with his friend for an hour. I was first through the door for a haircut. 🙂 We spent the day hanging out with The Oldest Friends. Week 28: A week with not many photos. Tilly and I spent spent a lot of time outside. I spent a happy … Continue reading Project Life Revisited | Weeks 27 and 28
Of the three projects I've completed for The 100 Day Project, this year's has been my runaway favourite. 🙂 I didn't miss a single day and I had a lot of fun strolling down Memory Lane. I began with writing down memories and stories and adding photos, if I had them, from the seven different … Continue reading The 100 Day Project | 100 Days Later
I've noticed that I've been feeling more 'down' of late, and even though I know it's okay to feel all the feelings, I'd much rather focus on the positives. Travel: Comfortless Cove, Ascension Island The negative: All our travel plans for this year have been postponed or cancelled. The positive: There is still an outside … Continue reading Life in Lockdown | Turning Negatives into Positives
I've added more pocket page spreads to what will become my Ascension Island album: A double spread about that time I went out to sea on an ocean-going oil tanker ... I had quite a lot to say. And a single spread about the afternoon I hiked up Green Mountain with pals (and the reason … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2020 #10
I completed a double page spread for The Boy Child's album. This will sit in his album behind the homeschooling spread. The design inspiration came from one seen on page 70 of the current edition (Summer 2020) of Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine: I've also begun to scrap some of my old photos from when … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2020 #9
I think we're into Week 12 of Lockdown ... but as the weeks are all blurring into each other, I can't say for sure. But I do know that a quarter of 2020 has been put on hold. Life, as we know it, is in suspended animation. The world is still turning. The sun is … Continue reading Life in Lockdown | Life on Hold
