What a Week
This has been a really good week. First off is the plaque I was commissioned to do by the Ystradgynlais Volunteer Centre for their honorary president Margaret Thomas. Margaret has…
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What a Week
Our first time!
Last Thursday we went to our first craft fair as vendors rather than customers. I suppose by most people's expectations it would be considered a failure as we didn't actually…
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Our first time!
The Magic Numbers
Three. Is a magic number. Yes it is, it's a magic number. Somewhere in that ancient mystic trinity, You'll get three, That's one, two, three, And that's the Magic Number.…
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The Magic Numbers
Butterflypalooza
I love butterflies so we planted a butterfly bush in the hopes of attracting them, but all we ever saw was the odd passerby. Until this week. One day they…
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Butterflypalooza
Viva la Familia!
It's not a wedding, it's not a funeral, but it is the entire family together for the first time since a wedding or a funeral. Minus Heidi, who bought a…
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Viva la Familia!
Beer
This post was from summer 2013, but in my beer addled haze it was lost in the drafts folder. Having re-located it and in honour of the Ashcott Beer Festival…
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Beer
Food Festivals – September 2013
We love food festivals, we always end up coming home with bag fulls of goodies, although this will often consist mostly of cheese, closely followed by beer and cider! On…
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Food Festivals – September 2013
The City
The chill of the winter drills holes in his toes, Frost crystals crack beneath his feet. He lives in a city where anything goes, No one knows who he is…
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The City
Carefree 1000 words
WordPress posts a Weekly Writing Challenge and a Weekly Photo Challenge, this weeks writing challenge is "A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words" and based on the image to the…
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Carefree 1000 words
30 Days, 30 Minutes
While roaming the blogasphere I stumbled across Stuff and Nonsense, they are participating in something called "30 Days – 30 Minutes" which is a creativity challenge laid down by Rag…
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30 Days, 30 Minutes
Ystrad Recycling
In yet another inspired display of super awesomeness my googling girlfriend found a local volunteer centre called Ystrad Recycling that turns old timber into new things. With my foot still…
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Ystrad Recycling
Getting started!
Starting a new business is a daunting prospect and is far from easy. I don't doubt that Chris is talented and that given the right audience his creations would sell,…
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Getting started!
Competition Winner
When we asked Steve, the winner of July's competition what he wanted as his prize, he was a little vague. Maybe something with a snake and maybe some words like…
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Competition Winner
The Incredible Sulk
It's day three of the quit-a-thon, I can't stop smiling, everything smells of flowers and all is going well. Say what? Scratch that! It's the third day of hell. I've…
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The Incredible Sulk
A Sploosh of Colour
I decided some of the coasters I did could do with brightening up, so I bought some acrylic paint. I'm not sure if acrylic is going to be fully heat…
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A Sploosh of Colour