Today started with me waking up to slight niggles from muscles I used yesterday in the new PIlates lesson. Nothing too painful, but I know I've used muscles I'm not used to using! My first job was to spit into a collection tube for the DNA test I've been sent as part of the nutrition course I've started this week. 4ml of spit, first thing in the ( Read more... )

This morning there was no frost after several days of freezing temperatures, and it was even warm enough to sit outside in the garden for half an hour around 11am, so did! Now (of course) it's dreary and the wind is all cold again *sigh ( Read more... )

Today has been unseasonably mild - it was 16C/60F according to the forecast, but actually felt a lot warmer than that. This morning I started the day watching some of the content of the bellydance mentor's members website. As part of the work I've been doing for her I have been sorting out some of the content, and she said I was very welcome to ( Read more... )

Today I went to the first of my 'Art Appreciation' class which was really interesting. We looked at different artists and paintings and analysed how they had used perspective, the foreground, the background and various other aspects. We also heard about a couple of exhibitions in London that look like they are worth a visit, so I shall be going up ( Read more... )