Busy busy busy.

I have been making presents to give to people this Christmas.

Yesterday I made some chocolate sweets and some little boxes to present them in, and I have made lots of jewellery which is my new passion.

Here are a few things that I made this week.

White crackle quarts and onyx with silver clasp.

Pink Shell rectangles, with mookite 4mm rounds and pink quarts beads.  Magnetic clasp.

Haematite and pearls with magnetic clasp and matching earrings.

Shell pendent with silver wire work and bale, glass beads in black and grey on a  wire torque.

(I love doing the wire work).

Picture jasper shapes and tigers eye 6mm rounds, and jasper 7mm rounds.  Magnetic clasp.  Matching earrings.   This looks stunning when worn.

If you get one of these for Christmas, you must look surprised.  They have been made with real gemstones (on the whole) and a lot of love and time thrown in for good measure.

Brian's last day on route 63

An emotional presentation was given to Brian on his last day of route 63.    He has been covering this route for the last 8 years, firstly with Windrush Transport, and then White's Coaches.   Over the years he has made many friends whilst driving through the villages of Hinton Waldrist, Longworth, Appleton and Cumnor on his route to Oxford, and the passengers have expressed their regret that he will no longer be driving them.    Mr. Alan Feast, Parish Councillor made a presentation on behalf of the people of Appleton who had made a collection. 

Mr. Eric Auckland of Longworth Parish Council was also present and gave Brian a gift to mark the last day of Brian's route.

Brian would like to say 'thank you' to everyone that donated to his farewell present, and to those who sent cards and best wishes, and gave individual presents.

Brian would like to wish all his friends and passengers a fond farewell and the best of luck with the new service which will start on Monday.

Just our luck!

Brian has been really poorly again.  His breathing is not good, pain in chest and coughing.  I managed to get him to the doctor this evening after work, but I had to get cross with him for not looking after himself to get him to agree to the appointment. 

We waited for about half hour for the duty doctor who gave him a good going over, and felt that he needed to use an inhaler, and go back to see his own doctor if things did not improve.

He dashed off to Tesco's where we knew that the chemist was open late to get his prescription filled.  I really didn't want another night of worrying about him coughing and wheezing, so he needs to start his medication as soon as possible.

He was so upset when he came out of the shop and found that someone had bashed the car and put a huge dent in it, and driven off without leaving details.  So now he's, coughing, wheezing and upset.  It's going to cost quite a bit to put it right - just what we need at Christmas when the budget is stretched to capacity already.

I won't tell you what Brian said, but it was not 'bless you,' although it did start with a 'B.'