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Today we have had a family bereavement. I am not going to discuss it today. So instead the following are photos of creations from the She-shed and our animals which make me smile. Until tomorrow…

Any human act that gives rise to something new is referred to as a creative act, regardless of whether what is created is a physical object or some mental or emotional construct that lives within the person who created it and is known only to him. (Vygotsky, 2004, p. 7). I rarely talk on hereContinue reading “Using my skills”

The weekend was a success. There was a moment on Saturday when I thought it might not be. I had notes in my diary because I had direct bookings and bookings with Airbnb. At one point I thought I had two Sebastiens and that I had double booked a room. Thankfully I realised that thereContinue reading “Mindfulness and Creativity”

Here we are at the end of another busy week. There has been little time for crochet or other creative activities and the weekend isn’t looking good either! There is a cycle race locally on Sunday and we are full tomorrow night. This morning the logs arrived. I had unfortunately overslept so the farmer hadContinue reading “Being mindful of mindfulness”

Today I was expecting a load of wood to be delivered. However as yet it hasn’t arrived. Wood and log piles are something central to the way of life in Brittany. So in the meantime I spent a certain amount of time cleaning the kitchen and cooking for this evening. So there is a baconContinue reading “Cooking, cleaning and swimming”

More than anything else today has been about ensuring that Henry and Victor got to the ferry on time. So we were all up before 5am to help him get everything into his car. After that I briefly went back to bed before I had a breakfast to do at the gite. I felt aContinue reading “Weather’s changing!”

I have just realised what time of night it is and I haven’t yet written anything! There have been a couple of things going on. As is often the way! I had a guest arriving this evening so I had to do a quick gite clean. Yesterday I had started defrosting the fridge in ourContinue reading “Oh goodness”

Over the weekend I decided to do an inventory of all my current projects. I have only included the ones that are in progress at the moment. There are further projects in the planning stage. Some of them I have yarns for, some of them I don’t. There are currently 5 projects that are inContinue reading “An inventory and a proud mummy moment!”

I have a friend who has been through a number of personal tragedies and appears to always be cheerful and positive. She says that she doesn’t get depressed and she tries to make the best of every situation. I wish I could be more like her however I am not. This week has been veryContinue reading “A positive end to the week”

This will be a short post tonight. We are only just on our way home after a CT test, MOT, on my husband’s car and it’s 7.30pm! The French take a long lunch but they work on later. Thursday is market day in Huelgoat so the morning involved buying fruit and vegetables. I do likeContinue reading “Busy as usual!”