Fun packed days

It's the time of the Cheltenham Music Festival and though we are both music people, we neither of us fancied much in the programme this time, except for a conducting masterclass on Sunday, at Pittville Pump Rooms, and a supper concert last night at The Daffodil.

This was particularly interesting, because the Daffodil used to be a cinema, where Mark's Uncle Tobe used to be the projectionist! It's a beautiful art-deco building with the most wonderful architectural details. We heard Claire Martin and Richard Rodney Bennet - smooth, velvety music for a well-fed audience, late on a summer's evening.

Crafty

In my WI capacity, I often need to send cards - thank yous in particular. But today I needed to send a couple of Congratulation cards to two ladies who have won prestigious competitions.
Stuck for an idea, I remembered I'd bought a new template last week and decided to try it out - fifteen minutes later, two cards done and dusted.

I'm sure that peel off "congratulations" sticker was straight - think I'd better hoik it off and get my pen out instead. Don't you hate those peel-offs really? I do! 

Stroud Maternity Matters!

We just went to add Edward's name to the others posted to the fence outside our local maternity hospital, which, in spite of delivering hundreds of happy, healthy babies to contented and well-cared for Mums, is under threat of imminent closure. Stroud Maternity Hospital is financially viable but due to debts elsewhere in the PCT, women with a low-risk pregnancy in this area are to be denied the choice to give birth in this midwife led unit.
How can a decision to close such a remarkable place be given any consideration at all?

Is that it?!

OK, I know I've not been so creative recently - or at least, not in a way I can show here ;-)
I have been enjoying the Mason-Dixon knitting book though, and having received a parcel of Provence Cotton yarn from Texere last week, I set to work on some mindless dishcloth knitting. I thought the cotton yarn was very good value - just £3.90 for 250g - so perfect for dishcloths.

I hope to have something a little more interesting to show soon, with some wool felt and a few packets of kool-aid on hand, not to mention a "to do" list as long as my arm!

Leaving your mark

It seems as though earlier generations of Petreans have felt the need to leave their mark behind. As we sat in the Peterhouse chapel, listening to Edward singing, we moved a hymn book and found this underneath.