Wot no blogpost?

Apologies to all my loyal blog readers, there has been no post for days now. In fact, I have decided now to formally close this chapter of my blogging career. It was only ever meant to be an advent project, then one thing led to another and I found so many fascinating things I wanted to share that it just kept going and going.

It's not that life is less interesting now. On the contrary, life is very full and exciting. My teaching career is developing apace, church life in Ashby is vibrant and family and friends continue to amuse, enthral and entertain. I want to concentrate on these things for now and if in the future I decide to pick up the blogging bug again, I hope you will visit!

So it's "Goodnight, God bless and sleep well" as we say in this house!

Hey-ho Hey-ho

Holiday memories!

Back to work tomorrow.

Ooh la la!

We at Ashby Baptist Church have gone all French. The church has been transformed into a French bistro and all our holiday maker guests have enjoyed their first day. We were entertained with accordian playing, quizzes, songs and a fashion show. Following a sumptuous cassoulet and brulee, we turned our hands to all manner of crafts including beading, watercolours, knitting like the tricoteuse, meccano and jigsaws!

We still have a visit to Lichfield and a Taize service to come.

All buttoned up

I remember the fun of sorting out my grandmother's tin of buttons and have always enjoyed the random colours and shapes in a collection like this. There's also the quirky interest in each button's history and the vague memory of the garment it may be from. Buttons are fun.

So I really understood what my one-to-one tuition friend meant when she advised me to take in buttons instead of counters to help pupils with maths. Who wants boring old counters when you can have all these shapes, textures, colours and stories!