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Gone fishing.

Apologies for the recent radio silence.  I was on grandparent duty while the S&H and his bride had a break. Now I am back at the work table I need to get my head down and get on with the … Continue reading

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Cracked pot.

Here it is.  A cracked pot, for which I am grateful. This morning before breakfast I put out the lockdown library, as usual.  I was in my curlers and my garden overcoat, which has seen better days.  A red warning … Continue reading

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Happy Christmas.

This is the room box of his own lounge made by my cousin Richard.  He told me they had been decorating it for Christmas ever since he made it ten years ago.  I made the dolls, Richard researched, commissioned and … Continue reading

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Still busy

With the Christmas cards. Ever year recently I have designed something amazing, at length, usually late, while others, whose cards were pieces of cardboard with a printed picture, delivered theirs on to the doormat on December the First, with such … Continue reading

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To shop or not to shop?

Long time readers (you know who you are!) may well recall the halcyon days of there being a shop attached to this site, in which you could buy the dolls I make and I would post them to you wherever … Continue reading

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This is the post I’m too tired to post. Half way through the morning yesterday the S&H rang to ask if they could pop in for a speed visit. How lovely.  I ran around vacuuming everything, tidied up all the … Continue reading

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The C word

I am making my Christmas cards. Last year, as you may remember, because of lockdown, I made a theatre and wrote the play to go with it, so folk could entertain themselves. This was very popular.  People who are normally … Continue reading

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Beautifully articulate, articulated beautifully.

There are never any adverts on this site, unless they are interviews with artists, or something I think you’ll enjoy.  I don’t share content generated by other people, this site is original me.  However, breaking my own rules, this link … Continue reading

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Reasons to be cheerful, part several.

Here are the new perennial sunflowers, blooming in the place of the triffid, which is now just an envelope of seeds and compost. As you can see, unlike normal sunflowers, which are one stalk and a flower, these bear multiple … Continue reading

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Sadness.

Dear little Cleo the cat died today, 9/11. A fox got her, she was a small cat. You may say that there are bigger things to mourn today.  So there are.  Man’s inhumanity to man, in any place at any … Continue reading

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