Books of 2014

I'm pretty chuffed with my book-reading of the past year; 56 in all, not including recipe books and the like. (Maybe I should include those for this year? Hmm). Anyway, it looks like it was a good mix of fiction/non-fiction, and I had the joy of discovering a few new-to-me authors, such as Barbara Comyns and Paul Magrs, which, quite frankly, is the best thing about working part time in a library.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

This year's lovely Crimbo stamps are by the uber-talented Andrew Bannecker. See them all here. Blimey, that would be the most amazing job ever. (Hint, hint, Royal Mail).

Long Time, No See

Hello, Blog.

I know, I know, I'm a terrible owner; you'll be calling the RSPCBlogs on me soon. In my defence, things have been rather crazy on the work front lately. But, all work has been completed and I have had a couple of rather more sedate weeks drawing up my Christmas card (fun), catching up on my accounts (not so fun), and taking the opportunity for a bit of a breather. Next on the cards is quite a lot of shameless plugging and updating my websites/portfolios. In the meantime, have a lovely winter sunrise from this morning:

Halloween Hauntings

Minecraft pumpkins, last minute witch costumes, way too much blue alcohol. Happy Halloween!

A Week Off...

...in lovely Margate and at home.

The First to be Harvested...

...from the rooftop.

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A Week Off...

...plenty of sunshine, cake, walking and sight seeing. Lovely.

(Slightly disappointing amount of restraint on the ice cream, though. Pity.)

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Out and About

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Reflection

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I spoke too soon....

Oh Dear...

...my poor, neglected blog.

Life has been just a leeetle bit crazy recently. My latest illo projects have come to an end, another is no longer going ahead, so I am in the highly unusual position of being illo-free until end of July/beginning of August. I have to say, it feels rather nice! I'm just getting used to having two full, free days a week to do my own thang; some stuff around the house, some getting out and about, some personal work. I'll keep you posted on my arty/crafty/explorey progress....!

In the meantime, have a sculpture:

(It really is a sculpture; just up the road from me. Amahzing, right?!)

Marine Court, Sunset, Tonight, 7.03pm

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Hapus Dydd Gŵyl Dewi

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Month's End

Another January over, another traditional first month of the year blog-a-thon.

It's not been quite as hard this time as it has been in some years to come up with a blog post for every day of January; possibly thanks to all my photos of Stuart the Minion. Again, as I seem to puzzle every year, I'm not sure why blogging every day in January appeals so much, but here I am!

Again, I don't really have any firm resolutions for the coming year, and, again, I've found it easier to make a plan at the end of the month rather than the beginning, when I might now have some kind of inkling of what kind of year it's going to be. Busy, I think! (When isn't it?!)

There is a new PT job and a new(ish) flat in a new town, and lots of exploring to do around these parts, which is very exciting. Hopefully there will be more illustration work and the new PT job means a bit more of a regular income to keep paying those bills, and, who knows, maybe even enough to save for that four legged friend we've been wanting for so long!

Definitely, though, I want to continue on the plan I decided on last January, which is REDUCE. A load of stuff got donated/recycled/sold before the move, but there's so much more that can still go.

(Not the pictures of minions, though, right? They can stay, yeah?)

Five Minute Minion

Yep, deffo obsessed.