One of the academics at work has given me a full length black velvet cape! She apparently never wears it any more, was having a clear out and didn't want to just give it to a charity shop. She's commented in the past on my long purple velvet coat, and she said she thought I might appreciate the cape and give a good home. I was very glad to, of ( Read more... )

Title: Sins of the Father

Word Count: 10,101

Summary: Amy was raised by her father to hunt the evil that walks the night. It’s the only thing she knows how to do. When the vampire who took her mother fifteen years ago returns to claim her, Amy’s world is torn apart. Good and evil aren’t nearly as black and white as she once thought, but would a ( Read more... )

I really ought to post more ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago it was nice enough at the weekend to get out in the garden and assess its condition. We pruned and cut back the fruit bushes and trees that needed it, and discovered that most of the strawberry plants had made it through the winter - even the ones in the trough that fell off the fence in the bad weather and had been sitting ( Read more... )

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Recipes from the last 3 weeks:

( Italian Chicken )

...of being killed by various deadly sci-fi creatures :-)

I said I was gonna post about films & books...well here's the first batch of films.

Since we don't actually make it the cinema all that often, I'll just post about anything I see for the first time. These do not resemble proper reviews, but are just my brief thoughts on whether I liked the film.

So far in 2010 I have seen:

X-Men Origins: ( Read more... )

Dress update...neck facing, side seams & zip done ( Read more... )

Necessity is an excellent motivator ;-) This Saturday we are going to our LARP banquet, and what with my character being (effectively) a Viking noble, I really ought to have a posh frock, rather than just wearing my normal LARP kit ( Read more... )