Little rant here, headed your way. On my way to work, the train I am aiming for is ALWAYS ridiculously prompt- as in, it arrives before it should get there. As have all the ones prior this one from what I see on the train app. I, have missed the train by mere seconds consistently every day for about 2 week. And yet, the next train- the consolation prize, so to speak, is ALWAYS late. Always, really late. Sometimes it has been 20minutes late, sometimes only about 5 minutes. But every time, it means I miss my connection at the interchange station and I end up being much later.
It did it on the way home today too. I arrived at the interchange in reverse and the next train had arrived on the platform a minute early. I dashed as best as possible with my folded bike, rucksack, heavy pannier and not much energy and missed it. The doors shut early. And yet, the train, due 10 minutes later was 5 minutes late. The same happened to CBC on the way to work this morning too.
In the grand scheme of life (like things beginning with B which are making most people I know miserable today or the plastic and climate crisis,) and reliable train services, it's not a big thing.
But...
It is most vexing.
Friday, January 31, 2020
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
TARDIS Tuesday- The Girl who died- Clara Oswald's outfit
This is a TARDIS Tuesday I last wore in September 2018. It is an extremely comfortable outfit for a lazy day or a cleaning day or something of that ilk.
It was worn by Clara Oswald (played by Jenna Coleman) in the episode, The Girl who Died and was a good outfit for having to hide out in a Viking Village in looked cold weather.
She wears a blue denim shirt with red popper buttons from brand, Maje with fitted black trousers (probably jeans). She wears brown suede boots with straps from Hudson and then, when it gets cold, adds a hessian and brown fur gilet with dark pink trim (no doubt borrowed from a helpful Viking)
Here are some pictures:
It was worn by Clara Oswald (played by Jenna Coleman) in the episode, The Girl who Died and was a good outfit for having to hide out in a Viking Village in looked cold weather.
She wears a blue denim shirt with red popper buttons from brand, Maje with fitted black trousers (probably jeans). She wears brown suede boots with straps from Hudson and then, when it gets cold, adds a hessian and brown fur gilet with dark pink trim (no doubt borrowed from a helpful Viking)
Here are some pictures:
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| IMage borrowed from ClaraOswaldCosplay.com |
| Image borrowed from ClaraOswaldCosplay facebook |
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| Image borrowed from Worn on TV.net |
And here's my version. Apologies- the photos are a bit hazy as the weather was very odd.
This time, my outfit is a little more accurate than last time.
I obtained the screen-accurate shirt (with real red buttons!) and the screen-accurate boots. I thought they were too small for me when I first bought them but actually, I must have been wearing really thick socks when I first tried them on as they feel fine now.
Most of my Clara friends have made their own versions of Clara's waistcoat very successfully from some textured beige material and bits of brown fur and pink trimming. I'd like to make one but not sure where to start really. So, in place of that today, I wore my vintage sheepskin gilet which I've had for a decade now. It's nice and cosy for wearing at home though because it is a bit big and clunky, it doesn't really work with any outfits worn in public. I belted it here with my mum's old belt.
What do you think?
Monday, January 27, 2020
Style Imitating Art outfit- Damunt de tu nomes les flors
Hello there,
I hope you are well. I'm not 100%, after that headache on Friday, my throat started to feel incredibly sore and I felt achy and I woke up with Tonsillitis on Saturday morning. I headed off to my opera without much time to think and felt dreadful most of the day. After a broken night on Saturday night, Sunday, I had a look at my tonsils and they were covered in those horrible pustules and all red and inflamed! Lovely. I felt pretty grim most of Sunday, lacking in energy and enthusiasm and very tired. I didn't go to work today because I still felt horrid, and whilst I'm feeling an improvement, I still feel really tired, achy and not looking forward to talking lots for my lessons tomorrow with my throat and glands as tender as they are. Sitting quietly, not talking or having to sing, is much more conducive to recovery! This style imitating art, which I'd thought about last week, was rather sadly, just worn to go to for an appointment with the nurse and for being at home.
The inspiration is rather beautiful. All those gorgeous colours on a background of sumptuous purple.
Here's me:
What do you think? If you wanted to join in, head over to Kim at Fierce Fashion blog and send your outfits to Kim (fiercefashionblog@gmail.com) by next Tuesday, January 28th.
I hope you are well. I'm not 100%, after that headache on Friday, my throat started to feel incredibly sore and I felt achy and I woke up with Tonsillitis on Saturday morning. I headed off to my opera without much time to think and felt dreadful most of the day. After a broken night on Saturday night, Sunday, I had a look at my tonsils and they were covered in those horrible pustules and all red and inflamed! Lovely. I felt pretty grim most of Sunday, lacking in energy and enthusiasm and very tired. I didn't go to work today because I still felt horrid, and whilst I'm feeling an improvement, I still feel really tired, achy and not looking forward to talking lots for my lessons tomorrow with my throat and glands as tender as they are. Sitting quietly, not talking or having to sing, is much more conducive to recovery! This style imitating art, which I'd thought about last week, was rather sadly, just worn to go to for an appointment with the nurse and for being at home.
The inspiration is rather beautiful. All those gorgeous colours on a background of sumptuous purple.
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| The tapestry “Damunt de tu només les flors” by Spanish textile artist, Carles Delclaux Is |
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I wish I had worn my purple coat with this look as it is the exact colour of the background but it was threatening rain and I didn't want to get soaked on the way home from the surgery. My Brogue boots are purple but they don't seem to come across in the photo. I took my inspiration from the narrow strip of black with rainbow colours beginning with my gorgeous velvet embroidered trousers from Zara (bought second hand) which I TOTALLY copied from Anna at Anna's Island style as I loved them when I saw them on her a couple of years ago- pretty jogging trousers are a rare and special thing! I paired them with a black frilly turtle neck jumper that I wore because I wanted to be cosy and because I'd worn it and could get away with another wear before washing as it wasn't too smelly.
As a nod to the hearts on the dress of the lady, i wore my rainbow pencil end heart which was a gift from Lily when we met in Oxford.
What do you think? If you wanted to join in, head over to Kim at Fierce Fashion blog and send your outfits to Kim (fiercefashionblog@gmail.com) by next Tuesday, January 28th.
Friday, January 24, 2020
There are good days and bad days
Hi there,
Sorry if my last post seemed a bit depressive. That particular post WAS from 2 years ago but the forgiveness every day message was an important one I wanted to remember and to think about again. Things have been a bit crazy in some respects at school and I was feeling myself getting negative about some children- anxiety over their behaviour and how I should respond to it.
Yesterday was a HARD day! Mainly due to Year 1's who are just so distracted and others who are really naughty, year 2's who have really poor listening skills, a year 1 child who held the door against a whole line of children trying to get outside, a whole gamut of children not being where they should etc. I was shattered and disillusioned.
At the end of it, I had to rush up to London to the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the South Bank for my first concert with Kensington Symphony Orchestra. I have been SO excited to be playing with this orchestra, described as...
Waking up this morning, I was exhausted and had a dreadful headache. Knowing I had year 2, including a notoriously awful child whose exploits are very bad this year, I knew it might be a hard day especially after how utterly egregious the 3rd class's behaviour was yesterday. I was constantly thinking on the train and I prayed as I went, "I can't do this in my own strength today. God, please help me."
And, thank God, the day went well. Aforementioned notorious child lasted the entire lesson in the classroom without a single temper tantrum or any cause for me to give him any negative attention (he wasn't perfect, he sat refusing to rehearse with his group for 20minutes but I left him quietly- pick your battles- it was enough that he was sitting there quietly, not breaking anything or hurting anyone- I did say to him, he was welcome to join in with his group's performance, and he did actually join in from behind a chair). The other class, who are usually the most aggravatingly chatty class (to the constant detriment of their work)- actually got on, worked hard and got their work done well. I was SO grateful as I was so tired. Orchestra was also fine at lunchtime and then I had my non-contact time. I returned home making a detour to the parcel office to fetch some parcels, ended up buying some lovely plastic free fruit and veg from the town greengrocer (spinach, beans, mini aubergines, lychees, satsumas, peaches, plums) and having a veg out on the sofa.
I am so glad for this relaxed evening (CBC just made us a dinner of Puy lentils, leeks, tomatoes, aubergines, spinach, beans with lashings of Garlic) as I have a full day tomorrow, going up to London with engineering works on the trainline to rehearse and perform Puccini's opera, Gianni Schicchi with Five Senses Music from morn till eve and then an orchestra rehearsal on Sunday for another orchestra.
I've kept very busy this winter with practices and performances. Sometimes exhausting but good to keep motivated during these cold and gloomy months!
Yes, there are good days and bad days.
x
Sorry if my last post seemed a bit depressive. That particular post WAS from 2 years ago but the forgiveness every day message was an important one I wanted to remember and to think about again. Things have been a bit crazy in some respects at school and I was feeling myself getting negative about some children- anxiety over their behaviour and how I should respond to it.
Yesterday was a HARD day! Mainly due to Year 1's who are just so distracted and others who are really naughty, year 2's who have really poor listening skills, a year 1 child who held the door against a whole line of children trying to get outside, a whole gamut of children not being where they should etc. I was shattered and disillusioned.
At the end of it, I had to rush up to London to the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the South Bank for my first concert with Kensington Symphony Orchestra. I have been SO excited to be playing with this orchestra, described as...
“The most professional-sounding of non-professional orchestras”
The Sunday Telegraph
They are so good. I felt so tired but the concert went really well and it was a wonderful experience to play with them and made a pleasant end to the day. However, by the time we'd had dinner after the concert and made it home it was after 1am and I didn't get to bed till 2am.Waking up this morning, I was exhausted and had a dreadful headache. Knowing I had year 2, including a notoriously awful child whose exploits are very bad this year, I knew it might be a hard day especially after how utterly egregious the 3rd class's behaviour was yesterday. I was constantly thinking on the train and I prayed as I went, "I can't do this in my own strength today. God, please help me."
And, thank God, the day went well. Aforementioned notorious child lasted the entire lesson in the classroom without a single temper tantrum or any cause for me to give him any negative attention (he wasn't perfect, he sat refusing to rehearse with his group for 20minutes but I left him quietly- pick your battles- it was enough that he was sitting there quietly, not breaking anything or hurting anyone- I did say to him, he was welcome to join in with his group's performance, and he did actually join in from behind a chair). The other class, who are usually the most aggravatingly chatty class (to the constant detriment of their work)- actually got on, worked hard and got their work done well. I was SO grateful as I was so tired. Orchestra was also fine at lunchtime and then I had my non-contact time. I returned home making a detour to the parcel office to fetch some parcels, ended up buying some lovely plastic free fruit and veg from the town greengrocer (spinach, beans, mini aubergines, lychees, satsumas, peaches, plums) and having a veg out on the sofa.
I am so glad for this relaxed evening (CBC just made us a dinner of Puy lentils, leeks, tomatoes, aubergines, spinach, beans with lashings of Garlic) as I have a full day tomorrow, going up to London with engineering works on the trainline to rehearse and perform Puccini's opera, Gianni Schicchi with Five Senses Music from morn till eve and then an orchestra rehearsal on Sunday for another orchestra.
I've kept very busy this winter with practices and performances. Sometimes exhausting but good to keep motivated during these cold and gloomy months!
Yes, there are good days and bad days.
x
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
From the archives: Forgiveness every day.
Here's another old post and one I think I need to read again from June 2018
Forgiveness each day.
Forgiveness is a hard one. It is the BIG point on which my faith is based. Jesus died to forgive my sins and calls on me to do that. I realised today, that I constantly have to forgive in my job. I am always positive here about my job and those I teach. But frequently, I have to forgive and offer a fresh start to troublesome selected children who think it is their life's work to ruin my lessons, to hurt other children, to lie and cheat, to cheat and steal. I teach them them once a week (unless they are in a club) and have them for assembly.
When you get particularly spiteful, malicious or aggressive children who you have to say the same things to day in, day out, week in, week out, month in, month out, year in year out and in my case, for about 6-8 years, the process can be draining and utterly, utterly frustrating. Sometimes, when I think about children I teach who I know I will have at last another 3 or 4 years of, even one year more, it does become very hard. Because,I have to give them a fresh start every time and see them do the same mean, hurtful and downright rude things over and over again (it makes me think how hard it must be to be God!) it just occasionally gets to me.
I had two things today that really upset me. One pupil, I (and other colleagues) have had a LOT of awful issues with over the years - his current teacher has taught him for 2 years consecutively, every day. The thing that gets me is that he is INTELLIGENT. His family love him, he has been given a lot, he supposedly has a Faith. But the way he treats adults and children is awful, the complete leech-like attention-seeking, the rudeness, the constant barrage of interruptions. I had to put up with 10 minutes of him SHOUTING rudely over the top of 30 recorders playing at me. Not getting the hint that he needed to put his hand up, not understanding that his little petty issues were not the centre of the universe and then having the audacity (I'd given him attention and told him off 20 times before this point) to call out, "Are you deaf or something?" to me. I've forgiven him weekly for 3 years so far. Sometimes, I am just SICK of it.
(surprisingly, he did say sorry to me as I walked past him at the end of school. That never happens.)
The other issue was that another class, for some reason, walk through my music room on their way out. I have asked them to go another way in the past, but some teachers walk them through. When I returned to the Music Room at 5.15pm-ish, I discovered my Brompton bike knocked over onto a drum with about 8 scratches down the front of it, 2 of them deep down to the metal. I caught my colleague in the car park and she said the other children told her that a boy had knocked it over (you would have had to go out of your way to push it to knock it over as it was folded on its back wheels.). He completely denied it. I will have to investigate tomorrow. I'm so furious that my lovely, new bike has received such treatment. This isn't the first occasion that a class coming from that room has damaged things in the Music Room. Children ran through and knocked down an entire pile of glockenspiels once when I was actually in there. I am pretty sure, the only teacher who still walks them through there is the other PPA teacher. Their teacher goes another way.
My choir rehearsal was constantly interrupted by 4 naughty boys who won't shut up. EVERY. WEEK. this happens. And they just treat it as a joke.
These are just a few incidents. Generally, I enjoy my job a good amount of the time. Teaching is about constantly forgiving and giving fresh new starts. Every day is a new day. Every lesson, a new lesson. A fresh chance, a clean slate and a mantle of forgiveness. Understanding family difficulties, understanding special needs and adapting to individuals is a crucial part of this. I do this and I will and must continue to strive to do this. As part of my faith, I do and must do this. As a human being who knows how the Earth must live, survive and be peaceful, I do this. As a dedicated teacher, I will and do do this.
But remember, no one ever said forgiveness was easy. Yes, occasionally, my heart is heavy, tears fill my eyes and I confess, occasionally, it is hard.
Hope you had a lovely day.
xx
When you get particularly spiteful, malicious or aggressive children who you have to say the same things to day in, day out, week in, week out, month in, month out, year in year out and in my case, for about 6-8 years, the process can be draining and utterly, utterly frustrating. Sometimes, when I think about children I teach who I know I will have at last another 3 or 4 years of, even one year more, it does become very hard. Because,I have to give them a fresh start every time and see them do the same mean, hurtful and downright rude things over and over again (it makes me think how hard it must be to be God!) it just occasionally gets to me.
I had two things today that really upset me. One pupil, I (and other colleagues) have had a LOT of awful issues with over the years - his current teacher has taught him for 2 years consecutively, every day. The thing that gets me is that he is INTELLIGENT. His family love him, he has been given a lot, he supposedly has a Faith. But the way he treats adults and children is awful, the complete leech-like attention-seeking, the rudeness, the constant barrage of interruptions. I had to put up with 10 minutes of him SHOUTING rudely over the top of 30 recorders playing at me. Not getting the hint that he needed to put his hand up, not understanding that his little petty issues were not the centre of the universe and then having the audacity (I'd given him attention and told him off 20 times before this point) to call out, "Are you deaf or something?" to me. I've forgiven him weekly for 3 years so far. Sometimes, I am just SICK of it.
(surprisingly, he did say sorry to me as I walked past him at the end of school. That never happens.)
The other issue was that another class, for some reason, walk through my music room on their way out. I have asked them to go another way in the past, but some teachers walk them through. When I returned to the Music Room at 5.15pm-ish, I discovered my Brompton bike knocked over onto a drum with about 8 scratches down the front of it, 2 of them deep down to the metal. I caught my colleague in the car park and she said the other children told her that a boy had knocked it over (you would have had to go out of your way to push it to knock it over as it was folded on its back wheels.). He completely denied it. I will have to investigate tomorrow. I'm so furious that my lovely, new bike has received such treatment. This isn't the first occasion that a class coming from that room has damaged things in the Music Room. Children ran through and knocked down an entire pile of glockenspiels once when I was actually in there. I am pretty sure, the only teacher who still walks them through there is the other PPA teacher. Their teacher goes another way.
My choir rehearsal was constantly interrupted by 4 naughty boys who won't shut up. EVERY. WEEK. this happens. And they just treat it as a joke.
These are just a few incidents. Generally, I enjoy my job a good amount of the time. Teaching is about constantly forgiving and giving fresh new starts. Every day is a new day. Every lesson, a new lesson. A fresh chance, a clean slate and a mantle of forgiveness. Understanding family difficulties, understanding special needs and adapting to individuals is a crucial part of this. I do this and I will and must continue to strive to do this. As part of my faith, I do and must do this. As a human being who knows how the Earth must live, survive and be peaceful, I do this. As a dedicated teacher, I will and do do this.
But remember, no one ever said forgiveness was easy. Yes, occasionally, my heart is heavy, tears fill my eyes and I confess, occasionally, it is hard.
Hope you had a lovely day.
xx
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
TARDIS Tuesday- Petronella Osgood from The Zygon Inversion
Good Evening!
I hope you are well. Today, for TARDIS Tuesday, I am sharing a character I've not cosplayed for TARDIS Tuesday before. Her name is Petronella Osgoood. She appeared during the 11th and 12th Doctor's tenures and she worked for UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce), the group who investigated strange and extra-terrestial activity. She was first introduced in the 50th anniversary episode, The Day of the Doctor and then returned in 3 more episodes, Death in Heaven, the Zygon Invasion and the Zygon Inversion. In her first appearance, she represented the fans of Doctor Who as Osgood is a huge fan of all the doctors and her outfits are nods to the clothes worn by the Doctors, all of them. She's donned the big stripy scarf, bowties, the question mark tanktop and the question mark lapels.
Today, I'm focusing on her outfit from The Zygon Inversion. She wears a beigey brown wool jumper with darker brown features, navy corduroy trousers, walking shoes and a white shirt with red question marks on the lapels.
Here's a couple of close-ups.
I'm not quite sure why it has taken me so long to cosplay Osgood as I have had various parts of her costume by luck and chance so I should have given it a go.
I hope you are well. Today, for TARDIS Tuesday, I am sharing a character I've not cosplayed for TARDIS Tuesday before. Her name is Petronella Osgoood. She appeared during the 11th and 12th Doctor's tenures and she worked for UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce), the group who investigated strange and extra-terrestial activity. She was first introduced in the 50th anniversary episode, The Day of the Doctor and then returned in 3 more episodes, Death in Heaven, the Zygon Invasion and the Zygon Inversion. In her first appearance, she represented the fans of Doctor Who as Osgood is a huge fan of all the doctors and her outfits are nods to the clothes worn by the Doctors, all of them. She's donned the big stripy scarf, bowties, the question mark tanktop and the question mark lapels.
Today, I'm focusing on her outfit from The Zygon Inversion. She wears a beigey brown wool jumper with darker brown features, navy corduroy trousers, walking shoes and a white shirt with red question marks on the lapels.
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| Image borrowed from http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/why-osgood-is-so-popular-77484.htm |
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| Image borrowed from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/nb0PrNpn29JsBkggCkrytT/osgood |
And here I am.
I began with my Question mark shirt which the wonderful Ang Almond embroidered for me a good few years ago. I've had the shirt she embroidered since I was a teenager so it is more than 20 years old. What prompted me to try this cosplay was the beige Merino wool jumper. I bought it a little while back, secondhand cheaply for a Clara cosplay but I got the colour wrong- I thought it was a grey jumper. It's a great quality jumper anyway so I knew I could make use of it. In my memory, I knew that Osgood wore some grey corduroy trousers in one episode and I have charity-shopped Laura Ashley green Corduroy trousers. Alas, this episode features blue ones but never mind!
I WOULD have worn my walking shoes if they weren't still completely caked in mud from Saturday (see previous post entitled 'MUD- a poem!' for more information on that.
To finish off, I added this pair of tortoise-shell glasses I have. They just have plain glass in them but I bought them in Primark around 5 years ago as I love this type of glasses and always wanted a pair!
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What do you think?
xx
Sunday, January 19, 2020
MUD! A poem
On Saturday, myself, CBC, his brother WWKTTG and his partner M went for a walk. We decided to do the stretch of The Essex Way between Ongar and Epping. If you don't know, the Central Line, which terminates in the East at Epping (in Essex) is the red tube line in London. It used to go onwards from Epping to Ongar (with intermediate station North Weald and Blake Hall). It is a GREAT shame that it closed in 1994 as it would be very useful to have the option to join the central line from Ongar esp when there were all those engineering works where we lived.
If you wish to read about the history of it, read here- you can visit there and take a steam train ride at various times of the year.
Anyway, the walk is around 7.6miles and it doesn't follow the railway lines but it begins and ends in those towns.
It was an unfortunate time to attempt these walks after several wet months as there was squelchy, difficult-to-traverse mud at many, many moments in the walk. It was clay so very adhesive and sucked at our boots and unfortunately, at one point, I ended up with one foot in a freezing stream. Poor M was wearing trainers, not walking boots so he had a bit of a rough time of it!
As I walked, I was thinking with great animosity about the mud- I have even hurt my hip through slipping in it and walking at awkward angles.
All sorts of thoughts about mud went through my head as I trudged, slipped, squelched and wobbled and it put in mind a Simon Armitage poem called Kingfisher. So here is my Mud poem.
Mud
Mud: sticky, slimy, squelchy.
Mud: oppressive and demanding.
Mud: relentless, will not give up.
Mud: will take all forms of footwear,non discriminatory.
Mud: interminable and omnipresent.
Mud: just leave me alone!
Mud: destroyer of paths and fields.
Mud: Get off my foot!
Mud: "I will always be with you,"
Mud: just when you thought it was safe to tread...
Mud: ....I BITE from beneath innocuous grass!
Mud: An FREE adventure park of slips and slides.
Mud: Always keeps you guessing!
Mud: The uninvited guest!
Mud: Which path will you take? One leads to certain doom!
Mud: I am the Grim Seeper.
Mud: You sap my energy.
Mud: separates families.
Mud: The bog of eternal stench.
Mud.
If you wish to read about the history of it, read here- you can visit there and take a steam train ride at various times of the year.
Anyway, the walk is around 7.6miles and it doesn't follow the railway lines but it begins and ends in those towns.
It was an unfortunate time to attempt these walks after several wet months as there was squelchy, difficult-to-traverse mud at many, many moments in the walk. It was clay so very adhesive and sucked at our boots and unfortunately, at one point, I ended up with one foot in a freezing stream. Poor M was wearing trainers, not walking boots so he had a bit of a rough time of it!
As I walked, I was thinking with great animosity about the mud- I have even hurt my hip through slipping in it and walking at awkward angles.
All sorts of thoughts about mud went through my head as I trudged, slipped, squelched and wobbled and it put in mind a Simon Armitage poem called Kingfisher. So here is my Mud poem.
Mud
Mud: sticky, slimy, squelchy.
Mud: oppressive and demanding.
Mud: relentless, will not give up.
Mud: will take all forms of footwear,non discriminatory.
Mud: interminable and omnipresent.
Mud: just leave me alone!
Mud: destroyer of paths and fields.
Mud: Get off my foot!
Mud: "I will always be with you,"
Mud: just when you thought it was safe to tread...
Mud: ....I BITE from beneath innocuous grass!
Mud: An FREE adventure park of slips and slides.
Mud: Always keeps you guessing!
Mud: The uninvited guest!
Mud: Which path will you take? One leads to certain doom!
Mud: I am the Grim Seeper.
Mud: You sap my energy.
Mud: separates families.
Mud: The bog of eternal stench.
Mud.
What is it? #71 - More strange tree carvings
Welcome to another round of What is it? The photographic game where I share a picture which I see a different image in that what is immediately obvious, e.g. I'm seeing something OTHER than a tree here! Leave a comment with your suggestion of what you see in this image other than a tree!
What about last time?
Well, I posted another tree with interesting markings from the same visit to Thorndon country park.
In these tree markings, I saw a few things. I saw a man's face wearing an eye-patch. His nose looks a bit beaten up and his lips are sagging- he's been in a fight! Also, I saw a huddled figure down the bottom looking into the pond- he has a fishing rod in his hand and it has just caught an eel! Oh and above him, Jabba the hut is sitting looking down with an empty plate waiting for his fish!
Well, what did the participants in this challenge see?
7 comments:
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Ivana Split6:43 pmI see a worm like alien (something like the alien thing that trapped/enslaved Leila in Star Wars) standing next to an UFO. Bellow I see a levitating island of some sorts with the turtle teacher from the Panda Kung fu series.ReplyDelete
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Confuzzled Bev7:02 pmAt the bottom I see a toad with big eyes. At the top is a cartoon cat (like Garfield) standing next to a saucer.ReplyDelete
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R's Rue12:13 am❤️ReplyDelete
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Polyester Princess6:26 pmAt the bottom I can see a bird sitting on a nest. Unfortunately, try as a might, I can't make head or tail of what's on top. I can see the toad mentioned by Bev too, but instead of big eyes, it might be a crown on its head. xxxReplyDelete
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Sophie in the Sticks7:49 pmIt looks like me staring into the mirror on a Monday morning and one eye just can't bring itself to open. Rough.ReplyDelete
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Anca7:56 pmThe tree looks like someone who had a bit too much to drink, has an eye open and the other one closed, and also has a cigarette in his mouth.ReplyDelete
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Louise5:41 pmI only see a strange, wonky face in the tree! Though the bottom part of the tree markings (if I ignore the 'eyes' above) look like an apple on a table to me, haha!ReplyDelete
Well, there certainly seems to be lots in common with what we all saw. Ivana saw Jabba the Hut, most people saw him as some sort of alien or toad. Everyone saw the drunken face and other things!
Great ideas everyone- I really enjoyed reading your visions!
So, DO leave a comment as to What is it? in the first picture!
xx
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Eco Christmas presents I received
I don't really do 'This is what I got' posts as such, after Christmas or birthdays, but since I was particularly concerned with receiving over-packaged or 'stuff presents' I thought it would be fun to share what presents I received with an eco-message or a something secondhand.
CBC and I didn't do presents this year. Well, we didn't actually ever say that, but it happened. That said, I DID actually end up buying him five things. One, a pair of green, cotton trousers from Penguin, one a beautiful pocket square from the charity shop (brand new with tags- posh Duchamp label) a plastic-free deodorant as his was running out, a new Lush Montelbano shampoo bar in a tin so we don't have a repeat of us being away and the other being unable to wash our hair and finally an eating kit for when out- a cotton roll with bamboo fork, knife, spoon, chop-sticks, straw and brush for washing them out. So 4 out of 5 were eco items or consumables.
From the presents, I received, I thought I'd share those that were more eco-inspired this year.
From Top Left:
1. Wood and natural bristle brush- we are always in need of strong brush for the patio outside and for cleaning more robust items externally so this is a great idea.
2. Hand crocheted hemp-string scrubbing cloth- my Mum likes to crochet me items- this is very usual.
3. Beeswax Fox wrap- to avoid the dreaded cling film for covering items. This is cute as well as practical.
4. Georganics toothpaste in a jar- this is different to the one I've already tried so it will be interesting to give this a try.
5. Handmade tea-bag wallet- my friend Lara had this made for me in case I am out and about and want somewhere to store herbal tea-bags or indeed, an emergency tea bag.
6. Cosy Cottage Shampoo bar- I love my trusty Lush Montelbano shampoo bar but it will be nice to give a smaller brand a go.
7. Cosy Cottage Lavender soap and Shea butter soap- I love using this type of soap so they will be useful to have on stand-by.
8. Cotton swabs in cardboard packaging- I already have a load of plastic-free cotton buds on stand-by- also gifts but it means I may never have to buy them again.
9.Scrubbies 100% compostable Scrubbing cloth- cute fox-print! Apparently, these are really good.
10. Cotton facial rounds. I don't use loads of products so I don't use these every day religiously (I have some already that Mum crocheted) but they are always useful to have and use for when I do wear make-up or just need more of a scrub.
11. Sweet orange moisturiser in glass/metal jar- I always appreciate being bought facial moisturiser- it is the one product I religiously use.
12. Eco-nut bottle brush- bottles are such a pain to wash without a brush and if I am reusing bottles, I need to make sure they are clean!
13. Underneath- Cotton thin travel towel- my Mum found this from a Zero-waste company and certainly, for travelling, a lightweight towel is really useful as a towel takes up so much room and I don't like those tiny microfibre ones!
CBC and I didn't do presents this year. Well, we didn't actually ever say that, but it happened. That said, I DID actually end up buying him five things. One, a pair of green, cotton trousers from Penguin, one a beautiful pocket square from the charity shop (brand new with tags- posh Duchamp label) a plastic-free deodorant as his was running out, a new Lush Montelbano shampoo bar in a tin so we don't have a repeat of us being away and the other being unable to wash our hair and finally an eating kit for when out- a cotton roll with bamboo fork, knife, spoon, chop-sticks, straw and brush for washing them out. So 4 out of 5 were eco items or consumables.
From the presents, I received, I thought I'd share those that were more eco-inspired this year.
1. Wood and natural bristle brush- we are always in need of strong brush for the patio outside and for cleaning more robust items externally so this is a great idea.
2. Hand crocheted hemp-string scrubbing cloth- my Mum likes to crochet me items- this is very usual.
3. Beeswax Fox wrap- to avoid the dreaded cling film for covering items. This is cute as well as practical.
4. Georganics toothpaste in a jar- this is different to the one I've already tried so it will be interesting to give this a try.
5. Handmade tea-bag wallet- my friend Lara had this made for me in case I am out and about and want somewhere to store herbal tea-bags or indeed, an emergency tea bag.
6. Cosy Cottage Shampoo bar- I love my trusty Lush Montelbano shampoo bar but it will be nice to give a smaller brand a go.
7. Cosy Cottage Lavender soap and Shea butter soap- I love using this type of soap so they will be useful to have on stand-by.
8. Cotton swabs in cardboard packaging- I already have a load of plastic-free cotton buds on stand-by- also gifts but it means I may never have to buy them again.
9.Scrubbies 100% compostable Scrubbing cloth- cute fox-print! Apparently, these are really good.
10. Cotton facial rounds. I don't use loads of products so I don't use these every day religiously (I have some already that Mum crocheted) but they are always useful to have and use for when I do wear make-up or just need more of a scrub.
11. Sweet orange moisturiser in glass/metal jar- I always appreciate being bought facial moisturiser- it is the one product I religiously use.
12. Eco-nut bottle brush- bottles are such a pain to wash without a brush and if I am reusing bottles, I need to make sure they are clean!
13. Underneath- Cotton thin travel towel- my Mum found this from a Zero-waste company and certainly, for travelling, a lightweight towel is really useful as a towel takes up so much room and I don't like those tiny microfibre ones!
14. Tu top- Hazel sent this to me (in lovely reused packaging) which she bought in a charity shop- it is so perfectly me! I love it!
15. Sophie made me a beautiful Lavender wheat bag-I love these - so warm and comforting if in pain- Sophie always makes absolutely beautiful things for presents and I was excited to receive this!
So, lots of lovely eco-sourced presents.
Thank you to Mummy, Dad, T, L and Hazel and Sophie for such thoughtful presents!
Did you receive any eco-presents?
x
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Dinosaurs with jumpers
When I search for a particular garment or put away washing, I come across another one garment I have forgotten about and I really would like to wear it.
Yesterday, I located my Cath Kidston dinosaur dress which CBC's mum bought for me for my birthday a few years ago. It's a sleeveless, thin cotton dress (though lined) so not really appropriate for January.
However, there are ways around this, especially when you spy another garment you'd forgotten about!
Yes, it's easy to wear a cotton summer dress if you wear it with a thin turtle neck jumper underneath.
This blue ribbed one comes from H&M and has cute curly edges.
Leggings, thick wool socks and boots complete the Winter adaptation.
Accessory wise, I don't have a dinosaur necklace (although I just thought I should have worn my Lochness monster!) so I added my Betta fish from Lorelai LQ and my Bookworm necklace.
Yesterday, I located my Cath Kidston dinosaur dress which CBC's mum bought for me for my birthday a few years ago. It's a sleeveless, thin cotton dress (though lined) so not really appropriate for January.
However, there are ways around this, especially when you spy another garment you'd forgotten about!
Yes, it's easy to wear a cotton summer dress if you wear it with a thin turtle neck jumper underneath.
This blue ribbed one comes from H&M and has cute curly edges.
Leggings, thick wool socks and boots complete the Winter adaptation.
Accessory wise, I don't have a dinosaur necklace (although I just thought I should have worn my Lochness monster!) so I added my Betta fish from Lorelai LQ and my Bookworm necklace.
This was a good outfit for a hot building at work- it was warm enough for travel but didn't make me sweat inside!
What do you think?
xx
Monday, January 13, 2020
TARDIS Tuesday- Yaz Khan's outfit in Orphan 55.
This week for TARDIS Tuesday- I have a post I really excited at! Sunday's new Doctor Who episode was entitled Orphan 55 and featured Yaz Khan (played by Mandip Gill, who I dressed up as last week).
I was looking at some promo pictures last week (see above- the one with the tentacle) and I was intrigued about where her outfit might come from. I knew it was a jumpsuit and it was navy but looking at that print, it was fairly ambiguous, could be birds, could be flowers. I zoomed in and realised that the flowers were tulips. And decided to have a hunt and see if I could be the first person to ID what she is wearing. I am grateful for people in the past who have IDed much liked outfits worn by Clara and I managed to identify a jumper worn by Yaz last year before seeing anyone else post about it so I decided to have a go. Because I had managed to guess that the print was tulips- I found the Jumpsuit, pretty quickly! But alas, it was sold out from the original shop, Warehouse. It's VERY unusual for me to buy something new retail nowadays- I almost exclusively shop second-hand. But I was the one to identify this garment, somehow, I really wanted to be the person who wore it first!! I found it for sale at two other mail order catalogues but only in Size 14 plus.
I decided to mention I thought I'd IDed the item last TARDIS Tuesday. A fellow liker of Yaz in the USA messaged me to ask what the item I thought I'd found was. I told her and gave her the garment title. A while later, after she'd got off the subway, she messaged me with a link to a different company with the same jumpsuit, asking if this was the one I meant! And by sharing with her the ID with her, I managed to find the garment in my size, half price! And now, because they don't ship to the US, I ordered her one as well and I am shipping it to her.
It arrived on Saturday morning!
So, want to see my version?
Here you go!
I decided to mention I thought I'd IDed the item last TARDIS Tuesday. A fellow liker of Yaz in the USA messaged me to ask what the item I thought I'd found was. I told her and gave her the garment title. A while later, after she'd got off the subway, she messaged me with a link to a different company with the same jumpsuit, asking if this was the one I meant! And by sharing with her the ID with her, I managed to find the garment in my size, half price! And now, because they don't ship to the US, I ordered her one as well and I am shipping it to her.
It arrived on Saturday morning!
So, want to see my version?
As you can see, I decided to mimic her pose- well, I held my mouth rather than nose!
I don't have a red leather jacket, so I wore my trusty brown leather jacket that gets used for all the collared leather jacket cosplays.
With the jacket and jumpsuit, she wears her Alex Munroe bee and Daisy necklace
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| Necklace by Alex Munroe, borrowed from https://theultimateguidetothefashionofdoctorwho.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/yasmin-khans-posy-bee-necklace-by-alex-monroe/ |
I don't have a bee and daisy necklace, more's the pity, because those are two of my favourite things but I DO own an Alex Munroe bee necklace, so I decided to wear that to make a nod to the original (I also have a daisy necklace but thought wearing both was overkill!
She seems to wear some brown boots- I thought they were red before but I guess I'm wrong- I could have worn alternative boots. Ah well!
So... want to see what the jumpsuit looks like on its own?
Here you go!
It's really comfy and floaty and would make a lovely, smart, practical outfit for picnics (think, not flashing knickers!)
What do you think?
xx
Red Berries
I am grateful to the people who owned this home before us. The lady was a gardener and the raised borders were filled with a variety of plants which flower at various different times of year and give other treats. At the moment, lots of green or dead but I went out to empty the compost caddy and saw how beautiful and vivid the Nandina Domestica was looking covered in ebullient red berries.
I went out there and had a look a what was going on. So much prettiness. I was all cosily dressed and didn't need any form of coat or scarf. My friend Ellie sent me this beautiful wool jumper with a beautiful design on it as it doesn't fit her anymore. I like the fact it is quite cropped- meaning it doesn't look saggy over a skirt. Paired with my charity shopped heart skirt, leggings and brown boots (plus sneaky Tatty Devine heart lolly necklace- can you see it?)
It was a great outfit for my orchestra rehearsal on a Sunday (today) as it is usually really cold in the school hall that we rehearse in.
It was a great outfit for my orchestra rehearsal on a Sunday (today) as it is usually really cold in the school hall that we rehearse in.
I've stayed snug as a bug all day- jumper, skirt, leggings and boots- a very comfortable Winter uniform!
I hope you have had a great day!
x
Saturday, January 11, 2020
The Big Book Review 2019 (AKA Books I read in 2019 and what I liked)
The time has come to review the books I read in 2019. The original post for this came from http://www.perpetualpageturner.com/ . I originally stole it from Janet at www.jbisistheinitial.blogspot.com.
I read 'When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit' 13 years ago at the start of my teacher training and loved it. I reread it this year plus the sequel, Bombs on Aunt Daisy- Judith Kerr which I hadn't read and I really enjoyed reading what happened next to the characters in the story. It's one of those books that I always wished I could know more and it was great to actually be able to find out more about what happened!
Here's the full list of books for 2019 in reverse order (since that's the order I list them in on my blog page.)
December:
98. Trouble at the Village School- Gervaise Phinn
92. The mystery of the Butcher's shop - Gladys Mitchell
93. The girl who spoke Bear- Sophie Anderson
94. Corpse at the Crystal Palace- Carola Dunn
95. The Village school - Gervaise Phinn.
96. The Enemy within - Edward Marston
96. Teen Pioneers: Young people who have changed the world - Ben Hubbard
97. A step so grave - Catriona McPherson
98. Trouble at the Village School- Gervaise Phinn
October:
85. A fatal Waltz - Tasha Alexander.
86. A terrible Beauty- Tasha Alexander
87. Murder in the Twillight - Fleur Moriarty
88. Lost for Words- Aoife Walsh
89. Points of Danger - Edward Marston
90. Under Attack Edward Marston
91. The Great Brain Robbery - PG Bell
September:
75. The house on Hummingbird Island- Sam Angus
76. Varjak Paw Outlaw - SF Said.
77. Plastic Sucks - Dougie Poynter
78. Topmarks for Murder - Robin Stevens
79. Cross Fire (Noughts and Crosses) - Malorie Blackman
80. Beetle Queen - M G Leonard
81. Battle of the Beetles- M G Leonard.
82. The House on Chicken legs- Sophie Anderson
83. A red herring without mustard- Alan Bradley
84. I am half sick of shadows- Alan Bradley
August:
60. The dog who saved the world - Ross Welford
61. Thunderhead- Neal Schustermann.
62. Where the river runs cold - Sita Brahmachari
63. The innocence of Father Brown - GK Chesterton
64. Raffles- The Amateur Cracksman - E W Hornung
65. The strange disappearance of a Bollywood star - Vaseem Khan
66. October Man- Ben Aaronovitch.
67. The Great Summer Sewing Bee -Alex Brown
68. Murder in Cherry hills - Paige Sleuth
69. Wish upon a shell (Lighthouse Point Book 1) - Kay Correll
70. Finding Jennifer Jones- Anne Cassidy
71. Casting the net- Pam Rhodes
72. The Thrifty Forager- Alys Fowler
73. Letters from the Lighthouse- Emma Carroll.
74. Dancing the Charleston - Jacqueline Wilson
July:
52. The Gold Seekers - Jane Johnson
53. Mixed Magics - Diana Wynne Jones
54. The Light Jar- Lisa Thompson
55. Rivers of London- Ben Aaronovitch
56. A pocket full of murder - R J Anderson
57. Skychasers- Emma Carroll.
58. Murder in Midwinter- Fleur Hitchcock
59. Still Me- JoJo Moyes
June
45. The 1000year old boy- Ross Welford
46. When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit- Judith Kerr
47. Bombs on Aunt Daisy- Judith Kerr
48. A Southwold mystery- Suzette A. Hill
49. After the Armistice Ball- Catriona McPherson
50. Shot in Southwold - Suzette A Hill.
51. The Mapmaker's Race- Eirlys Hunter.
May:
34. Last Ditch -Ngaio Marsh
35. Grave mistake - Ngaio Marsh
36. Kat Wolfe takes the case- Lauren St John
37. Diamonds and daggers- Elen Caldecott
38. Sixteen princesses -Anne Fine.
39. The Battle of Bubble and Squeak- Phillipa Pearce
40. Diary of a Bookseller- Shaun Bythell
41. Spies in St Petersburg- Katherine Woodfine
42. The Whitby Warlock - Robin Jarvis
43. A Whitby Child - Robin Jarvis
44. The Royal Book of Oz- Ruth Plumly Thompson
April:
27. The Castle of inside out - David Henry Wilson
28. Rupert of Hentzau- Anthony Hope.
29. The Ruby Slippers - Keir Alexander
30. Eltham Palace - Michael Turner (English Heritage)
31. Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine- Gail Honeyman
32. Black as he's painted- Ngaio Marsh
33. Scythe- Neal Shusterman
March:
17. A moment of Silence - Miss Anna Dean.
18. Britannia- Floella Benjamin
19. Fishers of Men - Pam Rhodes
20. The Buildings that made London- David Long and Josie Shenoy.
21. Anthony Horrowitz- Trigger Mortis
22. M.G Leonard - Beetle Boy
23. Dear Scarlett - Fleur Hitchcock
24. The Train to impossible places - PG Bell
25. Kat Wolfe investigates- Lauren St John
26. Dangerous to know- Tasha Alexander
February:
7. Thomas- The Deptford Histories- Robin Jarvis
8. The Giggler Treatment - Roddy Doyle
9. The Meanwhile adventures- Roddy Doyle
10. Rover saves Christmas - Roddy Doyle
11. The Story of the Holocaust - Clive A. Lawton.
12. The Last Chance Hotel - Nicki Thornton.
13. Death in the Spotlight (A Murder most unladylike book) - Robin Stevens
15. The Wonderful story of Henry Sugar and six others - Roald Dahl
16. Coming to England- Floella Benjamin
January:
1. The Oaken Throne - The Deptford Histories Robin Jarvis
2. Off with his head - Ngaio Marsh
3. Singing in the Shrouds - Ngaio Marsh
4. False Scent - Ngaio Marsh
5. The Mystery of the Three Quarters - Sophie Hannah/Agatha Christie
6. DK Book of Insects - Laurence Mound
7. Dangerous to know - Tasha Alexander
Here are the questions in case you wish to join in with the Book review post.
- Best book you read in 2019
- Children's fiction
- Crime fiction:
- Classics:
- Non-fiction
- YA:
- Dystopian fiction
- Most surprising (in a good way) book of 2019
- Book that you read in 2019 that you recommended most to others
- Best series you discovered in 2019
- Favourite new author you discovered in 2019
- Book you were excited about and thought you were going to love but didn't.
- Best book that was out of your comfort zone or was a new genre to you.
- Book you read in 2019 that you're most likely to read again in 2019
- Favourite book you read in 2019 from an author you've read previously.
I read 'When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit' 13 years ago at the start of my teacher training and loved it. I reread it this year plus the sequel, Bombs on Aunt Daisy- Judith Kerr which I hadn't read and I really enjoyed reading what happened next to the characters in the story. It's one of those books that I always wished I could know more and it was great to actually be able to find out more about what happened!
- Best book you read in 2019 that you read based SOLELY on a recommendation from somebody else.
- Favourite cover of a book in 2019
- Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2019
- Book you can't BELIEVE you waited until 2019 to read.
- Book that had a scene in it that had you reeling and dying to talk to somebody about it (a WTF moment, an epic revelation, a steamy kiss etc). Be careful of spoilers
- Favourite relationship from a book you read in 2017 (be it romantic, friendship etc)
- Most memorable character in a Book you read in 2019
- Genre you read the most from 2019
- Best 2019 debut
If I'm going with the latter, A pocketful of stars by Aisha Bush IS a debut novel this year and I really loved it! I look forward to hearing more from this author!
- Book that was the most fun to read in 2019
- Book that made you cry or nearly cry in 2019
- Book you read in 2019 that you think got overlooked this year or when it came out.
- Total Number of books read in 2019:
Here's the full list of books for 2019 in reverse order (since that's the order I list them in on my blog page.)
December:
98. Trouble at the Village School- Gervaise Phinn
99. It must have been the Mistletoe- Judy Astley
100. The princess who flew with dragons- Stephanie Burgis
101. The night I met Father Christmas - Ben Miller
100. The princess who flew with dragons- Stephanie Burgis
101. The night I met Father Christmas - Ben Miller
102. The steamwhistle theatre company - Vivian French
103. How to fly with broken wings - Jane Elson
104. A pocketful of stars- Aisha Bush
105. The school inspector calls (The Village school) - Gervaise Phinn
106. Christmas is for children - Rosie Clarke
107. Christmas at the Little Wedding Shop - Jane Linfoot
108. Donald Trump - Ladybird books
109. The Land of Neverendings - Kate Saunders
November:103. How to fly with broken wings - Jane Elson
104. A pocketful of stars- Aisha Bush
105. The school inspector calls (The Village school) - Gervaise Phinn
106. Christmas is for children - Rosie Clarke
107. Christmas at the Little Wedding Shop - Jane Linfoot
108. Donald Trump - Ladybird books
109. The Land of Neverendings - Kate Saunders
92. The mystery of the Butcher's shop - Gladys Mitchell
93. The girl who spoke Bear- Sophie Anderson
94. Corpse at the Crystal Palace- Carola Dunn
95. The Village school - Gervaise Phinn.
96. The Enemy within - Edward Marston
96. Teen Pioneers: Young people who have changed the world - Ben Hubbard
97. A step so grave - Catriona McPherson
98. Trouble at the Village School- Gervaise Phinn
October:
85. A fatal Waltz - Tasha Alexander.
86. A terrible Beauty- Tasha Alexander
87. Murder in the Twillight - Fleur Moriarty
88. Lost for Words- Aoife Walsh
89. Points of Danger - Edward Marston
90. Under Attack Edward Marston
91. The Great Brain Robbery - PG Bell
September:
75. The house on Hummingbird Island- Sam Angus
76. Varjak Paw Outlaw - SF Said.
77. Plastic Sucks - Dougie Poynter
78. Topmarks for Murder - Robin Stevens
79. Cross Fire (Noughts and Crosses) - Malorie Blackman
80. Beetle Queen - M G Leonard
81. Battle of the Beetles- M G Leonard.
82. The House on Chicken legs- Sophie Anderson
83. A red herring without mustard- Alan Bradley
84. I am half sick of shadows- Alan Bradley
August:
60. The dog who saved the world - Ross Welford
61. Thunderhead- Neal Schustermann.
62. Where the river runs cold - Sita Brahmachari
63. The innocence of Father Brown - GK Chesterton
64. Raffles- The Amateur Cracksman - E W Hornung
65. The strange disappearance of a Bollywood star - Vaseem Khan
66. October Man- Ben Aaronovitch.
67. The Great Summer Sewing Bee -Alex Brown
68. Murder in Cherry hills - Paige Sleuth
69. Wish upon a shell (Lighthouse Point Book 1) - Kay Correll
70. Finding Jennifer Jones- Anne Cassidy
71. Casting the net- Pam Rhodes
72. The Thrifty Forager- Alys Fowler
73. Letters from the Lighthouse- Emma Carroll.
74. Dancing the Charleston - Jacqueline Wilson
July:
52. The Gold Seekers - Jane Johnson
53. Mixed Magics - Diana Wynne Jones
54. The Light Jar- Lisa Thompson
55. Rivers of London- Ben Aaronovitch
56. A pocket full of murder - R J Anderson
57. Skychasers- Emma Carroll.
58. Murder in Midwinter- Fleur Hitchcock
59. Still Me- JoJo Moyes
June
45. The 1000year old boy- Ross Welford
46. When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit- Judith Kerr
47. Bombs on Aunt Daisy- Judith Kerr
48. A Southwold mystery- Suzette A. Hill
49. After the Armistice Ball- Catriona McPherson
50. Shot in Southwold - Suzette A Hill.
51. The Mapmaker's Race- Eirlys Hunter.
May:
34. Last Ditch -Ngaio Marsh
35. Grave mistake - Ngaio Marsh
36. Kat Wolfe takes the case- Lauren St John
37. Diamonds and daggers- Elen Caldecott
38. Sixteen princesses -Anne Fine.
39. The Battle of Bubble and Squeak- Phillipa Pearce
40. Diary of a Bookseller- Shaun Bythell
41. Spies in St Petersburg- Katherine Woodfine
42. The Whitby Warlock - Robin Jarvis
43. A Whitby Child - Robin Jarvis
44. The Royal Book of Oz- Ruth Plumly Thompson
April:
27. The Castle of inside out - David Henry Wilson
28. Rupert of Hentzau- Anthony Hope.
29. The Ruby Slippers - Keir Alexander
30. Eltham Palace - Michael Turner (English Heritage)
31. Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine- Gail Honeyman
32. Black as he's painted- Ngaio Marsh
33. Scythe- Neal Shusterman
March:
17. A moment of Silence - Miss Anna Dean.
18. Britannia- Floella Benjamin
19. Fishers of Men - Pam Rhodes
20. The Buildings that made London- David Long and Josie Shenoy.
21. Anthony Horrowitz- Trigger Mortis
22. M.G Leonard - Beetle Boy
23. Dear Scarlett - Fleur Hitchcock
24. The Train to impossible places - PG Bell
25. Kat Wolfe investigates- Lauren St John
26. Dangerous to know- Tasha Alexander
February:
7. Thomas- The Deptford Histories- Robin Jarvis
8. The Giggler Treatment - Roddy Doyle
9. The Meanwhile adventures- Roddy Doyle
10. Rover saves Christmas - Roddy Doyle
11. The Story of the Holocaust - Clive A. Lawton.
12. The Last Chance Hotel - Nicki Thornton.
13. Death in the Spotlight (A Murder most unladylike book) - Robin Stevens
15. The Wonderful story of Henry Sugar and six others - Roald Dahl
16. Coming to England- Floella Benjamin
January:
1. The Oaken Throne - The Deptford Histories Robin Jarvis
2. Off with his head - Ngaio Marsh
3. Singing in the Shrouds - Ngaio Marsh
4. False Scent - Ngaio Marsh
5. The Mystery of the Three Quarters - Sophie Hannah/Agatha Christie
6. DK Book of Insects - Laurence Mound
7. Dangerous to know - Tasha Alexander
Here are the questions in case you wish to join in with the Book review post.
- Best book you read in 2019
- Children's fiction
- Crime fiction
- Classics
- Non-fiction
- YA
- Dystopian fiction
- Most surprising (in a good way) book of 2019
- Book that you read in 2019 that you recommended most to others
- Best series you discovered in 2019
- Favourite new author you discovered in 2019
- Book you were excited about and thought you were going to love but didn't.
- Best book that was out of your comfort zone or was a new genre to you.
- Book you read in 2019 that you're most likely to read again in 2019
- Favourite book you read in 2019 from an author you've read previously.
- Best book you read in 2019 that you read based SOLELY on a recommendation from somebody else.
- Favourite cover of a book in 2019
- Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2019
- Book you can't BELIEVE you waited until 2019 to read.
- Book that had a scene in it that had you reeling and dying to talk to somebody about it (a WTF moment, an epic revelation, a steamy kiss etc). Be careful of spoilers
- Favourite relationship from a book you readin 2019 (be it romantic, friendship etc)
- Most memorable character in a Book you read in 2019
- Genre you read the most from 2019
- Best 2019 debut
- Book that was the most fun to read in 2019
- Book that made you cry or nearly cry in 2019
- Book you read in 2019 that you think got overlooked this year or when it came out.
- Total Number of books read in 2019
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