Beading my Time

I have acquired a consuming hobby over the last year; beading. It is a most excellent passtime in which I indulge when gardening is unavailable due to season or weather or circumstance.

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Green / Purple Large Peyote Stitch Bezel Pendant

This bezel pendant was actually the first item I made. I just had to go all-aboard first time round. I made one for myself, my Mum, my niece and her Mum. Then I ran out of the 24mm purple pearls I used for the base. My niece will have to wait for hers, as she is still at that age where she has to put everything in her mouth.

Peyote stitch bezel. 24 mm wax pearl base. 6/0 and 9/0 Czech rounds, 8/0 and 9/0 Tohos rounds, and 11/0 Miyuki delicas. Czech drop crystal. Purple bead thread.

Ode to my Brothers

1989 EftelingI have two younger brothers, respectively seven and ten years younger than myself. Ask me who or what is dearest to me and I shall name them. This post is dedicated to them.

Invariably, when I think of my brothers a particular song comes to mind; My Brother by Terry Scott and Mitch Murray. The song dates back from the 1950s when my own parents were children. As a child, it was among my favourite songs on my favourite record, a compilation called All Aboard, released in 1979 by EMI Records.

Phorr, there’s something funny round ‘ere. What is it? Oh, it’s you… come ‘ere and sit down. You’re gonna ‘ave the truth told about you and put on record

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Congratulations, it’s a blog

I have maintained a website for many years. First in html, then php, and now I have gone WordPress. I have only just begun the migration of data and already I could kick myself for not having done so earlier. For a site that is so text-heavy as mine, this will make it a lot easier. Especially seeing as I use Notepad for editing 🙂

I was very happy with the design of my site’s former incarnation, so I’ve strived to keep the gist of it. Here’s a screenshot of the old one …

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For whom it may concern, I have utilized the Parabola Theme with some custom css.