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Longing
Only three more days until Winter Solstice..
West End Walk
Hey babe, take a walk in the West End.. Open the gate.. What will you find? A chance encounter with beauty.. ..or something else inside? Maybe just a place to rest for a while. Then close the door and whisper … Continue reading
Weather With You
Hello. Excuse me while I pretend I constantly hang about grey wooden panels wearing a red woollen dress and a gawjus mossy green scarf/shawl. Okay, so I actually do that quite a bit but I rarely wear matching lipstick and … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Purls, Scotland
Tagged personal stuff, Photography, Scotland, youtube
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J & Dianne
My partner collects photos. He likes going through old photos in junk shops and buying whichever catches his eyes. He recently found these photos. In his own words: There’s something a bit sad and also a bit voyeuristic about this, … Continue reading
First Signs of Spring
I went out for a walk in the sunshine today. Along the way I passed one of my favourite pieces of street art. Seeing this little happy seal never fails to cheer me up. Look at his wibble face! Usually … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Personal, Photography, Scotland
Tagged Art, Glasgow, home, Photography, self
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Still Knitting..
At a recent knitting group, a friend worried that I would become a Sewer rather than a Knitter. Fear not. I may have spent a small fortune in a fabric shop yesterday but my first love remains knitting. And I … Continue reading
Clip My Wings
Pause, rewind. Sewing is a different process to knitting. So far I have traced the pattern, worked up a toile (muslin) and discovered that I need to move the bust darts higher as well as doing a FBA. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, linkage, Literature, Sewing, sewing
Tagged books, Literature, Photography, Print Culture, youtube
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Snapshot
I love autumn in Scotland. You get intense skies, beautiful colours and so much unexpected depth. As a young student I remember poring over John Keats’ ‘To Autumn’ with its Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the … Continue reading
Idunn
Pope Benedict XVI is visiting Scotland and England over the next few days. I have never lived anywhere with a big Catholic community and it is interesting to see how Glasgow is reacting. I do not know if it is … Continue reading
The Knight With A Galleon On His Head
A friend of mine has crossed the North Sea to visit us here in rainy Glasgow. We took her to the Cathedral district yesterday. D. and my friend walked up the Necropolis while I lounged decoratively on a bench. Afterwards … Continue reading
