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curiouswombat) wrote2012-09-09 07:25 pm
curiouswombat) wrote2012-09-09 07:25 pm
Miscellany.
I've not been posting, or even commenting, much. Apart from being distracted by the Paralympics, my left arm has been sore; and I find the angle I need to hold it on to type makes it worse. But I really can't stop myself - apart from being here, I have a couple of short stories demanding to be written and a long one that keeps poking me, too.
The children were back in church today and we spent our time making salt-dough harvest wreaths, and salt-dough fish to celebrate the harvest of the sea. I was feeling a bit jaded before I went to church but it was so good to see them all, and have fun with them, that I felt much more smiley when I came home.
I had an urge to make scones, and so S2C and I sat to a pot of tea and some warm cherry and ginger scones about 3.45 for afternoon tea - very civilised.
And right now I have 2 ovens full of salt-dough drying out at low temperature to be painted next Sunday. It's keeping the house warm on what is a cool autumn day.
There are three or four pics under the cut - not related to the above at all!
When I was at Return of the Ring a couple of weeks ago I bought some jewellery - some steam-punk stuff for myself just because, and some for my sister as a birthday gift - so mine;
All handmade from real bits of watch.
Now the pieces for my sister's birthday. These are blue goldstone - and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
inzilbeth_liz can you please tell Heather (who made them) that my sister was absolutely thrilled with them.
Now a picture of the WW2 dispatch rider's bike that my cousin has restored in memory of his father, who rode one just like it. It is parked in our back garden - which was not looking very tidy, I fear. The wee mat was there in case the bike was incontinent of oil...
Finally something that just makes me smile every time I go past it. This is a sea-side garden on the south coast of the island -
What fun to have small garden sheds painted as beach huts, rather than one, more boring, one!
Now a question for Tolkienista friends - I read a story not that long ago and can't remember where.
Does this sound familiar to anyone; Éomer/Lothiriel in which Lothiriel is actually Imrahil's illegitimate daughter, of whom he knows nothing, as she has been brought up by her healer mother in Rohan. She follows the Rohirrim to war in her role as a healer. When he realises who she is, Imrahil is more than happy to acknowledge her, but at least one of his sons is certainly not, and is convinced that she is a fraud.
I really ought to be more organised about bookmarking stories!
The children were back in church today and we spent our time making salt-dough harvest wreaths, and salt-dough fish to celebrate the harvest of the sea. I was feeling a bit jaded before I went to church but it was so good to see them all, and have fun with them, that I felt much more smiley when I came home.
I had an urge to make scones, and so S2C and I sat to a pot of tea and some warm cherry and ginger scones about 3.45 for afternoon tea - very civilised.
And right now I have 2 ovens full of salt-dough drying out at low temperature to be painted next Sunday. It's keeping the house warm on what is a cool autumn day.
There are three or four pics under the cut - not related to the above at all!
When I was at Return of the Ring a couple of weeks ago I bought some jewellery - some steam-punk stuff for myself just because, and some for my sister as a birthday gift - so mine;
All handmade from real bits of watch.
Now the pieces for my sister's birthday. These are blue goldstone - and
inzilbeth_liz can you please tell Heather (who made them) that my sister was absolutely thrilled with them.Now a picture of the WW2 dispatch rider's bike that my cousin has restored in memory of his father, who rode one just like it. It is parked in our back garden - which was not looking very tidy, I fear. The wee mat was there in case the bike was incontinent of oil...
Finally something that just makes me smile every time I go past it. This is a sea-side garden on the south coast of the island -
What fun to have small garden sheds painted as beach huts, rather than one, more boring, one!
Now a question for Tolkienista friends - I read a story not that long ago and can't remember where.
Does this sound familiar to anyone; Éomer/Lothiriel in which Lothiriel is actually Imrahil's illegitimate daughter, of whom he knows nothing, as she has been brought up by her healer mother in Rohan. She follows the Rohirrim to war in her role as a healer. When he realises who she is, Imrahil is more than happy to acknowledge her, but at least one of his sons is certainly not, and is convinced that she is a fraud.
I really ought to be more organised about bookmarking stories!
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Here is a story with that plot point. Truth is I have not read the entire thing. Only skimmed parts.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5968187/1/What-if
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Thanks for the link, but it isn't that one, which has another daughter as well. The one I read had widowed Imrahil having 'found comfort' with the healer, who had some reason of her own to return to Rohan when she realised she was pregnant - there was a feeling that we might find out what that reason was... eventually. But the story was unfinished. To be honest, it was also better written and less 'twee' than that one looked when I skimmed through it the other night thinking it might be the 'lost one'.
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Sadly that isn't quite the right story - but it was really good of Oshun to help.
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The steampunk stuff is fun too. I saw some great stuff at a craft faire a few years back. Way too spendy for me though.
Hope your arm feels better soon.
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The steampunk stuff was not very expensive - the lady who was selling it made it herself form bits of broken watches and clocks.
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I was really taken with the steampunk jewellery - it was a real 'must buy' thing.
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LOVE the motorbike! Old vehicles are a love of mine and also Manolo's.
Very nice jewelry and I especially like what you got for your sister!
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The bike is a conversation opener for him quite often - you can imagine.
And my sister really loved the jewellery, too - I know my audience well...
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Your scones are making my mouth water.
What lovely jewellery. I can't make up my mind about which one I like best: the watch bits or the blue goldstone. I love blue goldstone. And that bike is awesome.
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The scones are rather nice, I must admit.
My sister had never seen blue goldstone before and she was really impressed with her pieces - I was really happy because it was such a hit.
The best thing about the bike is that it is still very rideable, I think - and it does encourage people to strike up conversations with him!
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I would strike a conversation with your cousin if I saw him driving such an awesome bike.
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Current temperature is 16C - about 61F - and going to stay that way for the next few days, with wind and rain too. But at least we've had about 10 days of dry weather with temperatures reaching 19 or 20C.
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I hope your arm recovers soon.
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Thanks for the good wishes - it is more the nuisance value as it is my dominant arm, and so whenever I forget I pick stuff up with it and then it hurts again, and so on.
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And interesting to see your steam-punk jewellery. I've been collecting old watches and metal bits and bobs for several months with the intention of having a go at making some myself. Daughter bought be a 'how to' book for Christmas but as yet... time and procrastination have got the better of me. Come October I'm expecting delivery of a new book on how to steam-punk a costume - not for me sadly, I'd never go anywhere to wear it, but Daughter may find I've steam-punked some of her Goth outfits for her!
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The steampunk jewellery is very neat - literally in this case, I thought - no proggly bits for me to catch in things! If you steampunk some of your daughter's Goth outfits, do take pictures, I would love to see.
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SO HELLO! Hope you arm recovers. I've had great luck with a split keyboard, made it much easier on my hands.
LOVED the jewelry.
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The lady who makes that jewellery is very talented.
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I read and enjoyed all
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The jewellery is lovely, isn't it?
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Hope the arm is better soon.
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