As I haven’t written a blog for a couple of weeks I thought that it was about time that I did so…so here I am. Basically, this is just a catch-up blog…you know, bits and bobs, osses and dosses…in other words Odds and Sods.

Nothing of real interest has happened to write about, so I will just do my usual and waffle for a bit…and add a few pics for you to gaze at if you get bored with me waffling. (Oh, dear, I fear Miss Bates may have influenced me in some way…”Three very dull things, indeed. That will just do for me, you know. I shall be sure to say three dull things as soon as ever I open my mouth, shan’t I?”)

Anyway, what have I got to waffle about…? Oh, yes…costume! I’m still so-o-o-o engrossed in this subject, especially since I have found patterns for different garments and bonnets, available from the Jane Austen Centre in Bath (www.janeausten.co.uk), and Vena Cava (www.venacavadesign.co.uk ). At the moment, I am still working on the ‘Julia’ bonnet from Timely Tresses, available from the Jane Austen Centre’s online gift shop. (Here is Timely Tresses own website www.timelytresses.com for lots of photos of their bonnets.) I have still got to add the edging, lining and decoration…I’m thinking that green and black ribbons will look right, one thin ribbon laid over a wide ribbon, but will have to play with them before I decide which will look best.

Still on the subject of bonnets, I found two Victorian bonnets that I began, years ago, and now want to finish. The black spoon bonnet has had the lace bavolet removed, and the brake cable that I used to ‘stiffen’ the brim, and I am now wiring the brim properly, and hope to actually get it finished! (I will post a pic or two when it’s done.)

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The other day, Robert handed me the memory card from my old phone, and asked me to check if there was anything on it…I’d forgotten about these photos that I’d taken…

I particularly like the one, taken about this time last year, of the Brayford, and the Cathedral has come out OK, too.  And here’s one I took the other day…

Yesterday, I did something that I haven’t done for a long time…a couple of years at least!...I spent money on a couple of CDs! I know, last of the big spenders, or what!! Last time I went in, I was looking for Metallica’s S&M, but there weren’t any…this time there was, so I grabbed one! I know that it’s a bit of an extravagance at £16, but so what!! Just then, The Who’s Baba O’Riley began to play, so I headed for the Rock & Pop section and picked up The Who’s Then and Now CD that also has Won’t Get Fooled Again, and Who Are You on it. (For the uninitiated, they are the theme songs for the CSI programmes.)

On Sunday, the new mini series of Emma came to an end. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and am looking forward to it coming out on DVD. To be honest, I though it far more superior and enjoyable than the versions with Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kate Bekinsale. Excellent!

Anyway, I shall bore you no longer, as I can think of no more trivia to waffle about. Besides, the bonnets need my attention…!