Organisation or Chaos?

The final weekend before next week's exam and I am preparing my final notes to take in with me. But is this a scene of organisation or complete and utter chaos. Next week will tell. Fingers crossed.

Sometimes The Usual is Amazing

Yesterday, as I was walking back from a meeting I decided to cross the river using the Golden Jubilee Bridges. I was staggered by the view that greeted me. This is a view that is not new to me, and yet it stopped me in my tracks. I think it was as simple as my being extremely busy in every part if my life at the moment and there I was with nothing to do but take in what was around me. Just amazing.

Yum! Simple but effective.

I made this at the weekend and it is really yummy. I have to thank Nigella Lawson for the recipe, you can find it on the BBC website, it's called 'No Fuss Tart'. Trust me, it is very simple to make, keeps well and is worth every moment of the very small amount of time it takes to prepare.

Studying in the Autumn

You would think that studying in the Autumn would be easier and have fewer distractions than studying in the Summer. But when the view from your chosen location includes such wonderful colours, and the promise of piles of leaves to kick your feet through, it is not as easy as one might think.

All one can do is focus on the fact that in two weeks time it will all be over (results permitting!) and then you will be free to kick your heels up and enjoy what Mother Nature brings.

True Stories

I have just signed up for another on-line class with Shimelle Laine. Details can be found here

True Stories. This time  it is about writing/journalling, something I am not very good at when it comes to 'personal' writing for scrapbook projects. Give me a report to write, or indeed a blog, and I can write my little heart out. Give me a pen and a blank piece of paper and that is a different story. That involves using my not very good handwriting. I mean I appreciate that many people hate their own handwriting, but mine is really not great. I am too hesitant, so it looks like I am, well, too hesitant.

Anyway, this class involves many blank sheets of paper, and no guilt about making mistakes, indeed crossing out is positively encouraged!! So here I go, why don't you join me?

Sunrise over the City

Those of you who know me will understand that I do not particularly enjoy the whole 'getting up at 5.30 in the morning' thing. It is bad enough in the summer, when it is at least light, but for the past couple of weeks it has felt like the middle of the night. It has been dark, and recently, extremely cold, with thick layers of frost on the windows of cars, adding to the frustration of the morning journey to work.

But there are benefits as well. The chance of not just getting 'a' seat on the train, but 'your' seat, are increased significantly. There is no queue at your favourite coffee shop, and the baristas have time to greet you and have a chat whilst making your coffee just how you like it.

And sometimes there are additional benefits, that only happen very occasionally. Today is one of those days. As I walked into the office and glanced out of the window on the way to my desk, this is what I saw:





This is why you should get up at 5.30 in the morning, because this is something you do not get to see otherwise. This makes it all worthwhile.

Farewell to Priceless Paintings from W7

 

It is with sadness that I must announce the Termination of Priceless Paintings from W7. 

This blog was an inspiration to us all, particularly those of us who know the blogger well. But it is no more, it has ceased to be, it is an ex-blog.

Farewell Priceless Paintings, those of us who are relatively new to blogging will try to keep up the standard, but you will be a hard act to follow.