Writing, Weather, Weaving. WWW.
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misslj_authorWriting:
I have been a busy bee. I've finished Mythica, which is now in the hands of my lovely beta, Cate, and I've written 20% of my Belle Epoque novel, which has the tentative title of Boulevards and Love Songs. This may change (probably will, actually,) because titles are my nemesis and it doesn't quite *fit*, but for now, it's not known as Untitled Belle Epoque book. And that's a good thing.
Weather:
I am SO HAPPY with all the rain we've been having. It's been very cold at night, but the rain has been awesome and my plants have been very happy with it all. The chili, lavender and rosemary need to be repotted into bigger pots very soon, so next fortnight, I'm going to Bunnings to invest in the necessary things to make my plants happy and spread their roots. I am a servant to my plants. I've noticed a marked increase in honey bees, too, which, while I don't want to be stung, is awesome, as bees are very much of the good.
Weaving:
And it's been good weather for weaving, though I have decided that mohair is the fibre of the devil and I hate it with a fiery passion. That stupid fibre--it keeps breaking or it un-ravels from its spun shape thing, or it pills, and argh. I did have it in its skein and that was just a recipe for frustration, so mum helped me wind it into a ball, of sorts. I realised that I didn't have enough cardboard to wind it around, so it ended up being wound onto a drumstick. The drumstick was given to me by a friend in a band, when after a party one night, learning that I intended to walk home, he gave me the drumstick so that I could use it for self protection. That eventuality never arose, and I've kept the stick for the last ten or so years. And this weekend, it came into its own and became the support for the mohair of doom. When I'd finished winding it all, the result looked a little like a dagwood dog made of wool or a woolly fairy floss. Look at it!
Link of the Now:
In my wanderings through the vast lands of the Internets, it occured to me that while doing research (and I do a lot of it, it's true,) I come across interesting and awesome things. So, I have decided to implement an ongoing thing in the blog, which is the Link of the Now. Instead of the link of the day, as I don't update every day. So, of the now it is.
For the first Link of the Now, I present to you a site I found while I was link hopping and researching Paris and Russia in 1895 for the Belle Epoque book. I'm a bit fuzzy as to how I ended up on this site, selling the most amazing (and expensive) Faberge original antique jewellry, but the page is so full of pretty, shiny things, I don't care how I got there. Just... pretty, shiny things! (Yes, I'm a magpie.)
They have lay-by/lay-away... This necklace is my ultimate favorite. I love it. I love how it looks like ribbons. And this ring is quite lovely. This set is gorgeous, but I do love the ribbon one the best. Ahem. Close the tabs, L. J. Step away from the expensive shiny things...
So what shiny things do you guys like? And what sites are you enjoying at the moment? :D
I have been a busy bee. I've finished Mythica, which is now in the hands of my lovely beta, Cate, and I've written 20% of my Belle Epoque novel, which has the tentative title of Boulevards and Love Songs. This may change (probably will, actually,) because titles are my nemesis and it doesn't quite *fit*, but for now, it's not known as Untitled Belle Epoque book. And that's a good thing.
Weather:
I am SO HAPPY with all the rain we've been having. It's been very cold at night, but the rain has been awesome and my plants have been very happy with it all. The chili, lavender and rosemary need to be repotted into bigger pots very soon, so next fortnight, I'm going to Bunnings to invest in the necessary things to make my plants happy and spread their roots. I am a servant to my plants. I've noticed a marked increase in honey bees, too, which, while I don't want to be stung, is awesome, as bees are very much of the good.
Weaving:
And it's been good weather for weaving, though I have decided that mohair is the fibre of the devil and I hate it with a fiery passion. That stupid fibre--it keeps breaking or it un-ravels from its spun shape thing, or it pills, and argh. I did have it in its skein and that was just a recipe for frustration, so mum helped me wind it into a ball, of sorts. I realised that I didn't have enough cardboard to wind it around, so it ended up being wound onto a drumstick. The drumstick was given to me by a friend in a band, when after a party one night, learning that I intended to walk home, he gave me the drumstick so that I could use it for self protection. That eventuality never arose, and I've kept the stick for the last ten or so years. And this weekend, it came into its own and became the support for the mohair of doom. When I'd finished winding it all, the result looked a little like a dagwood dog made of wool or a woolly fairy floss. Look at it!
Link of the Now:
In my wanderings through the vast lands of the Internets, it occured to me that while doing research (and I do a lot of it, it's true,) I come across interesting and awesome things. So, I have decided to implement an ongoing thing in the blog, which is the Link of the Now. Instead of the link of the day, as I don't update every day. So, of the now it is.
For the first Link of the Now, I present to you a site I found while I was link hopping and researching Paris and Russia in 1895 for the Belle Epoque book. I'm a bit fuzzy as to how I ended up on this site, selling the most amazing (and expensive) Faberge original antique jewellry, but the page is so full of pretty, shiny things, I don't care how I got there. Just... pretty, shiny things! (Yes, I'm a magpie.)
They have lay-by/lay-away... This necklace is my ultimate favorite. I love it. I love how it looks like ribbons. And this ring is quite lovely. This set is gorgeous, but I do love the ribbon one the best. Ahem. Close the tabs, L. J. Step away from the expensive shiny things...
So what shiny things do you guys like? And what sites are you enjoying at the moment? :D
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Date: Tue, Aug. 27th, 2013 10:56 am (UTC)It is a lovely colour, that's why I bought it, I think. I wouldn't have bought mohair on purpose for any other reason, hahaha.
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