'in harmony' and other happenings

i haven't been doing much like blogging lately - not even looking at my fave blogs, which is a shame because there are some i really do enjoy reading on a regular basis. i'm not sure why this is; i certainly haven't been too busy - perhaps just the time of year - i do always feel a little low in january. however . . .

some nice things have happened in the last 2 weeks . . .

last friday i went to the 'in harmony' concert at church arranged by gerry and kate. i nearly didn't make it but am so pleased i did as it was perfection!! it was an intermingling of music: singing both accompanied and gregorian chant, readings: poems and prose from wordsworth, shakespeare, laurie lee and many more (but those were my favourites) and slides of different aspects of the church and images to illustrate the readings. i loved the way the performers moved around the church to highlight different areas and the way all the items were linked together. it was very clever . . . and so enjoyable! afterwards we all went into the parish centre for drinks and chats. heaps of people i know had come so it was a great evening.

saturday was the annual catenian quiz. and we won - again!! - yay!! well done us!! we were: juliette, gerry, cathy, tony, liz, david, katrina, bob, trish and self. the last round is one in which the tables 'gamble' with their points. We managed to go from a score of 1004 to over 7 million!! hahaha! ah! but we had to know the answers!!

sunday: collected mel from heathrow - what is it about airport bookshops that makes the books look even more inviting than normal? i bought 'the rose of sebastapol' - katherine mcmahon and 'the thirteenth tale' - diane setterfield - both now in my ever-growing 'stack' and then mass with edna in the evening

monday: met pauline for a drink and chat in the essex

wednesday: visited o and g with lucia - talked about their plans etc - very good day

thursday: went to look at homemanor house with a view to o and g buying an appartment there - then dash home and out to scottish dancing

today: i have been sewing a card for julia's baby - i am using 14 count aida and find that even with magnifiying glasses and a hands-free-round-the-neck magnifier i still have trouble seeing to sew. went to hobbycraft after work in the hope that i could get one of those magnifying lamp things but there were none on show - all in boxes, terribly expensive and none of them exactly what i wanted. i shall struggle on with this card but really i don't know how i shall be able to do anything other than big-thread projects - which is a pity as i love the small dainty work. 'tempus fugit' - and eyesight fugit too by the looks of it!!

tomorrow is the annual school reunion - it is bitterly cold here today so i hope it doesn't put too many people off coming. i didn't go last year and missed seeing quite a number of ogs who hadn't been for years - we meet beforehand at the scotsbridge for lunch and then trundle down to school about mid afternoon. apparently the scotsbridge is under new management so hope it is as good as previously!