I was all set to write this blog post on my second game day in mid-January. I was invited to shoot with a group of experienced guns at a small syndicate. I was going to tell you all about the day, the tough start among the trees, the next peg pinching my bird, my stand …
Continue reading The end of the Season, but definitely not the end….
So, it’s been a while since my last post and I would love to tell you I’ve been off doing lots of beating and shooting, but the boring daily life stuff has been getting in the way. Amidst all the Christmas rushing about, I did manage to fit in my first day game shooting though. …
I've been trying to keep my various plates spinning over the past few weeks - and as always happens, one plate (this blog) has been getting overlooked. Out of nowhere it's now November, the clocks have gone back, we've done Bonfire night and the first frosts have started. " It's beginning to look a lot …
Time to get “Beating Fit”! It seems no time at all since the National Ladies Shooting Day back in June. Since then, I’ve carried on shooting with my local clay league, finding that progress comes in fits and starts. My biggest learning so far is that my shooting is as much affected by my mood …
Following on from my "John Bull under a down pipe" Spring outfit for the Oxglam Fashion Show at the Festival of Thrift, here is a quick up date on my Winter Outfit. This was the one where I had the idea in my head before I knew the actual theme of Season's & Growth for …
In between school holidays, work and getting on with my upcycle project, I've managed to forget to give the blog plate a spin of late. So here is a quick sneaky peak update on my Spring outfit. (I'll do a Winter one asap) They have to be ready for 9/10 September so this will probably …
This is a quick update on how I'm progressing with my plans for the Festival of Thrift's Oxglam Fashion Show. I am planning a Spring and Winter outfit based on the items I was able to grab during my first visit. First, I do apologise for my sketches - not my forte! But hopefully giving …
Continue reading Oxglam – progress update – refining my plans
It's been a while since I've posted - juggling the different balls of raising feral boys, getting involved in village life, doing my bean counting day job and trying to fit in some extra curricular play on my various "trades" - writing about it all took a back seat. One of the things I'll be …
Continue reading Smashing my comfort zone again with the Festival of Thrift – Part 1
It's Gumtrees' National Up-Cycle Week this week and they are running a competition to win a holiday for two to Vienna (love a competition!) So I have used this as an opportunity to push myself to get a couple of my project list items out of the way. I had seen up-cycled jewellery frames while …
Continue reading #National Upcycle Week! – Jewellery Display Frame Up-cycle
Have you got a top or jumper that's just a bit blah? Something you bought thinking "it'll do" but it doesn't really? This sweatshirt is one of those purchases. A sale purchase that I reasoned would be useful to wear on days with the boys because, lets face it, we don't wear our best stuff …
So after making elderflower cordial a few days ago, someone asked what I did with all* of it. I reeled off - drink it, make elderflower jelly & add to prosecco. "What about adding to gin?" was the question. But to me that would overly sweeten something which does need to have a "bite". It …
Making Elderflower cordial brings out my inner Barbara Good and gives me nostalgic warm and fuzzies (just me?) During May & into early June I keep a look out for the first signs of the flowers opening. There will be nothing one day and then seemingly overnight the hedgerows are full of their big frothy heads. Typically, …
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