“replicakes” …a little web presence for little presents
A new showcase for my small model cakes, pastries and other foods.
So head on over to see the detailed photys and find out more.
Tag: Personal
Drive North West on MySpace – at last…
Finally… got to the end of the marathon that is MySpace – now we are all bells, whistles, guitars, bass, drums ‘n’ singing!
…OK it’s still got a bit to go but my arm is sore with linking the videos and stuff – Oh and I have a youTube channel now too, thankz guyz! sigh… go on be my(space) friend www.myspace.com/drivenorthwest and the band site is www.drivenorthwest.co.uk
a wee stroll in the sun
Off out wi’ the camera since it was nice ‘n’ sunny this forenoon. I had intended heading for a beautiful garden (didn’t snap as it was being worked on at the time) but got distracted by these on the way. They are connected to my previous post As I Walked Out… since it is more or less the same area just shifted forward four months. Spot the differences?
- wonderful wildflower end of the Millenium Field… super
- closeup of a cornflower, my first
- medium sized gowan – big daisy
- the brightest yellow – black eyed susan/rudbekia
- fluffy thistle heads
- fat glossy rosehips
- broom pods ready to pop
- popped! (sound backdrop of pops, crackles, buzzing bees and thrumming crickets)
- bramble view – taste good too!
the great outdoors
I like my outdoors to be full of interest, think this covers it.
A Good Haul
My local library has just has another sale of withdrawn books, Hooray! and this time I knew about it in advance. The booty today was 9 books for a total price of… £1.60!
two to give to friends, probably: H.P. Lovecraft “The Dreams in the Witch House” and John Updike “Villages”
two Scottish writers: Christopher Brookmyre “A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away” and Quintin Jardine “Dead and Buried” (reading the Bob Skinner novels in sequence but encountered a bit of a gap)
two American writers: James Lee Burke “To the Bright and Shining Sun” and Patricia Highsmith “The Blunderer”
a funny one?: Matthew Baylis “The Last Ealing Comedy”
improvement?: Classic fm “One Hundred Favourite Poems”
artistic: Maria Constantino “Klimt”
So that’s me sorted for the next few months. More shelves probably required tho’ as the backlog is growing . Good thing I was given a wee portable reading light as a present so I can work through them even in the gloaming of 3:00 and 5:00 ish on dull afternoons.
fractal snow trees
A belated Happy New 2010 to you all!
How could I resist the almost complete covering of the branches… unfortunately a very slight thaw means most of the tiny drifts balanced up high have fluttered to the ground now. But it continues to be cold, if not colder.
holiday photys
OK, I know I’ve been quiet for a few weeks. Nothing much happening I suppose but I was away for a few days. You may be able to work out where from the pics below? The bumble bee is probably shown a wee bit smaller than life size, he was impressive.
But now it’s back to the usual daily slippers and dressing gown, getting up at 3 in the afternoon, eating crisps and watching Murder She Wrote everyday… 😉
Can ya tell where it is yet?
photos = MOO minicards
Finally decided to make Moo minicards using my own photys. The package arrived today and I just had to lay them all out. Showing 49 cards and missing out the one unsuccessful design I managed to take this, squint, I know. And I could’na resist stickers too. Now I know which are better long or square for the next time.
Where Have I Been?
A virtual pat on the head if you guess my destination correctly. Anyway, I hope they have a lovely day and wish I was still there.
Polymer Play
Et voila! my first attempts at… caning, slicing (with the ridged blade), using a tinfoil armature to make a bigger bead, my first “skinner blend” and making a tiny bowl with the cane slices (so fragile dainty that I have no idea what to do with it!).
