Nearly forgot to post this, talk about the 11th hour, but as ever my yearly LJ post full of love and best wishes for all good things to anyone still here.. bit of a rough year but I'm getting through, here's a crystal stag, all shiny and sparkly to convey same to you ( Read more... )

Oh look, its that there hobbit popping up to say hello and spread love and warm wishes to anyone still reading here ( Read more... )

Yes, its the yearly appearance of a hobbit to knock and run, or rather post and run! Sharing my seasonal greetings as ever in digital form. We'll gloss over this year as its been very meh to say the least. I am extremely pleased I did manage some art just in time for Giftmas however ( Read more... )

Eek, its that time of year again - past the solstice, heading to the 25th and towards a new year. Better post my yearly online greeting then ( Read more... )

Oh, that's odd. Someone removed me from their friends list and I'm assuming its because I'm not active, so I went to their non-friends-locked top post to say "Hi, I'll miss you, sorry to have not been around etc" and it says I'm banned from commenting there. Is this something new lj has added to prevent folk from annoying those who have unfriended ( Read more... )

i aten't dead, just feels like it just now. Mum ill, then dad ill, then mum did her back in, now dad's a bit better but I've used up all my energies and am currently exhausted, pretty much on bed rest right now. And one day I'll return to LJ but I'm trying to keep my screen time limited, put all my online courses "on hold" months back, and I'm not ( Read more... )

As last year, my seasonal wish is in the form of actual artwork - have recently taken up pastels and am enjoying learning how to do pretty skies and blending the colours together with my fingers. Its pretty much fingerpainting for grown-ups, so ideal for this big kid also ( Read more... )

Last year I did many free online courses via Futurelearn and Coursera and the same is planned this year. I'm already enjoying the Rolling Stones course, a history/development of Hollywood cinema and one about England in the time of RIchard III, but this week saw the start of the Futurelearn Introduction to DutchI can't say Dutch is a language I've ( Read more... )

How to lure a hobbit into posting... :)

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
"Looking awake and alive, good start!"

2. How much cash do you have on you?
Er, about £9 I think, i try to keep around a tenner in my purse but usually pay for things with my card.

3. What’s a word that rhymes with ( Read more... )

In honour of my birthday (and this is honestly not a call for more birthday greetings, I should point out), I am posting. Woot, and indeed, ooh ( Read more... )