I don't remember how old I was when I read 'The Hobbit'.  I do remember how much I enjoyed stepping into another world.  I can't have been out of primary school, certainly - 7? 8 ( Read more... )

So there I was, in Cosmo Music in Toronto, looking at the cool stuff they have. The place is a music superstore. I turned around and lost Tim to the drum section midway through a sentence... Tom, Sue and Dave had taken us to show us what a Canadian music store looks like, and after being rendered speechless by the selection of sheet music, I ( Read more... )

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Free to good homes:

Two bikes (girl's colours - one pink, one purple "Bratz") suitable for age 3-6.

Unable to deliver, pickup from our house in Welbourn.  Do you know anyone who needs a little bike (or two)?   Friends, family or neighbours?

 Hot on the heels of a very nice comment from a Rural Touring Officer, I have decided to update our webpages, which were looking very sad and unattended since OVFF 2008 ( Read more... )

 I have here some makeup-y things that the lovely frankbean gave to me.  I have taken the few bits that look like I might use them (sometimes a bit of slap helps a lot), and wondered if anyone out there might have a use for the remaining?

Boots No.7 "Rose Truffle" Nail Polish
Bodyshop almond oil conditioning hand wash
J.R. Watkins Apothecary Lavender Hand & ( Read more... )

 We have sold the tent!

This makes me very happy, and the house potentially more weatherproof...

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 Today, Tim and I were playing a usual Mini-Morris Co. gig at the Farmers' Market in Lincoln.  Liam and Frank were away, so Tim and I did it between us, and a lot of fun it was too!  We experimented more with mixing harp and melodeon, as well as harp, recorder, bouzouki and a few other unusual combinations.  'Twas good ( Read more... )

We made magic this weekend. Pure magic.

( I burble on for far too long about the convention under this cut... )